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(...) Thanks for the link! I've downloaded the file, read through the readme.txt, and will definitely be using this. It is essentially exactly what I was looking for ... I'm sure I'll be able to simulate nearly all of the hoses, pipes, and conduits (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I just noticed that L3P and LDRAW Viewer do not play well together. Running an LDRAW Viewer file through L3P produces a ".pov" file that contains only 1 black brick. On a hunch, I ran the LDRAW Viewer file through BBEdit and saved the file with Unix (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Another Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L
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(...) (URL)which is clearly related to the Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L (...) (URL)and the confusingly named and oriented Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular (...) (URL)What on Earth should this new one be called? Technic Axle Joiner (...) If (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Reports are that set 8353 contains this piece (URL) is clearly related to the Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L (URL) the confusingly named and oriented Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3 Long (URL) on Earth should this new one be called? (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I uninstalled Fruit Menu to see if it was the source of my crashes, but now after using contextual menu to change color of a brick, mouse clicks register about 30 pixels to low. When I click on a brick, I wind up selecting the brick two bricks down, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Excellent rendering with MegaPov 0.7 (long post)
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(...) Well, you shouldn't actually replace the definitions but place them after line 16 (#declare BUMPNORMAL = normal { bumps 0.01 scale 20 } and before the line saying: # declare 07071 = sqrt(0.5);. Remove the lines #declare AMB = 0.4; and #declare (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Well, I rendered a model by James Mathis (ICE train) with radiosity and camera-blur and Mega-Pov + POV-Ray 3.1 was SEVEN TIMES FASTER than POV-Ray 3.5! I also liked the overal picture rendered by MegaPov better, a bit softer if (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) This page has a spreadsheet for modeling curved nets. Perhaps that might help with modeling string since the real nets are made of string? (URL) always have trouble finding that page because a google search for ldraw and net doesn't pick it (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Jeroen - This looks great! I plugged it into MegaPOV and replaced my color definitions in a POV file with your code. MegaPOV is having a hard time understanding your statements: #if (BUMPS) normal { BUMPNORMAL } #end Any tips? Thanks!! -Tim (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Excellent rendering with MegaPov 0.7 (long post)
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Hej Jeroen, a BIG thanks to you for this extensive and clear post about how to get 'excelent rendering results' (ERR...) with MegaPov 0.7 but(yes), me is one of those lazy guys... so, how about a comparison between Povray3.5 and MegaPov 0.7 in both (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) And the missing link is: (URL) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Here's a page with some tools for modeling rubber band belts. (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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(...) I have moved the box3#8p.dat currently on the Parts Tracker to box3u8p.dat and the new primitive is available to review at (URL) ~Moved to file will need special attention by Steve and I as it is not accessible through the review machanism, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ropes, Flex Tubes, Rubber Bands, et. al.
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Hi Shaun, I have written a program called lsynth, which does many bendable things like: flex-system hoses, pneumatic hoses, flexibe axles, ribbed hose, electric and fiber optic cables. The program is called LSynth and is available (URL) I'm also (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi All, I've been working diligently on LDrawing my Hudson 4-6-4 Steam Engine ((URL) and am finally running up against the seemingly impossible: Is there a way to modify pieces so that they bend and curve? So far, I've replaced bent flex-tubing with (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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(...) I'll have patience. These dull and rainy holidays in the Netherlands are ideal to do some part authoring ;-) Yes I have families to consider, too. My grandparents celebrated their 84th and 85th birthdays. And I could borrow some old parts my (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Thanks for the information. In general when a part seems to be just a scaled version of another, is a new part made or is the existing one just included by a new dat file and scaled appropriately? Thanks! Karl (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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Chris, I'm alright with the 'u' convention. It'd be wicked cool if someone sat down and figured out all the possible box configurations (there can't be *that* many of them), so we could have a clearer idea of what we're trying to describe. Then (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't think that part has been modeled yet. :\ Steve (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) It looks like 35b has lines drawn where notches might belong. I don't have this part, so I don't know what it is *supposed* to look like. 35b does not fit current conventions, but I'm willing to ignore that, since it's an existing part. More (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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