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I didn't figure it would be all that hard. In addition to what you noted, I would also need a version of the configuration panel which allowed you to select a file to display, as well as (preferably) a way to select the full-screen resolution used (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Screensaver anyone?
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Unfortunately, there is currently no way to get it to launch in fullscreen mode. Maybe the saver launchers have a way around this problem. The startup spin vector problem is another problem, since LDView doesn't have any way of making this happen (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: License - again
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(...) Again, care needs to be taken here. If the program is a program which converts the library itself, requiring it to be liberally licensed may be reasonable. A conversion program which just converts a LDraw .DAT to a new format which will use a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: License - again
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I like the artistic license, but not for a library of parts. The key issue to deal with in the LCAD library is "abandonment". The license must allow active LCAD people to maintain, modify, convert and distribute parts that people author. The (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Partsref mini-update (was: New Partsref is pure bliss)
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(...) Go. Look. Now. (URL) Besides adding the frame-view back into the mix, the external links on Partsref have been refreshed/updated--Peeron.com has a bunch of new listings, and that new information is reflected in Partsref. Also, the images in (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: different idea for cockpit
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(...) I found the problem...and it is what I thought it would be :) Basically, what you are creating is a sphere with a speckled texture. The background color of this texture is black, which is why you can't change the background color. However, the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Can someone LDRAW/MLCAD these parts
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(...) Mladen, I did see your message earlier. However, I have not seen this new set in the local stores yet, so I cannot encode these pieces as DAT files yet (we're not supposed to try to encode pieces that we don't physically have in our (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Can someone LDRAW/MLCAD these parts
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A couple of weeks ago I posted this message... No response... I was wondering if anybody here is planning or in the process of making these parts: 30565 (4 x 4 curved plate) 30562 (4 x 4 x 6 curved hollow cylinder) Both of these parts are from the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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I'm not finished with this guy yet. I still have to do the legs. :-/ Franklin 0 Animal Spider 0 File: x???.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com) 0 Unofficial Part 0 0 CATEGORY 0 0 KEYWORDS spider, arachnid 0 KEYWORDS Adventurers, Amazon, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: License - again
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Why don't you just say: " This product is licensed under the standard Lego Users Computer Aided Design License. For information or/and questions about the license post a message on lugnet.cad.dev." That way you can just wait with actually coming up (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3A36A7C6.2C67@m...ing.com... MAJOR SNIPPAGE: (...) Heh... I kinda like the way that sounds :-) Good ideas, BTW, Frank. -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If we take that route then I assume that (L)GPL is not going to be used. I think we can also add a clause "other licenses can be negociated with the authors". I also liked the idea of requiring the source code for a conversion program, if the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sometimes it's scary how in agreement we are... (...) A differentiation which I think would also be valuable to make is a differentiation between any sort of converter program which uses the definition of the parts in the library to create an (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Where can I find LegoCAD?
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(...) LegoCAD is not free, it was done by Autodesk and (I think) is no longer available and it sucks. There are several free CAD programs, like LeoCAD (www.leocad.org) and LDraw (www.ldraw.org). Leonardo (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) In my POV file: "(URL) the end, I have this section: // Sky?...Stars?... #include "colors.inc" #include "skies.inc" #include "stars.inc" #declare My_Night_Sky = union { sphere { < 0 , 0 , 0 > , 10001 texture { Starfield1 } } sphere { < 0 , 0 , (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Interior shots of Cathedral of Ice
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:G5Fv65.Hpr@lugnet.com... (...) Yeah! It lacks any *real* details, like a Michaelangelo fresco on the ceiling! :-) Seriously, WOW! -Peter (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Where can I find LegoCAD?
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(...) (URL) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RE: different idea for cockpit
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(...) I use a "fog" object to make the transition from the ground plane to the background smoother. For day scenes, I generally use a very light blue color (like <0.7,0.9,1>). For night scenes, you could use a dark blue <0,0,0.4> or black <0,0,0>. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Screensaver anyone?
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(...) It's fairly easy to make a Windows screensaver. There are a few API calls to make and catch, but mostly you just compile to a .SCR extension, and stop your program where there is keyboard or mouse activity. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Custom Built LEGO Sets in 2002
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(...) If I remember correctly, LDLite cheats lines towards the user by 1LDU, so they are more likely to show up. This would also mean that they are more likely to bleed through from other surfaces. Again, that's if I remember correctly. (...) Can (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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