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I'm not critizing the part authors. Not at all. Sorry if my english could be misunderstood. I'm grateful for the parts as anyone else. As I wrote: I was just guessing. I have never made a part ... yet :-) I was just pointing out, that from my point (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) LIGHT.DAT, >which is nice because it consists of nothing but six lines representing (...) IIRC, LIGHT.DAT is included in the standard LDraw download. At least, it's used in my tutorial[1], and I never had anyone complain :) Personally, I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You've almost got the MPD format down :). Now all you have to do is add the line: 0 FILE filename.dat to the beginning of each file, like this: 0 FILE bgby4884.dat 0 UP BigBoy 4-8-8-4 0 Name: bgby4884.dat 0 Author: Andrew Reynolds 0 UP BigBoy (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) Expanding on what Jeremy wrote, the <0 0 0> point for pieces has been the subject of much discussion. Part of the reason things seem so odd in MLCAD is that MLCAD rotates on the center of the bounding box, not on the <0 0 0> point. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) parts.lst is created by mklist.exe, makelist.exe, or LDAO. You have to remember to re-run one of these utilities after installing a new parts update. Although the current versions of LDAO watch the parts directory, and prompt you update the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Then he wrote: (...) Or more simply (in LDraw-world), this: 1--2 | | | 4--5 | / | |/ | 6-----7 Leading to: 1--2 |\ | | 4--5 | / \ | |/ \| 6-----7 That was fun! Steve (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the zoom setting. LDLite takes some 80 seconds on the same model. And I can swing it around to any angle with my mouse. Wow. Thank you so much for publishing this. The choice of yellow as the edge-color for red was unexpected... Steve (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It's actually pretty simple, once you get the hang of using a couple of tricks. First of all, you want to *visually* define 0,0,0 in your submodel. To this end, insert a 3070.DAT (1x1 tile) located at 0,0,0; its top surface is centered upon (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Alright, that's what I was talking about, rotating submodels. Like I've got a 3x4 hinge plat with some of those hexagonal pieces at the end to make a door (think Message Intercept Base) and I want to set the submodel's rotational axis along (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Here are a couple of Dwarves drinking. Please LMKWYT. Thanks, Franklin 0 FILE dwarves.dat 0 MPD Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 0 This .MPD was compiled using M-Peedy 0 (URL) Dwarves drinking 0 1 16 40 0 40 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 dwarf1.dat 1 16 -40 0 -40 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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Lars C. Hassing skrev i meddelandet <950263932.570892@ns.cci.dk>... (...) It's not fair! Keeping that gem for yourself for two years :-) Very nice, Lars. It's the first .DAT renderer I've seen that can (really) be used on my large house/castle (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) UPPERCASE (...) makes (...) Yes, HFS, that's it. A search for "HFS", "rock ridge", and "joliet" turns up several GUI tools for making hybrid CD filesystems such as the ones at www.cdeverywhere.com and www.cdr.com. I've personally only used the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I've added the STL2DAT download page to ldraw.org at: (URL) also placed the long awaited Runtime Error 200 Fix on the Get Started page: (URL) this will save headaches from new users. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Both those constant should be configurable, eventually within predefined ranges. Maybe You should allow the use of the abs() function to be optional, because if the face normal are correctly calculated (the faces are well defined, CCW or CW) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) be a great help for checking new parts. Chris (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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Is there a description somewhere of how the parts list is created and maintained, and changed when new updates are added? The reason I ask is, using LDAO, I really hate it when my VEC is wider than one screen's worth of pictures. It appears that the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Apple wants a partition type "HFS" which is their disk system. Having one makes your CDROM appear natively: icons, window placement, file type/creator codes all that stuff is embedded in HFS directories. Many hybrid CDs (games) have separate (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Be careful criticizing the parts authors when you don't know what you're discussing. They've put a helluva lot more thought into this than you have. For example, at which logical rotation point should 0,0,0 be put? A corner? The centerline for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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This must be a problem directed to the partwriters, or what?. I have never made a part, but I think parts must have a 0,0,0 which should be at a logical rotationpoint. But if they place 0,0,0 more or less at random, you have no way of knowing where (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | two new critters - a Satyr and a Minotaur [DAT]
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Here are the "DAT" files I referred to in this other post: "(URL) LMKWYT. Thanks, Franklin 0 FILE myth.dat 0 MPD Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 0 This .MPD was compiled using M-Peedy 0 (URL) Mythical Beasties - a Satyr and a Minotaur 0 Author: Franklin (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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