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Hi, where can I find monorail parts like monorail wheels, etc. ? Thanx. Norbi (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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Hi Larry, I just tried using 43 for 41 and it comes out looking way too green. I found the solution though. Check out my next post in lugnet.cad.ray! Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G4pro0.64M@lugnet.com... (...) The (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Fix for Trans - light - blue showing as trans-dark-blue in POV-RAY
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I recently posted to lugnet.cad.ray asking for a solution to this problem. When you use L3p to convert .dat files to .pov, it seems to convert the trans-light-blue parts into trans-dark-blue. Based on the suggestions, I think I've isolated the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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(...) I'll give that a whirl, thanks very much!!!! However I would say this is "wrong" on the face of it, since it's counterintuitive. If this color 43 is really trans light blue, it ought to be named that in common usage, including within all the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before [DAT]
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(...) I almost directly quoted that. Like the previous person has said, i'd really like to see the dat. My 8880 is stashed away in my mom's closet MISB just waiting to be wrapped for Christmas... Quite so, I have looked, better yet tried to model an (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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Hi all, OK, listen up. This message is for a small percentage of people out there. Voting more than once for a model does not work. All IP addresses are logged and it is easy to spot duplicates. Duplicates are deducted from the score. Easy to spot, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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(...) Jeez Jeff, where have you been for the last month? Haven't you at least heard about the Debacle (or should I say Travesty? Farce?) in Florida? The year 2000 may well be known to future generations as the year of the chad. Sad, isn't it? -- (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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Thanks for posting this Bram. How would I use this? (Assuming I am using MLCAD, l3p, and then POV-RAY)? Is there a way to make it a global include for POV-RAY? If I have to keep manually including it, that would be kind of annoying. I guess I could (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: bend thingie creator.
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(...) Sorry, I explained myself poorly, I divide the curve in segments with only 2 points each. Bezier and Hermite curves are very similar, but I don't use Bezier curves because the control points are not very user-friendly, I'd rather have tangents (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite center offset problem?
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(...) It was probably Jeremy Sproat who did this interface, if my memory serves. He is apparently not active on LUGNET now. I don't have an environment for compiling programs under Windows myself, so I cannot make the needed changes to the source (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Wires anyone?
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(...) Yes, I totally agree. The subject of using multiple control points for flexible elements has been discussed here recently. However, I think that the multiple control points approach is best suited interactive CAD-like applications. It would be (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RE: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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(...) I've hacked together an include file which uses Anton Raves colors for the most part, which is closer to the real LEGO spectrum. It doesn't include all the colors (I add them as I need them), but you can get a copy here: (URL) Lambrecht (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Wires anyone?
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdzoisnwp0.fsf....uio.no... (...) I got the wire function to work, but I have a suggestion. It would be nice to be able to add control points to shape the wire differently, in (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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(...) I think you are mistaken ! Memory Manager in Win3.1 is pretty much Brain Dead, after an hour or two of usage, it starts swaping memory to disk like crazy, because it does not regrup the deallocated memory. Trust me it's worth the change. I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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(...) Didn't someone mention an include color file for POV that more accurately portrays the LEGO spectrum? Perhaps this might allay some issues. J (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G4o0o5.AD8@lugnet.com... (...) :o) Very good entries this month, but Tom's and my Spamcake To Go didn't make it in :-\ Maybe I forgot to submit it...I'll make sure to for next time. -- Tim (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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(...) It's the little piece of paper left over when you punch out your vote on the ballot. Think of the "dot" left over when you use a three-hole punch. -Duane (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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(...) chads? (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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(...) Right group, imo. Which color are you using for the trans-light blue windows? IIRC, L3P recognizes color 43 (Trans-lt-cyan) as the color of lightly tinted LEGO windows. Maybe color 41 (Trans-lt-blue) should be interpreted the same way...Lars? (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDLite center offset problem?
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(...) Yep... I pointed this out to Gyug, and he said that the interface for the view options was actually provided by a 3rd party. He said that he would relay the info to said person and hopefully the problem would be fixed in the next version.. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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(...) If you're wanting use the color for the common light blue transparent pieces, I think the color for that would be 43 trans-cyan. HTH, --Ryan (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDLite center offset problem?
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"James Wilson" <wilson.j.s@usa.net> wrote in message news:G4otrM.E8n@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) latest one (...) the (...) (numlock on (...) one (...) want, then (...) Using LDLite with LDAO also allows negative offsets. -John Van (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | MLCAD Tutorial in french - Tutoriel MLCAD en français
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Bonjour à tous. Le tutoriel pour MLCAD est disponible en français sur la page officielle (URL) The tutorial for MLCAD is available in french on the official page (URL) Klein (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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I have a couple of models I'd like to submit, but I have no idea how to begint o render them. LDLite didn't work for me. I haven't installed POVRay in years. Is there a good program to do it quickly, a service that does it (a-la upload .dat to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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I have a couple of models I'd like to submit, but I have no idea how to begint o render them. LDLite didn't work for me. I haven't installed POVRay in years. Is there a good program to do it quickly, a service that does it (a-la upload .dat to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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(...) I use L3Lab and I get the same conversion problem. Also, speaking of colors, I noticed another anomaly that may or may not be an L3Lab problem. I had a decorated element that used a color that was not used anywhere else in the model (as a main (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | LDLite center offset problem?
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Anyone else have this problem? I can't type in negative numbers into the center-offset boxes (X and Y offset) in LDLite (2.0b, I think -- the latest one on Paul Gyugyi's web site). It also doesn't work in 1.6. I tried on the upper row of keys on the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDLite center offset problem?
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Anyone else have this problem? I can't type in negative numbers into the center-offset boxes (X and Y offset) in LDLite (2.0b, I think -- the latest one on Paul Gyugyi's web site). It also doesn't work in 1.6. I tried on the upper row of keys on the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 6002 halfpart (Updated) [DAT]
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Here is the latest version of the 6002 part with a missing box added as well as the two rings. The outer ring may still be a bit off, but if anyone else wants to work on it thier welcome to it. ;) 0 part 6002 round Panel 6 x 6 x 9 with Curved Top 0 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New part 30094
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Oh dear I seem to have messed this up. After a quick search on Lugnet rather than the latest Ldraw update I have found this part has been done quite some time ago. So if anyone can remove this entire thread it would be appreciated. Sorry. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Export Problems
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This sounds something is wrong - the dialog wan't allow to continue until all the data are correct: 1) Make sure export path contains a valid directory name (e.g. C:\TEMP) 2) If you are using the processing log-file make sure the entry contains a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Can the MLCAD rendering engine be put in a DLL?
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Should be possible since I use a static link library for holding the renderer and file cache. When V2.0 is ready I will work on that. Michael Anders Isaksson <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4n910.Axy@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A few 1.99 bugs and suggestions
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Hy Jeff, thank you for the bug - reports, I will go through them soon and correct them in V2.0 - thanks for your help Michael Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4MCt3.Kq3@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) on (...) around (...) area (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Looking for parts for 8880
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"Eric Lanteigne" <elanteigne@home.com> wrote in message news:G4MFnE.2E3@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Well, you can look at them here: (URL) am currently working on them, and I hope to get them done - HOPEFULLY - by next weekend. About all I have (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Light trans blue in MLCAD comes out as trans dark-blue in POV-RAY
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When I use light trans-blue parts in MLCAD, they become dark trans-blue in POV-RAY. I can use another blue color, but its not quite right. I've seen other people complain about this, saying is a bug in L3P or something (which I'm using to convert (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Bumble Bee Utility Vehicle!
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I posted some help on POV-RAY camera angles a bit back in one of the CAD newsgroups. Here is the easiest way to do it (assuming you are using MLCAD). Load up MLCAD with your model. Have one view showing the front, and another from the top. Go over (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
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| | December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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Hi all, It is that time of the month again(1) - time to vote! And unlike Florida, I have no problem hand-counting votes. So shake off any excess chads and visit: (URL) real good entries this month - an excellent variety. Plus the winner will be the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
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I can't wait to get your optimization! The latest version of MLCAD is much faster than the previous one (since it tries not to redraw the entire model), but this sounds fantastic! Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Export Problems
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(...) Only Michael can say for sure, but my belief is that this dialog is simply not fully functional yet. I would guess that all the fields and actions will become active in the next release. J (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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(...) I suppose if you have a bunch of compact Win 3.1 apps you might feel that way. My 486 laptop has 20 Mb and a much smaller disk and works fine for me, but I mostly use it for multiple DOS windows to run the compiler and text editor. (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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(...) Please do post them ASAP as I have been looking for a .dat of the 8880 for ages. If I had the shift pieces I would ldraw them for you but I dont have them. Seeing this makes me want to do the 8480 space shuttle :) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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(...) In order to have all the angles right and to move parts around (view with wheels turned or hatch up) there is about 90 files that are used for that model. Maybe somebody can teach me how to use the multiple part option of the software. These (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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"Eric Lanteigne" <elanteigne@home.com> wrote in message news:G4nKC2.H56@lugnet.com... (...) Did you forget to attach the dat? (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: bend thingie creator.
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(...) Doesn't this complicate things a lot? It is possible easily draw a hundred beziercurves that make up 1 curve, but how do you make 1 equation that passes through a hundred points? (...) mean (...) segment (...) it (...) with (...) segment in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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Tore Eriksson wrote... (...) L3Lab supports 4 kinds of polling (quiet poll is option -PollSilent) see under "Revision history" in (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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I thought my computer was powerful until this. 131369 Frame level objects I put my computer down to its knees Prepare to drool (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) I've thought about using bezier curves but I decided to choose another type of curve because it doesn't allow you to make the curve pass by a specific point (except the first and last points). (...) I'm using a different solution: I start with (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Export Problems
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(...) I don't use the export function so I can't comment. But if you want to raytrace, get POVray, install it, then get L3Lab (or L3P) and install it. What I do to trace is save my MPD with the design I want traced. Then I launch L3Lab, navigate to (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) With 420 Mb hard disk and 16 Mb RAM, it's no upgrade at all. (RAM not even upgradeable). I prefer a fast 486 with Win 3.1 before a slow one with Win95. I have no hope of finding a polling viewer that works in Win 3.1. I want to know what (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Export Problems
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I'm fairly new to MLCad, and after I recently got ready to delve into the depths of raytracing my designs, I found that the export command was a little odd... I can't click the post processor configurations tab; it doesn't act as if it's a tab at (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | A new idea
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Did anyone think on making desktop themes about this Lego cad thing? (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Can the MLCAD rendering engine be put in a DLL?
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Michael, is there a possibility you could put the rendering engine from MLCAD into a DLL? That would make it very easy to create other add-ons for the community. One example is my LDList, which can be used to search for a part - my Delphi port of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Shutter, real ridges or simulated? [DAT]
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Here's my version of 3582: 0 Window 1 x 2 x 2 Shutter 0 WRITE Modified by Tim Romine 11/26/2000 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 1 1 1 16 0 44 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-4edge.dat 1 16 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-4edge.dat 2 24 2 48 -4 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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(...) Good luck finding a polling viewer that works in Win 3.1! In occasional moments of insanity I've considered building a version of ldglite for DOS with the djgpp compiler and Scitech MGL, but then I come to my senses and remember that LDRAW and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Shutter, real ridges or simulated? [DAT]
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(...) DOH! I had already made these shutters before I checked LUGNET, so here they are: 3856 in this post, 3582 in the next. As always, LMKWYT. Tim Romine AFOL for Life enimor@earthlink.net P.S. Toilet bowl, huh? Wow! I never would have thought of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Bumble Bee Utility Vehicle!
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(...) nope. could make more in realation to next question (...) That could be a tuffy, but I will try...may need some pov-ray help there with camera angles. Rick (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
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(...) an inverted U than a rotated C. But I'm just judging by appearance. Note that the part itself does not use triangular shaped ridges.. I thought it did but on examination, see that it does not. That makes a certain sense as it preserves (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: bend thingie creator.
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(...) I'm using a simplified form of bezier curves, like you see in most drawing software like coreldraw etc.. this is also x = f(t), y = g(t) and z = h(t) with f, g and h being a*t^3 + b*t^2 +c*t + d . a, b , c and d can than simply be calculated (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G4LGt1.Kou@lugnet.com... (...) Adam Howard has already done both of these. I have them in my "(Un-Official)" bin in my VEC. I think instead of actual louvers, he used half cylinders. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New part 30094
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No problem. Its used a lot in Town Diver stuff. Its a 2 x 2 plate with a square rod frame. Similar to 30033 but square rather than octagonal. I've rendered it at (URL) add some keywords when I work out what they should say. Its was used in set (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Looking for parts for 8880
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I did a search in the CAD sub-directory and I haven't been able to find the following pieces. 6543 8880 4 x 6 plate with gearstick holder 6549 8880 gearstick Can you direct me if you know where to find those pieces(files). Thanks Eric. (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Creating folders in ML CAD
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(...) Sure can! Just click on the menu Settings | Groups | Group Configuration. You'll see existing groups and their search criteria. To create a new group simply type the group name you want to use in the "Name" field, then type the search string (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | A few 1.99 bugs and suggestions
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1. When opening a file, if any sub parts are not found (the program alerts to this and offers a "Yes/No" dialog) and the file is opened anyway, clicking on the "Unknown" element will cause a Protection Fault Error: MLCAD caused an exception 10H in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Does this part exist?
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(...) Yes, that looks like it. However I ended up using the other one I was pointed to in this thread. I loaded yours and it might be an MLCad problem but I see some holes in it... there appear to be some triangles missing, or else they didn't load (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New part 30094
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Could you describe a bit more what this part is or provide a link to an image? thanks Robin Sayce-Jones <robin.sayce-jones@f...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G4LCrs.BBJ@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Bumble Bee Utility Vehicle!
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Looks nice! It's nice to see some other Aquazone MOC's Do you have any more close-up shots? I'd be particularly interested in seeing the mini-fig compartment. Rick Hallman <Sephiroths@REMOVEHotmail.com> wrote in message news:G4LH83.LvK@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
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| | Renderers that poll for changes?
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As I am trying to learn some Delphi, I thought that creating a program like Anders Isaksson's LDS Shell would be nice to practice. Not that there is anything wrong with LDS Shell, but I have to start somewhere. I am calling my project "LDS Launcher" (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New Europian Truck [DAT]
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Hello, here my new minifigscale 8 stud wide truck.A mercedes benz actros this time. The headlights are made with the option add quad the star is build out of lines. greetings Eric 0 Untitled 0 Name: actros2.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 1 1 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: creating parts?
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(...) Yes, prior to an official update (available from www.ldraw.org) the unofficial parts are usually posted to (URL) officialisation is current managed via announcements to (URL) such as (URL) almost all my completed parts and most of those done (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Bumble Bee Utility Vehicle!
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For all your under-water and space needs! (URL) Bumble Bee one man utility vehicle is the only choice! capable of taking pressure up to 3 tons PSI and that pressure armor is also space armor! With a few modifacations to the power units it can become (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes indeed, I am very interested. Thanks for offering! I wonder, is the smaller shutter the same way? (...) I'd call it a dish too, I have no idea why it's named that way. I used it for a toilet bowl! ++Lar (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New part 30094 [DAT]
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Hi, I've been waiting for someone to do this part, but in the end I've done it myself. Having said that any comments on improving it will help. Constructive comments only. To use it you will also need the new proposed torus primative as uploaded in (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part whole 6002 (needs work)
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Hey - Did you use this part in anything yet? I'd be interested in seen a POV image, or getting the .dat file. It would be easy to slap together Poolside Paradise now (except for the baseplate, but I think that part may even exist). Brad Mark Kennedy (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: creating parts?
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Hey Chris, I see a lot of cool parts marked "completed" on that tracker. How can we get such parts? The only links I see are to the author's email addresses. It seems kind of obnoxious to have everyone sending email to the authors to get parts. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Creating folders in ML CAD
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Hi, is it possible to create my own pieces folders in MLCAD ? Or have I only to use the predefinef folders ? Thanx. (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Does this part exist?
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Is this what you are looking for? (URL) sent this in to Steve quite a while back, so it should be in the next release. "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G4JJ9t.FpA@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) stud, (...) in (...) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I just checked this part out on my PC and I'm afraid you're right. The grooves are only simulated with lines. Bummer! But not too difficult to fix, hee hee. Let me know if you're interested in a 3D grooved part, and I'll make one. On ONE (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hi, I'm no part expert, either, but I did notice that some quads were missing in the lower section of this part. Also, the sides are missing quads (I realize you already know this). Unfortunately, you will have to create your own ring subpart (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Are the ridges (louvers) on the (3856) shutter just lines rather than triangular ridges/grooves? When I render this part in POV it appears as a smooth surface rather than having any grooves. That of course looks funny up close. And of course, a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Oops, I'll have to fix that... (...) You could possibly move the half part to /S subdirectory in parts. That may help (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Oh Yeah! I've been waiting forever for this part! I love to use the straight version. I checked out your part. It looks really good. My only possible complaint is that the 1x2 straight portion at the very bottom (that would accept 2 studs in a row) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Does this part exist?
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(...) That helped a lot.. thanks. And thanks Paul for the ref to Thomas B's unoffical part. It's good enough for my purposes! ++Lar (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: part x503.dat - Cylinder 1 x 1 x 2/3 Concave Dome with hole center
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(...) ah.. i dont think i did (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: part x503.dat - Cylinder 1 x 1 x 2/3 Concave Dome with hole center
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Thomas, Did you ever send this to Steve ("partsref@home.com") for inclusion into the next parts update? I didn't notice this at Tore's parts tracker, either. Just trying to help... Franklin (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Does this part exist?
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(...) Franklin (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I think the part you are looking for is this one. I didn't find where it was an official part either. (URL)Also, what color number is Chrome? Thanks! (...) Paul (URL) (finished parts) (URL) (in process) (URL) (planned) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Dull metal color?
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(...) Yes indeed! Would I simply change the reflectivity of the color? That seems pretty easy; I'll try it when I get home. Thanks! Dave! (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If I recall correctly, the FAQ says to use the same color code (#383). If ray-tracing (using POV-RAY), you can distinguish be encoding a variant of the translated color -- I'm assuming you'll be using L3P -- to have a non-reflective version of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there an LDraw color code for silvery metal other than bright chrome? I'm thinking something more along the lines of dull silver-grey, like the wheels on some Technic sets. Any guesses? Dave! (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would place it in the Cylinder CATEGORY. That's were the other domes/hemispherical objects have been placed. (...) Color code # 383 is Chrome/Silver. Hope this helps. Franklin (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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It's 2x2, it's round, it's 2 plates high, it's bowl shaped, it's chromed and was used as a headlight in some model team models. It can mount onto a stud, or centered between 4 studs. I have no idea what to call it so am not sure even what category (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Baroque Villa
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Thanks - Baroque is REALLY hard to do with LEGO due to the limited supply of curved elements and the difficulty in reproducing all the ornamentation. Kevin McMillin <mcmillins@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:G4IGLB.329@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: bend thingie creator.
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(...) It's very cool indeed, I've been trying to do something like this for LeoCAD but I'm using Hermite curves and the user is able to move the control points and direction vectors interactively. Everything works reasonably well but I'm having (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: is any one working on these parts?
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(...) I plan to modelise the Roboriders gear box. Marc Klein A Mindstorms fan. (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Part mock-up: Minifig Forestman Cap
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(...) Hi, How do I turn all those numbers you posted into a .dat file? (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | MLCAD Tutorial in french
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I have translated the MLCad tutorial in french. It should be available soon on the page of tutorials here (URL) the meantime, it is available on my site here : (URL) à tous. Pour tous les amateurs de construction virtuelle Lego, j'ai traduit le (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Baroque Villa
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(...) of the baroque style. Once again you have captured LDRAW and used it well. (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Baroque Villa [DAT]
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This is based on Villa Amerika, Prague (1720) Here is a picture: (URL) Untitled 0 Name: villa.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 170 -424 321 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG -2 0 1 15 -150 -152 -20 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 2339.DAT 1 15 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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This is a Baroque villa based on Villa Amerika, in Prague (1720). I'm afraid that not all of the ornamentation comes through in the LEGO version. It looks a bit more neo-classical rather than baroque. (URL) posting the model on (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: does anyone have these parts?
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(...) Thanks. (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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