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| (...) Hi Guido, I thought about doing that to, but converting 3D data in to 2D was a bit above my head, so I'm very curious how you gonna do that! Also, how you gonna fix the transparant part problem? cos I know that transparancy and PostScript (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Why don't you take a look at the LEdit keyboard shortcuts and perhaps give them a try. They're listed here and many of them work in Move mode in MLCAD. (URL) make some specific suggestions like in these old threads. (2 URLs) what would be (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Wow, it's been a while Guido! But I am sure happy to hear from you. I wish you luck with the program and I am looking forward to seeing it. Right now, I do not have any special requests, I only hope that the PS format you are generating will import (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| Hi I have some time to spend on my .dat to .ps program. It is going well and I will publish at the end of August a beta version. Meanwhile, I have to optimize the program. Are there special request, maybe that I can implement them in time.... Guido (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) That's a neat idea. It's doable. (...) I really like that idea. It had never occured to me to make the main menu invisible, but it's trivial to accomplish. (...) What if all the commands can be renamed by the user? :) My goal is to make this (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| "Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatic...mblock.ca> wrote in message news:GHGxC8.5yn@lugnet.com... (...) Well, the current LEdit key commands I still use consist of the arrow keys, page up, page down, home, end, I, and A. The ones beginning with the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Gary, this sounds great! The best CAD keyboard interface I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot!) was that of the VersaCAD package of the late 80's. Every single possible command (I think) in the system was accessible by a single keystroke. And (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I would prefer developers of new CAD programs use key interfaces that make sense, and not ones hamstrung by idiosyncrasies of pre-existing software. I'm not saying LEdit's commands are good or bad (I wouldn't know, I've only used MLCAD). I'm (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) pitch (...) I could have 'rotate <axis> <angle>' as an alias for roll, pitch, and yaw <angle>, as appropriate. No problem. (...) That's not what I had intended. Imagine a clockwise helix (spring). "flip y" would turn it into a counterclockwise (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | My webpage updated
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| I have finally updated my webpage. It has new models, some new pictures, and I will update it more often. Many of my models were done with MLCad, Pov-ray, etc. My page is located at: (URL) and LMKWYT. P.S. I set the follow-up to Lugnet.announce, I (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Please, oh please make it "rotate x 90" (like "offset" command below). (...) I assume this is equivalent to "rotate y 180". (...) I think these probably need to be "snap [x|y|z] 20" as well, unless you're gonna implement them separately for (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Copy of August 1, 2001 notice from rebelscum.com: Build Your Own LEGO Yoda Dustin: Corey Sanders reports that he has finally completed and posted for everyone to see his MLCAD instructions for building your own LEGO Yoda. This is identical to the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| "Gary Williams" <gwlego@gw.ro> wrote in message news:GHG3q1.Hyy@lugnet.com... (...) It has been, off an on. Good idea though. Part of what we're doing now with the parts stuff will lead towards a system which will allow that. We'll probably have our (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Cool, I love keyboard interfaces. Keep in mind that we already have a something of standard keyboard convention in place. The LEdit key commands. They may not be the best, but they're short and they're built into several of the CAD programs (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| "Jennifer L. Boger" <jenn@peeron.com> wrote in message news:3B6973C4.201000...ron.com... (...) menus (...) up to (...) he (...) :) ) (...) Ok, I guess it wouldn't be much harder to allow meta keys and function keys too. :) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) (wow, dan, i'm actually going to agree with you on something like this :) ) yes, don't limit them - i'm still mad that diablo 2 doesn't allow more than a few hot keys. (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) ooohhh... that I like :) (...) why just 26 commands? if you just allow two meta keys (say, alt and ctrl), you get 26*2^2=104 shortcuts... and if you allow shift as well, 208! not saying anyone could remember them all, but why limit the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | Another idea
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| For the CAD system I'm developing, I'm planning to have multiple ways of issuing commands: Drop-down and pop-up menus Speedbuttons Keyboard shortcuts (configurable to user preferences) and... Command line interface (like in AutoCAD) In AutoCAD I (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | An idea
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| Wouldn't it be neat if, when you load a model in a CAD program, if a piece in the model is missing, it could automatically download the missing part from ldraw.org for you? Or periodically poll ldraw.org to see if DAT file updates are available, and (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | Re: My first animation
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| (...) It sounds like it uses an animated GIF-like technique, then. You may want to try to compose a real animated GIF animation, too. Such a file would be viewable from inside a browser window, thus no external viewer program is needed. And besides, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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