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  Re: missing lego-cad primitive: 1-4ring5.dat (modified - POV)
 
(...) By the way, do you intend to make your sources available? Maybe event on sourceforge? Then, I could send patches to you instead of pestering you with my pleas for additions ;-) Regards, Hakan (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: missing lego-cad primitive: 1-4ring5.dat (modified - POV)
 
(...) Thanks a lot ;-) Expect me to fulfill expectations ;-) (...) I see. Thanks for keeping me informed. (...) It depends. Generally, I just throw the part after the floor definition (inclusive) away, and then add my own floor, background, camera (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: Part Requests
 
WOW! Thanks a lot Steve. I also agree with you about the cylinder category. When I sort my LEGO, I have sort all the round plates and round bricks into one section. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Line Thickness and Antialiasing in LdGLite 0.7.3
 
(...) I understand the problems related to this. It is not a major issue with me, as I will use LdGLite (is the the correct capitalization?) mostly for explorative viewing of a complete model, not for step-by-step viewing. It may be a problem when (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Part Requests
 
Steve, Shouldn't this be (re)oriented, so that it's in the X>0&Z>0 quadrant? You did the plate that way. Franklin (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: 4.5 Volt straight track (p/n 3228), different versions ?
 
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G6JGsx.IsM@lugnet.com... -snip- (...) there. (...) Just a friendly reminder: the lugnet.cad.dat.* heirarchy is for posting .dat files, and for followup discussion to those .dat (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Part Requests  [DAT]
 
(...) And here's a mockup for the panel. I'm starting to dislike the "Cylinder" category. First, the name is too specific; there's an implied exclusion of cones, domes, etc. A general "Round" category would be better. The second problem with (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: 4.5 Volt straight track (p/n 3228), different versions ?
 
In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes: [snip] (...) Another example where this occured was train set #4555 Freight Loading Station (See: (URL) ) Early production runs of this set still contained the "slotted" rail parts, later batches contained the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Part Requests  [DAT]
 
(...) Yeah, I'll be doing these. Here's a mockup of the plate. -- Steve 0 Plate 4 x 4 Corner Round 0 Name: 30565.dat 0 Author: Steve Bliss 0 Unofficial Element 0 CATEGORY Plate 0 KEYWORDS quarter cylinder, quarter disc 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 0 edges 1 16 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) Please tell me! What equipment/software did you use? Darrell King darrellk@pixelmonkey.net (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Patterned parts authoring
 
I am now able to author some patterned parts, though not in the manner that Franklin does (it sounded rather complicated!) I remembered something said awhile back about a Bmp2dat converter, for which I did a search and downloaded. It took about ten (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: 4.5 Volt straight track (p/n 3228), different versions ?
 
(...) I know a little. In considering how to mold a part you have to consider every concave surface carefully. Many things with concave surfaces can nevertheless be made with non dynamic two part molds if you choose the mold separation line (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Ornithopter DAT File available.
 
Cool model there! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: pov-ray question
 
"Eduardo V" wrote... (...) Have you tried the "panoramic" camera keyword? Read about "Types of Projection" in the POV-Ray User's Documentation. /Lars (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  New Part: Slope Brick 55 1 x 6 x 5  [DAT]
 
This part is completed. I duplicated it from the Imperial Shuttle model. 0 Slope Brick 55 1 x 6 x 5 0 Name: 30184.dat 0 Author: Joseph H. Cardana 0 ROTATION CENTER 12 7.06718 113.464 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 1 1 2 24 -10 16 -10 -10 12 -10 2 24 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
My two little boys and I loved it! They kept saying "Again!" We must have watched it 5 or 6 times. -Chuck (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
I loved it, but my 6yr old didn't get it. At first anyway. He watched it again and thinks it's the best of the 5 Lego films I showed him. BRAVO!!! (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) <snip> That is the coolest thing I have seen in a long long long time. The BURP is excellent. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
That was great! After watching it about 3 1/2 times it keeps getting better. By far the best part was when the guy in "LEGO Today" saw his brick and it was a burp and he frowned! That was great! Awesome movie! --Kyle LUGNUT# 791! (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: POV difference in LDraw?
 
Well.. actually... I've almost finished an AutoCAD VBA-macro for importing DAT-files (into Acad 2000(i)). Just having touble with the transformation matrix thingy... I get the objects placed correctly, but not rotated/scaled properly. so... if (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
WOW! That is really amazing. Excellent job! I love the ending, so true to KuBRICK's own vision! ;-) (...) it's (...) movie, (...) minute (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Marc, That was fantastic! Great work. To anyone thinking about downloading it: It IS worth the wait. J- "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Rough Slope
 
(...) wrecker, not wreaker) Now that we know what the benefits are (and if you have any doubts you should go compare the original model, a beauty of a heavy truck, with this improved version. The roughness makes a vast difference), it would be nice (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
THAT WAS EXCELLENT! Any plans for "2010: Odyssey Two" when that year arrives????? Adrian "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) minute (...) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Okay so I just watched it again and it's even better the second time. Good work Marc. (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Uh.....wow. Yeah that's definately some very nice work....in fact it kinda makes me want to watch the real famed film that I have yet to see for real. Sweetness sound and stuff. And the "LDRAW-flying through space with the bricks on either side" (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Hi all, It is my very great pleasure to announce that my newest movie, "2001: A Lego Odyssey" is now playing at a website near you! It's been a labor of love, and one of the reasons I got a digital camcorder in the first place. Of course it's a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Extreme Mockup: m_scout.dat Technic MicroScout
 
What is there looks good, but it seems to have some problem for me. I loaded it into MLCAD, and the side panels are missing. I can see through the sides, and it comes out in two layers. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Extreme Mockup: m_scout.dat Technic MicroScout  [DAT]
 
0 Technic Micro-Scout (very simplified) 0 Name: m_scout.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Un-Official Part 0 rem following line is simplified 2 24 40 0 110 40 0 -110 2 24 -40 0 110 -40 0 -110 2 24 40 0 110 18 0 110 2 24 -40 0 110 -18 0 110 2 24 18 0 110 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  New Part: Panel 10 x 10 x 2 & 2/3 Corner Top  [DAT]
 
Once again I've done only the minimum. But hey, it works. If anyone wishes to finish it, help yourself. 0 Panel 10 x 10 x 2 & 1/3 Corner Top 0 Name: 30202.dat 0 Author: Joseph H. Cardana 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER -61.3017 23.8601 21.9011 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: My first model,please look
 
Gary, I don't care for command line parameter either. I created a simple batch file and called it CONVERT.BAT There is a variable, so all you type is CONVERT FILENAME No need for an extension. Also you'll have to change the directories. If you would (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  work-in-progress: pirate tri-corner hat  [DAT]
 
I'm not yet finished with this part, but I wanted to post what I've got so far, and solicit feedback. Bearing in mind that it's a work that's still "in progress", please LMKWYT. ;-) (Note that this DAT file uses the new primitive that I posted here: (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  new primitive: hi-res 1/8 not-disc  [DAT]
 
Happy New Millenium ;-) Here's a new primitive that I'm using for a new part that I'm encoding. (I'll be posting the interim version of the part in question in just a few minutes.) Thanks, Franklin 0 Disc Negative 48 0.125 0 Name: 48\1-8ndis.dat 0 (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: LEGO hotrod
 
Great hotrod! Nicely done in such a small size! (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Rough Slope  [DAT]
 
Here is a closeup of the wreaker with rough angle bricks, and the new dat file I used for the rough effect. It is a subtle change, but you can tell the difference. (URL) Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 0 Experimental Roughness by Amnon Silverstein 1 16 0 20 (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: LEGO hotrod
 
Jay Cal <janno666@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G6FvFz.8DF@lugnet.com... (...) Ooh cool model, Jay! :-) Nice use of chrome parts, too bad they don't make all of them currently though. Internally, TLC has a 1x1 plate in gold, which they use for (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Rough Slope (was Re: Arbitrary code (was Re: L3P Idea  [DAT]
 
(...) I invented a way to do this. Here is one slope .dat that is fixed for POV, and an example picture. Note that it works for any color, chrome and clear etc. Example picture: (URL) Slope Brick 33 3 x 2 with POV Roughness 0 Author: Amnon (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  LEGO hotrod
 
A simple modified version of an alternate model from the 715 set: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  New Part: Brick 4 x 10 Double Angle  [DAT]
 
I was building a crane from one of my sets and I didn't have this part. I always cheat when I build parts. I want functionality not appearence. I took a 2 x 10 brick and a 2 x 4 brick, added the angles and bingo. I'm happy with it. 0 Brick 4 x 10 (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  (canceled)
 
 
  Re: pov-ray question
 
No that dosent help the camera has to turn around it self like the earth does. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: I'm getting leery (was Re: L3P Idea)
 
I agree that a smoke puff shouldn't be in the library of Lego parts, since it isn't a Lego part and it is POV specific. However, having a directory of POV-specific .dat files for POV rendering is a perfectly reasonable thing for POV users to have, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  New Part: Windscreen from Millenium Falcon set. DAT included  [DAT]
 
I created a windshield so I can MLCAD my Millenium Falcon. I only did the edges cause that's all I need. Anybody interested in finishing it. Also I have no idea how the filenameing system is working, I do my best to keep it neat. The DAT file is (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Arbitrary code (was Re: L3P Idea
 
(...) My perspective is that of a user... POV renderings are wrong. *Any* solution that fixes my particular needs is good enough for me. That said, the most general solution may be the best, and embedding POV specific fragments may not be very (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Line Thickness and Antialiasing in LdGLite 0.7.3
 
Don Heyse wrote... (...) Ah, I think I understand now... You require all DAT files in Linux to be in uppercase? If you let FixDatName convert to lower case (like I do), you could modify OpenDatFile to use upper case, (if that's what you require) and (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: I'm getting leery (was Re: L3P Idea)
 
(...) I agree. POV commands are great for cleaning up the geometry. This was what I was really hoping for. However, if the command set is flexible enough for users to make their own custom parts for their private collections to do special effects (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Line Thickness and Antialiasing in LdGLite 0.7.3
 
(...) OK I confess, I took the cheap and easy fix rather than digging deeper to find the root of the problem. After further consideration I suppose the correct solution would be to run FixDatName() on all the hardcoded lowercase filenames when the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Line Thickness and Antialiasing in LdGLite 0.7.3
 
(...) Yeah, it's been that way for a while. Perhaps forever. I've fiddled with various ways to fix it, but haven't yet come up with anything that made me happy. You can see the remnants of one such attempt inside the #ifdef IGNORE_DIRTY sections of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Guide to installing and using LDGLite on Linux
 
(...) Not right now. HTML is not my strong point. Just look at my lame excuse for a web page. Plus this would make mirroring the site twice as much work for me. However, I finally got motivated to figure out a way to update the main site at (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  I'm getting leery (was Re: L3P Idea)
 
(...) For what it's worth, I think I'd avoid taking L3P in this direction. I see L3P for what it is, a .DAT to .POV conversion tool, used for verts, lines, faces, etc. Before we start heading off into having .DAT versions of every possible .POV (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Arbitrary code (was Re: L3P Idea  [DAT]
 
Once again, I suggest we added TEXTURE as a 0-meta-command. This would solve a lot of issues, we could for example use TEXTURE RUBBER for differently coloured rubber parts as rubber bands, erasers, tyres... This way, it won't be POV-only, but all (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: 3960p01.dat, "CYLINDER??? Radar Dish 4 x 4 - Red/Green Petals"
 
(...) "Spherical section"? It's not a cylinder except at the edges and Radar Dish is a usage, not a description of shape the way "modified plate" is, for example. I am not sure we can cause things to change easily. But if we can, we should get it (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Repost(?) 6162.dat Brick 12 x 12 Quarter Circle  [DAT]
 
Did I post these two back in August? 0 @Brick 12 x 12 Quarter Circle (needs work) 0 Name: 6162.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Element 0 This is just a mockup 2 24 -116 4 -116 -116 24 -116 2 24 116 4 -116 116 24 -116 2 24 -116 4 -116 116 4 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Repost(?) 6161.dat Brick 24 x 24 without 12 x 12 Quarter Circle  [DAT]
 
Did I post these two back in August? 0 @Brick 24 x 24 without 12 x 12 Quarter Circle (needs work) 0 Name: 6161.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Element 0 This is just a mockup 2 24 -236 4 236 -236 24 236 2 24 -4 4 236 -4 24 236 2 24 -236 4 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Smoke Puff.dat (was Re: L3P Idea)  [DAT]
 
Here is my improved smoke effect. I figured out a hack to get around having to hand edit anything. This is just be drag-and-drop. You can still see the spherical envelope of the smoke, but it isn't too bad. It takes a long time to render. For an (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Arbitrary code (was Re: L3P Idea
 
(...) ..."texture"... Hope this helps, Franklin (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: pov-ray question
 
(...) What you'll want to do is change the _look_at_ values. Franklin (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: pov-ray question
 
(...) I think the _camera_angle_ function is what you'll want to look at. Franklin (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: 3960p01.dat, "CYLINDER??? Radar Dish 4 x 4 - Red/Green Petals"
 
So.... What would be the CATEGORY for this part, then? "Radar Dish"? ;-) Or "Cylinder"? (As in "Cylinder Radar Dish...") If we're gonna do it, how 'bout we get started now? (A new year, a new beginning... :-) Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Arbitrary code (was Re: L3P Idea
 
(...) LGEO has "rough" (how do you call it in english ?) surfaces on the slopes, it looks just like the real parts. Leonardo (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad)
 
  Arbitrary code (was Re: L3P Idea
 
(...) This got me thinking... Take a look at this rendering for example: (URL) is a really neat model, but the reflected parts are just "wrong". Wouldn't it be nice if the slope parts had POV code that somehow changed the reflectivity or the surface (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Arbitrary code (was Re: L3P Idea
 
(...) This got me thinking... Take a look at this rendering for example: (URL) is a really neat model, but the reflected parts are just "wrong". Wouldn't it be nice if the slope parts had POV code that somehow changed the reflectivity or the surface (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  pov-ray question
 
OK I really will like to know how can I make the camera to rotate 360 but not like this camera {right x*4/3 sky -y right -4/3*x location <25,-92,70> look_at <0,-92,0> angle 90 rotate y*(clock*360)} this is not good because it rotate along the Y like (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: MicroScout
 
(...) Acually, R2D2 is the model I was intending to use it in. (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Heavy recovery truck  [DAT]
 
Hello,here my new Europian truck a recovery truck this time,8 studs wide minifig scale,the arm can be put up and is fixed with technic elements. pictures ca be seen at (URL) eric 0 FILE wrecker.dat 0 New Model 0 Name: wrecker.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  pov-ray question
 
Can anyone tell me how to make a panorama scene? (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: MicroScout
 
Then I would have to tear R2D2 apart... :( (...) -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: 3960p01.dat - Space Radar Dish 4 x 4 with Red/Green Petals pattern
 
(...) I agree. I'd do the same for town and castle and all the rest. (excepting train of course... all other themes exist as spare parts for train)... Ok, train too. More seriously, I believe I've argued in the past for a purely functional (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Minifig Hair?
 
(...) Sorry, Emily, they're not done yet. LCAD figs just have to keep their hats on :-) Chris (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: background picture in POVRAY renderings
 
This code came pretty much straight out of the POV-Ray docs, so I'm sure you can use it. It has many parameters. I was thinking about making a .dat file with the POV code in it for different sky effects, but maybe it would be a good L3P option (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Needs more work, but... (Re: Smoke Puff.dat (was Re: L3P Idea)  [DAT]
 
Ack. I messed up when I pasted that, and left the last character off of the file. Here is the correct version. Also, to use it, you need to add }// just before the #if statements in all the lines like: object { smokepuff_dot_dat matrix (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Micromotor top too thick ?  [DAT]
 
(...) Welcome. I think it should be fine now, although if we start putting the grooves on the bottom of tiles, the grooves should probably be added to this part too. --Bram 0 Electric Technic Micromotor Top 0 Name: 2984.dat 0 Author: Remco Braak (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Special tools used to build/design parts?
 
(...) That address changed awhile ago. It's now partsref@home.com. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: 3960p01.dat - Space Radar Dish 4 x 4 with Red/Green Petals pattern
 
(...) I think "Space" needs to cease to exist as a category, and all the parts in it need to be moved to more rational classifications. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: missing lego-cad primitive: 1-4ring5.dat (modified - POV)
 
Paul Easter wrote... (...) I'll await the official filename format... /Lars (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: missing lego-cad primitive: 1-4ring5.dat (modified - POV)
 
Chuck Sommerville wrote... (...) OK, option -enp will exclude non-POV code generation. /Lars (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: background picture in POVRAY renderings
 
Amnon Silverstein wrote... (...) Looks great. Can I put it into L3P, and provide an option -bs (Background Sky)? Of course with a comment: // Sky by Amnon Silverstein Are there any parameters, that should be adjustable? /Lars (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: L3P Idea
 
(...) No. L3P (unlike e.g. L3Lab) doesn't keep track of the current color, and thus cannot substitute %R, %G, %B, %T. Colors are inherited, they come from the referencer. E.g. the _3001_dot_dat object is colorless, but gets the color from object { (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Updated Primitive - 1-8t1013 1/8 torus, 10-inner Radius, 13-outer radius
 
(...) Hi, I forgot to say thank you Chuck and Lars, for showing that this could be done. I wasn't sure what to make of the minifig heads at first. As I was working on the cannon, I was unhappy with the way the torus primitives looked when rendered (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: Smoke Puff.dat (was Re: L3P Idea)  [DAT]
 
Here is the file I am experimenting with. At the end of your POV file, you will need to hand edit a little: Make every puff line like this: object { smokepuff_dot_dat matrix <1-SW/6,0,0,0,1,0,0,.../2,0,SW/2> matrix <1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,-...,-16,-113> (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Minifig Hair?
 
Dabbling into extra Lego CAD partslists, I've never seen any sorts of hairpieces for minifigs... Of course, I haven't exactly looked far and wide, being my lazy self, but if anyone has any they can point me to, I'd be obliged. Thanks, Emily (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Smoke Puff.dat (was Re: L3P Idea)
 
This is almost awesome, but I can't quite do what I want. I made a smoke puff .dat file for POVRay. You just drag and drop smoke puffs in using the CAD program, and you can have a smoking car or a fluffy cloud for your airplane. It uses L3P's POV (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Line Thickness and Antialiasing in LdGLite 0.7.3
 
I've tested LdGLite 0.7.3 on Linux, and the line width option worked fine! Thanks! While rendering a model with steps, I noticed that the whole image is rerendered at each step. Is this normal? I don't remember right now if the same thing happened (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Repost: 3437 Duplo Brick 2 x 2  [DAT]
 
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:27:44 +0200 The Duplo Terror has begun! <gg> 0 Duplo Brick 2 x 2 0 Name 3437.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Un-Official Element 1 16 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 -9.5 0 0 0 2 stud4.dat 1 16 0 48 0 36 0 0 0 -44 0 0 0 36 box5.dat 4 16 40 48 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Repost: 3011.dat Duplo Brick 2 x 4 (Was: Clone "semi-bricks")  [DAT]
 
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:35:10 +0200 Not too bad, Steve, but here's a fixed version of your Duplo brick. I'm sure you want the credits for this... ;o) I don't think the rounded edges are that round it calls for 1-4cyli's. 0 Duplo Brick 2 x 4 0 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: missing lego-cad primitive: 1-4ring5.dat (modified - POV)
 
(...) Lars, while you are at it, could you please add a command line switch to suppress the unused .dat commands when using the L3P IFPOV commands? I like the Idea of my POV files getting smaller as well as better. -Chuck (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: Hot Rod Race
 
Very Cool : ) "Amnon Silverstein" <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G6CF7K.BKB@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: L3P Idea
 
Great! However, is there a way to do substitions? For example, how about a fog object, that creates fog in whatever color you assign to it and a depth up to its position? e.g. something like: fog { distance 2000 color rgbt<%R, %G, %B, %T> fog_type 2 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: L3P Idea
 
(...) The latest version of L3P supports it this already. Look at this post as an example: (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Ornithopter DAT File available.
 
I've made the DAT File for my Ornithopter available on my Brickshelf account. here's the link: (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Feature suggestion
 
These are all great ideas. I was thinking the exact same thing about the arrow keys! (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  L3P Idea  [DAT]
 
It would be really nice if L3P could put arbitrary POV code in for parts. POV code could go into the comments of the dat file. The way I would like it to work would be to substitute in the position, angle and color of the part in variables. So, for (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Feature suggestion
 
(...) *brilliant*. Bravo. Now, can we persuade you to collect a few suggestions from other people too(like my current hot button, control of line thicknesses when rendering output bitmaps...) Grin. ++Lar (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Feature suggestion
 
(...) BTW, you can change the color associated with a color button. I don't rememer how I did it, but it was pretty intuitive. Double-click, or right-click, I think. Later, Gino A... (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Hot Rod Race
 
(...) -Chuck (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Line Thickness and Antialiasing in LdGLite 0.7.3
 
(...) "Premature optimization is the root of all evil". Especially don't optimize away functionality! Seriously all stricmp needs to do is pass each character through the toupper() macro which uses a look-up table. I've just re-written all the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Updated Primitive - 1-8t1013 1/8 torus, 10-inner Radius, 13-outer radius
 
(...) I'm glad to see that some work it being done on the primitive level with the new L3P commands. I hope this trend will continue and the upgraded parts will be incorperated into the official library. -Chuck (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: background picture in POVRAY renderings
 
This is cool. Just tried it. If you have any more gems like this I would love to see them. Thanks Tom (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Hot Rod Race
 
This is my first Lego picture. I used MLCad, POV-Ray, and Adobe Photoshop. (URL) is my Lego version of the painting by Robert Williams, 1976.((URL) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: background picture in POVRAY renderings
 
Edit in the code to make a background in POV-Ray. They have examples in the documentation for making clouds, fog, rainbows, and other stuff. You can also read in image files, check out the syntax for image map. Just paste in this code at the end of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)


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