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(...) One of the first things I will probably try to do with LDView after I finally get 2.0 out the door is to work on its memory consumption. But first I have to figure out where all the memory is getting used. Doing some quick calculations based (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Guess what this is....
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(...) Right, now we know what it is, I can show you some progress on my next project: the storage box! A picture can be found on the address mentioned above. Niels (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
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(...) It would have been a nice character, but = is not allowed under MS-DOS The range of special characters possible with MS-DOS are: ! @ # $ % ^ & ( ) - _ { } : ' Which of these are HTLM friendly also ? With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It will take a long time to load and if you attempt to scroll the model in the windows it will take long to do that to. (...) Nobody knows as no one has every put MLCAD thru that test. Either in FILE SIZE or insize of parts in the model. I'm (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've got 512MB of RAM and when I run MLCad with some of my big files I make sure that NOTHING else (including background apps) are running. -AHui (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Bad links to homepage.mac.com
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FYI: there is a 10.2.3 update. OpenGL is updated to 1.4 in this release. Has anyone else updated and tried LdGLite? I haven't installed it and don't plan to until next week (by then www.macfixit.com should have a good list of problems associated (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
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(...) Yes - I think the original intent of # was 'in two parallel groups'. How about '='? That will work in a URL. It is almost like two '-'s. Chris (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New Part: 3622p03.dat - Brick 1 x 3 with Radio Pattern [DAT]
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I will not attempt to officialize this part, since I don't even own it. Dat file is made from a picture on Peeron.com. /Tore 0 Brick 1 x 3 with Radio Pattern 0 Name: 3622p03.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Part 0 BFC NOCERTIFY 1 16 10 4 0 1 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
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(...) You R-ed C, Chris. Althought is't more correct to say that the missing edges are not *all* adjacent. But I'm a bit afraid that the dash and underscore charcters are to similar and could easely lead to confusion. Are there any other acceptable (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
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(...) Manfred Moolhuysen developed this naming convention and posted (probably to the old lcad list) in May 1998, but I cannot locate a copy right now. IIRC the # was intended to indicate that the missing edges were not adjacent (which is what the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Large LDraw/MPD Files?
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(...) Why is it that MLCad isn't appropriate for large models? Does it take a long time, or will MLCad actually crash? And what is the size limitation? I'm working on a fairly large model - well, it has a large number of parts, though its overall (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
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(...) I'll think about box3-8 or something (box with 3 sides, missing 8 lines) I need a similar primitive with all edges along the three sides. That could be named box3-2 (box with 3 sides, missing 2 lines) Niels (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Tore Eriksson has it. A quick search on keyword 'Datsville' revealed his post: (URL) in it he gives the download location: (URL) (319k) With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Dumb question... but where is Datsville hosted right now, and who maintains it? There should be a link on LDraw.org, but there isn't to my knowledge. I'll fix that on a long overdue wave of updates sometime in the relative near future. Thanks! (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Datsville is IMHO a HUGE model, with its 2Mb+ and several sub-models used multiple times. MLCAD is out of the question, but L3Lab is acceptable: 6.3-13 seconds, depending on zoom factor and other preferences. No problem with L3P, but I haven't (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Cool. Not trying to load a file, just want a tidbit of information ;-) -Tim (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) As with most large files, the limitation is generally not the program but the amount of memory on your system and the size limit on your virtual memory. -Orion (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) What are you trying to view the file with? MLCAD has a hard time when the files get too big even if it is a file with multiple-sub models. Forget about LDView it will hog up memory like crazy trying to turn the model. -Ahui (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Large LDraw/MPD Files?
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Has anyone had experience with HUGE LDraw files or MPD files (thousands of parts)? What are the effects? Do they crash some programs, or make them unusably slow? Just curious. Thanks! -Tim (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Updated Flexible Objects LDDesignPad Plugin
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(...) Off screen rendering means rendering in the background without opening up a window. This can be handy for things like web servers (such as the one running the parts tracker at ldraw.org). I'm not sure if LDView has an offscreen rendering (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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