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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GouEot.BxD@lugnet.com... Hi Richard - (...) tools (...) Thanks!! I put you on my list (buahahaha!!). BTW - thsoe emails about a month ago just *died*. I never took the time to revive (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Merry Christmas to you too, I'm afraid the won't be any LEGO bricks for me this year main reason is I'm goin to get some DVD's and a DVD table to have then in place. (...) You do from me. (...) I hope next year is not like this year we had too (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Tim: I just wanted to say that I would like to contribute to some of the more novice tutorials once I get a little more proficient with some of the tools I am using. I actually think about it all the time, esp. if I am messing with Mlcad, etc. And I (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Munch munch Merry Christmas. (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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Thanks everyone for those great explainations. And the graphic web link had a lot of good info on the LPI-DPI-PixRes descriptions. BTW Here's a 18" x 24" poster I made using MLCad + WinPOV + Power Point www.brickshelf.com/c...gi?i=94099 Each step's (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.trains)
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Hi everyone! First off, Merry Christmas! Virtual bricks are great, but I hope there are many real bricks under your tree this year! :-) If I have everyone's permission, I'd like to run at the mouth again. ;-) Everyone's heard it before, just not (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks! --Ryan ryanjf@ifriendly.com (URL) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) dont remeber much of what's there, but you might find this helpful: (URL) mc (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) "www.macnet.com" is 34 hops from "www.ldraw.org" (due to a strange network configuration at "qwest.net" and "bbnplanet.net"). Are you sure that your TCP/IP stack is set to work with 60 as the default TTL? Jacob (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Try to make them with Anton's povray lib at antonraves.com (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello everybody, I've checked my complete model file collection and now I have a huge list of missing pieces can you help me finding these pieces, or simply repost them? This would be a great favor. Bye and thanks Stephan Knecht Here comes the list. (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Am I missing something here? I see the parts for the train, but not the track. Is it there? Also, has anyone created track for the 9V Train sets? I can't find that anywhere either. If not, I can give it a go if someone will point me to the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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(...) befor ML-CAD but the only place I have seen LEdit is at LDraw.org so could you help me one more time. Thanx (...) --Kevin Wanner § (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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Don't pay for anything. You can use L3PAO and L3P and Pov-Ray for free. Take your MLcad models and use the L3PAO program to create POV-Ray files. Then in POV do the animation. There is NO internet how-to site for this and the process has been a (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:Gor7vF.JyJ@lugnet.com... (...) Tee hee - you gave your smiley guy a quadruple-chin! :-D FUT -> off-topic.fun -Tim (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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:-))))) Michael "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GoqFq7.KMs@lugnet.com... (...) try (...) correctly? (...) comes (...) didn't (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) the parts tracker ((URL) and submitted revised copies of the white and black patterned versions. All utilise a subfile for the pattern. Chris (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Merry Christmas to you too!! I'm looking forward to the Autostep and sort features!(downloading now) Gary Michael Lachmann <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:GoqEwu.Iws@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) you: (...) two (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Oh you must be a newbie here if so welcome, go to ldraw.org (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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Heya all, can you tell me please where can I download ML Cad and all LDraw parts ? Thanx. Rene (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Nevermind. Its not an MLCad problem at all. I saved the file by manually typing in .LDR, and later .DAT when LDR didn't work. I didn't change it on the drop down dialog from 'LeoCAD Project' to 'LDraw Model.' It appears the native LeoCAD (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks. (...) Nope, still doesn't show up properly. The minifig file, that is. It comes up as a blank file. I can send you the files if you like? -Tim (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi MLCad fans, first of all I would like to say thank you for supporting me through the year with suggestions and bug reports. In the next days I will be very busy because of christmas and my child and therefor there is no room left for maintaining (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GoKn50.Az4@lugnet.com... (...) This has been reported already, and will be solved with the next release ... (...) unknown' (...) (sometimes (...) after (...) Not sure yet, but might be a (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Does anyone have an answer for this? -Tim "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GoKn50.Az4@lugnet.com... (...) unknown' (...) (sometimes (...) after (...) successfully (...) I (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) And thank you Bernd for that, very much!!!! My vote is for a new category. The only commonality is that both Mono and trains are electrical and that is a weak pretext to hang shoehorning the mono stuff into trains, in my view. (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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"Chris Daniel" <Ldaniel2@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:Gopwp2.7CL@lugnet.com... (...) input (...) ...and I've been looking for people to take a little time and write the 'how to's' so they're available for people like you. I've been looking for (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:3C23C832.600080....com.au... (...) Same here. -Tim (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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I'm looking for info on makeing mechanical animations.I hope to animate my lego marble rail and lego clock (URL) have modeled all non moveing parts of the marblerail using Mlcad. Has anyone used lego designer, can you inport ldraw parts or models, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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Personally, I think the parts should go uner a new Monorail category. (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bram, Thank you. The shadowless light helped as did as did a tip I found in an old message about rendering at a fairly large size and reducing the image later. Take a look at: (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Michael, Any idea when this will be available? Not to sound ungrateful, but I was just about to come ask for the same thing! As some of you may know, I generate the default images used on brickbay. This is done using an excel spreadsheet to automate (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You'll definitely want to setup the inclusion of POV-ray primitives (see Lars' L3p website for more info) to make your renderings more realistic-looking. TIP: Once you get L3p and L3pao setup, edit your c:\windows\ldraw.ini to reflect the proper (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanx for your help although I still can't get in. Well maby it will start working sooner or later prabaly later knowing my luck. --Kevin Wanner § (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) FUN.........I think --Kevin Wanner § (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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Kevin W. wrote in message ... (...) Uh oh. Not only multiple Kevins now, but another Kevin W! I better start signing my full name, and I suggest you do too, to avoid confusion! Kevin Wilson (the original Kevin W) ---...--- NEW Tank Engine custom (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This information was emailed to me: (...) Does that help? Steve (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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"Kevin W." <ewanner@macnet.com> wrote in message news:GopCo6.6Cx@lugnet.com... (...) so (...) want (...) do (...) wrong (...) ? (...) In addition to L3PAO, you need L3P which you can get from here: (URL) is simply a GUI front-end for L3P. Then you (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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[XPosted to .cad.dev and .trains, FUT intentionally not set] Background: Bernd Broich has created LDraw files for many (all?) of the components of the Monorail track and motor system. Background2: In the LDraw parts library, we try to to keep (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I am working on the Monorail tracks. I also will redo the unofficial tracks from 'J.A. O'Donnell, P.E.' So that all of them will fit to the "monorail train" parts. BTW I can't find the number of the points, could somebody help me? CU Bernd (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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After "playing" with LDraw, MLCAD, POV-ray, etc. for better than a year, I finally took the plunge and finished something. Check out: (URL) started with wondering how light would project through a "stained-glass" window in POV-Ray, and the idea (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Thanx but my computer for the last three days will not go to ldraw.org so do you know of another place that I can download them. corect me if I am wrong I need LDraw, completr.exe, (want) LeoCAD or MLCAD, and POV-Ray. One last ? I have the L3P (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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See: (URL). Chris Dee has written an awesome FAQ about the ins and outs of part numbers for the LDraw.org Parts Library. Every parts author should review this material - there are some recent changes documented. Thanks, Chris! Steve (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Go to (URL) and follow the "Get Started NOW!" link. It has links to everything you need, and instructions on how to download & install it. You'll need LDraw and complete.exe, at least. You'll almost certainly want an editing program, such as (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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Ok I instaled the L3P add on and I don't have any thing else. so I would like to know what I need and where I can get it. Thanx --Kevin W. § (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I also have some of these, in grey, white, yellow, and black. Although a great portion of mine are with the groove. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If this is the same pattern: (URL) yes, it does exist with a finger groove. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Ryan Farrington" <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> skrev i meddelandet news:001801c188c7$79...dly.com... (...) Something like this perhaps? (URL) of all, I had to turn down the ordinary lighting as there are a lot of extra light sources: light_source { (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I've also noticed the 1x2 tile with grille (#2412) comes in grooved & non-grooved. I have black & grey in both styles, but unfortunately they've all been integrated into my collection & I have no info on what sets they came from. 8?( (...) (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The only decorated tile without a finger groove that I know of is the 2x2 with a large black disk (3068P17). This came from the Homemaker set 263 dated 1974. I've no idea whether this _also_ exists with a finger groove. Chris (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The hears of my yellow castle 6075 horses are grooved 1x2 tiles. My set was bought year 1981. The set was available here (france), year 1979. In those times lego group has used rare printed parts and many stickers. Damien (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No, POV-Ray's rendering engine doesn't really care what the dimensions of your image are. It only cares about what you tell it the aspect ratio is. If you render with a default camera (4/3 ratio) to a square output image, you'll get an image (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I am fairly sure none of the printed tiles had the fingernail grooves. The grooves have been there for a long time; probably over 20 years old I would say. I think that the use of printing on tiles is significantly more recent. I have a few (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Below is the list of part files which could potentially be affected by this change. So far, we've only got grooved versions of the 1x1, 1x2, 1x2 grille, and 1x4 tile part files. At least the 2x2 and 2x2 round tiles could also be regrooved, and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[FUT lugnet.cad.dev] Do any of you oldtimers remember exactly when the bases of the various tile parts changed, to have the groove/indent around the edge? Were all the tiles changed at once, or did it take a while for everything to get into the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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These sound like two different problems. (...) This is 'inlining'. To do this in MLCAD, do this: 1. Open walker.dat in MLCAD. 2. Use Multipart | Import Model... to import leg.dat into walker.dat. 3. Set the Active Model to walker.dat. 4. Use File | (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) No, Bram is 100% correct -- the resulting image is distorted unless I account for the proportions of the image POV expects to render. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:000001c188be$d8...1681@bl... (...) Good point. Since I've never tried to render a square image, I've never run across this. I'm curious though, why do you need to do this? I figured it would be (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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"John Eric Voltin" <jevoltin@austin.rr.com> wrote in message news:GoMItu.2Iv@lugnet.com... (...) any (...) Well, first start off by going to www.ldraw.org/download/start/ I recommend using MLCad as your editor. Grab a copy of L3P for conversion to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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After much hard work, I've completed another animation. This one is 16 sec. long entitled: Running In & Out. See a Y-wing make a recon run on a familiar solar system. -Ahui Download at: (URL) You will need to have the DivX 4.11 installed on your PC. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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[XFUT cad.ray] (...) I used the orthographic keyword in the camera to eliminate perspective. I then placed three shadowless lights along the x, y, and z axes. The edges were done with MegaPOV's find_edges...perhaps this will help: (URL) file, be (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Bring on the flames... (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad) !!
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| | RE: From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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(...) You may want to make it 6400x4800 or 4800x3600 so that the render isn't distorted. If you want a square picture, you will need to modify the camera object so that it renders to a square aspect ratio. Millions of pixels also take a while to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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First of all, thanks for the responses. Since I am new to LDraw, etc. I haven't tried anything yet. Do you have any recommendations? -- John Eric Voltin "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GoLpEL.Mqw@lugnet.com... (...) want (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yeah, I am having trouble posting files myself for something along these same reasons -- how to post files that include submodels. I am trying to look at Steve Lane's Zoid model, and I surmise he is having a similar problem. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 3010p20c.dat Brick 1 x 4 with Town Car Chrome Grille
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(...) common (...) good in (...) No objections from me. I'm just the guy who changed the color :-) Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) The parts tracker is at (URL)Will (...) To maintain compatability with the original LDraw program decorated parts which include dithered colors (like 383), you should put the code for this in a subpart like, 0 ~Subpart - Brick 1 x 4 with Town (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 3069pxx.dat Tile 1 x 2 with Dials Pattern
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(...) Chris Dee and I exchanged a couple of emails about this. I felt that since controls/dials/guages are a very common theme in patterns, there should be a range of pattern codes for these parts. I've updated the pattern code webpage, (URL), to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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"Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> skrev i meddelandet news:GoI9ny.Iv1@lugnet.com... (...) I've sent you the converted result by e-mail. Please tell us how good the recovery was (Did I mirror the complete model??) -- Anders (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Part Development Request
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I hope I am submitting this request the correct way. If not, please let me know how I should be. I am hoping (with fingers crossed) that someone might be willing to make this part: (URL) is a small Technic style steering wheel: - Height: 1 plate + 1 (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Various Questions . . .
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(...) That's ok. We were all new once. (...) That's not uncommon. There are a lot of parts that are not made yet. (...) For right now, you can make a request here. Sooner or later, we'll have a part-request system on the ldraw.org website, as a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I may still be confused slightly. From that article I gather that no printer (professional printing device) cares about anything above 200 LPI. The article further claims that one would generally want to print from an image 2 times the desired (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | 3010p20c.dat Brick 1 x 4 with Town Car Chrome Grille [DAT]
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I've always wanted this part with chrome printing. Now that most Lego CAD programs support chrome (color 383) I thought I'd fix one up. BTW, can anyone point me to the parts tracker so I can submit this? Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Fluorescent Lights
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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has ever successfully created what looks like fluorescent lights. I have tried inserting area lights, but the shadows created were too harsh; it just looked like incandescent lighting. I also tried the looks_like (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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(...) Got it. I'm in the middle of a FAQ rewrite, among my many current projects. -Tim (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve, I can explain better using black and white printers; for color, just add four times the explanation. For a monochrome printer, there is a tradeoff between lpi and grayscales. If you have a 600 dpi printer, and you chose a 600 lpi screen, you (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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(...) Steve (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I have been pondering this point for years, but don't know much about the half toning for CMYK ink mixing algorithms. Is this something you know about? Can you share some more info and or links to pages that explain the difference between printer (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) [snip] (...) [snap] (...) Nod, right. INCLUDE has been mentioned before, in other contexts, and I'm generally in favor of it. But I'd rather discuss that in a separate thread - IF[N]DEF/ELSE/ENDIF wouldn't depend on INCLUDE. (although, for (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw on Windows 2000?
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(...) MLCad and LeoCAD both work on Win2k without any problem. So does LDView, LDLite, L3Lab, and a few others (not going to take time to list them all). If you want to use LEdit with Win2k, go to Start>Run. Type 'command' and the DOS prompt comes (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 3069pxx.dat Tile 1 x 2 with Dials Pattern
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(...) Hmm. Would 'Tile 1 x 2 with Dashboard Pattern' work? Or 'Tile 1 x 2 with Dials and Arrows Pattern'? (...) I don't think this pattern has appeared on another part, and there isn't really anything analogous. Steve (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: model builder on lego.com...
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(...) That's pretty cool, but they have a very long way to go before they can compare with MLCAD! TJ (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw on Windows 2000?
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Well, I can't say if the original LDraw works on 2000, but I use MLCad on 2000 and it works great! :-) -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Eric Voltin" <jevoltin@austin.rr.com> (...) was (...) is made (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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I'm having trouble following this discussion, could someone explain the steps required to get leg.dat (example filenames) to show up as it's parts in walker.dat? Thanks QBF "Thomas Main" <thomasmain@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | LDraw on Windows 2000?
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Does anyone know if LDraw will function properly on Windows 2000? I was going to install it on a system running Windows 2000, but no mention is made of LDraw working with newer Operating Systems. -- John Eric Voltin (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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What kind of extraordinary printer do you have ??? Even with good inkjet photo printers (with so called 1440 dpi resolution, which is actually dot placement resolution), you can't see improvements above 200 dpi... To be conservative, your image (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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(...) The typography, Man! It is the typography that compels me! -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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(...) :-) (...) If you intend it for others to print, why not just provide the POV file and a link to the instrucitons I gave you for rendering it big? Let them render it and print it, save yourself the time transferring that 70MB file and the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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(...) Many thanks, Tim -- this is exactly the help I needed. So easy too! Now I just need a place online to house a 65-70 MB 600 ppi file of my "Joined" hands -- now suitable for printing! -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | MLCad Bug(s)
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Michael - When you go into the new parts dialog (key shortcut I) and select 'custom part,' the open file dialog doesn't support .LDR. It only allows MPD and DAT, so you have to key in *.ldr manually to view LDR files. Also, I have another problem, a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Cathedral of Ice .Dat file now available on Brickshelf
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Last year, around this time, I introduced my "Cathedral of Ice" MOC. This model proved to be quite popular and I still get requests for the .dat files to make this model. To make this process easier, I've now posted the .dat files on brickshelf at (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Source files now available on Brickshelf for Cathedral of Ice
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Last year, around this time, I introduced my "Cathedral of Ice" MOC. This model proved to be quite popular and I still get requests for the .dat files to make this model. To make this process easier, I've now posted the .dat files on brickshelf at (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | 3069pxx.dat Tile 1 x 2 with Dials Pattern [DAT]
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Can anyone suggest a better name for this pattern? Also, does it match with any current pattern on another part (so I can choose the best pxx number.) -John Van 0 Tile 1 x 2 with Dials Pattern 0 Name: 3069Pxx.dat 0 Author: John VanZwieten 0 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 7834 Level Crossing [DAT]
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Here is the 7834 4.5/12V era Level Crossing minus the cypress tree. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@hotmail.com 0 7834 Level Crossing 0 Name: 7834.dat 0 Author: Thomas Main 0 Official LEGO Model 1 7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 606P02.DAT 1 7 0 0 -100 0 0 1 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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(...) POV doesn't have a 4800x4800 option in the Render>Edit Settings/Render window, so here's how to get it listed there. Go to your POV directory, and then to the 'renderer' subdirectory. Open quickres.ini At the bottom, create a new entry (copy (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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You need to create an image in POV-Ray that's at least 4800 x 4800 pixels. You can't/don't need to set the ppi in POV-ray. Then make sure your image program prints it at 600 dpi (do _not_ resample the image). You're weren't asking how to create (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | From Screen to Paper Printing (PPI/DPI Question)
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Hey Y'all: I have a project created in Ldraw/POV-Ray of which I would like to create a higher (PPI/DPI) resolution image of approximately 8" x 8". I'd like to be able to achieve something like 600-1200 ppi for the final image printed on paper. I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Save Picture Options
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(...) Well, that was easy. That's just another example of why we love you so much :-) Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: L3P user primitive substitution
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(...) Well yes, but I wasn't just thinking about POV. I thought that was your point in changing the syntax. The 0 INCLUDE meta-command could be used to install custom colors much like the ldliterc.dat file. I'm sure there are plenty of other non-POV (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Newbie Question
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Andy Lynch writes: <snip> (...) Success! When I imported the model under the Multipart menu and then exported it using the export menu option, I was able to get the .dat file with individually selected pieces. I thought I had (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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