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(...) Sure, I just sent you a message with the file attached. For people who can't get to ldraw.org, the file should be available from Mike Stanley's mirror site in a few days. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: wrong part number? - LCad Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) For most parts, the number stamped in the part is a general number -- it applies to the part, in any color. The actual part numbers used by TLC are a combination of the general number and a color code. This part is unusual, because the number (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | MLCAD - l3p - POVray
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Hello! OK.. just need a short help/hint. I've set up today the MLCad-l3p-povRay combination and it works fine except for one thing. When I render a minifig with a helmet the helmet looks crappy. That means you see the rendering lines of the helmet (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | GREAT NEWS about ELL9X new impruvements!
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I finaly finish a new part of my program ELL9X this part can make real easy for people that use l3p in ms-dos insted of l3padd-on and it works perfectly. Please as it is a Final BETA send e-mail. (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Has the minfig gem been done?
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I'm speaking of the little 1x1 gem found in many ninja sets, ocatgonal with a tiny cylinder at the base... i can't find it on any parts pages or updates and can't locate it in the partlist. J (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LCad Parts Update 2000-02 Now Available
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(...) Could some kind person please e-mail this update to me? The address should be listed above. Alan (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | wrong part number? - LCad Parts Update 2000-02
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Steve, I found a possible error in the update. The Minifig Sword Greatsword was released as part # 59. I submitted it as part # 71014. (I got that number from the part itself, inside the pommel.) What happened? Franklin (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Anybody working on a real 30366?
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Just wanted to know because I get a little sick of the mockup version when I povray it. It's very strange that nobody has made an official 30366(tie fighter canopy) because it is used in so many sets. Ps. with an official 30366 I only mean the part (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | LCad Parts Update 2000-02 Now Available
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[FUT lugnet.cad] The LCad parts update 2000-02 is now available from ldraw.org. And it's a biggie. The update file alone is over 700K. There are more than 130 new parts in this one. Get it at (URL). Full details are available there. Steve Bliss (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !!
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| | Re: tubing [DAT]
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Larry Pieniazek writes: Ok, for anyone that wants to give this a whirl... I've attached a sample MPD. It has tubing the length I expect... 14 plates high. It renders fine in MLCad and in L3Lab (using the versions I posted (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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(...) Two small problems... 1. you have to create the graphic. For a complex torso this is hard. 2D helps but there still are a lot of triangles. Hence my suggestion for an authoring tool to help with this task. (if MLCad could allow display a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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I'm surprised that this hasn't been mentioned yet, but 'skins' wouldn't be very hard to implement at all...in fact it HAS been done (although not in this context *). Simply make a two-dimensional part for each graphic and create a Graphic or Decal (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | More tips for L3P (was: Re: LDraw.exe)
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(...) Try this: assume you have L3P.exe in the C:\Pov directory, the Ldraw programs in the C:\Ldraw directory, and the shortcut for L3P I've described previously. With Notepad you make a new file with the following content: @ECHO OFF SET (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | incorporating new dat files to MLCad
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Hello I'm new to MLCad and was wondeirng the following. I downloaded the 9V track dat file and can view it on MLCad by opening the file. How do I view is as a piece on the right-hand toolbar where all the pieces are located? Where do I need to put (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 1-8sphe.dat tesselations compaire image
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I have copied the image to the following location: (URL) really have to look at the picture in order to make any judgements. Verbal descriptions won't do any good. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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(...) <snip> I feel this suggestion as worded combines two different, separable ideas, both of which merit discussion. One would be the introduction of subcategories for decorated versions of parts within the authoring tools. The other is a new, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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(...) :) That sounds like a good prayer/meditation to/for me. (...) I'd like to also apologize. My responses (to both Adams) were somewhat overdone. Good thing I toned them down before posting them, eh? (...) For me, it wasn't your chosen example -- (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe
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All right! I figured out how to use LDraw! As I was working on how to get L3P working as per Manfred Moolhuysen's instructions (Re: I can't run L3P), I realized that both L3P and LDraw are DOS programs. So I followed his directions for L3P and (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 1-8sphe.dat tesselations compaire image
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(...) What kind of spheres are these, exactly? Dave! (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts
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(...) A keyword field can be a very good way to implement this. At one time, I was running an RPG which had a single set of spells, but different types of spell casters could use different ones. I was using a database on the Apple II which had a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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