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  Re: Weird Logo Issue at L3P Quality Level 3
 
(...) I hope this was understood to be a joke. I love all you crazy CAD guys! (...) Indeed it does. A thousand thanks. I suppose this means there was indeed an error in the matrix locating the stud file (the subpart in directory P), right? This (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Weird Logo Issue at L3P Quality Level 3
 
(...) matrix that represents that stud is mirrored (meaning either 1 or 3 of the axes are flipped). You should get the same problem if you render both of the classic space wing pieces. One of them will have correct logos, the other won't, because (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Weird Logo Issue at L3P Quality Level 3  [DAT]
 
(...) Hi Richard, Do not blame Lars. Look at the contents of the 4869.dat file and try to replace this line 1 16 0 0 -52 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 stud.dat by this line 1 16 0 0 -52 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 stud.dat Does this solve your problem? Friendly, Damien (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Weird Logo Issue at L3P Quality Level 3
 
Hey Y'all: If you render the element 4869.dat with L3PAO quality level 3, as far as I can see you get the logo reversed. Other elements render fine. See: (URL) the aforementioned jet engine insert rendered next to a 2x2 round brick. The logo is (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) Ah. We've got that already - ldglite in offscreen mode. (...) That's the downside. (...) Right. That's what I thought device contexts basically were. Maybe I'm misremembering; sorry. (...) The final Z values of each pixel. I'm not sure how (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:utvenuov1aga5rp...4ax.com... (...) Server), (...) WM_COPYDATA (...) It shouldn't use WM_COPYDATA, that was just a joke. No, I meant: Just another program which gets commands through Windows (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Delphi and ldraw
 
"Eduardo Vazquez Harte" <eduvazhar@terra.es> skrev i meddelandet news:H1yu3w.AKw@lugnet.com... (...) You can't. Period. Windows doesn't virtualize DOS graphics, only the DOS text screen. (It was possible in OS/2, but there are many other things (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Round Dish 6 x 6 Webbed - Type 1
 
(...) for pointing out this problem. Looks like I have a lot of re-rendering to do! <hangs head in shame> I don't deserve to wear the Classic Space uniform! (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) What the...? The Dagger angle is correct, the whole arm is off. The absence of the heart in the corners is surely a design choice, one that one can choose to follow or not. I think I have seen cards without it. But yeah, it is common. Now I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
From the "prior art" section, the discussion of "what a skilled practitioner in the art would know as VRML" is unbelievable. I wonder if the writer made these claims in ignorance of the process that became VRML97, or was not even passably familiar (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) Hmmm, an LDRAW Graphics Server, that could be nifty. But how about using XML-RPC to talk to it instead of WM_COPYDATA? Then you could control it from any platform, or a browser, or even a telnet session if you like typing raw XML. Don (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H1xFC4.Ex1@lugnet.com... (...) Yes. (...) Yes. I released version 1.1 1998-July-16 (That's as far back as my own posting archive goes), so the 0.9 version should be from at least (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: dragon parts  [DAT]
 
(...) Here is a preview from one of the arms. What I need to do: - back of the arm - optional lines - mirror to use this as the richt arm (z*(-1)) Please let me know if there are problems with this part. Especially some of the quads. CU Bernd (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: LDList updated, source available
 
(...) :) Steve (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
(...) Good thing MPDs existed before 1999, then. :) Steve (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) An ActiveX control would be very useful for "all those little helper programs", where the programmer really doesn't want to worry about all the standard Windows grunge. Especially if the ActiveX control could add value over a disconnected (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw.org Parts Update 2002-04 Now Available
 
(...) OK, I've updated the updates page. PLMKWYT. (...) :) Steve (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) Nicely Done. Let's see how many I get... 1) The sword angle is wrong... 2) You are missing the Heart from the upper left and lower right of the inside part 3) the pattern of the back should be solid white 4) the cloak should be held in the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Delphi and ldraw
 
I try 2 ways more I can't do it. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Maersk parts & national flag
 
(...) Heya Pedro ! I have ML-Cad but I have many work with my other projects. ;) I was only interested if someone could make this (Slovak) flag. It's tricolore (white, blue, red) with shield. This shield is also 3-color. I can send you a picture of (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Delphi and ldraw
 
(...) I don't think you can avoid the full screen with LDRAW. It's a fullscreen DOS program, which means Windows turns over the entire VGA hardware to LDRAW when it's running. If you don't want to use the fullscreen, you'll have to use a program (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Delphi and ldraw
 
How can't I run avoiding ldraw to run in full screen? I'm using delphi 6 this is what I use to test WinExec(pchar('C:\le...draw\ldraw car.dat -MS '), SW_SHOW); (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Printable Partsref
 
I'm not sure: (...) I click on the link above and it says that the link has moved to: (URL) link works fine for me since I could download the printable visual parts document. Guido (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Round Dish 6 x 6 Webbed - Type 1
 
In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Damien Guichard writes: (lotsa snippin') (...) Actually, this is an error in the LGEO library. I first noticed it when I entered my ship in the Ice Planet 2002 building contest: the LGEO renderings I did looked wrong, so I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) Well gosh, now I don't feel so bad about not having been able to find anything but the most obvious. And that was the reason I didn't respond, of course-- too darned proud to admit it. It was bad enough to discover I completely failed to (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Round Dish 6 x 6 Webbed - Type 1
 
(...) The "numbers committee" has verified that this part has been numbered 4285 since it was first released in 1982. So calling it 4285a.dat is exactly right. (...) Are you going to submit this file to the Parts Tracker? :) Steve (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) Naw, I think the wrists are cool, but the angle of the arm is "out of socket." Anyway, the other two things are unlikely to be caught by anyone without access to the DAT files. So, they are: 1) a clone dagger (this was before I realized there (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
"travis" wrote... (...) No, I just made a POV file with the objects and the camera for the talented POV artists to play with. They have come up with fantastic settings for colors and lights. And yes, I hope to include some of these in the next L3P. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Maersk parts & national flag
 
(...) Hi Rene, I'm actually quite interested in the topic of national flags: PLUG has just opened up a contest for its logo, and one of the possibilities is to depict a portuguese flag in LEGO... which is a real challenge, both because of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) The angle of the wrist? It looks too close to 90 degrees... Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Maersk parts & national flag
 
Hi all, has someone made some Maersk parts with Maersk white star sign ? And my second question - is here someone who can make national flags and who WANT make them ? I'm interesting in our national flag (Slovakia). Thanx. Rene (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for August 2002
 
(...) guy who rendered that in LDraw should get a prize or something! Just kidding, Jon; I love the scene. The purple zapper effect is very nice, as is the background and overall composition. Bravo! (And thanks for the nod in the credits). Dave! (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
Richard, I just noticed this post while doing some catching up. Your design is very cool! I could only find three spots where it seemed you took artistic license. First, rather obviously, a knife couldn’t stick into a crown. Also, to stick the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Round Dish 6 x 6 Webbed - Type 1
 
(...) I have 6 of them, none has a part number molded. (...) The webbing seems exactly the same, but I have no actual 4285 to compare with. Please someone confirm. One more point: the webbing is really 8-divided and not 6-divided as shown here: (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  LDList updated, source available
 
I've made a minor change in LDList, and upgraded the sources to Delphi 5. The source is also available for download. The URL: (URL) change is that you have _two_ keyboard shortcuts for copying: CTRL-C copies the complete selected line (file name + (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)  
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) The Suicide King has a trans-red lever deeply embedded in his skull -- leaving nothing to chance. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)  
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) No, no, I don't hate you! :-) And I don't hate your designs, we both admired your design, it's awesome! Chris asks what the thing on top of the crown is - is that a lego piece or just a sphere? BTW, I definitely don't hate your good common (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) Everyone hates me except for Tim... =( -- Hop-Frog (sad, sad lego boy -- er, frog. I'm green frog.) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
(...) Well the integer coordinate system isn't forced on CAR.DAT, unless you want the parts to line up. Isn't the LDRAW stud spacing a published integer grid coordinate system used to position geometric (part) objects which are defined in a floating (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: The Suicide King
 
(...) ...a shame this got no replies. I chatted with Richard online about it the other day, but thought it would have gotten sone attention here. Nice work!! :-) -Tim (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: New Part Minifig Helmet - Type 1 (Thick Chinstrap)
 
(...) Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type ... Thin Chinstrap, Thick Chinstrap, Classic Style Helmet, Crash-Helmet, Helmet Old, Helmet New ... no preference - every name is fine for me. guys, english is not my native language ;-) finding a part I've never (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Printable Partsref
 
(...) Thanks for checking, Guido. I still get a 404 error message. I'm not sure: are you trying the (URL) that goes to the "Printable Visual Parts Catalog -Patrick Sayre-Little"? This link is the one giving me trouble. The Lugnet link (URL) is open, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:s5q9nuc5pr24nbv...4ax.com... (...) then (...) Just fix a DLL and it can be embedded into an ActiveX for anyone who thinks he really needs it... (An ActiveX control is just a DLL with a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:7ir9nug2rp1shdk...4ax.com... (...) Interesting. Must be some undocumented Windows behaviour - the WM_COPYDATA message is described as _the_ way to do inter-process communication (in fact, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw.org Parts Update 2002-04 Now Available
 
"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:g8k9nusq9c6d3vu...4ax.com... (...) No, no really, as I _had_ LDRAW installed, but wanted to 'update' with all available parts. (...) Sounds good, but not at the top, but right next to the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
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)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Printable Partsref
 
(...) For me this link is working! Guido (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Printable Partsref
 
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)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
"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)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
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)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
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)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
(...) Huh. I think they implemented this in the "Friends" software. Steve (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
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)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
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)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
(...) I'm not any kind of a lawyer, nor am I knowledgeable about patents, but this part sounds somewhat disturbing. The way I read it, this point/claim involves taking two (studs-up) subassemblies, and placing the second subassembly at any position (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Lego patent issued
 
(...) As usual I'm amazed at the ineptitude of the patent system when it comes to software. I think it's because all patent examiners eventually expect to become patent lawyers, so the more crap they let through the system as examiners, the more (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Lego patent issued
 
Well folks, this is not cause for alarm, but Lego have got their software patent on how they store model files: US6389375: Virtual reality modelling Published 5/14/02 Filed 1/14/99 The "novel idea" for which they have received patent protection is: (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Round Dish 6 x 6 Webbed - Type 1
 
(...) Ack! I never knew there were two versions of this part! Does the classic version have the number 4285 molded into it? Is the webbing the same in both parts? Could it be moved to a subfile, and shared between the files? Steve (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: dragon parts
 
(...) I'd say rotate it 180 around X. This would orient the part so it 'facing front'. Steve (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: New Part Minifig Helmet - Type 1 (Thick Chinstrap)
 
(...) When we released the "Type 1" helmet, those many weeks ago, we hadn't come up with a good name for it - one that was specific enough to let people know what the part was, but general enough to not exclude any reasonable usage. Since we didn't (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) I don't have all the information handy, I've misplaced the correspondence on the subject, but here's what I can piece together: The basic thing is the WM_COPYDATA Windows message is being used to pass data between two programs. LDList is the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) I am. I actually started using it again recently. Generally, I find LDList faster than any other option. (...) Nope, I didn't know that. Thanks for mentioning it! :) (...) I wanted to, but I got bogged. I'm currently looking for the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw.org Parts Update 2002-04 Now Available
 
(...) What, the big "Updates" at the top of the page wasn't a clue? ;) How about if I add this text somewhere near the top? "The files provided on this page only include the updates to the LDraw parts library. If you are just getting started with (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
(...) I don't think I said that. At least it was not my intension. What I meant to say was that the standard colour/surface definitions in L3P / LGEO need some tweaking to get those results. Fredrik (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
Beatiful.... So.. Is there a new version of L3P coming up with a "realistic" switch? :) THL (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
Fantastic renderings ! Both ! The Brazil 3D-Studio and the POV-Ray. Now the question is: how can we "normal" users (without Silicon graphic equipment ;-) ) make SO NICE renderings ?! For example I'm using ML-Cad, L3PAO, LGEO parts library and (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: LGEO orientation problem
 
(...) Depends on what part it is and how it was oriented wrongly. For example, for the 6536 "Crossblock", I added a rotate statement to the very end of the declaration of "lg_6536" in the file "lg_6536.inc" from LGEO. You'll find that the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: LGEO orientation problem
 
how do you add the rotate statement or reposition a piece that is incorrectly oriented? -tk "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrigl@math.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdit2u7p7x.fsf....uio.no... (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
(...) renderings is to work more on the surface/colour definition within POV-Ray. The one which are the default from LGEO or L3P are probably not the optimal ones. With all due respect to the authors, of course! I don't mean to belittle their work, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Wanted x201.dat and 41351.dat
 
I search the file x201.dat (Technic Ball Joint) and 41531.dat (Technic 4x4 Pin Connector Block) for finish my LAAT/i (Large Cargo Gunship - Episode 2). If no response, I will plan to modelize the pieces next week. (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  part swap
 
how do you remedy library problems with lgeo? I just noticed that my part 3939 is being rendered as part 3942. Also my part 73435 is rendered 180 degrees off axis. -tk (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for August 2002
 
Wow. Another summer gone... And the winners of the August MOTM and SOTM are: Anshul Sirur's chess model "Checkmate" and Jon Palmer's Spiff-inspired scene "THE SCUM BEINGS CLOSE IN!". Vote on the September entries here: (URL) Terry K -- (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
what does this mean? Then I ran it through L3P: (...) Does this have something do with the lighting? -tk "Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:H1u4vC.793@lugnet.com... (...) to quality. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) I'd say it looks like people are indeed using it. Apparently it works well enough that they haven't found the need to ask questions. (...) Looks like Steve knew about the drag n drop peatures. What's involved in implementing the receiving (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Excellent rendering...
 
"Trond Hasse Lie" wrote... (...) Yes, truly amazing! But now have a look at what POV can do... ("with a little help from my fiends" :-) I started 3 1/2 years ago but never finished building the 2556 in LDraw (URL) I grabbed the Ferrari by Kenneth (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: lgeo library
 
success. thanks for all you guy's help. Now if i could find some tutorials on lighting and camera. check out the side by side comparison that I posted. (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  The Suicide King
 
Hey Y'all: See it here: (URL) to make things fun: Both the central figure and the heart symbol are constructed of CAD bricks, but I also did things in the design that you couldn't possibly do with real bricks -- and certainly not with Lego bricks (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.fun) ! 
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) Well, all the rendering functionality of LDView is in its own library, but I made it a static library when I added my experimental screensaver support in order to get rid of the requirement of multiple files in the Windows system directory (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
"Eduardo Vazquez Harte" <eduvazhar@terra.es> skrev i meddelandet news:H1tJ88.IxF@lugnet.com... (...) To the contrary, it does work (in Windows), IMO quite well, but it's a bit leaky, and needs to be shut down now and then, as it (more or less) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H1tH93.DFA@lugnet.com... (...) doesn't work... Does anyone know you can press CTRL-C in ldlist and paste the part number in any other (text) editing program? It also implements a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: lunar baseplate?
 
can you maybe let me know when you complete it, or get a beta of it ready? I figured it must be pretty hard to make. what do you make these objects with? -tk "Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> wrote in message news:H1tpCr.BqC@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) Your right now it does thanks a lot Steve. Hope I make next step in less time than the first step of a model I'm making as a test with ldglite with ledit mode. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) Make sure you've got the LDRAWDIR environment variable set, pointing to your main ldraw installation. LDList works great, I use it all the time. It indexes the part names, keywords and categories. I should get off my butt and implement (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  New Part - 4773.dat - Electric Light & Sound Brick 2 x 2 x 1 & 1/3 Siren Top  [DAT]
 
thanks to advice from Jonathan Wilson here is one more classic space part (no! ... town-ees, it's definitely a space part, please don't start arguing about). special acknowledge goes to Arne Hackstein "Spielbude" from germany, who provided a damaged (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: lunar baseplate?
 
(...) you won't find it, 'cos I haven't submitted it yet. the plate is still under development and will not be released before the end of september. the refinement of the end-sections and the joints: (URL) - (36 KB) was trickier than I thought. I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  New Part - 4774c01.dat - Electric Light & Sound Brick 2 x 2 x 1 & 1/3 Siren (Complete)  [DAT]
 
thanks to advice from Jonathan Wilson here is one more classic space part (no! ... town-ees, it's definitely a space part, please don't start arguing about). special acknowledge goes to Arne Hackstein "Spielbude" from germany, who provided a damaged (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  New Part - 4774.dat - Electric Light & Sound Brick 2 x 2 x 1 & 1/3 Siren Base  [DAT]
 
thanks to advice from Jonathan Wilson here is one more classic space part (no! ... town-ees, it's definitely a space part, please don't start arguing about). special acknowledge goes to Arne Hackstein "Spielbude" from germany, who provided a damaged (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: New Part Minifig Helmet - Type 1 (Thick Chinstrap)
 
(...) could somebody please confirm this? initially I named it Type 2, but I was told that this type of space/castle helmet is a type 1 many thx in advance, willy. ps. space/castle helmet (castle? ... castle? ... what the hell means castle? never (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) That's odd. I use it every day and I have never experienced any problems at all with it. /Tore (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
I prefer to use a integrated list part program. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldglite must be faster
 
(...) You're right, of course. Ldglite needs to be faster, and it would also benefit from a nice parts searching tool. Do you think you could elaborate a bit on the particular features of the mlcad search tool that you like best? For example does (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: lgeo library
 
(...) use -lgeo if you want Lgeo parts -l means "use light.dat files" as light sources. (...) See fix in (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: L3P, an apology (Was: lgeo library)
 
(...) Actually I think the problem lies in PovRay. A while ago Brian Ulmer pointed to a PovRay bug-report at (URL) the 3.5 inlcude file colors.inc was reported to be missing a #version 3.5; at the top of the file (after line 9 (#declare (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  L3P, an apology (Was: lgeo library)
 
Hi, In my last post I may have given the impression that L3P writes "bad" POV-code that doesn't work. This isn't so of course and it wasn't my intention to give anyone that impression. What I wanted to say was that L3P writes code optimized for (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Ldglite must be faster
 
I think we need a tool to search for parts like the one comes in mlcad. (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: lgeo library
 
(...) There are some new options in POV-Ray 3.5 that confict with POV-code that L3P writes and is used in the LGEO parts, but there is a solution. Read it here: (URL) isn't it! Jeroen (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: lgeo library
 
here are the steps that i'm taking 1. convert model from .dat to .pov with -l 2. load file into POV-Ray 3.5 for windows 3. hit the Ini button 4. use command; +LC:\LDRAW\lgeo 5. hit set but don't render 6. hit run. a file is opened in POV-ray called (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: lgeo library
 
(...) 1) Are you using POV-Ray 3.1g? 2) Did you provide POV-Ray with the following in the commandline? +L<LGEO file path> NO SPACE BETWEEN +L and <LGEO file path> 3) Can you send me your POV file and your .ldr file to me so I can see. -AHui LDraw (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)


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