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(...) As long as we're taking the time to be official, we should also be correct. The "Trans" color names shouldn't be short for "Transparent" because transparent means a lack of color. The "Trans" should be short for "Translucent" which means (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: v1.99 impressions and ideas
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(...) i totally agree with this one (...) MLCAD does this already.. instead of using the all-inclusive zoom settings on the toolbar, right-click on the pane you wish to zoom and select "Zoom" from the pop-up menu, then zoom in or out... or (the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Bug in L3PAO when path deleted/renamed
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(...) Thank you very much Mr. Bliss! I'll change that.. very good call. (noticed you and i bidding for similar lots in auczilla viv!) J (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Right. From (URL) or ldraw.ini It is no longer necessary to set the environment variable LDRAWDIR if you are using LDAO or LDLite. If LDRAWDIR is not set, L3P looks for ldraw.ini in C:\Windows (or the directory specified by the environment (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) A number of the color-codes you listed *are* in the LDraw FAQ, (URL), which is about as official as things get, for colors in LDraw-world. These codes are: (...) And you made some suggestions for alternatives to the standard color values: (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: v1.99 impressions and ideas
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I have a few requests of my own - in the parts list, when moving a part up/down, there should be a visible insertion point (just like windows does when you move something in the start menu) - the number pad should be available to move around the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hmmm... good call Travis... unfortunately he said that everything works fine if he runs L3P manually, so the LDrawDir variable must be set (or he has LDAO installed). L3PAO does *not* set the LDrawDir variable automatically though, so that was (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: 32197 Supercar Wheel 81.6 x 34 ZR
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The part looks great but I have one comment. Next time you post a part with more than 1 dat file, make it into a MPD file. Its easy to do, just put "0 " in front of the File xxx.dat and remove the ----- line and you have an MPD file. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BMP-2-LDraw32 homepage is up!
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(...) Drat! Thanks for pointing this out, Tore. The funny thing is, I swear I tested that link before I posted my message yesterday. Steve (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Bug in L3PAO when path deleted/renamed
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(...) It's better to look for ledit.exe, so you don't accidently find the ldraw.exe download/installation file. LDAO used to get caught on that one frequently. The startup code was happy, because the path in ldraw.ini pointed to a directory (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 32197 Supercar Wheel 81.6 x 34 ZR
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PRAAAAIIIIISSSSE THE LOOOORD!!! Thank god that part was finished. Now I can finally finish my Supercar MkII which has been sitting on my drive for the past few months without any wheels. You are the greatest Technic parts author on earth! Brett (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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The case shouldn't matter. Have you set the LDRAWDIR environment variable to point to d:\ldraw? If not, L3P won't work (unless L3PAddOn does this automatically). Check the L3P DOS window again. If the help text ends with the following (after you hit (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Sphere dat file (with steps) [DAT]
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Awhile back, Dave Novick asked if anyone had a dat file of a sphere. I didn't at the time, but I had been fooling around to see what I could come up with in the way of a sphere using both bricks and plates. I managed to come up with a small sphere (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | 32197 Supercar Wheel 81.6 x 34 ZR [DAT]
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Finally, here it is, the long waited Supercad wheel. The tyre is not yet done, but it will be soon. Enjoy and let me know what you think about this part file. Marc. Note they are 3 files in this message : 32197.dat 32197a.dat 32197b.dat ---...--- (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) All right here are my settings: EXEName: "L3P.exe" L3PPath: "d:\LDraw" These both seem to be correct (that's where everything is). But, oddly enough (I don't think it matters though) the other settings all have my second HD as D:\, not d:\. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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This post is here to start a discussion on color names for obscure combinations made by older programs. In LDLite, a few colors were added to the existing LDraw/LEdit palette. Among them were 21, the glow-in-the-color, 25, the reddish orange, and 2 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | L3PAdd-On v1.2.5 is up (was: Bug in L3PAO...)
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Thanks to Daniel Crichton for pointing out some bugs in the last release of L3PAO, I've just recompiled and upped a new version that should have the latest issues worked out. As always you can find it at: (URL) for anyone curious: I added a routine (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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Ahh, yes - you have discovered that some LDRAW elements have colors hard-coded into them. They therefore do not appear with the color specified, but rather with the colors embedded into the .dat file for them. :-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New part: Boba Fett Minifig Torso
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(...) ...[snip]... (...) ?!?!?.... Uhhhmmmm, this "Color Code" is *WAY* beyond range. Valid color codes in LDraw are "0" (zero) to "511" (five hundred eleven). A color code of "67780772" (sixty-seven million, seven hundred eighty thousand, seven (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 3626b102.dat - Minifig Head - SW Determined w/ Brown Eyebrows (Young Obi-Wan) pattern
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(...) Here's a JPEG image of all four SW m/f heads: "(URL) here's one of the four Pirates/Castle m/f heads: "(URL) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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