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Greetings all, I've ordered LEGO Designer from Pitsco, and was wondering if any of you have used it. Is it similar to LDraw, or am I just getting the old LEGO CAD in a new package? Basically, do I opn the package when it gets here, or just send it (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: My VB DAT viewer and matrix handling
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(...) shouldn't this be more in the line of a' = a*A + b*D + c*G b' = a*B + b*E + c*H c' = a*C + b*F + c*I d' = d*A + e *D + f*G ........ don't really know what your trying to do with the matrices. You should always tell what a variable is supposed (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "33" Slope Shocker... Possible name change?
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"James J." <jejackso@memphis.edu> wrote in message news:GBHo7t.911@lugnet.com... (...) According to the "Lego Dimension Guide" I have that was created by Onyx (I think) the angle is 26.565 degrees. That is what I use and it hits it perfect every (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Advice please on DATs for bendy-arm holder 2x2 brick
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(...) pieces (...) No. Clipping. (...) separate (...) in (...) The composite parts have been posted at (URL) and (URL) also done the proximal bendy-arm part to be used with these holders (URL) send the separate parts files to parts@ldraw.org Chris (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New Part : x795 - Arm Piece with Disc and 2 Fingers [DAT]
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Here is the base bendy-arm part as used in Classic Space. Rather than a peg, it has a disc to rotate in the 2x2 brick holders. 0 Arm Piece with Disc and 2 Fingers 0 Name: x795.dat 0 Author: Chris Dee (chris_w_dee@hotmail.com) 0 Unofficial Part 1 16 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part : x792c02 - Brick 2 x 2 with Flexible Arm Holder - Type 2 [DAT]
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Here is an alternative version of the Classic Space bendy-arm holder as an MPD file. The upper and lower parts have been modelled separately, but are combined here. If you want to split this up, beware that there is a new primitive 2-4ring2.dat (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part : x792c01 - Brick 2 x 2 with Flexible Arm Holder - Type 1 [DAT]
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Here is one version of the Classic Space bendy-arm holder as an MPD file. The upper and lower parts have been modelled separately, but are combined here (hiding much if the intricate authoring !). If you want to split this up, beware that there is a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: My VB DAT viewer and matrix handling
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(...) Well, the Problem is that Combining Matrixes, is in fact a multiply betwwen the matrices, and what you are doing, it certainly isn't matrix multiply. Go get your algebra book or surf the Web and Find out how to do Matrix Multiplication. I'm (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | My VB DAT viewer and matrix handling
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I'm having some trouble working out the matrix handling for parts in a DAT file given the parent DAT matrix. What I'm doing is the following: let's say in a DAT I have: 1 0 X Y Z A B C D E F G H I parent.dat and in parent.dat I have 1 0 x y z a b c (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: polaris (7161 gungan sub alternate)
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hey mladen thanks for the praise. i originally wasn't too crazy about the gungan sub but it does provide a fairly decent assortment of bricks plates and slopes. if i were you i would definitely pick one up on discount, i don't think you will be (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Circular Primitives
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(...) Don't worry about replying to my previous post, I have downloaded Jonathan Wilson's excellent program and it works fine. thanks for all the help. John (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | ldraw.org off-line from 8:00 to 8:30 (Danish time)
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I move the ldraw.org server to a proper server room in a moment. Expect half an hour of downtime. Play well, Jacob (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: "33" Slope Shocker... Possible name change?
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(...) Ouch. Now that is some number. I looked it up in both the Windows Calculator and AutoCAD 2000 (expanding tolerance out to the smallest decimal -- hundred millionths) to find out the your large figure rings true. (...) *huff, puff* I'm inclined (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: polaris (7161 gungan sub alternate)
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Good job Joseph! I have yet to purchase the Gungan sub, but it definitely doesn't seem very alternate friendly (too many slopes and plate), or am I mistaken? BTW The alternate reminds me of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek... hehehe! ;-) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Circular Primitives
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(...) Thanks for that, i managed to do that and it looks a lot better. Just one more thing for now, I take it that to make ends for the 'tube' I use '1-4disc.dat' but how do i manipulate it, whenever I change any values it goes haywire. I'd be (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | polaris (7161 gungan sub alternate) [DAT]
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thanks to thomas burger for the unofficial 30366.dat file 0 0 Polaris Delta - 7161 Gungan Sub Alternate 0 Name: POLARIS.DAT 0 Author: Joseph Gonzalez (c) 2000 0 Unofficial Model 0 includes unofficial part 30366 by thomas burger 0 (URL) 1 7 0 0 -220 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: "33" Slope Shocker... Possible name change?
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This problem has (probably) been realized by a number of people in the last few years; I figured it out (or was it pointed out to me?) a few months ago. Yes, I am planning on doing a mass name-change, but after the automated Parts-Tracker is up and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Circular Primitives
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(...) You can try using the 48-segment primitives in the ldraw/p/48 directory. The cylinder primitive is 1-4cyli.dat. The easiest way to code this up is in a text editor, but you should be able to do it through MLCAD as well. The code to make a (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problem using difference
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(...) Well Travis, This one could have some error messages that may be appearing. I have been rendering most of the day today and have seen many different error messages. An example that works for me is; difference{ box{<-60,-5,70>,<50,70,-30> #if (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | "33" Slope Shocker... Possible name change?
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Greetings. I have made a new discovery that may seem all too obvious to everyone else who has actually programmed elements in LDraw or MLCAD. My discovery is as follows: All bricks listed as having a 33-degree slope are not named with correct (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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