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  Re: Unknown# - Hinge Brick 1 X 2 Locking Double
 
(...) John, 1. In order to be consistent with other hinges already in the inventory, I'd suggest changing the NAME to "Hinge Brick 1 x 2 Locking with 1 and 2 Fingers On End". 2. Have you submitted this to Steve for inclusion into the next (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  bend thingie creator.
 
Hello, I just finished a first implementation for creating flexable axes and i'm quickly posting it before i go home for the weekend. It's my second program ever and my first object oriented one (so don't expect too much :-) ). If someone wants to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Baroque Church Facade
 
(...) Sure. I use MLCAD myself, but only to _render_ (display) the model. For my actual typing, I use Notepad. (A DAT file is simply an ASCII text file with a different extension.) Open up Wordpad (not Notepad). Open a File, of "any type", in your (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: I made my first comuterized LEGO models
 
"Bradley Dale" <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:G3HF5A.KGx@lugnet.com... (...) It (...) a (...) and a (...) Every (...) But I (...) before (...) other (...) Ever try LDraw? ;-) (URL) Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Baroque Church Facade
 
Thanks Can you elaborate more on your suggested change? I'm a newbie to this stuff, and just use MLCAD for all editing. I never mess with the actual text files or part properties. If you can describe the effect of your suggested change, it would be (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Small Robot fits all space themes
 
That thing is really quite elegant. -- ---...--- If athletes get athlete's foot, do astronauts get mistletoe? ---...--- ~mek~ (News group readers, remove cc from atkincc to email me) Ryan J Farrington wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  2 small requests
 
In previous versions, if I recall correctly, double-clicking on a part in the view panes performed the same operation as double-clicking on a part in the element listing... it brings up the part# modification dialog. It would be nice to have that (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  I made my first comuterized LEGO models
 
Not having a Lego-drawing program to work with, I used the Paint program. It took a while, but wasn't that hard with the straight line tool. They look surprisingly neat, but don't have studs (yet). Just small stuff for now, a nice snow plough made (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Is it appropriate to post large models here?
 
(...) The high detail versions of the 8880 wheels where quite large. Surprisingly, the largest part I have in my collection is the floating astronaut picture piece. (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Is it appropriate to post large models here?
 
(...) It's not, no, and I think there have been a couple large parts that were converted from some other format that were in the neighborhood of that size. --Todd (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) Beige is whiter than the "tan" bricks (white bricks do turn "tan" in the sun though). Tan, before TLC started making it, was a brownish grey, wasn't it? I would like to call the brick colour "sand". (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) Another reason to call it 'tan' is because that's a lot easier to spell! :-) -- David Schilling (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How do I speed things up ?
 
It sure would ! I was thinking along these lines a few days ago and I tried a small experiment. I manually edited copies of the .dat files for the basic bricks that my model uses and removed all of the "extraneous" quads and studs so that each part (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: repost: chains1.dat
 
(...) And one quadrant is still "squirrely". Try a zoom of about 6000 in l3lab, select the menu option "View/Random colors" and then spin the chain link around a few times. You'll see that all the polys are nice and parallel in 3 quadrants, but all (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: How do I speed things up ?
 
(...) Yes, it would help. How about having an option to draw all prior steps in wireframe mode? Or have a meta-statement to turn wireframe off and on? Either of those might be easier to use than flagging specific parts. Steve (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Is it appropriate to post large models here?
 
(...) That sounds suspiciously like a challenge. How often is 'often'? 500 KB is in the neighborhood of a 7500 piece model. I currently can't do better than 108 KB, and that would be a fairly gratuitous posting (ie, it's been published elsewhere). (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) Heaven forbid - everything he does is above and beyond the call of duty! Maybe having three levels of detail like the set guide would work... but I don't have a clue about the inner workings. (...) Just (...) Sounds right. That's how the set (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How do I speed things up ?
 
Beside the fact that the next release will be faster than 1.99R1 :-) I have another idea: What if would be possible to mark certain parts for outline or wire-frame drawing? Would that be of any help? Michael (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: How do I speed things up ?
 
One thing you could also do is to use the 'hide' feature. When you select parts and activate 'hide" from the menu or tool-bar (the light's) the part will not be drawn anymore until you make it visible again from the menu or tool-bar (show, show (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Baroque Church Facade
 
(...) FWIW, I find that changing "0.707107" to "0.707" (i.e., three digits of precision) is sufficiently precise, and helps avoid line-wrap. Franklin (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)


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