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(...) editing (...) The teeth on the small 8 tooth gear are slightly different from the larger ones(Though in the file they are pretty much drawn as trapezoidal boxes). But on the two beveled gears they apear practicly identical as far as I can (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Optimising piece use (Was: LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting for March is open)
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Cool. I like the parallel-paths-to-ground idea that you'd get with conductance and studs as resistors. I can see large 1x16 "ground plane beams being used, likewise maybe wall pieces. Another interesting aspect is surface gradients, and the use of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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(...) I'm concerned that if we release those primitives that can be used as both inside and outside surfaces as BFC complient, we'll have to go back to all the other pieces that use them to insert the INVERTNEXT directive (where appropriate). (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: memory for LGEO
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(...) I would like to point out a difference in thinking here. 64MB may be fast and good enough for rendering any complex/big model ALONE. That being just the model with a simple grey floor or the building instructions. Since I usely render my (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Did we decide whether these are serious enough to stop certification? Part 2039s02.dat gets a bunch of these. ROSCO (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New LDR file Version and L3P Add On
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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ls_ses@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GtpG4E.2Bu@lugnet.com... (...) Are you using L3PAO with the "Render upon completion" option set? I don't use this any more as on large files that take L3P more than a few seconds to parse (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: memory for LGEO
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(...) I used to attempt Lgeo mania on my 32Meg Win95 machine, but could only manage a few dozen pieces before grinding the system into submission. (Ummm, not that the system submitted to actually rendering the picture, rather that it finally (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: New LDR file Version and L3P Add On
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Daniel & All, (...) No problem, just a thought. As for POV-RAY, now I am getting Scene file parser initialization error. Cannot open input file. Returned from renderer (non-zero return value) It was running earlier, some dats do run, all ldr's (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Calling for Beta Testers
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Only one more beta tester needed: WinNT! Everyone else who has emial me I'm sending out the instructions right now. Thanks, All Ahui (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) My computer has Win98se, 64Mb memory and I never encountered problems with LGEO parts. Probably 32Mb is sufficient for models below 1000 parts. I estimate one could render all official lego models using only 32Mb. Damien (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Why aren't the technic gear teeth primitives?
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(...) Are the teeth the same between different parts? If they are different, it doesn't make much sense to have primitives for each one. Even if the teeth are different, it would be possible to make subfiles for the teeth. This could make sense for (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Calling for Beta Testers
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(...) One poisiton left (...) One position left I need 5 more beta tester... please help out. AHui (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There isn't one. In practice, the more avaliabel memory that POV-Ray can use the less time it takes for POV to render. The speed of the CPU *doesn't* matter as much as the memory. I've tested POV on a dual-P3-650Mhz (256MB RAM) machine and a) (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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What is the minimum memory a computer needs to render a POV-file with LGEO-parts? 128Mb? 256? more? I know it depends on the size of the file, but is there a sort of guide for it? I need to know for the REND101 manual. Jeroen (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: New LDR file Version and L3P Add On
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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ls_ses@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gtp6zw.Lp0@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) the (...) your (...) OK, done. That's my job, and I've been a bit busy recently so I've not had much chance to keep up on all the new software and (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New LDR file Version and L3P Add On
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Ahui & All, (...) I see. I didn't check what version I was running, but I didn't download the newest version because it did not say that it can process the ldr files on the Ldraw.org site. Might be a good idea to have that there. Thanks for your (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) What version of L3PAO are you using? Version 1.3.4 is the latest version and thate version support .dat, .ldr, and .mpd format. download tit at the ldraw.org website AHui (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yeah, but it is the ONLY editor we Mac users have. So it is the best and most popular Mac ldraw app. I know what you mean, you don't want us to think that it is the ultimate. It is just that we can't even put up a "getting started" page if (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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To All, I installed the newer version of MLCAD that supports the new extension, which is fine, but I cannot get L3P Add On to work to render it into POV-RAY. Is there an update for that, or do I need to approach it another way? I searched here and (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDAO Editor Error & Crash
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(...) Hmm. I'm guessing it's coming across something it doesn't like in the ldraw.ini file. You could try temporarily renaming this file, then trying to access Options | View Settings. Just to see if that lets you in. I seem to remember that this (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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