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Still working on the 'figs, but the Castle came out well and I'm working on an animation with this set as a "set." PLMKWYT, -JSM (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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This is an internal error message indicating memory problems. When reseting the stub memory is allocated, if that fails it means MLCad can no longer display anything on it's window and terminates. This one is realy bad since MLCad can deal with low (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Messing around with ldraw I set the part color to 24 instead of 16, and got the colors to invert. Try something like: 1 24 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4-4edge.dat Though I'm not sure how well most renderers handle parts that use color 24. (I think (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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Hi. Here is a link to 8002, the Star Wars Destroyer Droid. I couldn't find it online so I built it myself. The file components that can be swapped to change it from standing up to rolled out. Read the readme file that goes with it. It took about 15 (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: ?-?circ.dat
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(...) No, the lines I'm thinking of are supposed to support the rendering of ring primitives when zoomed out. The edge primitives could do this job if it weren't that they use the color 24 complementary color. /Tore (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Thanks a long I render it in 1 minute and 11s cool before it was done in 52 minutes (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Good idea I was thinking to do that but I was not sure if was best to do it but now that you told me I use that technic instead the long one. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Probably because you render every picture three times! Don't use POVRay for generation of time delay in an animation, use the animation software instead (setting time for a frame, duplicating a frame etc) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | New Mecha and LDraw Files
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First off, I built a new mecha. Basically, I just wanted to add as much weaponry on it as I could. The bazooka is my personal favourite. ;-) It also comes with a zero-g pack, radome, and smoke discharger system. Naturally, I was inspired heavily by (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Minifig Hand Cart?
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(...) Yeah, I'm pretty sure that one hasn't been done yet. Steve (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Where does LDraw look for files?
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Found in LDraw FAQ: (...) That's perfectly clear, but still I have to ask: What if a file exists in two or more of these folders? Will it say: "Hey I found in 'The current folder'! Now I don't have to look anymore."? Or will it keep scanning and (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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(...) Then again, if it's all in the "do not delete this notice" section, Michael's concerns will be addressed. Here's some suggested verbiage: (...) Steve (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Ray tracing is very CPU intensive, and I guess also quite memory hungry. If you've got SDRAM then that could be a bottleneck. A P4 or AMD XP CPU running much faster with DDR would probably make a huge difference in this case, but I'm not (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Why does it take long?
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I have a P-3 at 867mhz with 256MB RAM with 2 hds C: 80GB and d: 20GB I'm using XP Pro. I used Pov-ray 3.1 with a resolution of 320x 240 no AA Initial_clock = 1 Final_clock = 75 Initial_Frame = 1 Final_Frame = 75 Cyclic_Animation = on Why does it (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Minifig Hand Cart?
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Does anyone have an unofficial .dat file of the 2495 Minifig Hand Truck? (URL) have looked through the parts tracker and through old lugnet.cad.* archives without finding anything. Is this one of the parts that simply hasn't been done yet? Thanks, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Star wars Episode 3 - Rise of the Empire. Animation
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Hey can we do somethink like this with pov-ray? (URL) cool hehehe!!! (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: ?-?circ.dat
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(...) I think the ring primitives will give you a solution. Like the 1-4rin39.dat for a thin "circle". CU Bernd (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: MOTM and SOTM winners for July 2002
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(...) Rollover requests are SOP. But the submitters must request a rollover, and few ever do. -- Terry K -- (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New LDRAW renderer for the Mac
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in art1$*ní×´ê×´P (...) I like it, it actualy runs on my machine (mac os 8.6) all the comands work with no problems, including 'o' open. it seems to display most of chassis.dat,engine.dat and steering.dat. but verry little of the other (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I wish there were color 16 versions of the ?-?edge.dat primitives. These are the ones I would like to see: 1-16circ.dat 1-8circ.dat 3-8circ.dat 1-4circ.dat 2-4circ.dat 3-4circ.dat 4-4circ.dat Because: 1. Filling in curved support lines in patterned (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Fatal Error
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What does a Fatal Error - Terminating Stub.Reset(...) ! message mean while starting MLCad? After a reboot, no problem anymore... Greetingz.... Sjaacko (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Hmm. The gold looks the best, I think it's at least partly because we can establish a color value for gold that is distinct from the standard yellow. The electric contact is second-best, IMO. I just couldn't see enough difference between the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) By 'correctly', do you mean does ldlite generate solid-colors for these values? Yes, for some. I haven't tried all of them. PartsrefBuilder uses custom color definitions for all colors, which pretty much totally bypass the regular color (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) I saw the references, but didn't (immediately) notice anything special about them. Then again, I'm pretty good at missing things. Steve (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Can't fint 10024.dat and 9vstrate.dat anywhere!!!
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(...) the best! Kecia (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | brick 1 x 10 with santa fe [DAT]
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this file is not correctly done, but for now to do the 10022 and 10025 i did this part 0 Brick 1 x 10 With SANTA FE Lettering Pattern 0 Name: 6111p01.dat 0 Author: Thomas Burger (tburger34@aol.com) 1 16 80 4 0 1 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 1 stud3.dat 1 16 60 4 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | new model - m10025-2.dat set 10025 B RPO traincar (photo guess) [DAT]
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color 504 is a color representation of the new pearl silver color. the model is as complete as i can make it from several photos found on the web a special thanks to kecia for the uploads of the box. 0 Set 10025 B Santa fe Mail Car 0 Name: (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) also looks more metallic when rotating things around. In standard Oblique mode, you can't really tell the difference between the metallic and non-metallic parts. I discovered in my own experimentation that using 5.0 as the shininess value (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) I'm still not likely to have any kind of reflectiveness any time soon, but I played with the specular values and came up with some values that I think do a reasonbly good job: (URL) row on the front/right are gold, chrome, and electric (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Can't fint 10024.dat and 9vstrate.dat anywhere!!!
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(...) Here is the 9V track section- I don't think anybody has actually made the part yet for the Sante Fe. (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Can't fint 10024.dat and 9vstrate.dat anywhere!!!
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Hi I'm entirely new to MLCad/LDraw. I'm looking for 2 unofficial parts files, but I just can't seem to find these. The files are: 10024.dat - this part is the 6 stud wide window found in the Santa FE locomotive set. 9vstrate.dat - this part is an (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM and SOTM winners for July 2002
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(...) Yep. But what is going to happen this month is fine, I guess... I wouldn't change the rules out from under this month's entry. They win. :-) Going forward... This may be too complex but perhaps you could roll over those previous month entries (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM and SOTM winners for July 2002
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(...) Hi Larry, There is only one. At least that was all I had - there may have been more, but my email crapped out. So yes, that one will be a default winner. I've not given a lot of thought about what to do when there is only one entry. Or no (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Math problem
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Hi, I've been having headaches for over two nights now trying to figure something out for my animation program. I have made it possible to change the rotation point of an model. This works fine but I want it to be possible to change the point during (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Build-a-Bot
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And here it is! (URL) Sophie" <mylegomaster@cs.com> wrote in message news:H0Jpvt.AKz@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Is there really a reason they should be dithered? The only reason they were dithered originally is because LDraw ran in 16 color mode, and that was the only way to support more colors, right? If so, then I would argue that if you can generate (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) True, it would definitely break my script. If I switched to ldglite, I might rework things to use the output file parameter, and just run one part per call. (...) Really? That's weird--it's recognized by LDraw (not sure about LEdit). Steve (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.1 released *
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I'm working on a plugin that does Hoses. It my take me a little bit though as I'm still hashing out my DATLine Class hierarchy and I have to reeforce my knowledge of coding Forms. I've become the poster child for learning Delphi based on 7 year old (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New LDRAW renderer for the Mac
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Yes its true, however don't too excited yet. For several months now I have been working on a new LDRAW renderer. I did this to over come some of the shortfalls in the renderer in LdGLite (Mac) that I converted earlier this year. In principle I was (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: When Did Tiles Get Their Groove?
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(...) I have heard reliable reports of recently opened MISB sets from 1973 and 1976 without and with grooves, respectively. I think that narrows down the time frame for the addition of the groove (to nongrille tiles). It would be good to narrow it (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Ouch, I just tried this in ldglite with the following command ldglite foo.ldr -s3 -w3 -MS -q and found not one, but 4 different bugs I have to fix. 1. I need to increase the calculated image extents by the half the linewidth to get all of the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) You guessed it, or did you sneak a look at the code. ;) (...) That's interesting. I used a value of 15 for for the gold, and 50 for the silver. Apparently 15 produces a wide enough angle for my default view and light positions. I don't like (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) At a guess by looking at the two images, the gold specular is set up to be shiny for a wider angle, which causes the studs to be shiny in the sample gold image. You'll note that the rest of the brick isn't really shiny at all from this (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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(...) Put a version number and a publication date at the top of the spec along with a recommendation to visit your website for the most up to date version of the specification. You may even want to provide an email address and suggest people email (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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Agreed ... the only thing I would like to make sure is that there are no out-dated versions hanging arround somewhere in the net. And I believe thats only possible if the spec can be downloaded from one single location. Do you think different about (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Try this. I switched the silver to use the same specular values as the gold. Makes it look shinier from that angle. (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Well I could work with the colors and specular values a bit. I think I used the same colors values as ldview, but picked my own specular values based on empirical testing. I think I used different specular values for silver, so it may look (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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(...) Note for onlookers: the key thing I get from Don's suggestion is that it reverses the "you may not distribute this spec" from Michael's document to "you can, and should, distribute this spec". Which, IMO, is a better approach. This information (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Yes and it works the same way on ldglite. There's also a tutorial on how to do this with the tools on ldraw.org if you want cut out the Windows box. (URL)Let's see, right now, we've got defined codes (in the dithering range) (...) I'll have to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Correcting the winding shouldn't be too bad -- if the L3 code is available (ie, look in the ldglite source code) -- check how Lars detects bad winding, and how he figured the (more) correct winding. Steve (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) That's a possibility. (...) Hmm... Gold: (2 URLs) gold looks interesting; not exactly "gold plated", but definitely distinctive. But the silver looks remarkably normal. Maybe you implemented shiny-silver as a different color code? Grepping the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) The linewidth isn't important, I just use it in conjunction with the scale up/down to get anti-aliasing and lines with normal widths. (...) None of the standard/extended colors are *supposed* to be dithered. Only the non-standard colors (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Actually, my intent was that the color variation would simulate the variable appearance of highly reflective surfaces. (...) I sometimes often try to carefully choose my precise wordiage. (...) *Sigh*. OK, I'll stop holding my breath. ;) (...) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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(...) Hi Michael, I think we're making progress here, but I'd like to take a stab at speeding things up. I'd like to suggest the zlib license as one that could perhaps make everyone happy. I cut and pasted it here, replacing the word "software" with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New Part in progress - Baseplate 32 x 32 with Craters
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(...) Huh, this is a real photogrammetry project with aerial pictures, orthophotos, digital elevation model, map processing etc. The next obvious step in the future is to apply GPS technology to capture the Lego landscape :-). Congratulations, Ampi (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Wizards [DAT]
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I made a variety of wizards for my new wizard castle and i thought they might be useful to have premade. Here they are. 0 Untitled 0 Name: wizards.ldr 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 1 19 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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Ahhh, this license is ment for developers of programms only , not for autoring parts!!!!! I've to corret that in the document. For sure the use of this commands in parts is totally free and open to use ... Michael "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | 2 more poems
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Another 2 for your pleasure.... -AHui Deep links: (URL) rest of the poems... (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Minifig Patterns Updated somewhat
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(...) "(URL) with "Fright Knight 2" (i.e., this minifig: "(URL) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Which leads us back to ldglite. Since I let opengl do the linewidths it supports 2x or 4x or even 2.5x (any floating point will do). On the other hand, while I think you'll be satisfied with the gold and silver colors, I'm not sure I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Looking at the images, it doesn't appear to matter much, but you might get better results if your initial rendering were at 4x (or possibly even 2x). The reason for this is that a 3x3 sample of a checkerboard pattern will result in two (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Or I could say that the first polygon in a part must be wound correctly and then proceed from there. (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Why don't you try using ldglite for the chrome pieces (or all of them.) It should be a drop in replacement for the ldlite command line, thick edges and all, plus you could do antialiased thick lines with -q. I'm pretty sure I added code to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Build-a-Bot
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Thanks Luke! It's certainly wild looking, stay tuned for Jaco's Real Life Version! chow! Legomaster (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad)
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| | [Parts Tracker] Minifig Patterns Updated somewhat
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FYI, I've done some more work on the minifig pattern reference pages, which are at: (URL). The basic changes are: - Created Rock Raiders page, assigning codes to all the RR crew. And moved the Jet torso from 973pxx to 973paj. - Cleaned up Star Wars (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Also, once you know the direction for one (or more) polygons, any polygons that share an edge can have their direction determined. If polygon #1 has wrapping ABCD, and polygon #2 has vertices ABEF, then polygon #2's wrapping will involve a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H0I44E.2vE@lugnet.com... (...) An idea: Drawing with a software Z-buffer it's trivial to note _which_ polygons are the finally visible ones (at every pixel). Those are on the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts [DAT]
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(...) I generate them with LDLite, scaled up 3x, with thick edges. Then I run them through ImageMagick to reduce by 3x (and convert to gif). Finally, I 'batch convert' them with Paint Shop Pro, because ImageMagick doesn't compress the gifs (I assume (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) How do you currently generate the images? Perhaps we could help. Don (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MPD spec
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(...) I'd like to weigh in on this issue. I like using the .ldr extension for everything. I also like being able to refer to another MPD file (with the .ldr extension) from within an MPD file. I also like being able to call the the first subfile the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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(...) My understanding is that because of the ... enthusiastic ... IP laws in Austria / Germany, your claim of IP rights on the design of part of the content of DAT files, any lawyer could, on their own volition, come after ldraw.org if any of your (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Heraldry Terms
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(...) This is all going into the keywords search info, so stunningly technical is probably more than I'll deliver on. :) Steve (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) Because of a change to the way Partsref images are generated, the silver and gold images dropped in quality from "poor" to "useless". Until I can figure out a way to generate images that actually look right, and are the same size as the other (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MPD spec
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I think I am going to load referenced subparts only and use the first one of recursive mpd files, ignoring the rest for now for LD4DModeler's MPD support. Roland. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Site update
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I've replaced the oversized, zipped, low quality pdf of the first tutorial with a smaller jet better one. Thanks to Ahui Herrera. Roland (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Color fidelity - duplicating brick colors in print
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I wasn't sure where to post this, so I'll start here... I'm trying to work up some artwork to print (on a T-shirt or sticker or something), and I want the final printed colors to match "official" Lego brick colors, specifically Red and Green. Is (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Nice microfig Star Trek render
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(...) Bummer. I've been working on a realistic planet generator in POVRay for a while now, and was hoping someone had a better solution than mine! :-, But thanks for the link, just looking at the output from Lunarcell is giving me new ideas... (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | RE: High Quality Technic Friction Pegs DATS
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William, Thanks for the effort. Thise scans really do look good! In the end, I used MLCad to generate wireframes and has my wife (an architefctural renderer) trace the contours using a good old Pilot Fineliner. Then I scanned the drawing and cleaned (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Part in progress - Baseplate 32 x 32 with Craters
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hi ampi, sorry for the late reply but I was abroad for a few days. (...) hmm... thanks for the hint. I started doing part-authoring just a few months ago and I'm not very familiar with all the ldraw-specifications. (...) I use Reflections 4.3. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: High Quality Technic Friction Pegs DATS
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(...) Don't know if you still need to illustrate the point, but if so, I have just scanned the 5 technic pegs I have at 600dpi to show the ridges. (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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(...) Us bloody brits use licence normally, although often have to use license as the terrible spelling of the yanks has crept into our daily lives ;) Dan (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | New Lego Accessories
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Dude, thank-you! Thank you for actualizing all of our collective concepts regardin' the holsters and other minifig accessory armaments!!! =P (URL) actual created arm & leg guards that I (as well as many among us) have only scantly fathomed few times (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | visor
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Has anyone made the following visor into a .dat yet? I would like to use it for my castle guards. (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ote2lu87meh0ltv...4ax.com... (...) Maybe it's not written in the right way ... what I ment was that developers should make clear that if they are not 100% mlcad compatible from the language (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Nice microfig Star Trek render
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It's the same picture of the Constitution from the microfigure gallery. Sorry to disappoint you, but it's not Pov-Ray. I used Adobe Photoshop on it. I used the filter "Lunarcell" to make the planet, then I added the Constitution, I noticed the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Oops, I guess you caught me. I knew about that one but I'm too lazy to implement it. Isn't that the method used by MLCAD? (...) Yeah, probably. Seems like only yesterday I was all excited about some code snippet of his that I found on the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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Portals. It's not backface culling, it's testing all polygons for visibility using possible rays through the openings, or from the sides of a bounding box. This is no longer culling based on front/back but true visibility that is computed once at (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) OK, but if the quads and triangles don't form a single closed surface, or actually a bunch of closed surfaces, then the algorithm won't work. However, like I said, if you find something that works, post the code or the algorithm and you'll be (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Yes but I'm not parsing primitive subfiles in my plugin, just quads and triangles. -Orion (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) I love searching lugnet for neat old stuff... (URL) can't remember if any working code ever came out of this 3 year old thread, but this *is* a nifty sounding algorithm. If I were working on that plugin, I'd probably go back and read the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) I wouldn't bother. This well known algorithm is based on an assumption that simply isn't true for the parts files. The assumption is that there is one single enclosed space inside of each part. But I think the studs are open at one end and are (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | numbers report - 7 August 2002
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Stats for Unofficial Files 213 certified files. 222 files need admin review. 160 files need more votes. 241 have uncertified subfiles. 133 held files. 969 files total. For comparison: 2002-08-07 - 213 / 222 / 160 / 241 / 133 (969) 2002-07-16 - 131 / (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Nice microfig Star Trek render
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...From Chris Rudesill, in his Brickshelf folder (warning, large image): (URL) how'd you render this? Is it POVRay? I really really like the planet and its features. The lighting is amazing too -- it's an effect I've been trying (in vain) to (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Beginner's tutorial to programming LDraw utilities (Delphi Edition)
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(...) Thanks! (...) There are lots of free resources for Delphi newbies on the net + a very good context sensitive online help. The description you requested is only a keystroke away (for those who have Delphi installed.) The Delphi help system is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Thanks for the info, but it's easier written than applied. It'll take an entire revamp of my code. -Orion (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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Error: read: Count how many *other* polygons this line segment intersects. for Count how many polygons this line segment intersects. Or, if counting your own polygon, switch even and odd. (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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The simple algorithm: Project a normal from any vertex of the polygon to some point far beyond the object. Count how many polygons this line segment intersects. If odd, the normal was pointing in, if even, the normal was pointing out. This assumes (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Tell me about it. (...) I think have the math right for determining polygon winding. The problem is this, how do can I traverse the polygonal faces of a convex or concave polyhedron(a part) and know that I'm looking at said polygon from the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Build-a-Bot
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That looks great! Kudos to Jaco for a wonderful job! It's quite a dat/render to behold :) "Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@cs.com> wrote in message news:H0HpJw.85E@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Updating other persons parts?
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I for one would welcome someone to fix my poor attempt at my parts :). Wouldn't hurt my pride at all. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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