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  Dinosaur purely in bricks: My lunchtime creation  [DAT]
 
This dinosaur is built using bricks only. I built it during the lunch time today. See (URL) for some background information. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang 0 0 Name: theropod.dat 0 Author: Hao-yang Wang 0 0 This dinosaur is built using bricks only. 0 I built (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Can someone send me this part?
 
The parts tracker shows a listing for the 8448 steering arm (the one with 3 ball joints) but there isn't a link to it and I received no response from the author (Brett Neale). Just curious if anyone has it and if they could email it to me. TIA J (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
"Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:G2C98A.50o@lugnet.com... (...) It seems to me that if you change to the directory containing the model (after extracting the directory portion of the filename if present), your only (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
Travis Cobbs wrote... (...) Agreed - and you have to implement it on all platforms. Thanks for the thorough description. It resembles my thoughts. /Lars (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
Anders Isaksson wrote... (...) Yes, it can help L3Lab, but not L3P which also compiles under Borland Turbo C from 1988 and under Linux. /Lars (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Parts Request
 
Are these parts currently/soon to be availible? large insectoid wind UFO/Arachnoid Starbase round canopy windscreen 4x12x2 Planetary Prowler rock raiders boulder rock monster/BURPMAN non-UCS TIE Fighter windscreen UCS TIE Fighter windscreen floating (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
Lars C. Hassing skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Take a look at 'GetFullPathName' in the Windows API. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  do these parts exist?
 
And where can I get a .dat for them? the "technic horn" (technica says that its different from the palm tree trunk) (URL) 30.4x14vr wheel and tyre (URL) small wheels that are on the front of 8247 the 5 hole studless technic beam (URL) matching (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
(...) The first time I noticed it was while rendering in POV-ray a part for which the .pov file was generated via L3P. The part consisted of four identical subparts meeting at (0,0,0). I mirrored the subpart in the manner of 8-8sphe.dat, so that the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3PAO question
 
(...) else (...) I went to the net to find an updated version of the COMDLG32.ocx and after I found it, I installed it and it works fine now. You can find this file just by typing it in at a search-engine (I used altavista). Anyway it works fine (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: MLCad Startup
 
Thanks, this description helps a lot ... I will incorporate that into the one of the next releases ... Michael Travis Cobbs <tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G2A60n.8Bn@lugnet.com... (...) which (...) NOT (...) size (...) MFC (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
"Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:G2AJCw.K6u@lugnet.com... (...) [SNIP] (...) Well, I don't think it's trivial, but it is definitely possible. First grab the path portion of the command line (if there is one; if not just (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
"Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:G2AJD0.KAC@lugnet.com... (...) v1.0 (...) and (...) are (...) If you have a part which references a subpart which references another subpart (not likely, true), you don't want to shrink (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Another license draft
 
In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes: <snip> I got swamped and it took me a week to get another look. Wow, that was bad. I guess we have to try to wrap this up before we all forget to keep pushing. Where are we at now? No one addressed my points (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3PAO question
 
(...) Hehe... Hey Jay, What exactly did you do? Since it's my proggy, I like to know of any problems/fixes in case someone else mails me with a similar issue. J (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
Travis Cobbs wrote... (...) Yes, I think it is unncessary. Why would you do that? Besides it would hurt performance. With the current scheme I set a Seamable flag on LT1 references once during input. Then if seams are turned on I can simply test the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
Dave Schuler wrote.. (...) Well, I think you have struck a problem in L3P/L3Lab that I have been aware of for quite a while! The problem is when you select a part from PARTS to render/view. The model file (here the part) specified on the command (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
"Dan Simonson" <jedi101673@aol.com> wrote in message news:G2AGpC.D1v@lugnet.com... (...) Adds (...) Heh...well...that's a bit of a long shot :-) Not saying that it won't work in the long run though. I don't know anyone right now who works with (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
(...) ROM, (...) in (...) Hmm, I saw adds in Mania Magazine for Sunkist oranges and Ortega tacos. Adds probabally cost a lot, but it's an idea. Word of mouth works. (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: MLCad Startup
 
If you want, I can point out the pertinant sections of the LDView code which deal with this. I ran into similar problems, but managed to get the following behavior: 1. Records the window's normal (un-maximized) size in the registry; does NOT record (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: L3PAO question
 
(...) Well that's pretty unbelievable. I fixed it myself. Damn I'm better than I thought!!!! (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  L3PAO question
 
I've downloaded this program but when I want to run it I get an error message that says: Failed to load control "CommonDialog" from COMDLG32.OCX Now because I'm not a computer wizz could someone please tell me what to do next? Thanks in advance, Jay (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Request: 30262 Car Base
 
Hi, Does anyone have a DAT-file for the following part: 30262 Car Base 4 x 14 x 1 2/3 - Søren (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  RE: Seams like a problem
 
(...) Well, if you set the seams to 0, then you can tell whether the problem is the positioning or L3P's seam calculation... Of course, you can also look through the pov code to see if the scaling which creates the seams is present for each subpart. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: MLCad Startup
 
(...) I think most programmers have done something like this, when they are working on remembering window positioning. (...) Can you make it totally ignore maximization, and not save the new window position/size when the user maximizes? Steve (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
(...) I noticed it during a little part authoring, in which I created a file in \parts\s for a bit of the part that was repeated several times within the part. When I render the part in POV-ray via L3P, I notice seams between instances of the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Mlcad works for general modeling too!
 
Yes, that's pretty cool. When I moved, I modelled my new living-room in LDraw format to see how the furniture best should be arranged. I have also made a draft of a blueprint on a building project in wood in LDraw format. ...but that will be (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
(...) Thanks for the info! Every time I think I know my way around this place, I find even MORE resources, usually with the help of experienced LUGNETters. Thanks, Lars! Tim Romine AFOL for Life enimor@earthlink.net (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
Tim Romine wrote... (...) There's also M-Peedy by Jeff Boen: (message from Jeff Boen in lugnet.cad.dev on March 10, 2000): (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
(...) Whoops! My apologies. Although you can get to Jacob Sparre Andersen's MPD Builder site from the link I posted, My reference was not very clear. This link takes you directly to Jacob Sparre Andersen's MPD Builder site, where you can download (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
"Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:971175476.80878....cci.dk... (...) contained (...) there (...) one (...) to take these things into account. I'm probably going to take rule 2 and recursively apply it up the line to verify (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  L3PAdd-On Version 1.2.3 is up
 
Seems there has been a resurgence of L3P and L3PAO use lately (I know I've been doing a lot!) and people have found a few bugs. I decided to correct these problems and also added in new features to bring L3PAO up to speed with L3P version 1.2. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
What is the MPD file spliiter called? rick (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G28nw5.LMC@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) lay (...) yours, (...) I see your point clearly. I would like to do the graphical stuff from the ground up, what I would like someone else to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
(...) Shorthand for "throwing cold water on X" where X could be any number of things... such as "ideas", "dogs in lust", etc. You often hear it as "I don't want to throw cold water on your idea, but..." followed by some reason why the speaker thinks (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G28KMH.Dqo@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) water. Again, pardon my ignorance on the phrase 'cold water.' What does it mean? (...) level of (...) done, (...) recoalesce at (...) As far as (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
(...) ROM, (...) in (...) It would be a nice to have, in my view. I do try to usually be supportive of ideas, because nothing kills forward progress as much as premature cold water. I'd say that it was a very ambitious and expensive project given (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
(...) and minifig toolset. Chris (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
(...) Well yeah... I was more referring to the apathy (by non response) after I announced that I was too busy to work on a project - because, from everything everyone has told me, online and in person, they were very much looking forward to the CD. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
(...) I guess I'd kinda figure that the people who'd care the most are the ones who aren't online enough to know about it and speak up. I'd love an LDraw CD-ROM, for example, if I didn't have net access...but since I do, there's on value in it to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
yet...surprisingly (or not) no one really seems to care. -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  ldglite v0.7 released
 
It's been a while, but I finally put together a new version ldglite. It's up to version 0.7. Yay! Almost halfway to ldlite version 1.6. New stuff: Added a file open menu. Added cropping of PNG and BMP output image files to the model extents. Added (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
Oh my god!!!! I'm sooooo sorry you wrote this huge reply just for me. I thought the part was just a .dat file so I immediately stored it as such. If I'd know it was a .mpd I would have done things differently. Once again sorry. But you sure know how (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: MLCad Startup
 
(...) instead (...) it's (...) Generally MLCad remembers the window-size and position when MLCad is closed and started the next time. I noticed big problems when MLCad was minimized when closed => then you just could minimize or maximize MLCad and (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  MLCad Startup
 
This is just a little nitpick, but I noticed that when MLCad starts up, it isn't maximized. It is set to fill the screen, but not actually in a maximized state. Occasionally i have accidentally gone to minimize the screen and instead dragged the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
(...) Thanks! Always great to hear from a fellow MLCadder! Sorry our first meeting is about annoying error messages. I don't want to jump to any conclusions since I'm not sure exactly what you meant by "installation", but it sounds like maybe you (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy
 
(...) Thanks for the info! Having looked at many examples since this topic appeared, I'll include KEYWORDS in the future. Tim Romine AFOL for Life enimor@earthlink.net (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
(...) Thanks for the encouragement. It means a lot, especially coming from you, Steve. I'm exceptionally impressed that you made it through the LDAO faulty installation program mess. Now that's Persistence! Thanks for your interest. Tim Romine AFOL (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
(...) It seems like mistakes always slip through the first version of any part. At least, they do on mine. Steve (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy
 
(...) MLCad and LEdit both go strictly by the descriptive names for parts. LDraw Add-On's VEC looks for the 0 CATEGORY meta-statement for organizing parts. LDList and Partsref make use of both 0 KEYWORDS and 0 CATEGORY for organizing and/or finding (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
Dave Schuler wrote... (...) In P or MODELS. Or inlined in your model DAT file. Or included in your model MPD file. If seams are not desired at all use -sw0.0001 see (URL) a bit uncertain what you mean by SUBparts. I would call the DAT files in PARTS (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Better UCS X-wing Canopy
 
(...) After installation I recieve 2 error messages. Mlcad is unable to locate the following files: UCSDET01.dat and UCSDET02.dat Greetz, Jay Ps. Great part by the way!! (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  See HERE for Win95 Fix
 
It has been brought to my attention that v0.9.1 is incompatible with Win95. This is due to a screwup on my part in using a function call that didn't exist in Windows 95. I have zipped up a replacement .exe file which fixes the problem (by using (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  RE: Seams like a problem
 
(...) Yes: any part which has multiple variations with the same part number. 3062B.DAT comes to mind...and there are others, for example, the Technic half bushing. --Bram Bram Lambrecht BXL34@po.cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Seams like a problem
 
I'm not sure what L3P/L3Lab do, but in LDView I require the part's base filename to not end with a letter (as well as being in the parts directory) in order to treat it as a part for the purpose of seams. I did this because I noticed a number of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Better UCS X-wing Canopy  [DAT]
 
Tim Romine, here! Sorry about the first part blues, but I guess it was inevitable that some mistakes would slip through. Anyway, thanks to the help of many comments by the sharp-eyed and sharp-minded, it's all better now... I think... As always, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Partsref Updates
 
(...) OK, the old URLs (including any bookmarks to search results) are now auto- forwarding to the new locations. And if you have any direct links to images at the old place, they'll still work there -- you don't have to change any <IMG SRC=""> or (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy
 
(...) Gosh, all I thought Ldraw/MLCad used for sorting was the "0 line" comment; the first word is what mklist.exe uses for organization if you select sort by description by either entering a 'd' during running of the program (the hard way) or if (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: *** LDView v0.9.1 Released ***
 
Fantastic piece of software. I love to sit and watch a model spinning round and round. I'm stunned! /Tore (...) -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Seams like a problem
 
Lars Hassing in another thread recently pointed out that subparts contained within the PARTS directory will appear with seams during rendering. Is there any way to prevent this? More specifically, in which directory should one place subparts if (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Studline substitution?
 
Is there any way to set LEdit to substitute certain parts for simpler, faster- rendering stand-in parts, a la STUDLINE? Or is there a way to set a specific part to make such a substitution? I'm working on a biggish model, and I weary of watching (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: BMP-to-LDraw32 Converter 0.96 release!  [DAT]
 
(...) It would surely had been even smaller if the program didn't make superimposed .dat files. Or...? 0 fire16.dat 0 Image converted by BMP-to-LDraw32 0.96 4 15 0 1 0 479 1 0 479 20 0 0 20 0 4 15 0 0 0 479 0 0 479 21 0 0 21 0 <snip> (...) I have (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  LDraw CD-ROM Issues
 
Well... I guess its about time for an update. First off, I must apologize to everyone, because I've been way too busy to work on this project. I feel like I'm letting you down. At this point, I have too many things going on to think about an LDraw (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) ! 
 
  Partsref Updates
 
[FUT lugnet.cad] A couple of Partsref news items: First, the changes and additions from the LCAD 2000-02 parts update have been applied to Partsef. Second, after recent discussions in lugnet.cad.dev, Partsref's category browsing pages have been (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)  
 
  Mlcad works for general modeling too!  [DAT]
 
Using Mlcad, I put together this little "Micromacines" type car. -- Calvin Walton 0 Untitled 0 Name: Car.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 2 0 16.5 0 16.5 16.5 0 -16.5 2 0 -13.5 0 16.5 -13.5 0 -16.5 2 0 16.5 0 16.5 16.5 -4 16.5 2 0 -13.5 0 16.5 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
 
  Re: Looking for dat file to make sphere
 
(...) There a guy named John Gramley that made easter eggs, and the round end of these eggs resemble a sphere. You'll find pictures and a 2D building instruction (a kind of "footprints" for each layer), named "eggplan.jpg" on this site: (URL) Drake (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy
 
(...) Not your fault. it happens (...) Keywords tell Ldraw/MLCad what to put it under in the library (i think). If it is a minifig hat it will put it under minifig catagory. (...) I don't have a clue. Sorry :-) Rick (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy
 
(...) Uh oh! Now my ignorance is showing. Well, so much for 'WOW'ing people with my first part! OK, ummm... What are "keywords", and how would I include them in .dat and/or .mpd files? If this question seems too fundamental to waste time on, please (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy  [DAT]
 
(...) DOH! I just KNEW I'd forget something! I have fixed the missing rear left quarter window's missing faces. Try this out. 0 FILE 30497UCS.dat 0 Windscreen 6 x 12 x 2 from UCS X-wing 1 16 20 4 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 stud3.dat 1 16 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 -1 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: to be clone or not to be clone
 
(...) Thomas: I don't know if this part is still a mystery for you, but I got one in a lot of Coko bricks in a recent auction. TYCO and Coko have a bunch of very similar pieces, even inasmuch as they're both clones of another product. Dave! (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy
 
"Tim Romine" <enimor@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:G24wwu.Hos@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) any (...) like- (...) Hi, overally it looks great to me (although I admitedly don't have my UCS X-Wing in front of me to compare against); amazing job (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: new part- UCS X-wing canopy
 
(...) Not showing up in my library! Did you put keywords in it? (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  new part- UCS X-wing canopy  [DAT]
 
Tim Romine, here! This is my first posting, AND my first part. Please LMKWYT, but be kind and gentle. Remember, this is my first part. I would, however, appreciate any and all constructive criticism. I intend to submit it to ldraw.org if it meets (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Looking for dat file to make sphere
 
(...) I always figured this was a ripe area for short programs that print out DAT lines. A sphere generator, boat hull generator, hill generator, you name it. (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Looking for dat file to make sphere
 
I am really interested in learning to build a sphere out of legos. Does anyone have a dat for a sphere, or can point me to building instructions. Thanks, Dave (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Anybody want a 6 barrled machine gun??  [DAT]
 
Got bored, made this... It is on the front/bottom of one of my bomber's nose for MichLUG. This one is on it's end, and is just the front mechanism. LMKWYT. Rick 0 Untitled 0 Name: Gatlin Gun.dat 0 Author: Kama Uzinama 0 Unofficial Model 1 7 0 0 0 -1 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  *** LDView v0.9.1 Released ***
 
You can now download LDView v0.9.1 (both source and binaries) from: (URL) second site has been pretty slow lately, so you probably want to try the other one first.) I wasn't originally going to have another release before v1.0, but there were enough (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)  
 
  Re: Still Can't Find it...
 
Thanks, that was the solution! ~ Michael (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: New program for Macs: BrickDraw3D
 
(...) Thanks for the kind words! is that "alive and clicking"? -Erik (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  BMP-to-LDraw32 Converter 0.96 release!
 
Hello Legomaniacs ! I've just updated (again ;-))) ) my BMP-to-LDraw converter windows tool. New features: 6.10.2000 v0.96 + Greatly improved convert algorithm. Resulting .DAT files are up to 50% smaller! + Greatly improved palette conversion. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: x463.dat - minifig cap aviator goggles  [DAT]
 
(...) Got it. Thanks. ;-) Franklin 0 Minifig Cap Aviator Goggles 0 Unofficial Part 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com) 0 0 CATEGORY minifig accessory 0 KEYWORDS goggles lenses glasses 0 KEYWORDS hat cap helmet skullcap aviator pilot (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: ldraw.org going off-line for a few hours - again
 
(...) I've messed something up, so don't expect the machine to be online again until sometime tomorrow. Play well, Jacob (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Usage Question
 
(...) Right, and you're probably delivering to a clientele that uses 19 inch or bigger displays with monster resolution like 1768 x 1280, in unix where you have more control over scroll bar width... (1) We are stuck on small displays, my laptop (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Usage Question
 
(...) Only as an option or config item please, I don;t have the realestate to spend on scroll bars, they are too fat. ++Lar (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Does this part exist?
 
[snipped .dat.parts] (...) I think that one's in the top three for 'pieces people can never find'. (...) It was just released in the 2000-02 update. Look for it under Wedge. Steve (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Does this part exist?
 
"Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> wrote in message news:G1z6K5.5q0@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) be (...) the part, another user e-mailed me that the part I was seeking was #2397, Horse Hitching. Next part that I can't (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  MLCAD Error Question
 
I downloaded the new LDRAW parts distribution the other day and now I get numerous errors similar to this one when I use MLCAD: File studel.dat not found, continue loading? I have encountered half a dozen or so similar errors. Ideas? Mike - (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: x463.dat - minifig cap aviator goggles
 
It looks like two of the vertices of two of the quads on the backside of the goggles, facing the nose of the minifig, are displaced. You'll see it easily if you view the goggles from the backside. Great work! Fredrik (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  ldraw.org going off-line for a few hours - again
 
Due to some tecnical problems after the hardware upgrade yesterday, I will take ldraw.org off-line again today. I hope to have the machine up and running again before 10:00 UTC (maybe 11:00). Play well, Jacob PS: Write <sparre-sms@sslug.dk> if you (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)  
 
  Re: Still Can't Find it...
 
"Michael Zander" <jukaza@msn.com> wrote in message news:G1zAx6.G59@lugnet.com... (...) In MLCad go to the File menu and choose Scan Parts. If it says it has found new parts then let it create a new parts list file, you need to do this every time you (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Mac BrickDraw3D Update
 
Get it from (URL) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Mac BrickDraw3D Update
 
Konnichiwa, The picture quality improved in the Oct 5 build of BrickDraw3D. It's really thrilling to be able to casually pop open the latest DATs in newsgroups! In the code, I am matching up vertices within a part (or primitive) and constructing (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Unusual View matrices in LDRAW.INI
 
(...) It's from Graphics Gems II, the code for which is available online (linked from (URL) ). (...) That's called (re-)orthogonalization. Graphics Gems I has code to do it. You might also reconsider whatever it is that's causing the matrix to (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Still Can't Find it...
 
Just searched for it. It's there. Hmm. (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  x463.dat - minifig cap aviator goggles  [DAT]
 
Here are the goggles for the aviator cap. Enjoy! :-) Please LMKWYT! Thanks, Franklin 0 Minifig Cap Aviator Goggles 0 Unofficial Part 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com) 0 0 CATEGORY minifig accessory 0 KEYWORDS goggles lenses glasses 0 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Does this part exist?
 
Mike Walsh skrev i meddelandet ... (...) It could be you are missing the environment variable LDRAWDIR. It should be set to the directory where LDRAW is installed. In your AUTOEXEC.BAT (on W95/98), make sure there is a line like SET (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Unusual View matrices in LDRAW.INI
 
"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> wrote in message news:G1xC6x.7nK@lugnet.com... (...) mathematical (...) you (...) the (...) To be perfectly honest, I can't really remember how I came up with them. I think I actually started with the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: tubing
 
Larry Pieniazek wrote... (...) The clue is to prevent L3xx from finding 76.dat in PARTS. This can also be achieved by adding 76.dat to your MPD. /Lars (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Still Can't Find it...
 
(...) You might have installed some files incorrectly. Assuming you installed in c:\ldraw, look in the directory/folder c:\ldraw\parts. There should be about 1864 files in this directory. If you are short some files, look for a 3023.dat file. That's (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: More tips for L3P
 
Manfred, Well, I'm sorry, but though I did follow all your instructions completely (I think) none of them really fixed my problem, but they did give me insight into how to write a Batch file. Here's what I did to get L3P to run correctly: I put (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)


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