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(...) 9V curve part. I just did a quick test using the mpd posted by Ludo and added the filename to PluginTrackParts.ini for the curve in the 9V section and the parts were placed as I expected. Now I don't have to make an update to my plug-in, any (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Train Track Shortcut: 1-4turn.ldr - Train Track 1/4 Circle
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(...) I'm just intested in the 9V system. 2865.dat (9v straight) with 2867.dat (9v curve) The 2867.dat part I can not get to aline with the 2865.dat part in MLCad. The rotation even on fine is not enough to properly aline the two parts. =( Perhaps (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Thanks, Kevin. I'd like to see some good discussion on this here before moving on it. Does anyone have any comments, concerns? (...) Thanks! I couldn't have put that together without you, the others we were mailing with, and the community (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Train Track Shortcut: 1-4turn.ldr - Train Track 1/4 Circle
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(...) Hi Ahui, Are you only talking abouth the old track style (blue & grey ones) or would you like to see such shortcut for the 9V track too? Regards, Ludo (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) <snip> Thanks for all your efforts Tim. Lets get started! I appreciate all the hard work you put in on this. Lets put it to good use. Kevin (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Switching from BITMAP/JPEG to PNG
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(...) If PNG is lossless that's fine but I'd prefer that BMP be continued to be supported as one can then convert it in a post process step to whatever one desires. I tend not to like to use JPG for discrete tone images like instructions, it's much (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) <snip> This is great stuff. Thanks, Tim for pushing this forward, others contributed, but you certainly did a great job including everyone's comments and pulling together a cogent draft proposal for the LSC. I plan to stand for election to it (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MLCAD for Linux :D
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(...) Yep. now we just need L3PAO for Linux and we'll be golden : ) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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We got two new tutorials up for you. Special thanks to Shuan Sullivan for his Panzer-iii LDraw model and Jospeh Gonzalez for his "marble floor" pov-ray code. See the new tutorials here: (URL) this is a mirror site for the LDraw Help Desk Tutorials. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | MLCAD for Linux :D
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Just a little note... Having switched to Linux and pretty much all the basics working I started looking for alternatives to MLCAD and various other Windows programs... After some looking I found nothing and therefore decided to try and get MLCAD to (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad) !
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| | Re: Switching from BITMAP/JPEG to PNG
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Recalling a bit of history... .PNG was to be the .GIF replacement (due too all the legal stuff around .gif) which is mostly for palletized graphics, in which case PNG is great. The PNG features that are beyond the .gif features do make a very handy (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Q? part 4626.dat stud spacing
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Steve, Thanks! later, James Mathis (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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Looks like you guys have spent a lot of time thinking about how to go about this in a fair and equitable way, very comprehensive. It feels a lot like the way standards are created in the high-tech world which benefits everyone! This is a great time, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Switching from BITMAP/JPEG to PNG
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:HDpB2o.oBr@lugnet.com... (...) Not from me :-) I'm in the process of throwing JPEG out of BlockCAD (AnkerCAD, ???CAD), as this makes the program almost 250 kB smaller! The PNG (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Some more LPub errors?
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:HDpArM.n2J@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Why not have an invisible LDRAW part with color, just like the LIGHT.DAT? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Switching from BITMAP/JPEG to PNG
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(...) not at all! PNG will support transparent background - right? that's all I need ;-) w. (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Resolution
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When authoring new elements, how important is the level of detail in LDraw format? That is, for more complex curves and surfaces, is it necessary to get as close to the real thing as possible? As an alternative, is it acceptable to get pretty close (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Preview of multi-level callouts complete with pointers
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(...) The callouts are placed relative to outside edges or corners of the step image: Corners: TOP_LEFT TOP_RIGHT BOTTOM_LEFT BOTTOM_RIGHT Edges plus justification to the perpendicular edges TOP (LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT) BOTTOM (LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT) (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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| | LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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As Orion posted earlier today, let's revisit the LDraw.org standards body idea. [1] Here is the draft proposal I mentioned earlier today on LUGNET. I'm posting it here for everyone to discuss. Several weeks ago, I worked with Kevin Clague, Larry (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev) !!
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| | Re: Preview of multi-level callouts complete with pointers
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Hi Kevin, You've done it again! This is a HUGE improvement as it allows a much needed "step hierarchy", extremely useful for generating instructions - your step 0 is actually two steps. This is really great. I am probably being too inquisitive too (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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