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Lars, I currently have LEdit and MLCad on my computer, but I was thinking of downloading another program, maybe L3P or L3Lab. However, I am not sure what the difference is between these two. Could you give me the features/pros/cons on them? Thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Sub-models
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I have some models to which I want to add minifigs as sub-models, but I can't figure out how to insert them as MPD files. When I select Multipart>New Model, I can build a minifig, but can only view one model at a time from the Active Model bar. How (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Gears (Was: Voting Open...)
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(...) Hmm. I may be confused. The DACTA gears (see (URL)) may all be DUPLO scale. (...) About the same time as the rest of us. Once we get one standard figured out, some other issue arises. Steve (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) Alrighty. And truly decorative parts can still be labeled as decorative. But I'm not retro-labeling *anything*. So, should 32166.dat, Technic Connector Block 3 x 6 x 1 & 2/3 Gearbox, be renamed to Technic Gearbox 3 x 6 x 1 & 2/3 Gearbox (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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(...) Can Mac's typically extract from other archive formats, such as ZIP? How about ZIPs packaged as (PC)self-extracting files? There's been some discussion about switching the LDraw/LCAD distribution files from ARJ to ZIP. We haven't yet, because (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw and the Registry (was: Re: More newbie questions)
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(...) Ah. Hmm, that's a good reason to agree on a ldraw/bin/ directory (I hate dumping stuff in /ldraw/, and my path is already a mile long). (...) I think so--Wise is fairly open and customizable, but I've never played around with it. It would be (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Pinball Machine DAT
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(...) I haven't heard anything yet from Robert Stack's people. (...) Thanks. And weenie gripes are fine. I don't even care what my wife thinks of the stuff I build. The first picture on the page is offered only as a representation of the model as a (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | R2D2's body (Was: Voting Open...)
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(...) Ditto. I suggest it should be rotated 90 degrees before officializatoin. (btw, I made a little mockup of R2's body with orna... sorry, pattern) -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Gears (Was: Voting Open...)
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(...) I think I've done all except for the largest. (...) DSCTS gears? Are they the same as Classic European Pre-Technic gears? (URL) is there yet another kind? The euro gears are not at all compatible with Samsonite gears. Where can a picture of (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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I'd like to have a lugnet.cad.mac. I think big things are just around the corner (sorry, privileged information.) As this is my only L-time tonight---CONGRATULATIONS Todd & Suz on the wedding announcement! -Erik P.S. to get the LDGlite-Mac thing (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes: [snip] (...) O.K. Ornamented it will be then. By the way, Steve, Did you already notice that I've started to send "suggested update revisions" to your adress "partsref@worldnet.att.net" ? (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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I have no idea if this is of any help but, I also use mediaone for web access and I can go to www.ldraw.org fine... I have no idea about all the proxy stuff so I cant help you there. HTH (...) [4.24.144.73] (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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(...) [snip] (...) Didn't someone suggest using an anonymous proxy that might be located a few hops closer to ldraw.org? There's a list of proxy sites here: (URL) don't work. The proxy at webcache worked for me. YMMV... Or you could sample the free (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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(...) What about lugnet.cad.windows and lugnet.cad.linux? (It's the other axis of the two-dimensional grid -- products on one axis and platforms on the other axis.) --Todd (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) Oh! I forgot to mention that, since my LDraw tools are in the PATH, I was able to omit path-names. That .reg file is pretty much as-is from my machine. (...) That would rock. Is there any way you could keep the tool list open, in case more pop (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) Right. As I understand, this brick appeared with several different colors of printing, but always on the same color brick. This approach (hard-coding the brick color, but allowing the pattern color to 'float') has been done in a few other (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: modeling questions.
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(...) That would be very cool, but MPD is not part of the LDraw standard definition, so (official) parts can't be written this way. Steve (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) I hacked around with this a bit. The necessity of having path-names really limits the usefulness of this kind of utility, unfortunately. Hmm, maybe I could build a Wise Install wizard, which 1. Allows the user to pick which file-types they (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) That's not my point - I was just saying you can put whatever (text) files you want into an MPD. That's very similar to a file directory, because there is not implied relation between the files in a directory (except that they're all in the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Stages, woo-hoo! (Was: The Artemis Project)
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(...) The single greatest contribution (IMO) that the Artemis Project has to offer is the concept of Stages, its OO approach to model and submodel storage. Essentially, a model can be associated with a Stage or a set of attributes -- origin offset, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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This is the *third* day I have been trying to access "www.ldraw.org" without success. I have *yet* to receive a response from a human being at Media One. No phone calls, no email (other than the original email from some anonymous techie at Media One (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | The Artemis Project
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As some of you may know, I am a student of Industrial Design, specializing in product and interface design. I will be graduating in December, and hopefully putting some of that to work ;) I have really appreciated all the work that everyone in the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) This is by design then? (...) No preference here; I just think that (for consistency) the origin should be between two studs (if possible), and visible when the model is viewed from the front or back or the sides (if possible). This one is (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: pictures of parrot
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes: [snip] (...) [snip] (...) [snip] O.K, that's fair enough. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Question on parts
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Hello, I was wondering if someone around here could let me know if some parts are being worked on and/or can be found someplace on the web. I don't know the parts numbers so I'll just try to describe them enough for people to understand what I'm (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: A bug?
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(...) It's probably easier to provide a "flush cache" option in the editors. By "Easier", I mean easier for both developers and users. Steve (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) I considered posting the L3P -check output as a link on the voting page. (...) How about a parrot w/o decorative printing? ;) (...) It would be very nice if L3Lab had a menu command for L3P-check'ing the current file. A little dialog to set (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) Note to everyone (repeating myself from just a few minutes ago): the one thing that practically *can't* be changed after a part is released is the orientation and positioning! So it may seem picayune to argue about these things, but it is very (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: modeling questions.
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(...) I was hoping I could keep the subfile inside the original dat file, similar to a mpd file. (...) I bow to your superior experience and leave the file alone. Thanks Steve, Dennis. (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) Oh, right. Good point. (...) Right. The parts in question *are* useful, and do have some mirrors and beads on them (so to speak). (...) I feel just the opposite. "Decorated" is a common description for parts with printed patterns on them. I've (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: modeling questions.
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(...) Actually, this is the reverse of inlining. It doesn't really have a name. Outlining? Subfiling? (...) Yes, it will work. All you do is copy half the DAT code to another file (like s\2546s01.dat). Then replace all the you are subfiling with the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Can you import Text into ldraw as BMPs?
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(...) LDAO includes a BMP2DAT function. I think it's even working, in the current version (it had been broken for several versions). Steve (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: pictures of parrot
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(...) If/when another bird-file is made, we can address this issue. Part names are pretty easy to change.[1] If a DUPLO-scale part was ever made, there's a very good chance that it would be named something like "DUPLO Animal Bird". (...) Yep, same (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) Yes, but how do you do to draw only one of those models of the bunch in the MPD ? I think you can't unless, you edit the first file (index) of the MPD. With this in mind, an MPD does NOT work as a virtual directory, but it can act as a place (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: www.ldraw.org unreachable
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(...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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(...) Todd, Seems like lugnet.cad.mac would be best as it would allow for some general discussion re: lcad on the mac rather than only specific areas. Further discussion? Anyone? Ben Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com (URL) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Change of part-submission address
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Dear Y'all: I've changed ISPs, and so the address for parts-submission has changed as well. From now on, please direct all parts submissions to: partsref@home.com That's not too hard, is it? I will continue to check the old partsref@worldnet.att.net (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: newbie problem
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Thanks Lars, This clears things up for me. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> (...) render only (...) part (...) add (...) their (...) Tree, and (...) Then (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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(...) Sounds like what you need is a dedicated group/list for LDMC...where you could talk openly about issues specific to Mac/LDMC/etc. without having to feel the need to ask for email help. PLMK, it would be very easy to set up lugnet.cad.mac or (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) Yes, 226 files! Thank you for your effort. (...) Well, I did - or rather L3P went nuts spitting out 1500+ lines! It seems that 63 files slipped through the Quality Control: 980 bow-ties ("Bad vertex sequence") 487 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: www.ldraw.org unreachable
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@maxmobil.at> wrote in message news:FzonKr.6I6@lugnet.com... (...) use (...) lugnet.news.group@lugnet.com is the email address format each respective group. So to post here, send mail to lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: www.ldraw.org unreachable
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I had similar problems a while ago, after several retries sometimes I got a response. Since the last 2 months there is no problem anymore. I can reach ldraw.org at any time. That sounds like a routing problem. Is the address of ldraw.org stable or (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: www.ldraw.org unreachable
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Yeah! Reply to your own mail... Perhaps a handy link for people (2 URLs) for that matter... Hope this helps. Greetingz... Sjaacko (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: newbie problem
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Andy Lynch wrote... (...) Use the -c option to specify another default color than gray. See also (URL) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | www.ldraw.org unreachable
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Hi all, In the thread of the new voting, there are some postings of people who cannot seem to find www.ldraw.org. I have this problem all the time. In my situation it helps to do the things I suggested in my reply to Franklin W. Cain who asked: (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Repost: Help! I can't use Ledit/LDRAW
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NO SORRY. My mistake. I did not read your mail correctly. You should go with the solution of Tim Courtney in his reply! (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Repost: Help! I can't use Ledit/LDRAW
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Sounds like some virus like the I LOVE YOU. It too changed and mutated files. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Pinball Machine DAT
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(...) too, esp. with the names of the characters. If I had the weeniest gripe it would be the gaps between the skylights and the roof plates one plate height down -- know what I mean? Perhaps I am unfamiliar with the type of skylight you were (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: A bug?
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(...) <SNIP> The problem is, that MLCad does never access a file during drawing ... First MLCad loads all the parts into memory and starts drawing directly from the memory. This means you never will be able to change a part without refreshing the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Pinball Machine DAT
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A few folks have requested how the pinball machine in the Spamcake Diner was built. I've added a link next to its picture so you can DL a DAT version at your leisure. (URL) McD. when replying, contrary to all rumors, spamcake is *not* Soilent Green. (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: [part] Updated S\973S01.DAT
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(...) Hmm. A bit unorthodox, but it would work... (...) Yah. Just tedious. I'd rather change 37 lines in one file, than one line in 37 files. Steve (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) <snipple> (...) You forgot my favorite advice about voting: "Vote early, and vote often!" ;-)[0] -Tom McD. [0] Credit given to whomever thought that up (whose name I don't know) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: pictures of parrot
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(...) I did check the name before submitting it. Following is information sent to me by Steve Bliss. The part numbers/file names for the bird go like this: 2546.DAT Animal Bird 2546P01.DAT Animal Bird with Parrot Pattern 81376.DAT _Animal Bird Red (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Can't use LDRAW/Ledit, please help!
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"Humberto Zamora" <celia1@swbell.net> wrote in message news:FznqoA.AGE@lugnet.com... (...) on (...) "file (...) I (...) changed to (...) just (...) know (...) Humberto, First try going into Windows Explorer, then Tools>Folder Options. Click the File (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 7:38:20 -0600, Mark Sandlin wrote (in message <B5C67EDC.339A%sandl...ink.com>): (...) Holy cats! I just tried to download my part files and the links were broken! Agghhhh! <whew> Okay, they're fixed now. sorry about that. Anyway, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A bug?
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Should we propose a "0 NOCACHE" metacommand that would prevent a file from being cached? You could add it while working on a new piece, without having to disable caching for all parts. -gyug (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | What's that new Cad method popping up?
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I think my Ldraw stuff is going down the gutter (read the "Can't use Ldraw" thread)...so I might have to download a new cad lego program. I've seen some models here and there where the parts appear to be done in collored pencil/sketched in some kind (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Repost: Help! I can't use Ledit/LDRAW
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I don't know what the heck happened! One moment I was making a new model on ledit. The next moment, wehn I wanted to load another part in, it said "file not found." I found that very odd since I had just created that part, so I looked at my models (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: pictures of parrot
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Hello, Dennis and the rest of the community, In the description of the part #2546 thats up for voting right now it's called "Animal Bird". We might run into a future problem if other Lego birds emerge. This is not at all unlikely to happen, I happen (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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First off, lemme say wow, what a big set. I couldn't finish it in one sitting. Thanks, Steve and everyone else! :-, Secondly, I'm serious when I vote "no" due to rotation centers. If anyone disagrees with me here, let's get a discussion going (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) I've used the word "Decorative" in the description of part #2871 (Electric Train Motor 9V Decorative Side). I feel that "Ornamented" describes more like something has a few "mirrors and beads" attached to it, and that "Decorative" describes (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | newbie problem
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Hi all, Ok. I'm a newbie and have just been using these tools for a short time. I have run into a tiny little problem, and I was wondering if someone could tell me what I am doing wrong. Tools I am using: MLCad 1.9r4 L3P and L3PAO POV-Ray I have (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: [part] Updated S\973S01.DAT
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(...) How about 973p00 ? (...) But it'd really be a one-line change, with an easily recognizable failure condition (i.e. the neck mark doesn't show up), so not many worries there. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) Grrr... Shiri's been stealing my letters again! :-, (...) I simply hacked this stuff into the L3Lab settings. I'm not sure what the "EditFlags" values do, but it should be noted that this value doesn't exist on the default action... Anyway, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | pictures of parrot
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Hello. I need pictures of the coloration of the parrot. Scanned pictures, or just lay the bird on the scanner will do. Thanks, Dennis. (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What happened to WWW.LDRAW.ORG?...
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(...) Thanks. (...) - ^^^...^^^ (...) *Each* of these failed for me also. :-( (I tried all six options above.) Help! Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | modeling questions.
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Hello all. It has been a couple of days since I completed the model of the bird and proclaimed it finished. Now I realize there is one more thing to do. Since the bird is symetical vertically, I have "cut" the bird in half. I want to inline the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: aquazone chrome lights?
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Wow! Thanks! Jon. "Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:k0f2qs8murc8mdv...4ax.com... (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) OK. Steve (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) That's not exactly true. The original MPD spec did not require that all archived files be part of a single model. With the addition of path information on the 0 FILE statement, it is possible to throw a bunch of different files into an MPD. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) OK. Steve (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) Nah, if it was a simple fix of the existing part, it wouldn't require voting. Look at the "fixes.txt" file for other changes that will be coming in 2000-02. (URL) Steve (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [part] Updated S\973S01.DAT
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(...) Good points. So the neck-marked torso would be the first among many patterned torso parts. Sort of like the plain minifig head vs. the smiley-face minifig head. (checking Partsref) Drat! 973p01 is already taken! That would have been the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: aquazone chrome lights?
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(...) Use color-code 383. Steve (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) Just having a .reg that I can tinker with (inserting my own path info) would be very cool! Different people may have different wants/needs in regards to the 'default' application for DAT and MPD. This almost begs for a "LDraw Registration" (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What happened to WWW.LDRAW.ORG?...
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A traceroute is a command to find out what "route" a website takes over the Internet from the server to your machine and vice versa. When I am in the Netherlands at work, this is a part of my traceroute for ldraw.org looks like: ---...--- 7 400 ms (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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Hi Ben. I tried downloading the stuff for Mac Ldraw, and I could never get anything to work. If you have gotten it to work on Mac, could you email me and give me a hand? Thanks, ~Mark (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Steering assembly DATs?
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Anyone have a DAT file for a steering mechanism? I have put together a set of wheels that can be turned (as in steered) but because the model is not very wide, none of the parts I have are working. The linkage between the arms of the wheels is only (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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I have one comment on the part "2079.dat - Technic Liftarm 1 x 9 Offset Cross". (URL) part is basically a "liftarm" type of element, and those usually have a cross axle hole in the origin. Take a look at 32140, for example, the 2x4 L-shaped liftarm. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) Yes, that was why I was unsure muself about the use of "Decorated". It would be confusing. (...) That sounds like a good idea to me! This will separate the Slizer-originated elements from the earlier gear boxes, which are purely functional and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: A bug?
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(...) MLCad is using a internal cache to increase loading speed. Once a part or sub- part has been loaded it's cached and will not be reloaded. Currently you will have to restart MLCad in order to clear the cache. The next release of MLCad will have (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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Dan: (...) It is. There are 33 hops to www.ldraw.org (see below). (...) Yes, but how can you change it? (...) [...] (...) [...] (...) I did a traceroute from a machine in Copenhagen: alf$ traceroute www.ldraw.org traceroute to www.ldraw.org (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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"Ben Vaughan" <buster@marsbase.com> wrote in message news:01HW.B5C5FB0A00...net.com... (...) 3 (...) (sea). (...) directory. (...) I had some conversations with the LDMC guys, and we agreed somewhere along the line that it would be good to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: aquazone chrome lights?
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"Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com> wrote in message news:FzMEAv.HM6@lugnet.com... (...) post (...) This is it thanks! Now how do I get it to be chrome in pov ray? -Jon (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: .dat File Help
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(...) I believe I shall come to the rescue. You just need to open Windows Explorer (Start, Programs, Windows Explorer). Then, after that's opened, click View, then Folder Options. And then follow the instructions of Rick Hallman. Also, I think you (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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I just uploaded three parts files for the Macintosh. These are just the ldraw parts taken from a PC and repackaged with Stuffit. I've got them in 3 flavors: binhex (hqx), stuffit (sit), and as a self extracting archive (sea). After decompressing (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: aquazone chrome lights?
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This part was posted to lugnet.cad.dat.parts awhile back. The orignal post was: (URL) are references in that post to someone else having posted another version; I haven't seen that version. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) (Remove .REMOVE (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | aquazone chrome lights?
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What is the name or number of the chrome light things like in this set: (URL) Has this part been done? I'm desperate to find this. Thanks a lot, Jon (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) I think when people see the word "decorated", they'd confuse it with patterned elements. Maybe "Ornamented" is a good term for parts like these, parts with extra decorative details? Tore used this term to describe the arch piece he made, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) OK, thanks for letting us know. Seriously, thanks for pointing that out. This is an error in my procedure for generating the voting page. 2562.dat was previously used as the palm tree trunk, it's currently a "moved to" stub file. 2562.dat is (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: .dat File Help
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(...) <big snippage> Thanks for your help, Rick, but I don't have Windows 98, I have 95, so my properties window does not have a Web tab... Any advice from here? (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | [Alternate] Town Sink Faucet- Number Printed on Base [DAT]
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0 Sink Faucet Spout Minifig Scale 1x2 0 Name: 7B.dat 0 Author: Adam B. Howard 0 Un-Official Element 0 (CW Quads) 0 Spout 0 Right Edge Lines 2 24 3.75 -20 -22 4.078 -14.78 -1 2 24 4.078 -14.78 -1 4.184 -13.125 1.5 2 24 4.184 -13.125 1.5 4.772 -11.951 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [Alternate] Town Sink Base- Number Printed on Base [DAT]
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0 Sink Faucet Base Minifig Scale 1x2 0 Name: 7A.dat 0 Author: Adam B. Howard 0 Un-Official Element 0 (CW Quads) 0 Outer Edge Lines 0 Top 2 24 -20 0 10 20 0 10 2 24 20 0 10 20 0 -10 2 24 20 0 -10 -20 0 -10 2 24 -20 0 -10 -20 0 10 2 24 -20 0 10 -16 -4 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: .dat File Help
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(...) I think i might be able to help. I can give help in MLCad, but it is probably the same thing to do to get it in LDraw. First, on your windows desktop (If you have 98), right click and go to 'properties'. Then go over to the tab that says (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | [Update] 3856- Improved Render Quality [DAT]
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0 Window 1 x 2 x 3 Shutter 0 Name: 3856.dat 0 Author: James Jessiman 0 Original LDraw Part XXXX-XX 0 XXXX-XX ABH POVRayized it. Added details to improve rendered look. 0 2 24 2 68 -4 -2 68 -4 0 2 24 -2 68 -4 -2 68 -40 0 2 24 -2 68 -40 2 68 -40 0 2 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [Update] 3582- Improved Render Quality [DAT]
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0 Window 1 x 2 x 2 Shutter 0 Name: 3582.dat 0 Author: James Jessiman 0 Original LDraw Part XXXX-XX 0 XXXX-XX ABH POVRayized it. Added details to improve rendered look. 1 16 0 44 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-4edge.dat 1 16 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [Updated] 30046 Curved Window Pane [DAT]
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0 Window 1 x 2 x 2 & 2/3 Pane Lattice Diamond with Rounded Top 0 Name: 30046.dat 0 Author: Adam B. Howard 0 Official LCad Part 2000-01 0 CW Quads 0 ???????? ABH Adjusted to fit changes in 30044 for gap fix. 4 16 16 32 -3 12 28 -3 12 -8 -3 16 -8 -3 4 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: [Updated] 30044 Curved Window- Fixed Message Width [DAT]
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0 Window 1 x 2 x 2 & 2/3 with Rounded Top 0 name: 30044.dat 0 author: James Jessiman 0 Original LDraw Part 2000-01 0 20000105 SEB Fixed size in part name. 0 ???????? ABH Fixed gap space between 3659 Arch and frame. 0 Fixed stud to remove gap spacing (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [Updated] 30044 Curved Window [DAT]
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0 Window 1 x 2 x 2 & 2/3 with Rounded Top 0 name: 30044.dat 0 author: James Jessiman 0 Original LDraw Part 2000-01 0 20000105 SEB Fixed size in part name. 0 ???????? ABH Fixed gap space between 3659 Arch and frame. 0 Fixed stud to remove gap spacing (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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