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(...) It's not the same as LDraw, in fact it's something quite different, but clearly anticipated by Fred Martin and others. Don't worry, Lego is way out ahead of these guys at Gateway in claiming intellectual property rights. But do worry, it will (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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If I am reading this correct, they are trying to steal Ldraw right from under our noses. I am most definitely very worried about this. Please take note that the LCD (Ldraw connection database) is probably a better example of prior art than Ldraw by (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm not sure if the framework number is the same as the OpenGL version number. However I think ldglite prints the opengl version number when run from a command prompt so you could check it that way. Maybe it only installs the new OpenGL if you (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I always put the origin at the center of the first piece (or pieces if the first step has more than one). That means nothing I do will render properly in Lpub?? MLCAD doesn't have this problem - my models are always centered, no matter what. I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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It's also related to 6536 "Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular" and 32291 "Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular Double". How about "Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular Double (Inline)"? --Bill. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hmm. When I run Apple System Profiler I get the following entries AGL.framework 2.2.7 18 Dec 2002 01:23 AM OpenGL Carbon compatibility dylib for Mac OS X GLUT.framework 2.2.7 18 Dec 2002 01:29 AM GLUT dylib for Mac OS X OpenGL.framework 1.2.1 (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Did I overlook a known bug list? If I did I'll read through it before reporting any other problems. I am not trying to be pushy, I am just offereing the only service that I can offer, guinea pig :) Keep building and I'll keep poking. Chris (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) If you reference it the main plugin file then you'll get an error but if you reference it in a separate .pas file and then include that .pas file in the Uses statement of you main plugin file then it should work fine. I have no idea why it (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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Gateway, Inc. claims an invention in which physical blocks electronically furnish a virtual model to a computer. I don't see any mention of prior art, which ought to include work by Modulex and MIT using instrumented Lego. In fact, Lego is their (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family.
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eads up, (...) it in a few hours, Dwayne (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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<snip> (...) Clone brands, seem to be growing in popularity, good or bad, it _should_ be good for even the purists, as it should drive down cost for the Lego Brand. Nothing I am going to complain about... LDraw means I no longer have to let the kids (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You keep saying that, but I think thou dost protest too much. I'll bet you're right now sitting on a huge stash of TYCO, Byggis, Qubo, Coko, Tandem, and of course MegaBloks. Stop living the lie, Tim! Admit your clonophilia and liberate (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree. While personally, I frown on clone brands, I like the idea of developing libraries for non-LEGO based building systems like K'Nex and Hirstarts. I just browsed the Hirst site, and that stuff is wonderful! If I remember correctly, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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When improving a plugin I remembered a message by Orion: (...) How do you access Application? When I try this I get an error: Undeclared identifier: 'Application'. Niels (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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I just took a close look at (URL) and I must say, this looks *very* much like the Anchor Stones (with variations of the textures, of course)! Almost every stone on that page can be found in the Anker catalogs too - not the same, exact, dimensions, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Dwayne "Fallenhunter" Miller" <dmiller23@neo.rr.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H8Brs2.2M8@lugnet.com... (...) in its (...) life (...) practical. Yes, in this case you need something like LDRAW/MLCad, where parts can be 'pushed into' each other. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Would that make an OSX user more likely to want to do an offscreen render? The way I see it, the offscreen rendering is really only useful if you want it for a background process like a CGI script in a web server, or if you wanted to generate (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Actually, I just thought of some other leads. If you are looking for a general 3D modeler to create parts, you can find several awesome freeware ones at (URL) recommend that you check out anim8or and wings 3d - they both have excellent (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) <snip> (...) All of this is beyond a simple newbie like me to even comment on... its for the guys and gals who have been with this project for a long time. But I would forsee such things happening and for the better of the LDraw Legecy, James (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) telling my wife in earshot of my oldest son... he would not goto bed until I downloaded them and promised to set them up so he can play with the tommorrow. (...) Not sure what you mean by printed stone, chiseled stone is the most common block (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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