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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G1H41D.LH5@lugnet.com... (...) doing, (...) keyboard? (...) Yup. :-) No, I had just sat down to check on some stuff after being off the machine doing whatever--I do periodic lugnet checks (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Dang, Tim. You posted this 9 minutes after I announced. What were you doing, sitting around waiting for me with your reply finger poised over the keyboard? :-) -- Terry (got his fave already picked) K -- (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Couple of feature requests: 1. Have it accept model files when launching. You know, pass the filename to the program as it starts. This would make for an excellent viewer when added to the right-click menu in explorer. And it could also be (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G1H2L0.I50@lugnet.com... (...) Come (...) vote (...) be (...) Thanks Terry. Wow...the competition is VERY tough this month. My decision will take a little while. -- Tim Courtney - (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi all, The voting for the LDraw.org October Model Of The Month is ready to go. Come on over and take a gander at what's new, and what's still in the running. Pick your fave and make someone happy. (URL) a reminder - one vote only. The system logs (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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(...) I think a monetary limit on a redistribution charge is better than disallowing fees entirely, which I think is what Jacob wanted. My point is that if it actually costs money to distribute, and you prevent cost recovery, you discourage people (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts
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What I do is I make a new parts.lst file with the parts I want for that model in there and then if I have forgotten a part I an go back to the parts.old file with all the parts listed and get the number. For example I have a shuttle.lst file that I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Who are 'ldraw.org'? (was: Parts license)
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"Leonardo Zide" <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:39CFBA54.A0214F....com.br... (...) Yup. (...) I still say that we need a dedicated subgroup of Lugnuts to take care of LCAD - whether it pertains to all of LCAD or to just the people (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite extended syntax (was: Re: Parts license)
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(...) No, I havn't, but past performance is no indication of future results. :) (...) Oh, I just trimmed down the page because it was too long. That should all still be in the readme files. -gyug (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) By category, probably. On slow disk systems, it may be adventagous to pre-load and cache an entire category of common parts. It also opens to door for people to release a collection of pieces only as a complete set. One might choose to put the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [lego] (3005-eye.dat) Brick 1 x 1 with Eye pattern [DAT]
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I may actually get around to finally _using_ one of these pieces... :-P (I usually just give 'em away.) Thanks, Franklin 0 Brick 1 x 1 with Eye pattern 0 Unofficial Element 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 1 16 0 24 0 10 0 0 0 -24 0 0 0 10 box4-1.dat 1 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I think all of those examples are simply conversions to other formats, they don't change the contents of the files. This could be added to the 'Definitions' section of the license. (...) From the zlib license: 1. The origin of this software (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I thought there could be both ldraw.org and LCAD, where ldraw.org is a subgroup from the LCAD community. But that's not important now. :) (...) Why not use Lugnet (1) ? We could use it instead of ldraw.org, so we wouldn't need to have any new (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think one of the points of creating GPL was to have a 'brokering party' available for everyone who wants to use it. There's no need to modify anything. Here's an paragraph from the GPL: 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ok. I see your point. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think we have a little latitude, since TYCO, MegaBloks, Block-Men, and others have produced actual bricks of nearly identical dimensions as LEGO. It seems to me that if an actual product can be produced with such close similarity, a virtual (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I tried posting this earlier via email, as usual for me, but it apparently didn't work. (Big surprise; YahooMail's been acting screwy all day!) :-P ~~~ Anyway, here it is. Please LMKWYT. Thanks, Franklin 0 Brick 1 x 1 with Eye pattern 0 Unofficial (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Another trick I use is to open PARTS.LST in a text editor while I work in LEdit. That way, when I need a specific part, I can do a search in the text editor for "tile 2 x 2" or "torso" to zip right to the category. Of course, you have to have (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've found a solution for the "wading through non-interesting parts" with LEdit. What I do is simply to edit the file PARTS.LST and put all the parts I use most frequently first. That way I can easily grab the plates and technic items when I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'd say that yes, it's worth it to use it as a subpart. To do this, take the code for the 'click' mechanism, copy it to another file. Subpart files are distributed in the parts\s\ directory. To refer to these files, you have to include the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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