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(...) I should follow this up -- I didn't mean these observations to be critical. I forgot to insert the basis for my assertion above. MLCad does it this way, and LEdit does as well, so it's 'how it's always been done,' and could cause confusion for (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Dan - Great start! Thanks for posting this. A couple very quick observations: - I think you have the arrow keys backwards - Assuming a standard LDraw 3D view with the X axis going down to the right, and the Z axis going up to the right, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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After about a year I thought to finish the warning pattern sticker for the minifig vest (vest = 3840.dat). All my real stickers are a little worn out, but I managed to find a used stickersheet in an ideabook which had the borders around the stickers (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello! I took a look at it and i think its a good start. It will be interesting how well it will handle hundreds of parts at the same time. Keep on the good work! Play well Rick "Bucket" <dtb9@aber.ac.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi, this is nice to hear. Maybe you could write a more detailed description what is needed to run MLCad on Linux? This way I could make this information public in a seperate Linux section on my host, and even more users are able to use MLCad. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Indeed. 50K a head may be a little much though. (putting my clowning around suit on) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Maybe we want dues so we can have official LDraw.org server, that won't be down weeks at a time. (putting my flame resistant suit on.) Kevin (...) vote. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I have attempted to make an LDraw editor. Take a look only if you are interested in seeing an unfinished very Beta program. Meaning it crashes a lot and most of it doesn't work. You should still be able to load and edit files though. (URL) will (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Good point, Orion! Now we get to the meat. Sending in a paper ID photocopy and utility bill gives a high degree of certainty of a real person behind the ID but is pretty intrusive. (as well as labor intensive at the receiving end). Allowing (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Whoa boy, backup. We not voting in a world leader to determine the lives of millions, we're voting on LSC membership. Since most people balk at even giving out their real name and Email address, I think this is a little extreme. -Orion (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That could be one (not the only) verification method. Another could be sending in a scan of a drivers' license/gov. ID card and utility bill, like PayPal does to confirm identities. -Tim (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) wow, cool! I just did the same, absolutely no problems, with generic wine from a redhat 7.2 install. (...) nice! (...) you mean something ELSE to cheer about :) You can also look at leocad, which I believe had a native linux version (though I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) nod, good point. (...) well, while I do trust the Lugnet auth to insure that you can't post as me, I don't see how it verifies that I'm a real person, as opposed to a part of Jennifer's imagination... (...) I'm not as worried about people (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I agree. That's what I meant when I said the LSC is the first step twards an official LDraw.org body. The 4+1 are not really LDraw.org - they act in what they believe is it's best interest, but so do quite a few other people, who are just as (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) currently, since there is no formal organization (and we're starting to push for one, woo!), there really isn't an authority issue. There's only the ability. If Steve decides he's turning off the parts tracker, he can. If you (Tim) decide to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Don't forget we don't need just ONE scheme. There can be several, and you use the scheme you are most comfortable with as a prospective member. For instance: (just a thought starter) Could piggyback off something else... have a complex scheme (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) not sure I see where this is any better than requiring a valid email address? where valid means you actually have to get your password when it's mailed to that email. The problem is, that it's really easy to get many email accounts. Inventing (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Perhaps a voter confirmation email sent when a vote is cast, similar to how LUGNET authenticates posts? So, voting could be done via the web, but in order to confirm, you would also have to reply to an email. Just another idea... -Tim (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I think something Parts Tracker-like would do the job. You email the system admin, he puts you in the system. This puts a human element into voter registration instaed of some blind webbot. This also requires you to keep a current Email (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Elections and Membership in ldraw.org
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With 0.7 of the LSC proposal getting generally good reviews so far, it's likely that we're close to a final draft on the LSC proposal and it's time to start thinking about the things needed to make it happen. Since 0.7 replaces a temporary appointed (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: LSC Draft Proposal Version 0.7
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(...) The thing is, right now they are LDraw.org. Do you prefer that we just refer to LDraw.org, without the names? I think it is important that LSC is under the LDraw.org umbrella. I invite you to start a new topic on moving from ad-hoc LDraw.org (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Who is Matthew Be?
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Hello! I was browsing Brickshelf this morning and I landed on the folder of "Matthew Be" ((URL) like to communicate with him but I can't find his e-mail adress. :-( Does anybody here knows who is "Matthew Be" and/or could tell me how I can (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: LD4DModeler status
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LD4DModeler is awesome! Keep up the good work. -Mike (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LSC Draft Proposal Version 0.7
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(...) Agreed. (...) Yep. (...) Right. So are you trying to say something like; the individuals involved with the specific tasks are responsible/have the authority to make decisions regarding each technical task? That makes sense to me for the most (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LSC Draft Proposal Version 0.7
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(...) absolutely! (...) I like this proposal a lot better, with one exception: (...) organization for LDraw, and then step down. Administrating the website, Parts Tracker and server are all separate technical functions, and do not fall under the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bionicle Masks
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(...) Also, has anyone made the feet (#32475) and the "toes" (#32560) from Pohatu's feet (which are also used in Jengo Fett's Slave I)? (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Bionicle Masks
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(...) If any one is working on them, here's your chance to let it be known. I have 11 pcs of #32571 (Gali - blue), 5 pcs of #32566 (Onua - black), 7 pcs of #32505 (Tahu - red), 1 pc of #32505 (I forget the name - poisoned), 2 pcs of #32569 (Kopaka - (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) You can send me one as a test and I can see what I can do. But I don't know what the time frame would be for completion - we're mid-semester here and I don't have tons of time to work on LEGO. If the timing was better, I could've given the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Everyone - This has been a very good discussion on the LSC proposal so far. I have drafted a new version, 0.7, which attempts to clear up the confusion and ambiguity, and also adds in many peoples' suggestions. I've changed the references regarding (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Finaly I had some time to finish the old lightbrick 2 x 4 (from the 1950's!) Below I have included an mpd containing all subparts and new primitives (1 ring and 4 cones). The titles of the subparts are not the best, if anybody has suggestions, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Every time I've seen Qualification 2, I've thought it needed clarification. How about: "Served as a reviewer on the Parts Tracker and posted at least 5 reviews for each of at least 2 official updates." After all, just because someone only (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Part updates are currently every two months. 0303 (due to come out in about a week, I think?) will probably be a small update, since the Tracker hasn't been up for weeks. . . -- TWS Garrison (URL) capital letters in address for direct reply. (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help needed with creating parts
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(...) Hi Jeroen: I think I'm missing something--are you asking for someone to render models or to create new parts? Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I agree that we have to avoid that risk you refer to, and I would suggest that be part of the LSC charter. As for the steering committee, I'm not sure the post from 2 years ago is really valid anymore, and would suggest the community start (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 04:27:28AM +0000, Wayne Gramlich wrote: [snip very good points] (...) Wayne, this is a great idea, and I would support this kind of process. Dan (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) it was semi-automatic - I used vimdiff to find all the differences, and marked them up manually. Didn't take long. But since it is manual, it's theoretically possible that I missed some - I promise, nothing was left out intentionally. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I guess I'm worried about the LSC defining a standard that has no meaning. Without the community accepting the standard, what's the point in having it defined? I do agree with later posts, especially wayne's - the vote is likely to become a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help needed with creating parts
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(...) I know it's not a good idea, but it's for the trainposter and detail isn't priority there; the trains are about 200 pixels high. Again, I can send high-res scans of the BI and pictures of the parts. If you are really intrested in doing it I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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jeroen de haan <info@digitalbricks.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HDtI4o.14K6@lugnet.com... (...) I can only speak for me, but making parts (no patterns) only from pictures isn't a good idea. Maybe that this is sufficient for mock-ups. Which (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) This is more what I was considering... a way for those who may or may not have been authoring Lego Parts to get a chance to be on the standards body. After all, its possible, but unlikely that another use for the program could overshadow the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Yep, I agree 100%. Tomorrow I'm going to work on an 0.7 draft version of the proposal, taking in the useful comments made by all. It should tighten it up considerably from 0.6, eliminate the confusion, and add stuff like Wayne's recommendation (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I'm completely opposed to removing the voting power for the LSC. If the LSC can't set any standards why have it the first place. As the old saying goes, too many cooks spoil the broth. -Orion (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) How about this: Requirements for LSC Membership To ensure only competent, dedicated, and active contributors become members of the LSC, they shall have met one or more of the following requirements: - Authored an LDraw part subsequently (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) All: While a ratification vote is fairly common for technical committee proposals, I don't think I've ever heard of a ratification vote that did not sustain a technical committee's recommendation. If a technical committee is doing the wrong (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bionicle Masks
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(...) They're available to whom ever wants to do the work coding them. They're all my extras from trying to collect all the variations of the original masks. I could even send a few of each so that one can be cut one way and another can be cut in (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) All: I'm little behind the curve on this overall discussion, but I think I can speak to this issue. I think the proposed rules for LSC inclusion are quite reasonable. My reading of the rules is that I do not qualify for LSC membership (and I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:20030423205226....ron.com... (...) retaining (...) I have been watching this thread from the sidelines. While I use a number of the tools (notably ML-CAD, L3P, L3PAO, LDAO, and LPub) I would not (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) That sounds good to me. If someone can further think this through, I can include it in a re-draft of the proposal sometime in the future. -Tim (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not to overcomplexify but perhaps two nomination paths? One path if you are qualified under the criteria given already, and another, petition based, in which some number of qualified people vouched for you as a viable candidate? (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) what the differences are, which is a good thing. How did you generate it? (I know your aversion to MS and suspect you didn't use MS Word for the generation :) ) Hopefully some automatic way so we can be sure all the differences are (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I believe this proposal should make reference to the current steering committee, the only legitimate steering committee thus far. If it does not, there is a risk that the LSC could be misconstrued as _the_ governing body for all LDraw.org (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev) !!
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Thanks for the marked up version. It makes it clear that you want the community to have the deciding vote, not the LSC. May I ask why? Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Right. (...) I'm not sure here. If we make those requirements guidelines, it further weakens the LSC. BUT, as duly noted, we have two cases who could qualify, Dwayne and Wayne. I wouldn't want them excluded from the possibility of being LSC (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Putting on my legal hat: Notice that the draft proposal refers to "the LDraw Community", not the LEGO community. LDraw stands for LEGO Draw, which is the only time the word LEGO is used in the entire draft, so I'm not sure where you think that (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Help needed with creating parts
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Hi all, Can someone help me out creating some (mock-up) parts based on digital photo's and/or high resolution building instruction scans? They need to be done quickly and POV-friendly. No need for detailing the insides, this time it's the outside (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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If I might ask a question... I see that this whole project is geared specificly toward Lego uses of the program. From my understanding, it will not be restricted to just Lego uses. Clone brands, as well as other things (there is a couple of block (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) here's a (manually) marked up version: (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I think it had many good ideas in it, indeed! (...) While I agree in general, I think the leadership of LDraw.org should not be part of this proposal. The LSC can easily start it's work, while the community works out the whole official org (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I'm sorry for the confusion here - Lar corrected me offline on the definition of 'subcommittee' (which technically typically means members drawn from the parent body [1], not the intent here). I didn't mean to imply that the 4+1/steering (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Resolution
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(...) Hi Steve-- Thanks for taking the time to answer so thoroughly. All I can say is that I'm glad I'm not modelling official elements! Clone brands have quite a few odd cones, arcs, and domes that just don't fit the official primitives, and if I (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Yep. Steve and I have talked before about a voting mechanism. Basically, anyone who signed up to vote can vote. This mechanism hasn't been set up yet, but it can be discussed and set up in the relative near future - according to the proposal, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Everyone who is interested in LDraw related stuff is part of the community. The LDraw community has some official organizations like LDraw.org and soon to be the LSC. It is my understanding that anyone who wants to vote for the nominees (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Me either. Snipped the next bit because it's a good summation of the roles... (...) And thanks muchly for that! progress on overall org goals had stagnated. a good sharp poke was a good thing. <more snippage> (...) What I think Tim meant here (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) hmm ... probably it's due to a non-proper knowledge of the english language but now I'm even more confused! as far as I understand we have Ldraw members, which are not part of the community, community members which are not Ldraw members, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) [snip everything else, good stuff] I think I wasn't clear enough. As you read it, I don't agree either. I meant - this proposal is yet another catalyst to the issue of further organizing and defining LDraw.org. It isn't the LSC's job, but the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I don't think that what Kyle is describing is what I have in mind. LDraw.org is the natural group to designate that their will be an LSC committee. The committee is made up of "technically qualified" members. Only members of LDraw.org that are (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) formats. (...) ... (...) I interpret the "set in stone" statement to refer to the language as defined in 027 version of LDraw/LEdit. It is my belief that all the nuances (nucances :^) you mentioned should be described in the 0.27 document. The (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Quiz
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Hejo, I had an idea of a quiz of some sort... Version 1.0 is now on Brickshelf: (URL) have fun! Jan. (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney writes: hi tim, (...) could you please sort this out in more detail? does it mean that the "Ldraw.org" file format will support, say 256 colors, no longer required to put dithered colors in subfiles, "set in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Translating MLCad to Dutch
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Great. I have two files in english help with some words fixed (shortcuts and toolbar's names, i didn't touch editbar and elemetbar). Should I post them somewhere or just to keep_it_as_it_is?. rob (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I think this looks very comprehensive - and I think the idea of choosing a small group of dedicated people to actually take the proposal forward is the way to go. I think this proposal is definitely a step in the right direction. ROSCO (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ML Cad and AMD
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(...) I do it *all* the time. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Bionicle Masks
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(...) Do you mind if they're destroyed? It's easier to measure them if you don't care about having the piece be intact afterwards. Alas, I still don't know how to code in .dat - only in .dwg/.stl/.3ds. If you could find someone to clean up the parts (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Windows XP?
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(...) ALL LDraw applications work in Windows XP that I am aware of. There was been NO report of any application NOT working. -AHui LDarw Help Desk (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Windows XP?
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Hi all, I was just wondering if there's a comprehensive list of which Ldraw tools are compatible with Windows XP? As Micro$oft has now announced that 98 will no longer be officially supported I'm looking to upgrade.... ROSCO (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Resolution
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(...) For general features, the standard rule of thumb is to model details which are 1LDU or larger. To cleanly model some features, you certainly can run into decimal places -- I typically go to 2 or 3 decimal places in part files. Any use of the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bionicle Masks
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(...) AFAIK, no one has done them yet. It would be nice if someone could volunteer. They're rather complex parts to make, though. (I'm not a parts author myself) -Tim (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Bionicle Masks
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(...) I've been wondering that myself. I have many to offer to mail to people if they need/want them (for CAD work.) -Dan (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Dan, there seems to be some confusion here on your part. Hopefully other posters have cleared it up for you, but I want to go on record here on what the vision was. If it wasn't clear from the proposal, that's at least partly my fault since I (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Sorry, I should have said, "how LDraw.org should function as an organization in the future." -Tim (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) I think you're misunderstanding, perhaps I wasn't clear enough in the proposal. The leaders who set up the LSC are only setting it up, they aren't the initial members of the LSC. These people were self-selected two years ago, based on the fact (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) You're mostly right. I suppose the proposal/message wasn't clear enough (and this is the part I was afraid of it not being clear enough in, so I tried to disclaim it). A couple years ago, the four of us posted this message: (URL) - sometime (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Bionicle Masks
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Hello everyone. Has anyone done Bionicle Masks? Thanks. (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ML Cad and AMD
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(...) Any system that can run Windows95 or better can run MLCAD, if you use Windows95,98,ME,2000 or XP you're just fine. (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | ML Cad and AMD
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Hi, is it possible to run the ML-CAD on Athlon XP 2000 processor ? Thanks. Mike (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) Hi Dan, (...) Unless I mis-read something, I think this initial group of 5 is the (parent organization) LDraw.org's leadership doing double duty as the initial Ldraw.org Stnadards Comitee for the sole purpose of setting up how the Standards (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Draft Proposal
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(...) right. I was saying that the LSC needs to be qualified (as Orion pointed out), AND that the LSC needs more representation from the programmers. Currently, as far as I can tell, it has (from the stats I could gather): Jacob: parts author, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) Not to worry, combining things is more of a stretch goal (if you'll pardon the pun). Just one is good enough for now. (...) Maybe that's the way to go. I think actually I would go with Band and then hand edit away the 1/2 (of the synthesized (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) Thanks Mike. Meanwhile I just installed make-3.79.1 and it makes lsynthcp OK without needing to install MSys. Gotta think about whether I want Cygwin or not... it's not like I don't have a bazillion other things I should be working on instead. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) I'll have to scope it out. (...) :^) by your ownb admission you have more experience than me, because I've never done it at all! If you would please I would be eternally gratefull. Kevin (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) You read undocumented code quite well! (...) Yup. But unfortunatly you want to combine open things (tubes) with closed loops (bands), and the program is fundamentally *not* written for that. Bummer. (...) Will the element do for now? Maybe we (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) I think I'll email it to you first this time. It looks like I must have implemented some of the changes mentioned in this thread here. (URL) a fix for the UPPERCASING bug and some stuff for UNITS, LENGTH and subfile NAMEs, but I don't remember (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:HDrH7u.1FKp@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) You can get a full complemnt of Unix utilities for your PC (including Make) by installing Cygwin (which is free): (URL) It has a (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) OK, I did a little digging. If I understand what I am reading, the various types of things that can be synthesized are defined with constants in the lsynth.h include. Elsewhere in the code these constants are checked (driven by what's found in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) Letting me peek at the changes would be cool, but feel to check it in. (...) Will you package a source release please? (...) Thanks, Kevin (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) I'm not sure. What are you trying to do? If just you're looking to browse the code, then follow the "Browse CVS" link near the bottom of the page at the URL given above. If you want upload changes to the code you'll have to get a CVS program (...) (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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(...) I don't think so. I did some tests with MLCAD, starting with a straight one, then adding a curved one, and they align perfectly. But i see a small mis-aligning when i create a quarter circle and add then a straight one (rounding error?). Note (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: 8461 Williams F1 Team Racer Ldraw File
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(...) Wow Orion! That is really impressive. Thanks for sharing all your hard work! Kevin (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) I found the code (I was looking for released files, not in the CVS tree) and have extracted it (via WinCVS) to take a look... (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Preview of multi-level callouts complete with pointers
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<snip> (...) things (...) seperators (...) I wanted to point out that the callout facilities (which I am starting to think of as step layout facilities), is all *post* POV production work, which means it is instantaneous compared to POV time. Making (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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