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  Re: 6276 Eldorado Fortress  [DAT]
 
(...) I do not own a real part Door 2x6x7. I guess it its an "extended" Door 2x6x6. Anyway, it is either the real thing or at least a good mockup. Thanks for your pirate models, Damien 0 Door 2 x 6 x 7 Frame 0 Filename: 4071.dat 0 Author: (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Spinning Wheels  [DAT]
 
In my work for animation, I need a standard for wheels location and rotation. I also want information on radius for each assembly (1 wheel + 1 tyre) to be able to calculate rotation angle based on the movement of parent vehicle object. As a car has (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Removing confusing metacommands (Was: NEW: MLCAD V2.10)
 
LDAO's editor has a LDL2DAT function (on the tools menu). To translate, edit your dat file, highlight the lines you want to translate (in this case, the entire file), and pick LDL2DAT from the menu. Steve (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Smooth surfaces
 
Lothar Teichert wrote... (...) Hi and welcome Lothar, Yes, I think it is worth to ask him :-) What a brilliant idea. I had completely forgotten about the smooth_triangle. The one example you provide looks very nice. Do you have more examples? Do you (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: LDAO - Another download site
 
(...) Hey Steve, I cant get LDAO to run! I get an error about an OCX!! Rick (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  LDAO - Another download site
 
I've gotten quite a bit of email from people who cannot download LDraw Add-On from its website. After a hefty amount of procastination, I've posted the installation file at an alternate location. There's not yet a link on the main site to the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Mosque, minifig scale
 
(...) Thanks! You are right in assuming that the mosque is a small one. It's not the major type in which you would find a friday cermon, rather a small one for a local community. I think that many mosques in the central Middle East would be chalked (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: NEW: MLCAD V2.10
 
I've found the bug already - it's realy a small thing. But since I didn't find many people using this commands I didn't have enough files available for testing. That's wy it wasn't tested so good. There will be a small update the next days. Regards, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Mosque, minifig scale
 
(...) LOL! I just love it! Reminds me of the times I visited Turkey and Syria. It's more than ten years since, but I still can hear the prayers from underdimentioned loudspeakers. Very nice model! /Tore (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Removing confusing metacommands (Was: NEW: MLCAD V2.10)
 
(...) Apparently this also works in ldglite as long as you use the ldlite parser. I just tried it and mlcad seemed happy with the resulting file. So you can remove the metacommands on non-windows systems if you wish. Of course LDAO and mlcad only (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Removing confusing metacommands (Was: NEW: MLCAD V2.10)
 
Thanks Larry, It worked without login. /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Removing confusing metacommands (Was: NEW: MLCAD V2.10)
 
(...) Try SourceForge, that's where I got my most recent copy. Paul has put the install package there, and is also using sf facilities to track feature requests and bug reports. Good stuff. This URL should get you to where you need to go. (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Mosque, minifig scale
 
Fredrik: Nice model. I like the way the roof hinges open. I know that this is a small mosque (probably in a poor village), but shouldn't the walls be chalked white? (...) Lazy you. ;-) Play well, Jacob -- (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Removing confusing metacommands (Was: NEW: MLCAD V2.10)
 
Thanks, Paul, But where can I find LDLite 2.2? At (URL) ver 2.0B seems to be hosted. and at (URL) ver 1.6B. (I have LDAO installed in an old 486 with English Windows due to the Scnadinavian comma separator issue...) /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: what do I do? FATAL ERROR:MLCAD.DLL is invalid!
 
well after posting this, I got to looking and found that, there wasn't a .dll file from the .zip,or in the old files I had! I ran a search and found out that windows wasn't showing them (I hate the file hiding feature). I moved the newest one to the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: MLSAVE V1.00
 
And yet another hello, Michael, I also want to thank you for this program. I haven't had a screen saver (other than Blank Screen) for a long time - until now. I had thought of a few suggestions that I was going to make, but it looks like someone (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Mosque, minifig scale  [DAT]
 
"Allaahu Akbar, Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar, Allaahu Akbar Ash hadu allaa ilaaha ill Allah, Ash hadu allaa ilaaha ill Allah" Five times a day, the islam prayer can be heard from the loudspeaker in the mosque's minaret. Inside the mosque, there is a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models) ! 
 
  Re: Removing confusing metacommands (Was: NEW: MLCAD V2.10)
 
LDLite ver 2.2 and above has a working -R option to regenerate the file in standard LDRAW syntax. "ldlite -Rfoo.dat m_faust.dat" would do the conversion. There are other programs. I think LDAO has an inliner option to do this maybe? -gyug (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Removing confusing metacommands (Was: NEW: MLCAD V2.10)
 
Is there any tool to make the lines properly rotated and translated without the metacommands? /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: what do I do? FATAL ERROR:MLCAD.DLL is invalid!
 
(...) I believe you didn't overwrite the dll or you have an old dll somewhere in your path. Please delete all old dlls and make sure there is a mlcad.dll in the directory where mlcad.exe is located. MLCad always tries to load the dll from the same (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for September 2001
 
Hi all, Sorry for the delay(s), here are the winners of LDraw.org's Model of the Month and Scene of the Month competitions: MOTM - Brad Hamilton's Liquid Cathedral SOTM - Duncan Jardine's Classic Space Congratulations Brad on yet *another* win. :-) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) ! 
 
  what do I do? FATAL ERROR:MLCAD.DLL is invalid!
 
Hi, I get this message when I try to start the program: FATAL ERROR:MLCAD.DLL is invalid! I tried reinstaling, and deleting the lachmann directory,in regedit. any other ideas? it ran fine last night after instaling the new version. Gary Flustrated. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: a non lego animation,please look( its better than the last) and a question
 
Sorry, the only one I know of is Paint Shop Pro's Animation Shop, and it's not free. /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  improving Avi quality for my saver
 
Ok the quality of the 2nd release is not so great see it here (URL) I made it with another codec (indoe 5.04) see it here (URL) you think is good the it will be all made like the one above. (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Last time. Did anyone tryed my screensaver
 
Well that is in español-spanish that means try again dude it works for me so try again. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Last time. Did anyone tryed my screensaver
 
I downloaded the files. When I tried to install it, I got this: (URL) Dickinson (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Last time. Did anyone tryed my screensaver
 
(...) Try to use save as or if it doesn't work tell me where can I host them (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Last time. Did anyone tryed my screensaver
 
I tried do download it, but I have never had success getting files from Prohosting hosted sites. I just get stuck in a loop with a page saying, "To continue downloading this file, please click the link below". (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: MLSAVE V1.00
 
Hi Michael, Pretty cool. I set this up on my computer and it looks pretty good. One issue: It doesn't seem to stop running when the mouse is moved, you need to hit the keyboard to get the screensaver to turn off? Also, in the way of future (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Last time. Did anyone tryed my screensaver
 
Did anyone tryed my screensaver yet? If not then here the saver. (URL) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: #30592 Plate 2 x 4 with brick and pin
 
(...) Yes, I did. I used the number X0592 since I couldn't make out the first digit. (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: MLSAVE V1.00
 
Hey, that's cool! My brother, not a Lego User, gave me the great idea that you can build a model using steps and (probably) ghosting to make a Lego movie appear on the screen. I gotta try that... Nice job, Michael, --Ryan (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: NEW: MLCAD V2.10
 
(...) Thanks Gyug.. I never would have got that from the description. :-) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: NEW: MLCAD V2.10  [DAT]
 
I haven't used MLCad for a while, but since I downloaded it and it took over the Open action for .DAT extension files, so when I doubleclicked on my file m__faust.dat (below), it was opened in MLCad. I noticed that the hands were not correctly (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Parts Tracker Update / Looking for a few good Reviewers
 
Real quick: See the parts list at (URL) === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === Here's the important part: There are a bunch of files submitted on the Tracker. All the submitted files -- whether they are new parts or just (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Parts Tracker is Now Live!
 
(...) Hmm. There isn't currently any guide to reviewing parts. But there should be -- at least a FAQ. I'll work on it. But the important thing is common sense - to check a file, get the matching part in hand, and compare the physical part to the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: NEW: MLSAVE V1.00
 
Looks very nice! Finally something worthy of replacing the Tomb Raider Movie screen saver on my machine. (Note to self: find polygon mesh of Laura Croft and convert to minifig-scale .DAT format and place in adverturer's model, to get best of both (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: NEW: MLCAD V2.10
 
Completely different. The rotate feature generates a model out of bricks by rotating an outline. For example, give it a semicircle, and it will generate plans for a sphere made out of bricks. I'm downloading the screen saver now, and I expect that (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: NEW: MLCAD V2.10
 
(...) Can you talk a little more about this? How does it compare to what LDLite does when you put it in rotate mode? Thanks! Looking forward to the new release! (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  NEW: MLSAVE V1.00
 
Hy friends, it's time for something new - therefor I'd like to introduce MLSave :-) MLSave ist a screen saver for windows which supports LDraw compatible files. Load a file into MLSave and let it assemble the model, rotate the model or even let it (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad) ! 
 
  NEW: MLCAD V2.10
 
***** NEW MLCAD V2.10 ***** Create your own virtual Lego models using the new rotation model generator of MLCad. Once you've created a model save it using using one of the new formats supported by MLCad V2.10 - GIF or JPEG (and sure - bitmap is (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad) ! 
 
  Re: #30592 Plate 2 x 4 with brick and pin
 
Did you submit it to the partstracker? Mark Kennedy <kennedy@proaxis.com> schreef in berichtnieuws GJFv5x.EtK@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) in it (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Feedback wanted on my screensaver
 
(...) Yeah no problem here it is (URL) web is (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Feedback wanted on my screensaver
 
(...) Could you repost the link? Dave! (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Feedback wanted on my screensaver
 
I want feedback on my screensaver I know this is wasn't the best time to release but I had no choose. My e-mail is eduvazhar@terra.es (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Super Mario World Mushroom
 
(...) Posting a DAT file there would indeed be a no-no. However, you *could* generate an image of the rendered DAT file (using MLCAD, or else using the "Shift" and "Print Screen" keys and a photo editor), post the resulting image somewhere online, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: New MOCs with DAT-Files!
 
Hi ! Thank you for your comments. The DAT-Files I used for the project are not official Parts. I build the Rail-Parts with other parts. You can download this files here: (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: New MOCs with DAT-Files!
 
That Aquarail-project looks great! Where did you get the .dat files for the monorail track and other associated parts??? Thanks Stefan Noll <orchideenmike@t-online.de> wrote in message news:GJnKEz.1wy@lugnet.com... (...) all (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LEGO space screensaver
 
I made an error the links are (URL) my web is (URL) fun! (...) Avi (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LEGO space screensaver
 
Here the second release of my LEGO space screensaver (URL) any problems use save as. (...) consumes too much of my spare time. (...) audience. :o/ (...) I agree but is't that the idea of LEGO build and build? (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LEGO space screensaver
 
Sorry, I am currently working on my own animation project, and it already consumes too much of my spare time. Sometimes I get the feeling that we have more directors/producers than the audience. :o/ /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  LEGO space screensaver
 
Did anyone had time to try my screensaver? If it's because of the avi are in DIVX then don't worry I just have then in another old codec they are in 15 frames avi. Before I publish the second version of the saver I whould like to know. What is best (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: MLCad *has* no perspective display (was Re: MLCAD wrong perspective display?
 
(...) Good point. I forgot to mention this optical illusion, which is well known. Two things which are the same size but which are surrounded by visual cues that suggest that one ought to be smaller will actually not appear the same size after (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  RE: MLCad *has* no perspective display (was Re: MLCAD wrong perspective display?
 
(...) Since we are so used to seeing things in perspective in real life, the isometric views can seem strange at times. For a large model we expect it to get smaller as it goes back, so in an isometric view we "see" it get bigger when it goes back (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LGEO and MLCAD colors
 
Steve: (...) Not quite right. LDraw recognises colours 0-15, 32-47 and some mixed colours up around 255 (255-510?). (...) Yes, please. Play well, Jacob -- Linux turns ten Monday. Time to celebrate. (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  MLCad *has* no perspective display (was Re: MLCAD wrong perspective display?
 
(...) These 3D views are not perspective views. They are isometric. In a perspective view, parallel lines not exactly in the plane of the viewer eventually intersect (at a vanishing point). This matches how we see things in reality, since distant (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  MLCAD wrong perspective display?
 
No doubts, MLCAD is the best LCAD modeller. However, I use it since version 1.7 and I am still disturbed by display in perspective view. Basically, what is strange is that close things display thiner while distant things display larger. The reverse (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Parts Tracker is Now Live!
 
(...) Aaaah! Thanks for the explanation! (...) Well I've done it a bit at work, but nothing related to CAD or LEGO! Is there any info on obvious things to check, or anything like that? Or should I just try authoring some more parts first? Also, are (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: a non lego animation,please look( its better than the last) and a question
 
oh f**k. er um uhh yeah, do you hapen to know of a good avi to mpg compiler? or bmp to mpg? Gary Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:3BA2AF01.5CD513...pnet.se... (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LGEO and MLCAD colors
 
Isn't the color code for green #2? I think #10 is the "solid" version of the color used for "transparent-neon-green", which would explain why the tree appears bright yellowish. (...) <snip> (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Large Baroque Palace
 
This is a large Baroque Palace I did with MLCAD. Here is the master directory of images: (URL) are the .dat files: (URL) master file is called WinAll.dat The building is influenced by the Collegio di Propaganda Fide in Rome, Italy. It wasn't quite (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)  
 
  Re: Chain rotation
 
Hello Jerry.you can change the rotation angle.Choose settings-General-change and with the Step,Grid,Snap you can change the angle.Eric (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Civilian stuff
 
(URL) JX3, JC10, AS4. New: Police Stinger and Scooterbug. PLMKWYT of the New stuff :-P P.S. I added a comment on the Index, and a link to the Missing Man formation wallpaper. Rick (URL) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
 
  Chain rotation
 
Boy, do I need help! In MLCAD I'm trying to drape technic small-link chain around some gears where the angle is not a multiple of 45 degrees. In the 'Position and Orientation' dialog box I can't figure out how to input a rotation of (say) +15 (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: a non lego animation,please look( its better than the last) and a question
 
It's just one frame: (URL) art, huh? Did I ever tell you how tired I am of all these codexes? :o( /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: New MOCs with DAT-Files!
 
Great models Stefan! You have an uncanny ability to capture those themes in your MOCs. Felix (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
 
  About my screensaver and ...
 
Did anyone tryed my screensaver if not I think I know why even me I had to stop working on my screensaver on Tuesday and I had to try to continue but... Anyway i'm back to normal in somethings anyway. ?? Don't know what to say about this. About the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: New MOCs with DAT-Files!
 
Now those are good models. (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
 
  New MOCs with DAT-Files!
 
Hi ! I was completely shocked by the attack of america and I'm very sorry for all those people who died in that terrible attack but even I wanted to post something. Here are new MOCS with DAT-Files: The Aquarail-project (URL) Mew (URL) Poseidon (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
 
  a non lego animation,please look( its better than the last) and a question
 
Hello, the reason I'm posting this here is that I don't have any where else to show it. anyway, its a non lego animation, its a cube with 8 cutouts,its a 755KB mpg. I was playing with negative spheres and a cube thought this was pretty, so I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Smooth surfaces
 
Hi, I think the following is of interest in this newsgroup: L3P generates "meshes" of parts from Ldraw, that are not in LGEO and not covered by other special handling. Meshes consist of triangles and there are creases, if triangles from different (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: LGEO and MLCAD colors
 
Hi, I had problems with rendering color green in L3p. Weird. I made a geen tree, which shows up alright in LDraw, Ldlite, Mlcad, L3lab, and LDView. But, when converting via l3p it renders grey in POVray, instead of green. The default color in the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Parts list bug?
 
(...) Thanks. I look forward to the new version! I hacked around it for what I needed but I sure can use this working right in future, my models continue to get larger, the one I am working on is really close to 1000 pieces total, so fixing it by (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LGEO and MLCAD colors
 
(...) Hi Lutz! :) (...) Great! (...) You could include both... (...) You can refer to the LDraw FAQ for various color numbers. The >16 numbers aren't recognized by LDraw, but are recognized by LDLite, L3P (I think), MLCAD, and L3Lab. For RGB values, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Super Mario World Mushroom  [DAT]
 
Just tinkering around with my (lonely) blue 1200 brick tub and I came up with this nifty little sculpture. I've no digital camera to post a real picture so I just rendered the whole thing in MLCad. I'm quite pleased with the results, having only (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Parts Tracker is Now Live!
 
(...) Thanks, I'm working on getting more files online... (...) Nope, those are supposed to both be there. 2546p01 is the general file, the one we'll use most often. 81379 is an 'official shortcut' - 81379 is LEGO's number for the parrot piece, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: "Tore's" boxes, special file naming instructions
 
(...) I'm still thinking about this. Awhile ago, there was discussion of having a "0 DETAIL" meta-statement, to identify which lines in a DAT were critical for rendering, and which lines filled in the details. This approach could be used to reduce (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  LGEO and MLCAD colors
 
Hi all, If noticed a lot people having problems with MLCAD and POV-Ray colors using the LGEO library. So as I got a bunch of new colors to be included, there is need for a solution. The colors defined in "lg_cols.tab" are aligned to the color code (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Parts list bug?
 
(...) Larry, you are right - that is a bug. I've already corrected it and going to release a new version of MLCad soon. Thanks for the bug report. Regards, Michael (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Tore's" boxes, special file naming instructions
 
(...) Currently MLCad takes files from the following directories in the order shown below: 1) BFC\P 2) BFC\Parts 3) P 4) Parts 5) Models 6) Current directory (that is the directory where a project has been loaded from or saved to). All other (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: "Tore's" boxes, special file naming instructions
 
I looked in the primitves directory and saw that some of the files in the 48 directory had the same filename as those in the P directory. How does Ldraw/Mlcad differentiate between these files? If 3001.box is renamed to 3001.dat, and I place it in (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: 30293 & 30294 Anyone ?
 
hmmm. Guess I'll try to make them then : ) Xanthra47 <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:GJBx0K.4BA@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Parts Tracker is Now Live!
 
(...) Hi Steve, looking good! Noticed that "Animal Bird with Parrot Pattern" appears twice - once with a "_" prepended as parts 2546p01 & 81379. Is this a bug, or has it been submitted twice? ROSCO PS: I've done 1 part, does that make me (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Great news and a bad one too
 
I finally finish my screensaver here u can get it. blake.prohosting.com...acescr.zip the avis blake.prohosting.com...edivx1.zip blake.prohosting.com...edivx2.zip blake.prohosting.com...edivx3.zip It shows avis "codec divx for now" of 3 models of my (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  FB-217A "David" Heavy Fighter
 
(URL) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: "Tore's" boxes, special file naming instructions
 
Tore: (...) Except that the extensions "box" and "min" don't seem to correspond to the two concepts, it might be a good idea to identify the simplification level based in the file name extension. But since the file format is (I assume) still the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  New Wallpaper- In light of today... Missing Man Formation
 
I don't know how you feel about this, but I did the one thing I can do well. And that is scenes like these. I made this Missing Man formation of three of my new "David" fighters in tribute to the lives lost at the WTC today. If you have comments (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military)
 
  Parts Tracker is Now Live!
 
Yes, that's right. The moment you've all been waiting for. The new Parts Tracker is live and ready for action. Well, mostly. It's in a "pilot phase" -- think of it as a "gamma test". That means we're using real data, and it will have real results, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !! 
 
  looking for castle headwear
 
I am looking for any castle headwear for ldraw. All I am aware of is the bullet helm, the flare helm and the forestman cap, are there any others? In particular I am after one of the knights helments. (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Part 30562 Wall 1 x 4 x 6 Corner Round (with bottom added)
 
Ah - I'll take a look at your mods before I make any myself. :) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Part 30562 Wall 1 x 4 x 6 Corner Round
 
Thanks! Didn't even knew that part existed. Thought all previous fences & walls were flat or diangle, not curved. :) (...) since (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: STAR WARS Scout Biker Torso - part 973psbkr.mpd
 
(...) *SNIP* (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  STAR WARS Speeder Bikes model 7128  [DAT]
 
NOTE: This is a MPD file containing several DAT files. Only thing missing is actual Scout Biker heads & helmets. Image: (URL) FILE m7128.dat 0 Speeder Bikes 0 Name: m7128.dat 0 Author: Mark Chittenden (mdublade@aol.com) 0 Model 7128 0 ROTATION (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
 
  STAR WARS Scout Biker Torso - part 973psbkr.mpd  [DAT]
 
Scout Biker torso - v1.0 (BMP2DAT 'skinning'). NOTE: This is a MPD file so I do not have to post the 'skin' in a seperate file. 0 FILE 973PSBKR.DAT 0 SW Minifig Torso with Scout Biker pattern 0 Name: 973PSBKR.DAT 0 Author: Mark Chittenden (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Another LDrawn town (Was: Another house for datville?)
 
(...) I'm still working on different methods, comparing the results, and trying to automize the as far as possible. (...) In my (coming) animated version(s) of Datville, it will be anything but static! :o) Btw, that means a lot of splitting files = (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: About installing/Reinstalling Ldraw and about datville
 
I rendered Town00.dat in 800x600. It took 7 minutes and 15 seconds. Last night, I rendered 5 submodels + townpeep.dat at 640x480. It took 2 hours and 44 minutes. (Same combination at quality=0 took something like 20-30 seconds). What I learned fom (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: "Tore's" boxes, special file naming instructions
 
Not a full suggestion, but just a thought. I've thought about calling them "minimized" parts, and maybe the extention .min intead of .box. There is a problem though. I have two different areas in which I could use different levels of simplification: (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  DO-OVER --- September MOTM/SOTM
 
Hi all, OK. Jacob has fixed things on the new server [ thanks, Jacob ], and patiently explained to me how it works, [ not an easy task :-) ] so the voting is back on. But it's a DO-OVER!! Starting from scratch, so get over there and cast your vote. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: Model 6824: Space Dart-I  [DAT]
 
I was having problems getting this to work in MLCAD so I put it in mpd format. 0 FILE m6824.dat 0 Model #6824: Space Dart I 0 Digital verison by: James Jackson 0 At a later date, #6824 will be recolored for H:Masters. 0 Converted to MPD format by (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
 
  "Tore's" boxes, special file naming instructions
 
This is regarding the "officialization" of Tore's boxes (I'll call them ttore boxes, for short), and the making of new boxes have no corresponding Lego part. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestion on how I should name the files of new boxes I (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)


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