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Thanks! I guess this brings a new meaning to the term microfig scale... :o) /Tore (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Already thought of that. Another cool idea I had was having a giant (mini?)fig head looking into the scene from above. /Tore (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) A little suggestion for the next version: You should lift the roof of the house, and let us see the small minifigs inside that, playing with tiny, tiny Lego, among other things a tiny house without roof, where you (maybe) can see tiny, tiny (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Ludo, Starting the names with "Train Track 9V Point" is probably the most important part. Specific suggestions: 2866 Train Track 9V Point Lever 2863 Train Track 9V Point Right Base 2864 Train Track 9V Point Slider 2869 Train Track 9V Point Right (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Wow! This is sooo coool. And funny! Jaco "Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> schreef in bericht news:H77Fy3.EAL@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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At last, I got them! (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad) !!
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Great! Thank you Michael. We can now start writing new help files and translate them, like we discussed. And start creating the Dutch language DLL file. Jaco "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> schreef in bericht (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Why do you have those files open? Where is the file that has your model? Are you trying to render the file lg_097.inc? Send me the file you are trying to render (your model file) and if possible the original .ldr file as well. Thanks. AHui (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Great christmas gift! I have done a fast but intensive test session. + is what i like - is what could be better(in my humble opinion) General: + no zip-file problem (used winzip v6.3) + the memory & MLCad.log file problem are solved for me (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Nice, Michael! Now all we need is an electrical wire generator. Oh and a string generator. Oh and .... oh forget it - happy Christmas!!! 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks Manfred Steve (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) (URL) that any help? -JHK (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) By the way, I believe that THIS particular part is listed as a yet unofficial LDraw part file: 30155 in the LDraw.org Parts Tracker. See: (URL) read (URL) before you use any of these unofficial parts. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hello Steven, I think you mean this part: 3482 - Wheel Centre Large see: (URL)It wasn't this piece I was actually after but rather the spoked version with (...) The following part is probably an even better substitute, since it has a round (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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While using MLCAD just now I found a very basic part missing from the library namely the technic pulley. Not the six hole one but the one thats one brick wide with an axle hole. It wasn't this piece I was actually after but rather the spoked version (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) hum.. not sure what the error is can you be more specific? When do you get the error. What excalty is POV of your PC telling you. I think I know what error you are getting but before I give you some solutins let me make sure I know what the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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YAAAAHHHOOOO!!!!!!! :-D Thanks Michael! Gary "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:H73K7r.ByI@lugnet.com... (...) rubber (...) should (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) The latest LDraw update (2002-5) has the new Minifig hand(983) and arms(981/982). The Partsref lists the old hand(977)and arms(975/976) which are now considered obsolete. If you haven't downloaded the new update at LDraw.org then do so and (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Michael, Thanks for the new version! I'm really looking forward to using some of the new features. I've been testing the mini-fig generator, but I keep getting errors when I try to load it. Specifically, it is looking for 981.dat, 982.dat and (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Thanks for the help. I was using 3.1. Only now, whenever it opens a .inc file, it spits out a bunch of errors, such as 'numeric expression expected but undeclared identifier...' any help? Thanks for your time! -JHK (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You may find tutorials here: (URL) you using POV 3.5 or POV 3.1? Using LGEO works much nicer with POV 3.1. If you want to use 3.5 & LGEO then read this post: (URL) you want to use POV 3.1 then do the following. Download LGEO and place the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The zip file size should be 1 497 398 bytes. /Tore (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I think the title is pretty self explanatory. I began working with radiosity... but I can't figure out how smooth out facets using LGEO parts! Can somebody help me, like give a tutorial on it? Thanks!! -JHK (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Hmmm...I've downloaded this twice and both times I wound up with a corrupted zip file. Is this a problem on your end or mine. Thanks, Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Willy, There are several ways to do this and (sadly) most/all of them means editing the POV-file: 1) You can increase the power of the lights by changing the "color rgb <1,1,1>" to, say, "color rgb <1.5,1.5,1.5>". You can also change one (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Joehoe!!!! (...) Very cool implementation Micheal! Bands, springs and flexible hoses (can) become parts now. Cool stuff. And now the waiting is for a new L3P... Jeroen (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks, Chris. That was fast! /Tore (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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houston we've got a problem... basically it's a newbei-problem and probably this question has been posted before over and over again. sorry about that, but after two days of testing pov-settings I'm next to a nervous breakdown and not in the mood to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Now on the Parts Tracker at (URL) to Paul Easter's excellent generator. Paul - please let me know how you'd like such files credited - 99% of the work was yours. Chris (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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Anybody? TIA, /Tore (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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Hi, (URL) reasons for celebration. First of all there is MLCad V3.00: It comes with a new look and four integrated generators for minifigs, rubber bands, springs and flexible hoses. Check it out :-) There is also the beginning of the developer (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) !
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I figured out what my problem was, in my POVRAY.ini file I had the settings initial_frame = 0 final_frame = 0 initial_clock = 0 final_clock = 0 included, so POVRAY kept rending the images with Stepping and putting an number on the end of my .bmp (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Alas, I did not know that. After your telling me, I dug around the (URL) site and found: (URL) must have read that a long time ago and forgotten it. Maybe a GUI tweak to specify the save format? I don't know. I will tell my friend that .DAT (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) www.brickswest.com Feb 14-17, Carlsbad, CA. You still in the LA area? -Tim (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) What do you mean by that? LeoCAD has been able to read/write .dat files for years. (...) I use the keyboard exclusively too but I never thought that following the LEdit keys was so important to other people. I'll work on that. Leonardo (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Leonardo: Two comments: 1. One of my fellow BayLUG members is a *very* pro-Linux. Much to my suprise he wound up using MLCAD to do his MOC instruction manuals. When I asked him "why?", his response has that LeoCAD could not read and write (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) [...] (...) Gustavo: I grabbed the binary zip, unpacked it, and then noticed that it was Windows. I kicked Windows out of my house about 5 years ago ;-) I grabbed the source and attempted to compile them under a stock Red Hat 7.3 distribution (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Looks pretty good, I haven't had much time to try it (at work now) so I didn't understand very well how to connect 2 bricks but somehow I was able to connect them and it looked nice. (...) When/where is it going to be? (...) What's confusing (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This is cool! I'd love to see this develop further. Leo - if you're reading, are you coming to BricksWest?? I'd love to sit down face to face again and discuss the future of LeoCAD. (...) This is still the main reason I don't use LeoCAD as an (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) snip (...) This is pretty amazing. Once you get the hang of it, you can add parts to a model so quickly. Also, once two parts are "connected," moving or rotating one part moves both parts together, like a submodel. Now if I could just figure (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi James, Please email me two files and some information: 1. The test.ldr file 2. config.lpb from the directory in which you installed Lpub 3. The name of the full path which test.ldr exists. 4. The version of LPub you used. You can send these (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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I have a test project called test.ldr with 4 steps. When I run LPub and use the Instruction Images feature everything seems to go just fine for the first step. But after the first step is rendered I get the error message "Image file test.bmp not (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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I am not sure if this is the proper place to post this question, but currently on Renderosity.com in the free stuff section is a Bryce obp for download of the Blacktron I 6876 Alienator. When you follow the link to download it appears that he is (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Try: (URL) find some references to primitives and the flexible axle and stuff. IN particular: (URL) time ago someone made up a good start. They did some of the connectors, and some of the simple beams. These beams have the key end connection (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Have any of the Znap parts been drawn up yet? Joseph (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all: I'm very glad to announce the first alpha release of LeoCAM, a CAD derived from LeoCAD that incorporates mechanical features in it. This project is being developped by Francisco Gonzalez Garcia as his undergraduate final project at the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi everybody, Just wanted to interest you all, with the MOC I constructed (well not built due to lack of parts). I was always impressed by the astonishing piramids of the Mayas and wanted to built those for ages. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Good idea. I'll do that before I send the parts in. (...) Hm, you think the 1x4 brick is common enough? Methinks the answer is yes- I'll separate the unfaced portion. I'm also submitting a BFC'd box4t because I used that for the brick's body. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm pretty sure there is not a 6 x 3 1/3 flag, and seeing as the original author titled it "6 x 4" I suspect this was just an error in authoring (and review !). I'll liaise with the author to arrange a fix. Chris (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've not discussed with Steve, but I'd go for option 2 - write a new header but credit the previous author in a subsidiary comment. If the existing author is still active, it would be polite to let them know what you're doing. Please re-use (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi James, I made the publisher work out all the legalities of the software on the disk. He and his lawyers sorted it all out. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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Hi JT, Lars Hassing reviewed the L3P chapter for me. Jennifer Clark created the LDraw power drill model for us. Willy Tschager did a lot of LPub testing for me. Beyond that it was Miguel and myself writing the books, and our publisher Jon Babcock (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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Howdy Scala Freaks! I have just finished the chain piece for the scala bracelet. I am not satisfied with the title, but I could not find a better name, any suggestions are welcome. (See my site for a POV image, (URL) Scala Jewlery Bracelet Chain (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hey, it was a fair question! =8D (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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I was just curious to see who all helped or where mentioned in the book, I wasn't looking to get a free copy or anything. jt (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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...when the new version is redone from scratch? In the past, I've done some minor reworking of files. In these cases, I simply added the date, my name, and a description of what I'd done to the file. But what about when I fire up Notepad and start (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Check the main page of lugnet.books (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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You're right. The 43.dat isn't a 6 x 4 flag. But I can't tell you if there exists a real 6 x 3 1/3 one. The "Jolly Roger" one is named correct. Does anybody want to fix this? CU Bernd Jaco van der Molen <jmolen@globalxs.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H6zo0r.FzK@lugnet.com... (...) OK - how does one click through from LUGNET to Amazon.com? I can't find anything on the LUGNET home page that would lead me there. Mike -- Mike Walsh - (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) Generally speaking, all the authors of the software covered in the book plus all the websites mentioned in it will get at least one copy ( the extent of their individual participation in the project varies). I can propose other people to the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.cad, Miguel Agullo writes: . (...) Do you have a list of all the people who helped (or where mentioned)? Or do we have to buy the book to find out? :) jt (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) The book is indeed designed with a view to bring in new people into the hobby. We listed a sample of key sites. Some are dead obvious (Lugnet, Ldraw.org & Brickshelf), but deciding which others to include was a painful process. Both Kevin and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) The one in the Syngress site is the definitive one - take a look at the first paragraph of the provided chapter 1, which talks about the cover. Part of the Amazon confusion with this and other recent Lego books by Syngress is due to the way (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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todo: optional lines narrowing innermost rectangle 0 Plant Tree Cedar 4 x 4 x 11 & 1/2 0 Name(tmp): cedar.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Bottom Plate and Trunk by: Christian M. Angele (c.m.angele@t-online.de) 0 Unofficial Part 0 CATEGORY Plant 0 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) The book should be shipping one week before Christmas. (...) Absolutely (...) People whose work is mentioned in the book will get free copies - and hopefully some will review it. We've tried to both bring in new people into the system and to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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Hmm... The flag 6 x 4 (#43) is actually 6 x 3 1/3. Flag 6 x 4 (#43P01) is 6 x 4. Strange. I do not own any of these two parts, but I think part 43 is either mesured wrong or the description is wrong. Or part 43P01 is wrong... Jaco "Jonathan Wilson" (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Can someone explain why the "flag 6 x 4" and the "flat 6 x 4 with jolly roger pattern" are different sizes? Is this an error? (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right! I must have been sleeping or thinking of strncpy...? Please delete 2) from the comment. (...) According to the CRT source ungetc doesn't use fseek, but with L3fgets the need to open in text mode has gone, so I might as well open in (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Don't forget if you decide to order this or any other book, consider going through the link from LUGNET(tm) to Amazon(tm) so LUGNET gets the spiff... me, I think I'll wait a while yet. (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H6zL72.9px@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) could (...) It is interesting that the image of the book on Amazon's web site is different than the one on Syngress' web site. (URL) like Amazon's (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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This is very cool, I see from the TOC that there are lots of plugs for our favorite LEGO web pages as well...nice. Was there any issue with putting all of the different freeware on a disk? I though Tim had tried this once before but ran into some (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) I wouldn't ignore it lightly as it can have many adverse effects. You get little holes from from the roundoff errors. You can also see it in lighting problems with more advanced renderers such as ldview and POV. Here's an old example of the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right the reference is here: (URL) Todd gets around to posting the POV code, I'd use this: (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) My opinion is that this isn't a significant enough problem to worry about. Further more, I consider this is a renderer limitation and not a problem with the part itself. Therefore, feel free to ignore this if it suits your purposes. -Orion (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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There is another way, but it's not for the feint of heart. It's distributed raytracing. People have hacked pov and made it run across multiple machines. I'm not sure if it's actually been done on Windows OSs yet, bet it has worked for other people (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Sorry, no, the center of the model is always located at two thirds of the height. I can't really remember why, perhaps because LDraw does so per default? When I'm done with L3P I'll give L3Lab an overhaul, and one of the many requests has been (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That is entirely dependent on the rendering engine. PovRay is single threaded, so the only way to do it is to run multiple copies. This has other problems, but there's a bit of a discussion about how to do it here (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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For this discussion, I'm using the term "polygon" to refer to quads or triangles. When I say "primitive", I'm talking about more complex primitives such as discs and non-discs. And when I refer to "edges", I'm talking about line segments between a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Syngress has updated their webpage with the definitive cover, table of contents and a free chapter. Check it out at: (URL) again! (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books)
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I have a lan connection of my desktop PC and my laptop I have win XP on PC and WIN 2K on laptop. Is it possible to use both computers same time over lan so I can render faster? If how? (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Umm, fgets already does what 2) says above (unless you mean when end of file is reached and the function returns NULL). I'm not actually sure what goes into the string when fgets returns NULL. If no line ending is found (either due to EOF (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Thanks. I thought we had that under control - just wanted to be sure. Chris (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Yes, the CR endings are my fault. When you download the LDRAW.sit file from my website you're getting a copy of what I have on my working disk. I've fixed mine since trying L3P but haven't uploaded it. I think I will just point to the Linux (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Hello Tore!, "Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:H6xzw1.7rI@lugnet.com... (...) Ehm.. yes it is ;). (...) I dont know about Shift-Del now, but the othert two combinations are working for sure because i am (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Chris, There are no Mac "official" parts. LDMC ((URL) points people to download the linux parts: www.ldraw.org/refere...ary.tar.gz The parts with mac-style endings are coming from Erik Olson's parts which one downloads when they download (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Is it possible to pan a model in L3Lab? It often happens that a significant part of the model is not visible, because it is below the screen and at the top is a large blank area. Niels (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I guess what I was trying to say (without actually saying it) was "Can I have the latest version of L3Input.cpp?" Don (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) The Color Tree lists LDraw codes for many colors (URL) the lower part) and I'm sure Clark would love to hear about codes for any other colors on the Tree. . . -- TWS Garrison (URL) capital letters in address for direct reply. (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I have put it in L3Input.cpp because I only used fgets there, but if you can benefit from L3fgets() elsewhere you can put it in L3fgets.c or in platform.c as you wish... /Lars (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Cut and Paste question. Was: LDDP Feature Request
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(...) I think most programs implement both, although they only show the newer Ctrl+C/X/V etc in the menus. A new MFC applications automatically implements both. As I remember, the Ins+Del was defined in the good old Common User Access (CUA) 1989 by (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Where can I find a color table for all new colors anyway? There is purple, mint green, etc. What colors to use in MLCad and POV-Ray? Jaco "Jeroen de Haan" <info@digitalbricks.nl> schreef in bericht news:H6yJJq.Myy@lugnet.com... (...) Santa (...) it. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hey, thanks Lars. Where should I put it? L3Input.cpp, or a separate file like platform.c? Don (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Sorry to butt in on this LDDP question, but since I recently added cut and paste to ldglite I'd like to know about this as well. I thought the standards for cut and paste on Windows were: Ctrl-X = Cut Ctrl-C = Copy Ctrl-V = Paste I use these (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi, What is the procedure for new colours? Like the new colour used in the Santa Fe cars. I use Color399 now and have made a POV material definition for it. The same goes for the colour white used for the old Technic axles. This is more milk white (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) If it is possible for you to identify the problem files, could you let me know the names of the bad files. Steve and I try to make sure that everything in the official library has DOS-style line endings. If there are official parts with (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: L3P -correct (rowN all zeroes )
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(...) Is this file (2878.dat) an example of one that could benefit? (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm sure you do it well, but you're right that it really should be an option to L3P. As it already fixes this and other things like bow-ties internally, it shouldn't be too hard to output the file again. My main concern for not doing it, was (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I do consider it an error. I have now made an L3fgets that can handle any line ending. I have uploaded an update (URL) try it on the original problem files. /Lars PS. Here is L3fgets, You can use it in ldglite if you like. As Paul DiLascia (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I have made a little utility (again) that corrects lines in dat files if: * One (not two or three) of the rows ({a,b,c}, {d,e,f}, and {g,h,i}) are all zeroes... AND * y-column (b,e,h) values are all zeroes but not x- or z-column. It simply fills in (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDDP Feature Request
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There is one thing I'd like to see in LDDP (and this time it's not already there!) Since at least 14 years back, I use Ctrl+Ins, Shift+Ins, and Shift+Del for copying, pasting and cutting text. It works with almost any DOS or Windows application but (...) (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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