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(...) Thank you, *now* it works ;-) Could you please consider adding the version number to the archive file? As in BMP2LDRAW32-1.01.zip? Also, do you intend to make your source available? Having your program natively running on my Linux system (and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Europian minifig truck 2
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I have not yet so many models but what i have can you see at (URL) with the winter coming up i hope to create more models Eric (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: BMP-2-LDraw32 homepage is up!
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Hello Hakan, be sure to use the latest version (1.01) that is available from my website. I fixed this error from 1.00 to 1.01. Greetings, Carsten Schmitz e-mail: casz@gmx.de ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hakan Tandogan" <hakan@iconsult.com> (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: BMP-2-LDraw32 homepage is up!
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(...) I have a "small" problem with bmp2ldraw: If I try to start your program, I get an "Exception EDBEngineError" (An Error occured while initializing the Borland Database Engine Error $2108)" Could you please look whether some default startup code (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | A really small MLcad suggestion
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I've been wondering this for a long time now: Why doesn't the standard on- screen colorbar contain all the standard LEGO colors? As far as I know Lego has never made any Light-red, Magenta or Light blue parts (correct me if I'm wrong please). So why (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: v1.99 impressions and ideas
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Thanks, I like the ideas - I use the for 2.0 - but my major implementation for 2.0 will need some time and is secret ! :-) Michael Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G2t71I.Lq2@lugnet.com... (...) put (...) out (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | 32184 seems to be buggy [DAT]
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I was trying to create the following dat, and found 32184 to be buggy Normally, there should be no yellow showing through the + shaped hole on the left side of the light blue shaped 32184. Sincerely Raphael P. Jacquot (I know, these are not kosher (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | v1.99 impressions and ideas
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Hey Mike (and everyone else who *loves* this program) After spending a few days using v1.99 I've made note of a few things and put them on a page with graphics to help explain. Things are in really nice shape, but I wanted to throw a couple of ideas (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | BMP-2-LDraw32 homepage is up!
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Hello, finally I managed it to put up the BMP-2-LDraw32 homepage. Have a look at (URL) you will find there some parts I already created and which will be hopefully released after next part-vote. -- Greetings, Carsten Schmitz (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | MLCad.dat files to AutoCAD 14 / 2000 files
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Hello For my work I use AutoCAD for modeling rooms / buildings and then the Radiance package for rendering. I am not unfortunatly a programming genious and therefore I would like to know if a program exists to export the MLCad.dat files into (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Europian minifig truck 2
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(...) Nice spacecab!!! But eh.. what's with the dutch-flag colors? LOL I like it! When\where can I see your other stuff? Greetz, Jay (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Europian minifig truck 2 [DAT]
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Here my second truck i have drawn with mlcad .I am still learning the program Now i want to try to rendeer my models.And for Michael Lachmann keep up the good job with your program i find it fantastic. Eric 0 Untitled 0 Name: magnum2.dat 0 Author: (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Something I noticed
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"Matt Schild" <phydeaux@sisna.com> wrote in message news:G2Kt8B.H5H@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) has (...) not (...) submit (...) I'm the author. Thanks for fixing this. Go ahead and send the fix to: partsref@home.com. -John Van (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Small Robot fits all space themes
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"Ryan J Farrington" <ryanjf2@juno.com> wrote in message news:20001020.191601...uno.com... (...) I like that! real compact and simple. -- --D M Garcia (URL) expert built the Titanic, an amateur built the Ark" (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Small Robot fits all space themes [DAT]
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Here's a nice little robot I made that can fit whatever color scheme your space theme has. Just replace the transparent pieces with the ones that match your colors! Enjoy! --Ryan Lugnet member #517 E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com Amateur radio call sign: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: DATSort, a utility for sorting .DAT files
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(...) oh, haven't you picked up your copy of : "Windows: The Next Edition Version .999k beta (we really mean it this time it's the last one and there are no more bugs so it's safe for you to buy it and install it with confidence, signed Uncle Bill)" (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I'm missing parts' primitives.
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(...) I forgot to mention: install these like any other parts update, but *don't* use the -y command-line option. When it asks you about overwriting files, always say no: you want to keep the files you've already got, they're newer. Steve (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Europian truck
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(...) Nice job on both the truck and the trailer! Lots of details in both models. Thanks for the nod for the doors :) --Bram (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) I believe that these files are from the lp97-14 update, which was the last set of files James Jessiman released. The last two updates from James, lp97-13 and lp97-14, were never added to the main ldraw release, which is the ldraw.exe download (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: I'm missing parts' primitives.
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BTW: I've checked my LDRAW.EXE and studp01.dat is not in there either, despite it being listed on the LDraw Primitives Reference at (URL) Seems a couple of primitives have gone astray :( Dan (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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"Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:s5jcdsohjb9ob2t...4ax.com... (...) parts' (...) I know this is an old thread, but I'm experiencing a similar problem. I keep getting messages about 3-4ndis.dat and studp01.dat being (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: rotation matrices
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(...) No, the STUD3A has the correct diameter, 8LDU. The problem is the inside of the cross axle holes on the angle connectors. You'll note that a real life LEGO cross axle hole has a rounded internal cross section, which means that you can stick a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: CW compliancy
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Most of the ones I've seen that refer to CW compliancy say "not CW-compliant". This is because--to the best of my knowledge--the ones that are compliant should say something like: 0 BFC CERTIFY CW This means that all the quads and triangles in the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Crash-Bug fix available
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(...) WOW you're fast! Thanks, Jay (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Crash-Bug fix available
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On my home-page at (URL) you can download a bug-fix release which solves the crash-problem. Regards, Michael (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | CW compliancy
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"CW compliant" I have seen this is a few parts now. I do not want to start up an old debate here. Can someone point me to a posting or web site that explains what this is? Thank you, Paul (URL) (finished parts) (URL) (in process) (URL) (planned) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Explorien Hover MLRS
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(...) Very nice. My kids like it, too. When Jamie walked in, his first response was, "Sweeeet!" Steve (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Explorien Hover MLRS [DAT]
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After some requests, I'm posting a DAT file for my Hover MLRS model. I have not built it in real life, but it should all work. I also did not include many details inside the cockpit or air inlet/outlets. I ALSO did not make step by step MLCad (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Problem with the description of part 30382.
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(...) Ack! You're right. How'd I/we miss that one? (...) Fixes & finds should be sent to partsref@home.com. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: rotation matrices [DAT]
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(...) Are you really sure? cause I looked at this file from Fredrik Glockner as an example about the studs to ad in the beginning and end of my curve and it says: 1 16 -90 40 0 0 5 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 STUD3A.DAT 1 16 20 0 -90 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: DATSort, a utility for sorting .DAT files
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Good thing Microsoft doesn't hold its products to such a high standard. :-> In lugnet.cad.dev, Jeff Boen writes: <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) True, but since these are merely parts files and as such will reside in the LDRAW\PARTS directory, I think the *type* of file will be obvious. I agree this certainly feels like a "bad thing" at first, but it does give you a lot more characters (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) I'd rather not encode file-nameish data into the file-extension. That feels like a bad thing to do -- extensions indicate the *type* of file, not the specific file. I realize that "DAT" is not the greatest extension in the world, as it's far (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: rotation matrices
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(...) One (or more) of the three I mentioned. I'd be thinking more about angles, and building the segments, then putting the segments into place. Probably more of a manual process than an automatic one. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Problem with the description of part 30382.
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First sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. Anyway I think the description for this part is wrong. (URL) currently says: "Wedge 2 x 12 Triple" I believe it should be: "Wedge 2 x 16 Triple" Please let me know if I should have posted this (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 32308 Technic Liftarm 3 x 7 x 2 Y shape
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(...) Previously I made the suggestion (with some input from S. Bliss) to name this part: Technic Smooth Beam 3 x 7 x 2 Fork with 3 Fingers See tread: (URL) for details. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Ldglite version 0.7.1 released.
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What with all the new LCAD program releases lately, I feel compelled to release yet another version of ldglite. (Version 0.7.1) It's not really any closer to the real thing (hence the .1) but I had a lot of fun adding more spinning stuff. The latest (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 2153 alternate model (spiderous) [DAT]
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here's the page with more info and instructions: (URL) Spiderous - 2153 Robo Stalker Alternate 0 Name: SPIDER.DAT 0 Author: Joseph Gonzalez (c) 2000 0 Unofficial Model 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4032.DAT 1 7 0 -8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3031.DAT 0 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Bug in MLCad Release V1.99
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I think I found the problem. In the mean-time please DO NOT the following: Deselect a part and select AND move another part at the same time (means clicking into a part holding the left key still down (when none is currently selected) and then (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: About my program ELL9X.
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(...) Can you refresh the latecomers, occasional readers, etc, on what it does and how one goes about getting it? Thanks. Even just a URL to your page would do. (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How exactly does one make the hose thingie bend when using Ldraw?
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(...) This refers to the source file for the part. You would typically look for it in the PARTS directory under your LDraw root directory. (...) There exist some tools which can be used to model the flexible hose in LDraw. I've made one here (scroll (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 32308 Technic Liftarm 3 x 7 x 2 Y shape
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This part looks fine to me. I just have one comment regarding the name, though. The shape of the part reminds me more of an "H" than a "Y". What do other people think? Fredrik (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Updated part page
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Hi to all Ldraw lovers. I have updated my part page, with some new parts I have modelized. Look at (URL) others are in my todo list Have fun ! Marc Klein A Mindstorms fan. (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 32125 Technic Rotor 3 Blade with 6 studs [DAT]
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0 Technic Rotor 3 Blade with 6 studs 0 Name: 32125.dat 0 Author: Marc Klein 0 Created with stl2dat conversion tool 0 Un-Official LCad part 1 16 0 0 40 10 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 2-4cyli.dat 1 16 0 0 40 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2-4edge.dat 1 16 0 8 40 10 0 0 0 1 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Bug in MLCad Release V1.99
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(...) I had quite a few Fatal errors with the new release (almost made download the previous version..back again). It was (probably) caused when I selected multiple parts with a mouse drag and immediately wanted to move the selected parts. I know it (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Bug in MLCad Release V1.99
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It seems there is a crash-bug in the new release. I got already two error reports, but I cannot reproduce it with Windows NT. Can someone tell me if she/he has problems with the new release? MLCad should crash with a GPF. If you have this problems (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) Yes. As long as you specify the extension, LDraw doesn't care what it is. LEdit might be a different story, I don't know. (...) Don't use MAKELIST, it can't handle more than 1000 parts. Use MKLIST instead. And MKLIST indexes every file in the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Where are the hinge plates?
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Aha! I found them under Plate 1 x 2 with hinge. --Ryan Lugnet member #517 E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com Amateur radio call sign: kb1fob (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) Actually you didn't steal anything, I had a different idea: (...) Which you refuted: (...) before explaining your completely different (and perhaps better) idea. However, I just tested my scheme in LEDIT and it worked. So there! ;^) If you (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Does anyone have Paradisa style windows?
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Hi, I'm new to LDRAW building. I noticed that there are no official Paradisa window parts. These include the 1x4x5 clear windows that curve at the top. These can be found in the Sand Dollar Cafe set. Alos, there are "corner" versions of these (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: rotation matrices
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I have put the entire curve online at (URL) 200 Kb I think it's pretty nice except for the strange twists in it. Koen (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) Ah, it was never my intention to "steal" anyone's idea. I just haven't had the time to read all the interesting LUGNET articles recently. Fredrik (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DATSort, a utility for sorting .DAT files
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Hey gang, For a while now I've wanted a way to sort the entries in a .DAT file according to X-Y-Z coordinates, that way after I build a file in MLCad I can sort the elements so they're in an order much like original LEGO instructions (bottom to top, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: There has to be an easier way.
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G2LzIA.GDp@lugnet.com... (...) release (...) No need to apologize. I may do some more testing to give you better info. I guess I better get the new version first, though. Meanwhile, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: rotation matrices
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(...) What approach would you take? (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: There has to be an easier way.
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I have an update for you Michael. I am now using 1.99 If I have three parts in my Parts List... For ease I will call them in this order and position: A 0,0,0 B 10,10,10 C -100,-100,-100 If I take a new part D and drop it onto C, D will show up at (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | About my program ELL9X.
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Does anyone use my program at all? if so then I need to know if is any good and if not do need to improve it and how.... please send any comments to eduardo.harte@terra.es (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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Hello Fredrik, (...) IMHO this is the best and most compatible idea so far. I believe Don Heyse had the same idea too. Greetings, Carsten Schmitz -- Greetings, Carsten Schmitz "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) Sidestepping various landmines, two ideas that come to mind for addressing this issue: 1. Allow letters in pattern id's, to increase the number of 2-digit from 100 to 1296. This could work, but would make recognition of patterned element files (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: rotation matrices
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(...) I briefly scanned the page you mentioned, it looks like it should be OK for LDraw. Paul Gyugyi uses a general rotation method for LDLite's ROTATE meta-statement, and I've implemented an equivalent in LDAO's LDL2DAT translator. But I don't know (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: rotation matrices
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(...) I'm pretty sure that should be: A D G 0 B E H 0 C F I 0 X Y Z 1 So multiplying (used fixed-pitch font for proper viewing): (x y z 1) (A D G 0) (B E H 0) (C F I 0) (X Y Z 1) gives (Ax + By + Cx + X Dx + Ey + Cz + Y Gx + Hy + Iz + Z 1) (...) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering [DAT]
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(...) While not directly related, I've found that, while using subparts from the parts\s directory, the names will be truncated if they're more than 8 characters long and therefore won't render in LEdit or LDraw. For instance, a line like: 1 16 0 0 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) Oh yeah! It's my fav modeling tool. I seem to remember that Jeremy Sproat also said he used LEdit. (...) But will that work in LEdit? I normally specify part names in LEdit by the base file name, i.e. everything before the ".DAT" and LEdit (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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(...) Nah, you have _always_ been in the mood of "... I need to find the parts in ldraw", it is not something new. ;-) Fredrik (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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Hello Tore! (...) recall that Norton Commander 5.0 for DOS (...) No. FAT16 has only limitations in the root directory for maximum number of files. That NC was limited to 2000 files was a memory allocation problem. What I meant was: 1) The first (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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This is unbearable. I propose a potential solution to the problem (URL) and nobody bothers to comment on it. Instead everyone seems to prefer to rehash the tired old arguments on the merits of various operating systems. Who cares? This has been (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Manfred Moolhuysen writes: Please no emotionful 'rich people set the pace , poor people are starving' discussions. That is off-topic. I'm a technical consultant and a programmer. So of course I have a technical point of view. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) Oh, you mean that a DOS directory is limited to a specific number of files? I recall that Norton Commander 5.0 for DOS is limited to, I think it was 2000 files... -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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Yes, I run original LDraw.exe from Win 3.1/DOS 6.22 three times a year (in my 486/25 at my parents' home). I also use DOS versions of Arj.exe and PK[Un]Zip in batch procedures and when I want full control. I will probably use a DOS machine when (or (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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(...) Just lately I have been the opposite. Since buying some technic just the other day I have been in the mood of "now that I have bought this lego I need to find the parts in ldraw" (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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(...) Tim Romine here! I could not agree more! What a great job overall, but right now I'm still enjoying finding my parts where *I* put them, not where someone else makes me put them. Woo Hoo! Great Job, Michael! Tim Romine AFOL for Life (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G2L1x3.Fv6@lugnet.com... (...) ... (...) This is GREAT! Now I can pull all the Minifig parts into 1 group to make them easier to get into, and easy access to all the Wings (hmm, lots of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) And the rich set the pace ? What you say here only confirms that you're part of an economy with a relatively high consumption rate. Maybe your view of "the World" is not a realistic one. For instance, I personaly made the tranfer from MS-DOS (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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Hello Travis, (...) That's no point. If the source of LDraw would be available it would be easy to implement long filename support... even in a DOS program. But... (...) ... if the source was never available my point if view has died. It was just a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 32308 Technic Liftarm 3 x 7 x 2 Y shape [DAT]
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I am back with new parts. Here is the first one, others are in progress. I am sorry for the large size of that part. My conversion program stl2dat does not recognize many usefull features. But I am working on a new release, so I would perhaps be (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: There has to be an easier way.
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I will try to fix this now ... sorry for ignoring it in the current release Michael John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G2JM56.87v@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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There was a bug in the previous version which caused the complete model to be refreshed most of the time ... now this bug is solved. This incremental refresh works only when the option "Draw to selection only" is turned off! Otherwice it will use (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: L3PAdd-On Version 1.2.3 is up
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Hey - That's pretty handy. I was trying to figure out how the heck I could generate views other than the default one. This makes it much easier! thanks Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> wrote in message news:G28xFr.Gsx@lugnet.com... (...) been (...) L3P (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Water Temple MOC
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Right now, I'm just playing around so I'm not sure there is much thematic association between my CAD creations. Perhaps I'll create Datsville eventually! Is there a more appropriate place to post CAD creations or do we just post them in the normal (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Datsville! Datsville! --Todd (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: rotation matrices
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"koen" <koen.jordens@studen...ven.ac.be> wrote in message news:G2JIF8.L7o@lugnet.com... (...) They are the upper-left 3x3 matrix of a standard 4x4 transformation matrix used in 3D graphics. I'm not going to give a lesson on 3D transformations, but (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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Hey, I started playing with this and it looks nice. It seems to have an incremental screen refresh mechanism. It appears that when I make certain edits, it only updates that piece and perhaps a small amount of the rest of the model. Did the previous (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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I was able to find the new release at the following link (for people that don't know how to find it) (URL) Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G2L1x3.Fv6@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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A few things (any old-timers feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about anything): 1. LDraw/LEdit (the root of all derivative work) are DOS programs. As such, they can never support more than 8.3 filenames. 2. James Jessiman--the author of these (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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(...) AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! Yes!... no more LEdit for complicated rotations!.. Thanks a MILLION, Mike! Love the ability to flush cache as well... Thanks a TON! J (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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(...) Please DO NOT start using long file names in the ldraw library. Everyone (including me) who uses ledit will not be able to use those parts properly. (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterned Parts Numbering
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Hello Manfred, I don't want to be ignorant, but... - World is evolving. Even not so wealthy users should be now at a development level of Windows 95a (first version) (how many years Win95 exists now?). - The 'old' technology (here the 8.3 filenames) (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That is not the real problem, there are still operating systems in use that simply don't support long filenames. We are a world wide community with participants from regions that are less wealthy then yours, and these might still use machines (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Searching for:1x4 tile with SW mechanical pattern
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Does anybody know if this part has been done? 1x4 tile with SW mechanical pattern (between the droid fighter's wing) I really need it and would be very gratefull if someone has it (a mock-up is fine too). Thanks in advance, Jay Cal (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, I copied the coordinates of one side of the axlehol8 dat. This gives me a plane that is perpendicular to the Y-axis. I then had to position this plane on points of the curves and perpendicular to that curve. To get the direction I (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hello Steve, I don't know what happened to the source code of Ldraw and Ledit? LDraw and Ledit are the only programs that are limited to the 8.3 scheme (perhaps one or two old tools too). As far as I know there are easy to use and easy to implement (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) etc.) Don't LDRAW and LEDIT run in "real DOS" mode? They won't understand the long filenames even if you run them from within windows. I'm pretty sure some folks still use LEDIT. How about replacing the .dat extension with the pattern number (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I can't remember the last time "dropping DOS support" came up, but it seems like a very long time ago! Is "real DOS" (not real-mode DOS :o) still really something that needs to be supported? I understand that DOS as a filesystem format needs (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, under the subject "Re: 3626b101.dat - Minifig Head (...) This is a problem. This potentially blows the whole approach to numbering patterned parts. And it's going to be more of a problem in the future, as we get more blank (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Another license draft
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(...) That's fine -- keep the membership/feedback idea for later. (...) I was thinking more of memberships for people who would include themselves in 'the organization known as ldraw.org', not all LDraw users. But, whatever. :) Steve (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Could you be more specific? (...) Like what? Again, could you be more specific. (...) There's no general limit. (...) That looks very nice. It's not too surprising you're getting a big file. Have you checked your file for duplicate or (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New MLCad Release is on it's way
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(...) I think I myself *have* said this, actually. But it bears repeating! Thank you for creating a modern, more intuitive lego drawing program. (...) I think I speak for many when I say that we owe a debt to James for showing what's possible while (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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Finaly I release this new version of MLCad ==> V1.99 New features: - Rotating model now in view mode also (option) - Changing sequence of models within a mpd - Differenced pane settings for edit/view mode - Bigger step advances and display of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Stickers
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[snipped ng list to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) My take on this is to make stickers this way: . Position the image horizontally at Y=-1 . Around the outside of the sticker, project a surface from Y=-1 to Y=1 . Make a blank surface, the same shape as the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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