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(...) Yes, as I recently suggested here in another thread: (URL) I think a comand line option of -ci<filename> to include a premade POV camera file might also benefit that technique." This would make all sorts of things possible, including things we (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) <snip> (...) Actually it would be cool to place the camera with L3P. I believe h_angle and v_angle default to 180, and 360, so they are probably not needed. I think you can avoid the translation with location/look_at. Not sure about the Sky (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) wait - Name of image (gif or jpeg) to be displayed during download. Specify path relative to html-document. This image is displayed centered in the applet window. Example: <PARAM name=fov value="room0preview.jpg"> (...) (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Nope... Several someones! We've had a flood (well, a flood for us!) of e-mail, many programmers included. We need to talk more on this soon...you likely saw my post on the forums at MacCentral...I just gotta' get through BricksWest, and we can (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Don Heyse wrote... (...) No, it makes sense. Sorry for not posting (URL) I can tell you are eager :-) But in Jonathan Knudsen's case I think he missed a point. /Lars (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Wow, that's pretty cool! 2 questions Is there any way of getting rid of that grey color when the image first loads up? That's kind of ugly. Also, I bet you've been asked this before, but where can I find this viewer and instructions on how to use (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Oh goodie, someone else is now volunteering to do all the hard work? (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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On January 18th Don Heyse wrote... (...) Right, point taken. I don't know when I will get the time for an L3Lab overhaul. You seem to have done pretty well in ldglite so far, so let me know what you want. (...) I think the sky vector is the (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Chuck Sommerville wrote... (...) Wow, this is cool. Would you like just an option to suppress the camera, or some options to support spherical, h_angle, v_angle ? (are h_angle always 360 and v_angle 180?) Can you avoid the translate by using (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Dave Schuler wrote... (...) We have previously discussed a "0 TEXTURE xxx" meta command, where xxx could be RUBBER, CHROME, SLOPE, etc. I have been wondering about another approach where color properties are encoded in the color value. E.g. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So, there is no longer a tar.gz version for Linux users? While unzip is available for Linux, tar and gunzip should come standard in all distributions. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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You can get right point in (URL) that dat file does a mirror to get right point from left point. I am using them without problem. Good luck. Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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The right point does not appear to be on lugnet anymore. Can't download it. The left point does not look that bad for a mock up. Thanks at least I got a point piece now. Now if only someone would kindly create a curved piece.... (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:rm115ukq6l1f4jk...4ax.com... (...) set (...) Ok, I'm uploading that file now. It will be done in a few minutes. -Tim (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) (URL) the ldraw027.zip file needs to be copied over from the old site. Steve (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Aha. Those three choices are links to instructions, and the links at the bottom are to download areas. I should have actually thought about why they had differently named links. . . ---...--- TWS Garrison tgarriso@math.purdue.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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There is a broken link in the Linux Getting Started section: (URL) link to the LDraw Parts Library in Step 1 is broken. It current is set to the following: (URL) Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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The application LDraw-mode, for which I am the author, is also useable for Linux and Macintosh (basically every OS for which Emacs is available, which is a fair number os OS'es): (URL) is also an application which has the source code available, so (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"James Reynolds" <james.e.reynolds@m.....utah.edu> wrote in message news:GqGBKx.M79@lugnet.com... (...) sites. (...) me to (...) wrote in (...) James and all - This is so cool! Keep up the good work, I hope we'll see a Mac LDraw solution soon. The (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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I have written a little article, and it is getting published in Mac news sites. Here are some news sites that have published it (that I know of--macworld published it on their own, so this is now a ball rolling down a hill...). (URL) following is (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) NO J3D?!!!! Hmm... I was wondering why I kept putting off learning it. It would've been kinda hard to compile anything... Oh well. Just so you know, Apple has gotten really fond of Java, in so much that they have included it native into Mac OS (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Cool stuff, and with source!! But, I get this error when I try to run it: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.media.j3d.Scen...aphObject: method setCapabilityIsFrequent(I)V not found at (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Basically somebody needs to feel like maintaining such a page. The Linux pages didn't come until I started writing them, so just start writing, if you feel there is a need. (...) Certainly. Has anybody tried to compile LDGLite on Solaris? I (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Jude Beaudin" <shiningblade@rogers.com> wrote in message news:GqF6L4.12y@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) thread where someone asked if the visor had been made. I've never seen the part modeled in LDraw. Also, a quick text search (CTRL+F) of the Parts (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I suppose it should, but until somebody writes a page for it, it doesn't make all that much sense. Jacob (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Back to boot camp for you, mister. :-, (...) Here's what it appears like: // Camera (Latitude,Longitude,Radius = 0,180,0) camera { #declare PCT = 0; // Percentage further away #declare STEREO = 0; // Normal view file://#declare STEREO = (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"James Reynolds" <james.e.reynolds@m.....utah.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GqEDsG.3p4@lugnet.com... (...) Actually it's more application than applet, but I don't know at the moment, whether I will make it an editor, just as filesaving. The (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GqEG1q.D4s@lugnet.com... (...) So you need java 1.2 and java3D 1.2 or higher, take a look at my homepage: www.broich.onlinehom...plete.html Sascha (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I asked similar question long time ago, but no answers. You can find switch point here ((Mock-up file) (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Has anyone built the 9V Train Track Pieces for Ldraw? I looked at the parts tracker and there is no sign of them there. I know that someone a while back made a straight track piece. I got that piece 2865.dat. But what about curves, crosstrack, and (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, Manfred. This link is now fixed. Steve (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I understand your dilemma. The rules will probably be similar to the BT1 Contest (see (URL) although they are far from having been finalized. Design your LDraw model using what elements you have and if you feel up to it, you can create the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Known bugs on the site and how to report new ones
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Hello Team, On Ldraw.org I've found a link that is still broken: On page: (URL) the text body just above the list there is a link named "Certification Report" (behind "Also, view the "). Currently this points incorrectly to: (URL) believe it should (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'll wait for your public response. Steve (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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This has been addressed privately. I will deal with the contents publicly later. -Tim (...) [SNIP] (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Why not? It's not like anyone has said, "I don't like fixed-width pages; they really waste space on my super-duper hi-res monitor". Most of the postings I've read have been useful and to the point. If people have problems with the website, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes, this is definitely on the list of enhancements for the Parts Tracker. It will either be accomplished when the two part-list pages are combined into a single dynamic, sortable, searchable page, or when we create a "My Parts Tracker" page. (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This area is mostly online, but still being checked for errors. Use it with caution. (...) The Part Updates area is all fixed. Steve (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) My mistake. I totally forgot about that when I made the rendering. I chose the shiled color as gray, because all shields are gray, I forgot it was hard-coded. And I gotta get rid of the Red Futuron's yellow hands too ;-) (...) Of course. To my (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) What are you asking me for? You did the rendering. It's part 3846p43. It's one of those special patterned parts, where main color specifies the *pattern* color, not the base part's color. In this case, it's the border color. If it rendered (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Right. See (URL) for a little more information. Steve (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I don't think this has been reported yet (I think the page is pretty new). On this page (URL) are asked to select an operating system, and given three choices. Should DOS be there too? (It's in the navigation bar just below, along with the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes. A a .DAT or .LDR viewer in an applet would be helpful for quickly viewing parts too new/unexamined for Partsref (or parts, such as minfig heads, that are too small in Partsref to really examine). It would especially be useful for users (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would like to see this make the leap from applet to application so that it has file-saving priveleges. Then I would like to see it have editing ability! Multi-platform is good. Java is good. -- Thanks: James Reynolds (URL) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: A couple of tutorial items (Was: Known bugs on the site and how to report new ones)
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(...) One such example is if I were creating building instructions for a mecha and wanted to focus on the left foot for a particular step. I think it's pretty well established that a true orthographic projection makes for the easiest to understand (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Please don't get angry, because these are just suggestions, but... Actually what I think this shows is that there really *are* people out there who would like a -co option on the command line to automatically uncomment the orthographic (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Lars C. Hassing <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:GqE1KG.JJC@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) telling (...) { Color25 } (...) { Color25 } (...) heh, now someone tells me it can be done like this, ahh well. (...) yes, I learned that quite quick (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Bram, I think the image you presented is very nice, and you gave a very interesting tutorial on creating it. Great stuff! I think this method has some very interesting properties, compared with using ldglite (What is the correct capitalization? (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) This has the side-effect that all uses of 3649 will rotate the same. It's better to do like Bram suggested: object { _3649_dot_dat rotate <0, 0, clock*30> matrix <0,1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,1,0,-59,-20> #if (version >= 3.1) material #else texture #end { (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't know when Jonathan Knudsen wrote his tutotial, but the camera angle option -ca has been there since January 1999. (URL) or he just overlooked it. In stead of uncommenting the orthographic keyword, it's better to use e.g. -ca1. The (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Gatehouse. You could break it up, but it doesn't really work for a full-scale gatehouse for a castle. The walls are 16 dots thick and filled with filler brick (various colors). Trust me the project is enormous! It really does do better to have (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3C4D4CAE.5B75B2...@nbi.dk... (...) So I can include a request to LDraw.org for missing pieces. (...) I think, the best will be: The applet has a zip or single-dat for the part, the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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"Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com> wrote in message news:GqBoGq.L5I@lugnet.com... (...) Yeah I was thinking that too. :-) I hope this will be out of the way soon, after the content/link issues are worked out I'll sit down and play with the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:GqBIK3.76F@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) all (...) I don't see a problem in my window. I do remember forcing a line break with a <br> a few times with POV code, but I don't see the problem. Maybe I'm (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.SOL.4.30.0...due.edu... (...) Doh! Can't ya tell I'm not a Castle fan? :-) I think I used a gray shield with the printing on it for the model.... it might be a part error? Steve? (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:GqDKA4.8ur@lugnet.com... (...) we (...) encourage (...) is (...) Thanks Matt. :-) A clarifiacation: I do not want to hear complaints about the website design, the code, or anything of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney writes: <snip the known to be broken/missing thigs, most of which have likely been fixed by now> (...) Interestingly, I don't see anywhere in this post where Tim requires anyone to critique the new design of the LDraw.org (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That was fast. Thanks again to Jacob for such quick work. I have re-enabled the voting link from the Contests page as well: (URL) Terry K -- (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.SOL.4.30.0...due.edu... (...) The table issue is being resolved among the website team privately. -Tim (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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Thanks for the fine tips! I'll give it a try! SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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About the new, improved www.ldraw.org (...) Isn't the problem with the tables not that they exist, but that they're hard-coded to be 700 pixels wide? I would think that simply using percentages or proportions instead of fixed widths and heights (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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(...) In the Windows Users download page (URL) Stl2dat is reported to be "STL2DAT BETA 9" It has actually version 1.0 as reported when you follow the link (URL) a bug, but a wish in the part tracker : Could it be possible to see a list of reviews of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Agreed. Netscape (Unix) & fonts have never got on particularly well 8?( but the user should be able to decide what size font to display (and all other characteristics) with hints only from the site developer. ROSCO (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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Doyle Nelson wrote in message ... (...) I don'y know if MLCAD will do 12000 pieces, but you'd probably want to break it down if at all possible. The most I've worked with is 2400 pieces and trying to work with the model once it's done (add steps, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Known bugs on the site and how to report new ones
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Picking out the bits I'm qualified for replying to... (...) It's not surprising that these two pages are weird/broken - they never existed before this new web layout. For the new /library/unofficial/, we copied the Part Tracker's Download page. For (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [parts tracker] search by AUTHOR
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(...) Not too hard. But it would be somewhat slow right now, because it would be searching all the files on the site. I'm working on a new database for the PT, that will include more data (like Author information), and will make it more available (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Proposal: "Round"
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(...) I tend to agree with you on this. Steve (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: mesh object transition for animation in Pov-Ray question
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(...) Try this instead: // MLCAD BTG hourhand4rpd object { _3649_dot_dat rotate <0, 0, clock*30> matrix <0,1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,1,0,-59,-20> #if (version >= 3.1) material #else texture #end { Color25 } } BTW, this is equivalent to putting (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The parts library is already available as individual parts on the LDraw.org server. (...) Jacob (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I have tested the voting system on the new site, and everything seems to work fine. Those who haven't had a chance to vote yet in the January 2002 MOTM contest can do it at: (URL) "I am an old man now, and when I die and go to Heaven there are (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I had the same problem with wheels, you need to rotate the piece where it is declared, ie: #declare _3649_dot_dat = #if (QUAL = 0) box { <-52.99,-52.99,-10>, <52.99,52.99,10> } #else union { object { axlehol5_dot_dat matrix (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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"Andy Lynch" <andy@andyandjackie.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:009101c1a2a2$e4...1DMNJ01... (...) Actually I have a program version, and I collect ideas and interests for the applet. So for the part files there are three ways to do: - the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I'm trying to animate the geartrain for my lego clock. This code is out of the pov-ray help file #include "colors.inc" camera { location <0, 3, -6> look_at <0, 0, 0> } light_source { <20, 20, -20> color White } plane { y, 0 pigment { checker color (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Noooo! Just make things right. Also, all those annoying, much too wide tables, makes the site almost completely unusable for me (unless I use lynx). If you want to make a multi-column layout, please do it with CSS. Jacob (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Certainly! But I think Tim actually has _tried_ to move closer to the intentions with HTML with this redesign. I have not had time to look properly at the pages yet, so I can not say how close he managed to get. (...) :-) Jacob (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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(...) That would be Great. I figured MLCad was only limited to your sytems specs. I have a Very powerful system that the Company provided me with.:-) Though it would be nice to know if anyone reached 12,000 or more? (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I've found out that MLCad can at least handle 5000 pieces. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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Hello, You are all aware that LDraw has that 1000 part limit and then must be sub-constructed. What my question is, does MLCad have the same limit or is it unlimited? My projects (Castle) do not really have or a conducive for Sub-models in Quantity. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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1. I don't know about anyone else, but the Downloads column of each of the various OS download pages (all of which say "Not Yet Available") make it sound like none of the tools can be downloaded yet. Perhaps it should be something like "# of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | A couple of tutorial items (Was: Known bugs on the site and how to report new ones)
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(...) Okay, I've found a few, just in the tutorial area. I'm replying online as requested, but warning, my item #2 could be a little insensitive. 1: In Brad Hamilton's Freeform Camera position tutorial, (URL) , the POV source code of a camera block (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Just to let everyone know... The Model/Scene of the Month competition is on "hold" for a short time. We have to get the scripts and html to all work together again with the new site structure. And we couldn't really do anything until the site went (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) You are correct, all reflection was turned off. I'll outline the important bits: First, you *cannot* use LGEO parts, since they don't have the sharp edges that the find_edges process picks up. Second, to get an image without perspective, you (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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TWS Garrison (...) Agreed...logical markup allows people without a new browser or everything turned off to interpret the site correctly, even if it isn't pretty. CSS still allows you to modify the way the headers and such display, even if it doesn't (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: Font too small for Mac
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(...) like the smallest font size is 8 pt. Perhaps Tim should change the fonts to be declared in relative font sizes instead of absolute point sizes. Tim: use TD { font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: normal; } (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: The LDraw Community is what each person makes it
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(...) I've put together a tutorial. It is the first in a series on how I put my LDRAW POVRAY animations together. I'm looking for feedback and mistakes. It's at (URL) if you think it is worthy, feel free to link to it or repost it. (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Out of curiousity, I tried this on my Mac (iMac 333, MacOS 8.6 - yes, I am a ludite). I got the same 'too small' with MSIE 4.5, but got a good font display (I assume the issue is the radio buttons on the right) using Netscape 4.76. Ray (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) different sizes? Of course, I can't see that, because *everything* has fonts that look too small in Solaris/Netscape, so I require all basic text to be displayed at what Netscape calls 24pt (more like 14pt). HTML is designed for that kind of (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Known bugs on the site and how to report new ones
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(...) Okay. I don't think these fall into the categories of known bugs you mentioned. . . On this page: (URL) talks about downloading unofficial parts one-by-one, but only provides a link to download them all at once. This link is broken. Following (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"James Reynolds" <james.e.reynolds@m.....utah.edu> wrote in message news:GqAtyy.7IL@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) way, the fonts can stay the same on the PC (where they are perfect size). I wish the browsers/fonts didn't display differently between (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Wow. I must have missed this the first time it was posted. This sounds great, but does that mean that the applet has the entire parts library embedded in it? or are you referencing the parts files some other way? -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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The fonts on (URL) are too small for the mac. Here is what the main page looks like on a Mac for both Netscape and Explorer: (URL) Reynolds (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes! Absolutely. Please publish. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Mac developers
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Who is your friend? I have been trying to get stuff to happen for almost 2 years now (see (URL) I am just surprised that I don't know about this. I am still pretty convinced that there are very few Mac developers who know about this. I can only (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | DOH! An additional thanks (How could I forget??).
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(...) DOH DOH DOH DOH DOH!! How could I POSSIBLY forget Terry Keller! My most sincere apologies. Terry has worked diligently for over a year (unsure of the exact duration, probably closer to two years) on the Model of the Month and new Scene of the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Known bugs on the site and how to report new ones
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There are a few sections on the new LDraw.org website which are not fully operational yet. Please make a note. Model of the Month/Scene of the Month Voting (URL) script which runs this section has not been made fully operational on the new site. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | More Announcements - a Tutorial, some About Us documents, and more
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Hello again! I'm writing a second post to point out a few specifics. First off, the awaited Animation tutorial by Ahui Herrera. (URL) I have written a couple of documents in the About Us section of the site which I feel are of importance. Most (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Announcing All New LDraw.org Website!
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Greetings!! I am very pleased to present to you our totally new and redesigned website at: (URL) past several months at LDraw.org have been spent putting together this new site with a focus on ease of navigation, straightforward information, and (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish) !!
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| | Re: 3D Myst III viewer of a castle
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(...) I did THANKS! (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Bernd Broich <bernd.broich@online.de> wrote in message news:GqA9pz.MDI@lugnet.com... (...) Sounds cool to me, cross posted to .cad for better coverage. Gary (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi, I wrote last week a little java-program for viewing dat-files using java3d. It's possible to make this also an applet. So what is your opinion? Is there some interest for such a program or not? Sascha (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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