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A better example would be a model which references a subfile on the plane of an open hinge. The crux of the patent is transformation of a coordinate system. Specifically an integer grid coordinate system. CAR.DAT doesn't have anything like that (the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I forced myself to read some more claims in the patent last night. Yuck! Look at claim number 19. They seem to be attempting to patent fetching parts on the fly over the internet. Something has to be done about this foolishness! How old is the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) For me this link is working! Guido (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hello, All! Is there a "Printable Partsref" available anywhere, or an easy way to print up a hard copy of all the LDraw parts? None of the FAQs seem to mention anything about something like this, and the "Printable Visual Parts Catalog -Patrick (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:H1vK31.DJ8@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Storing database coordinates in integer format is pretty common in CAD tools, at least in my industry (Electronic Design Automation). My (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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i do see what you mean. it seems as if my colors are always a little dark using the lgeo librarys, but the detail makes up for it, and photoshop usually gets it to where i can live with it. -tk "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrigl@math.uio.no> wrote in (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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no, its been renamed the autokickasstweak button. seriously I want a step by step tutorial on this image. I like how the shadows are so dull, the seems are invisible, subtle reflections, depth of field, could I go on and on... hell yeah. I'd pay for (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Huh. I think they implemented this in the "Friends" software. Steve (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Here's another ridiculous Lego patent, which claims the idea implemented by the wave of "breakdance" games published in the mid-80s for machines like the Commodore 64 and described in magazines such as Compute! or Home Computer Monthly. US6353170: (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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It all becomes ever so much clearer when you understand that "novel" means "not known to the patent office". (There are also other subtleties that make a thing novel or not novel.) "Immediately obvious to one skilled in the art" is not asserted (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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