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(...) Hello Eduardo, What is it exacly that you can't find ? The explanation below assumes that you already have installed the LDraw Package, if this is not the case, go to (URL) page (URL) inside the table named "Download Link" there are 3 links: (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problems with new part and S\3069BS01.DAT
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(...) Hmmm... Lars will have to give conformation of this but I think L3P was handling your part as a submodel. That would explain why the tile subpart was shrunk when it was in any other directory but the parts directory -Orion (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | LDRAW Viewer 0.4 problem
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I think I did something else that you never anticipated :) select part select ³Change Part Name...² look up part number elsewhere accidentally click in LDRAW Viewer window off of brick when returning to LDRAW Viewer (deselect brick) enter part (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | brickdraw3d comments
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Hi, I just had a chance to give BrickDraw3D 0.6 (Carbon) a quick look and here is what I noticed while running on a PB G3 400 640 MB RAM 8 MB VRAM on a 128 bit ATi Mobility graphics card. OS 10.2.3. BrickDraw3D 0.6 observations Rotation speed (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Problems with new part and S\3069BS01.DAT
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In my problem description I didn't mention that I had actually included the part in an mlcad model, so effectively it was created as a Type 1 line. The solution to the problem though seems to have been removing the part from the ldraw models (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Problems with new part and S\3069BS01.DAT
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I appear to have answered my own question, though I don't understand the answer :) It seems that if the part is located in the LDRAW\MODELS directory, the extended face problem exists. If the part is moved into LDRAW\PARTS, however, the problem (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Problems with new part and S\3069BS01.DAT [DAT]
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(...) I assume you converted this code: 0 Tile 1 x 2 test 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 s\3069bs01.dat 4 16 20 0 10 -20 0 10 -20 0 -10 20 0 -10 The explaination is that L3P shrinks all the parts/subparts (i.e. Type 1 lines) slightly for the seam (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Problems with new part and S\3069BS01.DAT
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(...) Do you have the seam option turned on? This option causes the parts to be scaled a little smaller to generate the seams between parts. For rendering single parts, turn the seam option off. Niels (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Problems with new part and S\3069BS01.DAT [DAT]
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While trying to create the 1x2 tile with keyboard pattern piece, I ran into a problem that I have broken down into a simple example: 0 Tile 1 x 2 test 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 s\3069bs01.dat 4 16 20 0 10 -20 0 10 -20 0 -10 20 0 -10 Can someone (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Any part udate?
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I'm sorry about that, I have an update with 200+ pieces in my computer at home that I couldn't upload because the server has been down this last week. I'll get the 2002-06 update and upload it all this weekend. Leonardo (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Library version 431 is out now!
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For those of you who don't visit my webpages daily, the new version 431 of my Lego library for POV-Ray is available now! The link to my webpages is: (URL) Anton (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Part: x727 - Trailer 4 x 16 Ramp
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Tore, I know exactly how you feel. I have only submitted a few parts in my time. None of which are good enough. A few had some duplicated line and stuff, which I corrected, resubmitted and were never updated. One was ignored by people and was (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: x727 - Trailer 4 x 16 Ramp
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(...) A problem there is that, looking at the list, many of the parts are rare or ``vintage''. For example, I've been looking at this part recently (URL) a newer version appears in set 4164 (URL) part number 3888). I've been surprised at all the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Adding creator and file types to L3P output
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Well, I got tired of opening files with BBEdit and setting the file type to text, so I hacked (and I really mean hacked) together a little Droplet (an AppleScript application that is drag and drop aware) to convert the creator and file types to (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Any part udate?
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It's a shame because i think that LeoCad used to outran MLMCad in Usability and design aspects... just that it is very hard to import new partlibs und lack of updates make LeoCAD vanish. :( "Damien Guichard" <damien.guichard@wanadoo.fr> schrieb im (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Re: LDRAW Viewer and L3P
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(...) Please try the latest L3P, see (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Is There A Version of this part anywhere?
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Found at the LDraw.org Parts Tracker: (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Is There A Version of this part anywhere?
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Hi All, Is there a version of the 2 x 2 x 2/3 (x85?) silver reflector dish anywhere? Either an official or an unofficial version? I'm in the final stages of LDrawing my train, and I can't seem to find the piece anywhere. I searched lugnet and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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With release of the LDraw 2002-06 parts update, the LeoCad parts library seems outdated to the point I do not use LeoCad anymore. Damien (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Re: New Part: x727 - Trailer 4 x 16 Ramp
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Chris Dee writes: ( (URL) ) (...) I don't feel bad about improvements made to my old files. That's not my point. But I feel worse and worse about my parts submitted back in March 2002: <Long background> In (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Excellent rendering with MegaPov 1.0 !!!
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Hi all, Forget my last post about MegaPov 0.7, yesterday MegaPov 1.0 was announced (see: (URL) )! And it is compatible with POV-Ray 3.5. Hopefully it is still as fast as version 0.7. Jeroen (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2002-06 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Same to you and everyone on lugnet (...) I can find it where is it? (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2002-06 Parts Update Now Available
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Minipart.ini for my Minifig plugin has been updated. Get it at: (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2002-06 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Not quite, according to LUGNET :) (...) Great job, looking forward to great 2003 building in 2003. BTW...this is the 375,000th post on LUGNET! (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw.org 2002-06 Parts Update Now Available
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Happy New Year! It's a few minutes after midnight, ldraw.org server time (ie, GMT). The final parts update for 2002 is now available. This is update 2002-06, a small package of just 54 files. It's become a tradition for me to put out an update just (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: Excellent rendering...
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I tried the advice below and I think I got some great results: (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Stickers
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I've scanned through the archives of posts and I can't seem to find a definitive answer on some questions I have about stickers on parts. Is there a way to include rather than inline a sticker in a part file that will both appear properly in mlcad (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | LTrax v0.12 . Help needed!
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Version 0.12 out! (URL) improvements, but still no mouse support. Undo bug fixed, but now I have a new bug: If you move around the menus several times, they will get very strange characters. I would like help on making the tracks that I don't own, (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Ldraw and 3DS
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Morning!- I've been looking for an accurate ldraw to 3ds converter, but have been unimpressed so far. I was wondering if a model exported from PovRay into a 3DS format would wind up rendering the polygons better, but haven't been able to find a (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Ropes, Flex Tubes, Rubber Bands, et. al.
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(...) Thanks for the link. I think I'll be able to use this in a number of places - there are several rubber bands wrapped around the stacks on top of the engine, and well as some around the chassis. I'm thinking I might also be able to simulate the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Ropes, Flex Tubes, Rubber Bands, et. al.
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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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| | LDRAW Viewer and L3P
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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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| | Another Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L
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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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| | ldraw viewer 0.4 observations
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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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| | Re: Excellent rendering with MegaPov 0.7 (long post)
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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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| | Re: Ropes, Flex Tubes, Rubber Bands, et. al.
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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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| | Re: Excellent rendering with MegaPov 0.7 (long post)
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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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| | Re: Ropes, Flex Tubes, Rubber Bands, et. al.
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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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| | Re: Ropes, Flex Tubes, Rubber Bands, et. al.
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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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| | Ropes, Flex Tubes, Rubber Bands, et. al.
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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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| | Re: Large red train wheels
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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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| | Re: Large red train wheels
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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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| | Re: Wheel axles
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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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| | Re: Brownish Transparent
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(...) Your best bet is probably to use direct colors instead of the regular LDraw color codes. That way, you can specify the RGB values in your model files. If you are using LDLite, you can use the 0 COLOR metastatement to define your own color (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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(...) Patience please - it's the holiday season and some of us have families to consider. I was hoping to get more replies to (URL) I explained the naming convention as currently implemented. So, if no-one is bothered, I'll change box3#8p.dat to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Excellent rendering with MegaPov 0.7 (long post)
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Hi all, Since the code for photorealistic pictures where released (see (URL) a lot of people have been experimenting with it. Allister McLaren for instance added light (see: (URL) which not only looks better but also removes some radiosity artifacts (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Large red train wheels
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Is there an official ldraw part for the large red train wheels such as those at (URL) ? To date I have bren using 4180.DAT scaled evenly by 1.3. Thanks, Karl (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Wheel axles
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When I first rendered a wheel with axle, I noticed that the axle was missing the notch. The existing axle has partnumber 35b.dat. Should I update this part (is 35b a valid partnumber to the new naming conventions?) with a notch or do I have to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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Still no answer on the box primitive naming conventions. For my spoked wheels I needed a new primitive, like the box3#8.dat but with all adjecent edges. I named it box3-2.dat (Box, 3 faces drawn, 2 edges left out), but how should I name it so I can (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Brownish Transparent
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(...) In MLCad: color 47 is transparent white, color 39 is transparent light gray. Niels (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Brownish Transparent
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(...) Not an answer to your question, but... In the old days when I used LDraw, I used to use LDraw colour 47 for newer clear parts and 39 for the older. :o) /Tore (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Brownish Transparent
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Old Lego often changed color (due to aging etc.) I have some parts from the late fifties that look more cream than white and the transparent parts (used to be clear) are a bit brownish. Are there matching colorvalues for MLCad and POV to let the (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: does this part exist?
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(...) It is on the tracker right now: (URL) Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: BlockCAD version 3.0 is out, web pages updated
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(...) Tack Anders! /Tore (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LTrax v0.01, an LDraw-Compatible "Track Designer"
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I'm proud to present a working (well, sort of) sketchy version of my latest creation, LTrax. In (URL) , you'll find the 108 kb zip file. It's a program inspired by Matthew Bates' Track Designer, but *much* less advanced. (I spent a couple of days (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Bug in LDDesignPad?
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Hello! Thank you very much for both of your reports. I just removed the bug and will publish a new version soon. I will try to put in some new features too. Play well Carsten "Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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(...) This sounds like a shortcut in the algorithm. If the bezier function is f(t), it does not have the property that |f(t) - f(t+d)| = c for all t, d given. I've corrected for this in my algorithm by using some simple optimization to find a (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Technic, Gear Timing Wheel 8 Tooth
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Is part 2907 ( (URL)) what you mean? BTW, the Technica archive is a great reference for all (...) That is not the one, but I did find it on that page. Here is the link: (URL) looks like it does not have a part number, just called "Timing Wheel." (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | does this part exist?
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the part in question is found in the Extreme Island Stunts sets. It attatches to the neck of a minifig and then has a stud attatchment. (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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(...) Some progress - myself and a CAD expert mucked about a bit until we realised the obvious thing I was missing, the fact that the control point coordinates are specified relative to the end points and not in absolute coordinates! Jennifer (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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(...) If memory serves me well, in Fredrik's Ldraw mode you specified the endpoints in terms of orientation as well as coordinates, stated the number of joints and it calculated the rest. Certainly a good system for many instances as that (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Technic, Gear Timing Wheel 8 Tooth
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(...) Is part 2907 ( (URL) what you mean? BTW, the Technica archive is a great reference for all things Technic. -Orion (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Technic, Gear Timing Wheel 8 Tooth
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Has this part been modeled? I have no clue of the part number or if this is the correct name. This name came from BrickLink and the part number for the image is g8l. I have mine from the 8479 - Code Pilot. Hope I am not bothering anyone about these (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Coming soon: LTrax, an LDraw-Compatible "Track Designer" [DAT]
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Hi! I'm almost done with a working beta of my latest program: LTrax. It's a program inspired by Track Designer by Matthew Bates, but *much* less advanced. The data files in LTrax are totally text based, and I have tried to make it modular. The (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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(...) I think the most confusing aspect of the existing curve program, with the exception of Fredrik's, is the fact that the control points are tricky to position correctly. Fredriik's LDraw mode solves this by dynamically determining the control (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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(...) ldraw mode program to create flex hoses in the past with no problems, it's just this new way that is confusing me :-) Jennifer (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: A few spacey renderings
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(...) That's pretty much what it does. Right now it creates an LDraw part whose front face contains a whole bunch of small squares, one for each pixel in the image file (except for the edges, those aren't squares). The rest of the faces of the torso (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: BrickDraw3D 0.6 source on sourceforge
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Great! I'd like to take a look at that sometime when I'm not tired. I doubt that I will build it myself since I don't have Code Warrior 8, but I'm curious to see how some things work. Rocco (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Liftarm 1 x 2
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(...) I submitted this to the PT a while ago. The file name is x169.dat -Orion (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Liftarm 1 x 2
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Has this part been made or is there a mockup of it? The part number on the set references is x68, Technic Liftarm 1 x 2. It's part of set 8461 William's F1 Racer. I thought about trying to modify the 1 x 3 Liftarm, but I stink at trying to make (...) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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(...) If MLCAD uses Bézier curves to model the bent hoses, you may find some information on the internet about this technique: An interactive demo: (URL) is a more mathematical approach: (URL) may also like to see my own description of how I handle (...) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: A few spacey renderings
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(...) Cool renderings!! Does your Torso Generator take image files and create torsos using LDraw polygons based on the images?? That part wasn't clear on your page. That rocks!! Are all of the renderings on your site LDraw-based? I see a helmet (...) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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I've been messing around a little with LDraw and POV-Ray, and I made a few scenes of classic space guys. (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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I just updated my caboose comparisson page. (URL) see how these models look on different systems runnign the same software. Chris (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Restrictions on color use in parts and subparts
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(...) There's already a fix for this posted to the PT, but yes colors above 16 should not be used for Quads, Triangles, or Lines only Type 1 lines (Subparts). (...) It's under the Parts Tracker Reference. Here's the link: (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Size of electric plugs (4.5 / 12 V) [DAT]
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(...) I do have these parts, but I'm confused by your statement of incompatibility. The pins on the plug (s\2775s01.dat) are modelled with a diameter of 7LDu. The pin holes in the end of the motor (s\6216mb.dat) are also modelled with a diameter of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Restrictions on color use in parts and subparts
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(...) (this is an old thread) Is this still true? I've found some part in the 2002-04 update that use color 19 (see 973p39.dat). Where's the reviewers FAQ that you mentioned earlier? Leonardo (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BFC and details
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(...) :) (...) It's pretty important to me... BFC can help somewhat with rendering speed. Getting the correct polygon wrapping (a crucial element of BFC) is good for people writing utility programs, or translating LDraw language. Frequently, we run (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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I don't have most of these pieces, so I can't really say what's measured correctly or incorrectly. But in this case, I think you should use the correct measurements. Steve (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Storage box and Showroom window finished
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(...) That's what I like to hear! (err, read) (...) Cool. :) Steve (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Multiple parts was Re: Mac LDraw Viewer comments
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(...) Huh, I'll try again. (...) OpenGL it is then, (...) The wierd combination seems fine with me. Switching modes wouldn't be much fun. (...) Chris (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac LDraw Viewer comments
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(...) No, I didn't have back face culling turned on. Turning on BFC causes the window frames to disappear. Is this because LDViewer is making assumptions about the way the part files that may not be true? I just updated to 10.2.3, and that has (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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For those with a high speed internet connection: (URL) (2.4 M). This is the same model, but it is colored (so it is easier to see). It has about twice as many angles, but it still has the same view bounds. James (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Outlined part edges in L3P?
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(...) If you're gonna do optional lines then it'll only look correct when viewed from one direction. This means you can apply the standard cheat to solve the problem with cutoff cylinders on concave edges. Push all the edge cylinders toward the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.inst)
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(...) NO WAY! I haven't gotten the following to work quite right, but here it is. It will generate about 180 of the 360 images it is suppose to. Then it quites rendering. I have no idea why. For some crazy reason, I am telling "POV-Ray Mac 3.5" to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Let me guess - you did this the hard way, setting up each image by hand? That's a lot of work... (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | BrickDraw3D 0.6 source on sourceforge
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BrickDraw3D 0.6 will have complete source posted on Sourceforge. I spent 4 hours cleaning up the repository and checking everything in, it was so messed up from my disk crash in February. Sourceforge terms of service do not allow releases without (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Multiple parts was Re: Mac LDraw Viewer comments
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(...) Yes, you just drag from the parts list with the mouse. 0.7 will have translucent drag images. (...) This is due to Apple eliminating QuickDraw3D. What you see in Classic is QuickDraw3D rendering. In Carbon, it is duplicated by Quesa, which is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | BFC and details
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Questions, questions, questions, yes I know I have lots of questions ;-) How big is the BFC-issue actually? Is it a goal to have (somewhere far in the future) all parts BFC certified? I started to make all the parts I have created BFC compliant. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) All line type 2 (and some type 5) should be visible. Why not? Edge lines along primitives are harder but not impossible. /Lars (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.inst)
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(...) L3P works on one file at the time (it doesn't walk the tree), and when it processes the model, the parts and submodels have been thrown away. Otherwise you are right. After posting I imagined I would let L3Lab (which walks the tree) generate (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.inst)
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I realized that this suggestion might work fine for rectangular parts, but cylindrical parts won't have edge lines along the cylinder walls, right? Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: QTVR of a model
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(...) Wow!!! It looks great. How can I make one? Show me an example Thx (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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