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Today just minutes ago I was surfing around (URL) I was looking for a 3D engine to have my ldraw models in realtime so that I could play with them and so on but I remember someone was working on something like what i'm looking for anyway I went to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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I finally formatted the material about L3P messages vs. part files and put it under the reference area of the Parts Tracker. (URL) If you don't have L3P installed on your computer, you can check your part files at: (URL) This script must upload your (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Jeroen de Haan" <jeroendehaan@mac.com> wrote in message news:Gr7HAo.J7n@lugnet.com... (...) Yep, I got em, thanks! -Tim (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:Gr6uoo.92@lugnet.com... (...) Yup, that's probably the best approach for the Modeling category. That could further break down Modeling to: MODL 101-M: Intro to MLCAD MODL 101-L: Intro to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Ahui - Sorry for the delayed response. "Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr6JL4.A19@lugnet.com... (...) All of the categories look fine, I just prefer Bram's four letter abbreviation syste: (ANIM, RNDR, MODL, PART, CONV). (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Ahui and all others, I am currently writing a combined Con 1xx and Ren 1xx. The first two chapters are already (yesterday actually) send to Tim Courtney (did you recieve them Tim?). They cover a short explanation of the software (L3P, L3PAO (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There's two programs I know of that do this: MLCad and a Perl script I wrote over three (!) years ago. It wrote the changes back to the original file, and all the little things (like the LDraw path) had to be hard-coded into the script. I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I don't know how long will this take for me. I'm pretty slow right now. And there are very big differences in how we make our short-films. I don't like to write *the* animation tutorial, but I'd like to make one among other (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That would be very handy, and nice to have. I seem to remember there was a program around that performed this job, but I don't remember the details now. LDAO has a "Mover" function, but it only cleans up one file at a time. Steve (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Shoud I sign up up for taking this tutorial? (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think this is already being covered in Mod 101 - Buildng your 1st model with an editor (MLCad, Leocad, etc...) We will need one for each... Are you volunteerting? - Ahui (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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While working with old model files like Datsville, I used to get countless moved-to-messages. I am pretty sure that ML-Cad prompts the user if he/she wants the program to change the references, but that could still be quite a time-consuming thing to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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What about tutorials that are specific to one program? Like "Introduction to LeoCad" for example. (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This is exactly what I'm doing right now! A "behind the scenes" diary describing my current work on a Datsville animation. I may make it in two versions: one brief on how I made the right steps, and one long with all mistakes and sidesteps (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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good grief, don't we have enough abbreviations and acronyms already? What is too long about single-word categories? Imgn: Con 202: Mxng LDR and 3DS usng IGES btwn Clsss Thx -Erk Bram, do they use 3 or 4 lttr abbs at CWRU? My ENGR schl used 4. (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Looks good to me. However, consonants are more important than vowels when making abbreviations. I think for 3 letter codes, Anm, Rnd, Mdl, Prt, and Cnv are easier to interpret? 4 letter codes would be even easier: Anim, Rndr, Modl, Part, Conv (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That's great. A 50-60 part update every four-six weeks is much better than we achieved last year. IMHO, that really shows the benefit of the time investment you have put into the Parts Tracker. Chris (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I expect I'll put update 2002-01 'to bed' next week. Steve (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes and no. We definitely need more people reviewing files. OTOH, there are 31 files flagged "Needs admin review". I have to check each of those files, and the comments and history associated with them. So I'm being a bit of a bottleneck right (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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"Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr6LF1.GLB@lugnet.com... (...) IIRC, Steve's been asking for people to help review parts as well. Could this be part of the holdup? -Tim (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, of the 500+ files we've got at the Parts Tracker, only 58 of 'em have been certified, so far. "(URL) parts 89 subparts 36 primitives 15 high-res. primitives --- 514 files total "(URL) certified files. Hope this helps... Franklin (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello all, This has been discussed before and I just want everyone's feedback on this to finalize it. Tim after our discussion last night this is what I have come up with for the tutorial section on Ldraw's site. There are basiclly 5 distinct (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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"Gary Thomas" <thomasg@rohan.sdsu.edu> wrote in message news:Gr6Eu6.Lo5@lugnet.com... (...) BrickShelf: (...) the (...) direction. You might try 3DWin, its available on LDraw.org. But, it is shareware, and I don't know exactly what features you are (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hey I just noticed a excellent quality render from 3D studio max on BrickShelf: (URL) know of a FAQ or doc on how to import .dat files into 3dsmax? I see the max to dat file converter on ldraw.org, but I'd like to go the other direction. Thanks, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Dave Johann" <legomecha@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:Gr4z6F.6tx@lugnet.com... (...) need (...) their (...) useful. (...) Riley's (...) have (...) the (...) <snip> Excellent. Dan will probably use those then! (...) I agree about the grey on (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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When will be the next ldraw parts update be out? (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have no real intent of including any logo on the clone.dat bricks for a number of reasons; nearly every brand has a 2x4 brick, so I'd need to make a different file for each brand's 2x4 brick I wanted to model! Better to sidestep the whole (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) For what it's worth, I interpret the straps in the pattern as being part of a complete skirt of straps. I emailed LFB about it, I figured if anyone would know the technical term for that piece/type of armor, he would. He said the straps are (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm very sorry that either you interpret me wrong or I didn't made myself clear. My first line was "Is there any change that the LGEO-parts will be updated or be made bug-free where necessary?" and you emphasis on the bug part. I think that (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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A fun little set, although very hard to find (it was a promo giveaway at the 2001 Honda Fair). Simple enough to render in MLCAD, just had to play around with different colors. Now I wish there were Chrome colored Technic pieces... (URL) you download (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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Hey, liked the eye/wheel formation you made, just had to use it. :) (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Lighting(Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) Nope the're just plain point lights with an RGB value of 1,1,1. There are five lights in my scene. (URL) first four are used for the torches one being just out of the picture to the right. I placed one light inside each 1x1 round brick. The (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Well, it should be noted that any programs that add a LEGO logo to the tops of studs are going to add the same logo to the studs on clone bricks unless the clones use their own (separate) stud primitives. There's not currently any way (that I (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Another reason why; The LDraw library of parts is specifically modelling the copyrighted/trademar...d/patented inventory of Lego brand building toys. We know it, they know it. And they have graciously allowed us to do so. Even supported our (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Limits on participation in MOTM/SOTM? (Was: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) One of those "me too" replies. But I have to agree with Jacob and Steve. At this point, limiting seems counter-productive to me. Notwithstanding this months avalanche of entries, we usually have a small number of entries. Setting furthur (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) Good point. But not even counting the ease of making backgrounds, Space, or "Science Fiction" in general, has always been a popular topic for rendering. Just take a look at the IRTC entries.(1) Even though that competition has clearly defined (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve Bliss (...) Cool! And thanks Tim for being willing to do that. In case anyone is wondering, here's a link to the K'nex parts library page: (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Amen! I couldn't have said it better my self. (and I actually thought about how I might do so.) -Kyle (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Chris Daniel wrote... (...) The two gear wheels rotate the same way in their own world, but then you have rotated one of the wheels 180 degrees around the y-axis, so the result is that they rotate in opposite directions in your scene. Isn't that (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have no idea as to the answer to your question, but as a developer I can state categorically that developers tend to be totally unsympathetic to users who complain about "errors", but can't be bothered to list them. This is even more likely (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, Huw, between your inventories of the Bohrok sets and my adding of their parts to BrickLink, I think consolidation of name ideas would be quite useful. I've already started on a basic naming convention for them based on Mark Riley's (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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I have submitted an inventory of 8563 to peeron, and now the new parts need naming. Here are images of them: (URL) am not sure of the formal procedure for allocating names, but Dan suggested I try here :-) Huw (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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"Anthony Sava" <savatheaggie@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr4KxB.D65@lugnet.com... (...) aroung (...) If you render your models in POV, you directly interface with it. Unless you use L3PAO's render when finished converting option... When I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes - 4b is the next unused code. That's fine, Chris (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Limits on participation in MOTM/SOTM? (Was: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) I agree with Jacob, here. No limits. If we start getting large numbers of entries each month, I might change my mind -- at least, make it clear that the contest admin can ask people to "unsubmit" entries that are too similiar to recent (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Well, I have to say that this is much more gracious than I dared hope! My site is somewhere between "god-awful" and "really lame," but I hope to embellish it somewhat whenever I get off my posterior. Let me know if anything on the site as it (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hmq26uc4vm7ggq4...4ax.com... (...) Sounds like a good idea. It can become a section of the Links page. One thing I have to do is put back the linking images (make new ones first), and get Bram (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks for tracking down the part number from Peeron, though - you should post that comment when you submit the file to the tracker. (...) I think 4b is alright. (...) How about: 970p4b Minifig Hips with Leather Belt/Straps Pattern 971p4b (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) with LDraw". It could like to the page made by Dave! And, it could link to the KDraw pages (er, those K-nex files were put on the web somewhere, weren't they?). This would allow LDraw.org to remain within the spirit of being LEGO-focused, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New Part: 168135a.dat - Sticker Technic Supercar 4x4x4 Logo
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(...) Hmm. I opened this in LDLite 2.4, put it into 'twirl mode', and there was some serious bleedthru at various (odd) angles. I didn't try twirling the original (1LDU-high) file. LDraw and LEdit handled the file just fine. But I didn't try to (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) In (...) I'm sorry you had to nit-pick, because you're wrong about me. I did not mean that I was going to 'LDraw' my dragons. Yes, I know that MLCad is a gui program that makes LDraw easier to use (at least for me), but I don't go aroung (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi all, Is there any change that the LGEO-parts will be updated or be made bug-free where neccesary? I encountered one (or more?) bugs this afternoon (sorry I couldn't be bothered to write them down) and it erm... bugs me a bit. Jeroen (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) I was hoping someone would say this. =) I know that creating 'earth' backgrounds is much harder than space ones. So on this note perhaps those artists that create non-space themes this month would be willing to write a tutorial or two for the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I like it. Lets see more!! -Chuck (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | RE: MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) I think this is because Space is relatively easy to render compared to a scene on the ground. It takes quite some practice and knowledge of POV-Ray to get nice lighting and a good background in a scene if you need to include a ground plane, a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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"Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr4EvA.L7t@lugnet.com... (...) LOL :-) (...) In (...) Well, Ahui, I wasn't going to say anything here. But definitely glad I have a loyal convert to back me up ;-) I hope the wording I am (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts List mis-ordered?
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(...) Sorry to reply to my own post, but I figured out what was going on. For some reason, the parts.lst file was rewritten. I deleted this file, and upon opening MLCad again, I was prompted to rebuild the parts.lst file. I did, and now everything (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCading (Was Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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I'm going to be Tim C. Jr. here and say it... MLCading? (...) Anthony, don't you mean you are going to "LDraw" all four of your dragons. Yes, I'm a newly converted LDraw System of Tools person. I think we should start using the proper namings when (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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(...) showcased. It all comes down to what is the purpose of the contest/showcase? If the purpose is to showcase the absolute best models, then there should be no limits at all on participation, other than that a model which has won already should (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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(...) I think that putting any more constraints on the submissions would be counter productive. We (I, in this case:) want to see as many contestants as possible and don't want to impose any restrictions on the kind of work submitted. If someone (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Added a couple new news items - a mention of LCD and a BricksWest update. Check it out: (URL) soon I'll throw a new poll up. Any suggestions for questions? -Tim (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Limits on participation in MOTM/SOTM? (Was: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002)
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(...) I disagree! The objective with MOTM and SOTM is to show off the best LEGO renderings (preferably with LDraw based tools, I suppose) we can make. The only kind of "limit" I can imagine is that you have to put together a description of _how_ you (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Fonts and CSS
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"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GqzAus.MIE@lugnet.com... (...) No prob! (...) Hmmm... I don't see that on mine, but what I do see is the 'View Polls Page' link is VERY tiny, unreadably small on my IE5.0 for Windows. The (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 3D applet of my ISCC entry
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(...) Wowzers! That's pretty cool. (...) -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears Michlug - (URL) Page - (URL) Store - (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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"Anthony Sava" <savatheaggie@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr3v12.GG8@lugnet.com... (...) Yep, Brad was another example I was thinking of, but forgot to mention it. He does some absolutely incredible stuff no doubt!! I'm just wondering if it is (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New Part: 168135a.dat - Sticker Technic Supercar 4x4x4 Logo [DAT]
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I made some modification: 1. Changed the filename as Steve suggested. 2. Reduced the thickness (thinness? :-))of the thin box to 0.25 LDU as Bernd Broich suggested. In L3Lab it did'nt cause any bleed-through. 3. Included a placeholder in the part (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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(...) I thank you for coming to my defense. Yes, the two dragons are different. In fact, they are very different when you have them up close. However I will admit that from a distance, as they are in the pictures I sent in for MOTM, they do appear (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 3D applet of my ISCC entry
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Thanks to Chuck Sommerville and Helmut Dersch, I was inspired to do a couple of 3D renderings of my ISCC entry. Links are on the second page of the site: (URL) two images with borders link to renderings of the main temple and and the hidden (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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(...) No, no formal rules. (...) Well... I think Anthony Sava's two dragons are different. Similar, but different. And Cale Leiphart's entries are quite different. Somewhat similar in theme, but only broadly. You could also cite Brad Hamilton's (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | To all PAST winners of of the LDraw.org MOTM or SOTM
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Hello to all, Just a short request. In the conversion to the new LDraw.org site format, it occured to me that many of the past winners in the archive could use a little "oomph". What I would like to see is a little more in-depth coverage of your (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr3Cun.4q8@lugnet.com... (...) Cool :-) Hey - here's something I wanna bring up with everybody. There are a few people up for voting right now who have won recently, with models/scenes of the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Vote Now! LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM for February
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Eat an energy bar now.... The voting pages for LDraw.org's Model & Scene of the Month are ready and waiting at: (URL) are a LOT of entries this month. Its going to be tough. Perhaps even grueling. So get on over and do your civic duty. Now you know (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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A little late.... The first winners for 2002 are: Model of the Month - Ralph Döering's "My House". A beautiful virtual version of the building Ralph lives in. I would like to see more of this one. Ralph, any more images we could link to? Scene of (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: need help w/ name (minifig legs from set #4817)
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How about "Leather Leggings" or "Studded Leather Legs" "Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr319r.KBA@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: LCD - LDraw Connection Database - Proposal
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(...) I think there is some examples in the proposal too. (...) Yes, I understand you! It would be a programming language based on and according to the LCD. It would be LMPL - LDraw Model Programming Language. How about that? :) But, I think we need (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Well I think we were talking more about how to actually implement it. How it would actually work. When you get into trying to model these things, I don't think this is the type of thing we can store in either the .DAT file or some new (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi guys! What are you talking about? It's written in the proposal: "Finally, a user turns a battery switch on and the car wheels start rotating; and if there is a surface below the car, that can be observed as a connection and the car will (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LCD - LEGO Connection Database - Proposal
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Michael Horvath wrote: > You're forgetting one important connection! The connection between the tire > and the road surface. What about that? > > -Mike > > Well, I think I was assuming that the 'model' itself would be moved by some other part of the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BrickDraw3D development announcement
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(...) It's easy to miss OpenGL errors. Are you sure it's the glBegin causing the error, and not some previous command? Remember that successful commands don't clear the GL error state. Did you check for an error right before calling glBegin? (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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You're forgetting one important connection! The connection between the tire and the road surface. What about that? -Mike (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: need help w/ name (minifig legs from set #4817)
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(...) Peeron calls this one "Minifig Hips and Legs Assembly with Red and Brown on Legs and Belt Pattern" ("(URL) (Steve, Chris: I'll also need a pattern number (...) Steve, Chris, I was thinking of using these: 970p4b Minifig Hips - Leather (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BrickDraw3D development announcement
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(...) Four cases that come to mind 1. as you say existing begin 2. command other than vert,color,index,nor...Co,evalPo, arrayEl,material,edg...allList(s) & Some '_EXT's if storable in begin end. Keep anything else after or before as needed. 3. Some (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | need help w/ name (minifig legs from set #4817)
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I've gotten several of the minifig from set # 4817 ("(URL) I intend to encode the printed hips-and-legs for this minifig into LDraw. But, I need some help coming up with the name for the printing of this piece. In LDraw, I'll actually be encoding (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | LDraw Animation Behaviour .dat Files? [DAT]
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Sorry, no progress so far with the LDA2002 project. But I had a new idea today, mostly useful for making libraries of minifig animation. The basic idea is to make it viewable in any LDraw viewer and portable for different LDraw animation systems or (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Name this Jack Stone part
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(...) That pin in the middle, appears to add significantly to avoid unintentional disconnect. The tallness of the pillar with respect to the shortness of a typical stud would cause it to be much less stable without the pin. The Jack Stone parts (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Name this Jack Stone part
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(...) Hmm.... Brick 10 x 10 with Corner Extensions Brick 10 x 10 with Corner Support Extensions Brick 12 x 12 without Sides Jack Stone BaseBrick 10 x 10 Whichever dimension (10x10 or 12x12) is used in the part, the *other* dimension should be (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Stud logos in fan apps
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gr2Kr7.IGE@lugnet.com... (...) Well, yes. The loose-knit community which is the 'governing body' of the parts updates and libraries was called LCAD, or at least, the parts updates themselves (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Stud logos in fan apps
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(...) Figures--I spent all last week debunking conspiracy myths, and it turns out I'm the victim of one! I'll be watching you... Out of curiosity, was it *ever* "officially" called LCad? Dave! (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: 168135s01.dat - Sticker Technic Supercar 4x4x4 Logo
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Hi all, (...) I think the height of the box can be 0.2-0.25 LDU (0.2 is the minimum I tested in some LCAD-programs), this is in the near of the real thickness of the stickers. (...) I also have a lot of stickered parts and want to make them, but I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: old set dats
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Welcome to LDRAW/mlCAD (whichever you prefer)! Like you, when I got into this virtual LEGO building the first thing I did was work on models of the older Castle sets (mostly to 'recreate' a collection thought lost - whole another story about (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: HELP Ldraw Installation
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Nope the file is NOT corrupt. I download an extra copy just in case. The reason behind the failure after many hours of hitting my self on the head is the following! DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT UPDATE MICROSOFT CRITICAL PATCHES AND NOT COMPLETE THEM! (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Stud logos in fan apps
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gr2HCq.9BC@lugnet.com... (...) You know we did it just to upset your site ;-) Actually, its someting Steve and I chatted about for some time. I started considering this, and discussed it with (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: 168135s01.dat - Sticker Technic Supercar 4x4x4 Logo
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One question I forgot to pose: Since this file includes a direct copy of the LEGO trademark logo, should it have a copyright notice/disclaimer in the code? Steve (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes: **snip of good answers to all of my questions** (...) Tim, you stinker! How can I have my "LCad Apocrypha" website if there's no LCAD anymore!?! I certainly shouldn't use "LDraw Apocrypha" since that implies (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: 168135s01.dat - Sticker Technic Supercar 4x4x4 Logo
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(...) Looks good! (...) I'm ok with all of these points. There doesn't seem to be a problem with bleed-thru at normal resolution (at least, L3Lab doesn't have a problem), so the 1LDU-thick box is OK. (...) Instead of a three-character suffix, drop (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: HELP Ldraw Installation
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(...) Sounds like the ldraw027.exe file might be corrupted. Did you try redownloading it? I'm running Windows 2000 with FAT32 and NTFS, and I never have a problem with ldraw027.exe (or any other ldraw *.exe).[1] (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | The Eye [DAT]
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Now try this! Jan Folkersma 0 Untitled 0 Name: eye.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 1 0 -287 0 -194 0.707107 0 -0.707107 0 1 0 0.707107 0 0.707107 647-1971.dat 1 0 -210 0 -106 0.5 0 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | old set dats [DAT]
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This is my first post here. Welcome! Recently I discovered this virtual LEGO thingy and I am smitten! I'm now in the process of re-creating all the old sets I used to play with in reality. Is there somewhere online a databank with all dats? Would (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: LDraw
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Thanks Much, Nathan (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Known bugs on the site and how to report new ones
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"Tutorials: Introduction to Creating LDraw Parts" contains a missing link to "which primitives are available" (3rd paragraph). Best regards, thanks for your work ! Philo (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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