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Hy, the Lego community is becomming more and more present in the actual magazines now. Finaly there is a german computer magazine called CT which comes with a Shareware/Freeware CD this month. Included on this CD are BlockCAD and MLCad. Just wanted (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Category Statement
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I thought about making use of the category statement in MLCad. This would have allowed to group the parts by category rather than by name or something else .... ... but I did a quick check on the parts and found out that only arround 5% of the parts (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Speaking of colors...
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(...) I think it makes sense to use a special code for rubber, and 256 sounds like a good choice. (...) Let's see. In LDraw, if dithered color K is constructed out of solid colors I and J as 256 + I * 16 + J, I believe the edge-color of K will be (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw parts creation tutorial?
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(...) Hmm. Read the LDraw FAQ, at (URL). Especially question #24, apparently (I'm looking at a posting of mine from January). See message (URL). See message (URL). Also see (URL). Not that I'm releasing that URL for anything other than *development* (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: curved train track
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BTW, in case anyone hasn't guessed this, I've jumped into this thread in order to make sure I understand exactly which variations of the rails have which part numbers. I need to know so that we can get the parts released with the proper numbers. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw parts creation tutorial?
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Once again, I have had the pleasure of recieving a mail from an LDraw newbie who wishes to learn the noble art of creating new LDraw parts. I know that some answers can be found in the LDraw FAQ, but I think there has been a discussion about making (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: curved train track
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(...) the (...) The blue track doesn't have a part number on it. It does have numbers on them but those seem not related to the part itself (for example I have a blue straight piece with the numbers 10-09 and another with 13-06). -Frank (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Speaking of colors...
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Color 256 for Black Rubber was suggested by John VanZwieten one year ago, see eg. (URL) haven't received any suggestions for the POV setting for rubber, so I just turned off reflection. I announced the special treatment of color 256 three weeks ago: (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Speaking of colors...
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I noticed that the m6596a.dat file which comes with the new version of L3Lab uses color 256 (black + black) for the tires. These apparently display in L3Lab with a black edge color. In addition, Lars' renderings of this model on his L3P page appear (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Parts Category: Cockpit
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parts which I think should go into cockpit: 30299 6058 2337 2483 2620 30372 30384 4474 6084 6085 2507 and mabie 30037 551 2418 2443 2598 basicly I see the cockpit catogory as a place for those parts that are used as cockpits/canopies/etc (because I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How do u get backgrounds in pov-ray?
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(...) I made the starry backgrounds on my images using the Galaxy include files from: (URL) readme file included explains everything you need to know. Hope that helps! --Bram Bram Lambrecht.........Br...L@JUNO.com (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: New Parts Category: Cockpit
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(...) Hello, This is a very good idea, I'm for it. On the web page referenced above, Here's how I see it, Parts that should go into the 'cockpit' aka canopy? group. 4597, 2336, 6084, 2507 octagonal "canopy" type pieces 2408 - Panel 10 x 6 x 11 2409 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | How do u get backgrounds in pov-ray?
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Hello. I have recently downloaded POV-RAY and have begun esperimenting in it. I have been able to render just the model but how do u get the neat backgrounds? I want to have some of my nano-fig cap ships flying across a star bacground for example. I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: curved train track
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(...) Does the blue piece have any part-number engraved/stamped on it? Steve (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New Parts Category: Cockpit
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This is for everyone who considers themselves to be an L-CAD'er. Two of the parts submitted for the next parts update are particularly hard to categorize. These are the large cockpit base from the Rock Raiders, and the windscreen base from Aquazone. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Whats the color # for "silver"
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(...) Maybe, but LDraw renderers typically aren't sophisticated enough to render a chromed surface, so the only possible differences are in the color. If you take away the shiny/reflective nature of the chromed parts, I think the color would be very (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Trouble with LDAO VEC
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(...) The VEC ignores underscore parts by default. To change this behavior, you've got to make a small change in ldraw.ini. Do the following: To open ldraw.ini in a text editor, click Windows' Start, the select Run. Type ldraw.ini and click OK. The (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: curved train track
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(...) have 3 different parts -slots +notches in Blue (typical 4.5V) -slots -notches in Grey (rare) +slots -notches in Grey (typical 12V) If we are going to model all three (which I think we should), then maybe we should re-visit the 12V sleepers. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: curved train track
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(...) I admit I've stressed the word *exactly* in my mail on purpose :-) I'm curious. (...) You're right, I've had a bit of a blind spot there. (have set in storage) Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: curved train track
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"Frank Buiting" <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in message news:Fx8sn8.5wo@lugnet.com... (...) Pictures are uploaded to Brickshelf here: (URL) can clearly see that both the grey pieces are straight-ended while the blue one isn't (URL) bottom of (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad)
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