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  Re: Error in LPub
 
(...) differnt (...) What do you mean with "setting the part images one"? Jaco (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Error in LPub
 
(...) Jaco, There are two places that you set minimum distance: building instructions->steps, and building instructions->part images. Are you sure you are setting the part images one, and then erasing the part image cache each time? This is the (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Minifig Lightsaber Shortcut - Dual Light bars
 
(...) Only because full length seemed too long. The main reason I asked about this one is because of the shortened bars. As far as I know they do not exist. I can make them full length and post it. Paul P.S. I also added POV light.dat to each of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Missing Cone primitive for Camera on Parts Tracker
 
(...) 4-4con0.dat has been officalized since update 2002-05. Niels (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only
 
(...) That did fix the problem. the make finished successfully! and it works! (URL) need to get Steve to teach me how to use it :) (...) nothing - no match. Thank you so much for your help :) Dan (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Orientation of trainbase
 
Having received a 6 x 16 trainbase with magnets and motor cutout, I started to create this part in LDraw. This trainbase is some sort of a mix between parts 3058 (Plate 6 x 16 with Motor Cutout) and part 736 (Train Base 6 x 16 Type I). I noticed (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Missing Cone primitive for Camera on Parts Tracker
 
The USB Camera (32561, 32562) has been on the parts tracker for a while now. However, the cone that makes up the inner part of the lens ring seems to be missing. It is variously described as 4-4cone.dat or 4-4cone0.dat. Does anyone know where this (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only
 
(...) Standard? Not unless you're a Microsoft follower. However, I must admit I'm baffled by this one. The -DUNIX is supposed to tell platform.h to define some flags which cause the stricmp and strnicmp functions in platform.c to get built. You've (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: New Part : Tyre 24 x 14 with Shallow Staggered Treads (Jack Stone Tyre)
 
(...) Thanks. I'm not sure I'll be making very many, but this was was a fun learning experience. (...) Cool. I'm thinking about it, but in the meantime a more legit number would be much appreciated. Cheers, Allister (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: New Part : Tyre 24 x 14 with Shallow Staggered Treads (Jack Stone Tyre)
 
(...) that is where I've put it on my system, but you're right, I should have put the path in the file. I'll remember that in future. (...) I used 20 as that's the number of treads this tyre has. It was simpler for me this way. (...) Not at all. I'm (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  New parts on PT
 
I have just uploaded a few new parts to the PT: x276 Fabuland Wheelbarrow x276c01 Fabuland Wheelbarrow (Complete) x277 Fabuland Wheelbarrow Wheels x281 Window 1&1/4 x 4 x 3 with Rounded Top x282 Window 3 x 8 x 3 As well as 3 new primitives: 4-4con7 (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Interest in LPub and Lsynth presentations
 
(...) I certainly am. If I make it over there. (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, lugnet.events.brickfest)
 
  Re: Minifig Lightsaber Shortcut - Dual Light bars
 
(...) I think this is a useful shortcut. Did I miss something - why "shortened versions"? Chris (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Serious trouble in finishing the Dutch translation
 
You should not mix language id's in resource files. Since I'm from austria, every project uses german (austria) resource ids as default. Changing that will cause the parser and compiler to fail because it cannot find any important definitions. Try (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only
 
(...) ok, cool - got that, now I get this: $ gmake -f makefile.osmesa gcc -g -DUNIX -DUSE_OPENGL -DUSE_L3_PARSER -DUSE_BMP8 -DNEED_MIN_MAX -DUSE_PNG -DTILE_RENDER_OPTION -DOSMESA_OPTION -IMesa-5.0.1/include ldliteVR_main.o platform.o dirscan.o (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Minifig Lightsaber shortcuts
 
(...) I think they are of use. I say go ahead and submit them. -Orion (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Minifig Lightsaber Shortcut - Dual Light bars  [DAT]
 
Would this one be of any use? The light portions are shortened versions of the Lightsaber bars. If so, should they be posted on the Parts Tracker? Paul 0 Minifig Tool Light Sabre - Dual On (assign light bar color) 0 Name: 577c02.dat 0 Author: Paul (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Minifig Lightsaber shortcuts  [DAT]
 
Would these be of any use? If so, should they be posted on the Parts Tracker? Paul 0 Minifig Tool Light Sabre - On (assign light bar color) 0 Name: 577c01.dat 0 Author: Paul Easter 0 Unofficial Shorcut 0 KEYWORDS minifig, tool, saber, bar, star (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
(...) Bingo! A search revealed a second, older copy of LDRAW that I was keeping around for no good reason. After deleting it, LSynth installed correctly, and my sample .dat file now synthesizes perfectly! Thanks to Kevin and Orion! BTW, your (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
(...) Do a search for file named mklist.exe on your entire computer, and see how many copies you find. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Is anyone making part 44224.dat?
 
It's the click joints on the AT-TE and AT-AT. If not, I'll give it a go. The mate to 44224 doesn't have a number I can find, does anyone know it? -Orion (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
(...) I don't know whether this is relevant, but I tried several times to install Lsynth 2 based on Kevin's recommendation, but the installer dies consistently trying to create the file ...\My Documents...LDRAW\PARTS. This is a bit strange, since (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only
 
(...) You seem to be missing glut.h. I thought I spotted it in the Mesa-5.0.1/include/GL directory, but I may have also installed the MesaDemos package which contains glut. If you don't have glut.h in that directory you can either install (but not (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
In lugnet.cad, Kevin L. Clague writes: <snip> (...) D'oh! I looked in my Zip File directory and found an LDRAW folder that I unzipped to extract the 0.27 Primitives and never deleted. LSynth installed fine after I removed the directory. -Orion (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Minifig parts posted to Parts Tracker
 
(...) Minifig Hat Soldier (...) (URL) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
<snip> (...) How many times do you have LDraw installed on that computer? LSynth tries to locate the LDraw directory by searching for MKLIST.exe. I need to get better at installation packages.... (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only
 
(...) hmmm... here's what I get: $ gmake -f makefile.osmesa gcc -g -DUNIX -DUSE_OPENGL -DUSE_L3_PARSER -DUSE_BMP8 -DNEED_MIN_MAX -DUSE_PNG -DTILE_RENDER_OPTION -DOSMESA_OPTION -IMesa-5.0.1/include -c -o dirscan.o dirscan.c dirscan.c: In function (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LSC Proposal 0.99
 
(...) Orion, Sorry for getting your hopes up. What I mean above is that I jumped the gun. Yesterday, I misunderstood Tim Courtney and Dan Boger in what they wrote here: (2 URLs) was proceeding under the general impression that it would occur, (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LSC Proposal 0.99
 
(...) What are you talking about Todd? I for one would like the list mirrored here. -Orion (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: New Part : Tyre 24 x 14 with Shallow Staggered Treads (Jack Stone Tyre)
 
(...) Woohoo! :) It's always good to see more people making LDraw parts. (...) If your intention is to contribute the part to ldraw.org, then it's *not* OK to use xNNN numbers from Peeron. But I can get you an LDraw.org xNNN number. Steve (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
Bill, I recommentd trying the newest lsynth off my website (URL) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LSC Proposal 0.99
 
(...) Never mind... It sounds as though the LDraw-tech folks really don't want their list mirrored here. --Todd (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
(...) That's odd, it must be a problem with the GUI front end. I used the actual program, lsythcp, in the bin directory. BTW To Kevin, I've been meaning to post about this. I'm getting an error when I try to install LSynth. The error is as follows: (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
(...) Thanks, silly of me! However, after making this correction, I still get the same behavior. I am not sure whether this is a clue or not, but the 'Browse' dialogs for both input and output files never show any existing files, even though they (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Status of LDDP open source release
 
Hello! Some time ago I talked of creating an open source project for LDraw Design Pad , short LDDP. I created a project on sourceforge.net and uploaded the last release to the file system. (URL) know of some people they would be interested to bring (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: Lsynth problem
 
(...) The command is 0 SYNTH not 0 LSYNTH. If you change the occurances of LSYNTH to SYNTH the program should work (it work on my WIn XP machine). -Orion (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Lsynth problem  [DAT]
 
I installed Lsynth from the Power Tools CD, along with other related tools. MLCad, l3p, etc. all seem to run fine, but Lsynth does not. The symptoms are that after selecting input and output files, clicking the Synthesize button appears to do (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: POLICE Pattern (was Re: door 1 x 3 x 1 new patterns and errors in parts on PT)
 
All, The POLICE pattern is now in Parts Tracker as 3069bs18.dat NOTES: Corner coordinates are X: ±17 Y: 0 Z: ±5 Also, I've updated a few parts (3822p09.dat for example) John (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Error in LPub
 
(...) Yes. I will try to get to it this weekend. I'm taking a break to get back to the root hobby, building. I've been rebuilding some of my bipeds of old. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LSC Proposal 0.99
 
(...) I think both LDraw.org and the community at large would benefit from it being mirrored. And another beauty of mirroring an archive like this is that it's so easy to set up that even if there's not a perceived burning need for it, the long-term (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: mailing list linkage
 
(...) Oh, that's a good point. Yes, it's a bit long, but as Steve points out, it's a relatively low-interest group. Putting it as .ldraw.tech instead of .ldraw-tech also makes it cleaner if other lists (such as, say, Tim's ldraw-siggraph list) (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: New Part : Tyre 24 x 14 with Shallow Staggered Treads (Jack Stone Tyre)
 
Allister McLaren <allistermclaren@bigpond.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HF0KKt.19us@lugnet.com... (...) This should be in the Subpart-Directory. 0 Name: s\x436s1.dat Else looks good. I don't know many sub-sections you should use for the inner (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Error in LPub
 
Anyone? "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:HExH9s.1pKx@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Serious trouble in finishing the Dutch translation
 
Anyone? "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:HEzvrG.oKv@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LSC Proposal 0.99
 
(...) This sounds like a cool idea, but I don't think there's a need for it right now. The techies list is kinda low-interest -- it's good to have a public archive of the list (which we've already got), but I don't see a burning need to mirror it (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: New Part : Tyre 24 x 14 with Shallow Staggered Treads (Jack Stone Tyre)  [DAT]
 
(...) And here's the part itself. 0 Untitled 0 Name: x436.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x436s1.dat 1 16 0 0 0 0.951057 0.309017 0 -0.309017 0.951057 0 0 0 (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  New Part : Tyre 24 x 14 with Shallow Staggered Treads (Jack Stone Tyre)  [DAT]
 
Hi, This is the first part I've created. I've used the part number that Peeron uses for this part (x436) and created it from a custom sub-part (x436s1.dat). PLMK if this is not ok. First, here's the sub-part. The part itself will be attached to the (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Instruction Tutorial - Dry Goods Store
 
<snip> (...) You are very welcome. I'm not offended in the least. As a person with an artistic eye, I really don't think that you can make a computer program that can replace the human element and hope to come up with the beauty of something like (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: mailing list linkage
 
(...) I think lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw.tech is long but it fits in with the existing scheme -Orion (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: mailing list linkage
 
(...) Cool. Hmm, which to choose... It makes less work for me doing it the mailing list way, because of the incoming gateway translations at the e-mail level. What do we want to call it here? lugnet.cad.ldraw-tech? lugnet.cad.ldraw.tech? --Todd (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Interest in LPub and Lsynth presentations
 
(...) I would be - especially since I wasn't at BW. Dan (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, lugnet.events.brickfest)
 
  Re: mailing list linkage
 
(...) we can easily also tell mailman to post each email to the mailing list to a group on the NNTP server. Dan (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) I'm interested in your method but I'm not all that well versed in the code you put up. I assume your not using MS OS to do this. Can you explain or point me somewhere I can find out about what you suggested. -Orion (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) Not really... check the robots.txt file... All the parts images together in all the colors and with opaque and transparent backgrounds take up 1 GB of disk space. But I'd be happy to make you a .zip or .tar.gz if you tell me what color(s) you (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Instruction Tutorial - Dry Goods Store
 
(...) I agree. English was not my favorite class. <snip> (...) Thank you for putting this in. I was unaware of it. :) (...) Thanks. <snip> (...) I agree although your technic instructions look very good. <snip> (...) This is very true. Making large (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LSC Proposal 0.99
 
(...) I would rephrase that... under the most prevalent current limitation scheme being floated, (LSC eligible==LSC voting eligible) you would not be able to, and I would barely squeak by. Certainly other schemes could be floated, with different (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  mailing list linkage
 
(...) Aha -- yes, that would work too -- and is extremely easy to set up. In fact, if you wanted to make it read-only on LUGNET (so that the only way to post is via the mailing list on ldraw.org), all we need to do is subscribe an address (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
 
  Serious trouble in finishing the Dutch translation
 
Hi! PLEASE HELP! Recently I wanted to finish the Dutch language DLL for MLCad. Opening the DSW file I got this message: Code page 1252 is required to support a German (Austria) language resource in this file. See the "Multiple Language Resource (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Instruction Tutorial - Dry Goods Store
 
(...) There will always be one version of LPub, but I know LPub too well to write a good beginner document. Anyone want to volunteer to write one? I already wrote a chapter in a book on LPub, so it will be a while before I get enough literary energy (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only
 
(...) If it's the current version of Mesa (5.0.1), and it's been configured with the correct ./configure switches, then no, I don't see why using a symlink would cause any problems. Anyhow, I just patched things up to work with the latest sources. (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only
 
(...) I had done that (I thought). And now I have done it again. Same result. I suppose I should admit that I cheated a little bit, and just used a symlink to the directory containing Mesa (to keep my directory structure clean). But is there any (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only (Was: Parts Tracker Status)
 
(...) Or more likely, (since I just got the same result myself) is that I created the stubs and the new makefile for the stock 0.9.5 sources instead of the latest CVS sources since that's what I had lying around. Apparently I need a few more stubs (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) It could be made slightly more headless with some use of `make -C src/`, but it didn't quite work for me anyway. :-( (...) You mean make a symlink to "~sparre/bin/"? I will grep my scripts for calls to LDGLite and other known LDraw related (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) Certainly. That's the whole reason for using operating systems with good command interpreters. Play well, Jacob (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) To the extent that you are willing to call Linux Unix, yes. Haven't tried it on other Unix'es yet. (...) You can grab it here: (URL) it is only with minimal error handling and only tested by me, so there are no guarantee that it will work for (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only (Was: Parts Tracker Status)
 
(...) I only glanced at the list of errors, but maybe this is the problem. If you already built ldglite then you have to start over from scratch with the new makefile. Unfortunately my makefile skills are not the best. There's no "make clean". So (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only (Was: Parts Tracker Status)
 
(...) [...] (...) I should probably have written that it is on a Red Hat (mostly) 7.3 system with some kind of x86 processor. Play well, Jacob -- City X'ers mail van (building instructions): (URL) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Building LDGLite for off-screen rendering only (Was: Parts Tracker Status)
 
[ XFUT lugnet.cad.dev ] (...) So far it works fine, but ... (...) This fails. Here's the end of the output from the build: ---...--- gcc -g -DUNIX -DUSE_OPENGL -DUSE_L3_PARSER -DUSE_BMP8 -DNEED_MIN_MAX -DUSE_PNG -DTILE_RENDER_OPTION -DOSMESA_OPTION (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDraw-tech Mailing List/Update
 
(...) (URL) is the archives. -Tim (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  LDraw-tech Mailing List/Update
 
Everyone - I noted the existance of the LDraw-tech mailing list in this LDraw.org article: (URL) never noted it on LUGNET. So... While we were recovering from the downtime, Dan and Steve set up the tech mailing list, to keep everyone involved on (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Interest in LPub and Lsynth presentations
 
(...) interested (...) Sure! (...) Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, lugnet.events.brickfest)
 
  Re: Interest in LPub and Lsynth presentations
 
(...) I would LOVE to see that. I would also like to put the presentation up on the B.I. Portal after BF too! Jake -- Jake McKee Webmaster - B.I. Portal (URL) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, lugnet.events.brickfest)
 
  Interest in LPub and Lsynth presentations
 
I presented LPub, my building instruction generation to (based on LDraw file format, L3P and POV-Ray) at BricksWest, and it was favorably received. Much has changed in LPub since then. I was wondering if people were interested in a presentation on (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, lugnet.events.brickfest)  
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) Yes, and you should be able to run it all as a background process without even opening a window. See here for some of the details on how to get that up and running. (URL) really love to see some independent verification of the completely (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) Hmm, this sounds really attractive. And you're able to run this under Unix? (...) I think I'd find that useful. I'm looking for ways to relieve some of the burden on Steve with respect to Partsref images. (...) You could start by posting it (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
Jacob I haven't tried LDGLite and NetPBM - could it be made to run through the entire LDraw parts directory and generate an image for each part? Thanks, James (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) Arrgh, I just re-read your post, and realized I misread it. Yes, I'd probably make it so that label dimensions would be flexible (hadn't really thought that far ahead...) James (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) More like something that would print out the part description and a picture of it, so I can see which drawer has what parts in it. James (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) That's pretty trivial to do with LDGLite and NetPBM/PBMplus. ldraw_file=some_lego_model.mpd rendering=`ldglite -l3 -ms -q -s1 -w1 ${ldraw_file} \ | grep '^Write BMP8' | tail -1 | cut -d' ' -f3-` bmptoppm ${rendering} \ | pnmscale -width 120 \ (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Forestmen's hats
 
Thanks Chris! (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Forestmen's hats
 
(...) Yes and no ! There is a mock-up at (URL) is missing the detail of the hole for the plume. I believe the plume should be positioned at "-12 -4 5". I guess I should try top finish this. Chris (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Forestmen's hats
 
Hi all, Has anyone made the Forestmen's hats? The one you can put a small plume (4502A) in. If not: is anyone planning to? Jaco (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: I can't send James Reynolds mail
 
Chris, Try james.e.reynolds@m.cc.utah.edu. James (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
 
  Ninja Minifig parts posted to Parts Tracker
 
Hello, I wanted to let you all know I have receintly posted a few "new" parts to the Parts Tracker. The names are not set in stone yet, but I have tried to keep them grouped with other like items. I would appreciate some suggestions on keywords for (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  I can't send James Reynolds mail
 
James, I got two messages from you, so I replied that your messages got through. Both messages bounced back. Here is a compy of one of the messages that bounced back. From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@smtp....l.rcn.net> Date: Thu May 15, (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
 
  Re: Ldraw/MLCAD question
 
THanks Amy! You rock! It worked perfectly! -lenstu (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
(...) <snip> Like something that will take a supplied part .DAT file and make a label of specified diminsions? This would be insanely useful for me. I actually toyed with the idea myself. -Orion (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Parts Tracker Status (offscreen part rendering)
 
(...) Or you could build and link with static versions of the Mesa libraries. Then you just have to worry about the one executable. In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse writes: (...) Ok, I tried this and it seems to work. Here's how: Grab the (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
 
  Getting complete set of Ldraw parts images
 
I'm toying with the idea of writing an application that would print out labels for sorted parts storage (similar in concept to the kind Jeff Boen created, see (URL) and need images of the entire Ldraw catalog. (yeah, like I've got that kind of spare (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad)  
 
  Technic Fig Parts and Orientation (Was: Connect7.dat)
 
(...) Oh, I missed that thread, since I included the keyword 'Action' in my search. :) My point of view is animation, but I think a generator's view is quite similar. I've read somewhere that the main object in animating a human or humaniod is the (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Error in LPub
 
Hi! Though I specify I do not want a BOM created, it does. Minimum distance is still a problem. Still pieces are rendered in differnt scales, no matter what I set the minimum distance at. Kevin, can you please help me? Jaco (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Is this name free? Connect7.dat - Technic Pin Fake
 
(...) OK - let's keep in touch regarding this, to avoid duplicating effort. My progress (as mentioned in (URL) is with the regular arm and torso parts - although the mech-arms from the competition sets look fun. I'll resurrect my efforts and post an (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: Is this name free? Connect7.dat - Technic Pin Fake  [DAT]
 
(...) I suspect it is used in more parts, but the parts I work on is 2709.dat* Technic Action Figure Lower Leg as well as the upper leg parts. *) according to (URL) but my part has # 2704 It wouldn't surprise me if the file really is BFC certified, (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: Is this name free? Connect7.dat - Technic Pin Fake
 
(...) Yes - this is free, and I think it makes sense to group this with the "real" Technic connectors. We really _would_ like all new primitives to be BFC CERTIFIED, though. Where is this fake pin used? Chris (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: Crazy, OK Heretical Idea ...
 
(...) There are also a few in Star Wars, Spybotics, and Racers, but I can't recall ever seeing any that didn't come in Technic sets. (...) Pretty much the same all the way through. Sorta. The metallic colors are produced by using a different type of (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldraw/MLCAD question
 
(...) Note the spaces. They're also important here... (...) Copy-n-paste is your friend. Amy (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Ldraw/MLCAD question
 
(...) Here are the rules I use to separate the bricks... Brick <Brick & !with & !Round & !Corner & !Log & !Shock & !Octagon & !Facet Brick, round <Brick & " Round" Brick, modified <Brick & !" Round" Note that this leaves plain bricks duplicated in (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
 
  LDraw users - help out at SIGGRAPH 2003
 
I'm looking for a few (2-4) people who would like to help talk about LDraw tools at SIGGRAPH 2003 this summer. You might have seen Adrian's post looking for builders here: (URL) and where? SIGGRAPH 2003 is at the San Diego Convention Center, July (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.cad) ! 
 
  Is this name free? Connect7.dat - Technic Pin Fake  [DAT]
 
0 Technic Pin Fake 0 Name: connect7.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 BFC NOCERTIFY 0 2 1 5.801 0 1 5.543 0 2.296 0 2 1 5.543 0 2.296 4.243 0 4.243 0 2 24 4.243 0 4.243 2.296 0 5.543 0 2 24 2.296 0 5.543 0 0 6 0 2 24 0 0 6 -2.296 0 5.543 0 2 24 -2.296 0 (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
 
  Re: Ldraw/MLCAD question
 
(...) Suggestion: Name: Search: Brick, unpatterned <Brick & !pattern Brick, patterned <Brick & pattern This will create two categories, one for patterned bricks, one for unpatterned bricks. Most of the printed bricks have pattern in their name, so (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.cad)


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