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(...) Fantastic news. Thanks for all the hardwork. I am really looking forward to this. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Cool, new code! I'll have to go easy on the Microsoft bashing for a little while. By the way, what is .Net anyhow? I thought it was the latest name for SOAP (perhaps that explains the XML). And hey, since TrackDraw seems to import and export (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Eduardo" <eduvazhar@telefonica.net> wrote in message news:HJ8vDK.1zBC@lugnet.com... (...) six months (...) little about (...) (URL) > (...) need to (...) haven't (...) That's pretty harsh. If you don't like it, don't use it. Write your own (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually I think that does about the same thing as the command line functions above. The problem is that's only half of the solution. Lugnet serves up LDR data with the application/x-ldraw MIME type. In win95 and win98 you could create new (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Having been one of the more vocal MS bashers around here, let me say that you should never feel the need to apologize for releasing free software to people. You have obviously put a lot of thought and effort into writing a new utility, and you (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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<snip> (...) There's absolutely nothing wrong with .net, other than the MS haters don't like it and there are more .net apps out there than you think. As someone else has already mentioned, most of the .net framework is built in to XP and even if (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Following Chris finding some crash bugs in MBC 0.4b1, I have quashed these an placed an interim update 0.4d2 on my .Mac site for downloading. (URL) fixes the model rotation issues, crash on new command, crash with some of the early parts primitive (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) ... (...) ... I work for Microsoft. Although I am writing TrackDraw for fun, it is helpful in my work job to gain more experience with XML and .NET. I understand Microsoft offends some people. I apologize. (...) ... Track Designer is a pretty (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... (...) I've heard about Linux-based versions of .NET, but I don't have any personal experience with them. It may be very reasonable to port to Linux -- I think the largest stumbling block will be an accurate port of GDI+, the 2D drawing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dude, This might be an English as a second language issue but there is a right way and a wrong way to criticise someone about their work. Your way was definately the wrong way -Orion (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wonder if you would feel the same when it was programmed in Java, which needs a Java Virtual Machine installation first. .Net is perfectly acceptable IMHO. I guess it's more an anti Microsoft thing than anything else (the $ is a good hint (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There is nothing wrong with using .NET, and most of the "crap" you refer to is already present in Windows XP. I've developed many .NET programs and they all work well and my clients are all happy with the way .NET works on their systems. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Why you did it in MICRO$OFT .NET now if we want to use your program we need to install 30mb of crap .NET anyway your program is the 1st ine to use it I haven't seen any yet apart from MICRO$OFT LONGHORN a.k.a next windows in 2005 (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I missed that. (...) Well, seems to be interesting. But I never missed such a part. Where could it be used meaningful? CU Bernd (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I noticed you're using .Net So it might actually work on Linux boxes since the Framework is also available for Linux. See: (URL) for more info about a .Net framework implementation. -Frank (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Configuring the .ldr mime-type in Windows XP
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(...) Do this -Right click on an .ldr file -Choose "Open With" and if there is a submenu select "Choose Program..." -If the program you want to open the file with isn't in the list provided use the Browse buttom to find it. -Make sure the "Always (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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Another solution is to leave things alone, but change the applications palette to suit the user's taste. Color is tricky. (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Does anyone know how to configure the application/x-ldraw mime type in Windows XP? This tutorial works for Windows 98 and I think it's close enough for 2000, but naturally M$ made it even harder for XP. (URL) even tried some old command line (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDGLite outputting gobble-dee-goo to terminal window
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(...) Yep, it is cool to have my model as the edit mode screen shot. It is the first model that I created entirely with LDGLite too. I just finished downloading 1.0.0. I'll give you a report as soon as I have had a chance to do some testing. Chris (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yeah, it's because, well, I already have every program (pov, mlcad) set up on my desktop computer, and I don't feel like replacing everything right now. I have installed everything on my other computer, but it's so slow and old that it can't (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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I've been working on TrackDraw, a replacement for Track Designer, for six months or so. I'll talk about it at BrickFest on Saturday. You can read a little about it, and see the BrickFest PowerPoint slides here: (URL) not ready to release the program (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: Star Wars mini models 1st wave render & Orange in part
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(...) Maybe a light source is really close, but the blue seems rather bright. I'll have to try it myself. There's not an official LDraw color for Dark Blue yet, is there? I checked (URL) (...) 484 looks like the right orange to me, based on your (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Very nice. I happen to have 4485 and in my version the two gray cones on both Podracers are dark gray, all Tile 1 x 1 with Clip pieces are gray (two in Sebulba's Podracer look white on your picture), and two Plate 1 x 1 Round on Anakin's (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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<snip> (...) Is there a reason why you would NOT want to use LPub? It is a better way to go if you want to use MegaPOV as you don't have to write any code and just provide the numeric text. -Ahui LDraw Help Desk (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Hi Bernd, Thats why i say 'verry first time that a LDRAW part is created BEFORE the official LEGO part's available'. You can see this half track on the back side of the NEW freight train box (set 4512). For more info read (URL) and following (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Orion, Nice work! Excellent job of lighting in that photo. Having no shadows really gave it a sense of realism, instead of just making it seem like a bunch of models on display. Amazing what changing the spot lightsources to ambient sources will (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) It is dark blue. In fact that's the darkest I can get it wiht LDraw color number since I used dithered Black and Blue. (...) Unfortunately no (...) I used 484. 25 seemed too dark. -Orion (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Looks nice, esp. the AT-ST. Colors seem wrong on the Slave I (I think the blue should be dark blue). Missing the TIE Bomber, though. Are the cylinders for the TIE Bomber up yet? Question related to another topic: what color orange did you use (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Well, between Donald Sutter and myself all the parts, including patterns, used in sets 4484, 4485, 4486, 4487 have been modelled and are offical or on the Parts Tracker. I got bored and made a render of the the Mini's in the same picture: (URL) a (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDraw Color for Maersk Blue?
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(...) Well I find myself doing yet another color comparison. Here's some pictures: (URL) L3P (URL) LDView Left is color 497 (White and Blue dither) Middle is 505 (White and Light Blue dither) Right is 507 (White and Cyan dither) Based on these 2 I'd (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LDraw Color for Maersk Blue?
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Does anyone know the LDraw color index for Maersk Blue? I have looked around but was unable to find it online. Todd's color chart shows it as unknown. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I personally prefer 484 over both 25 & 462, although this may be an optical trick (brain sees a progression, and logically picks the middle color as the correct color). But 462 is defintely too yellowish. John P.S. I FTXed Orion's message. (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Ldglite 1.0
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I couldn't come up with any more excuses, so I've finally released version 1.0 of ldglite. I was holding off until it could pretty much duplicate all the functionality of ldlite, ldraw, and ledit. As far as I can tell it's all there, plus some other (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDGLite outputting gobble-dee-goo to terminal window
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(...) Ok, I might've fixed all of this. If not, I'll have to make a 1.1 release real soon because I couldn't wait any longer. Ldglite has finally reached 1.0. Give the OS X executable a spin and see what I missed. (URL) the way, Tom Bozzo sent me a (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | BrickVista August Update
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Hello all, A New month sees further refinment and improvment to the site along with the addion of a NEW area to BrickVista - Features. The first feature highlights large scale Rover wheels. Originally developed to meet the requirments of my second (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !!
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| | Re: Overlapping polygons etc
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(...) OK, using your example as a guide, I finished off the part. First cut is at (URL) did notice, though, that using LDview, there is a definite line where the studs join the cylinders. I tried rotating the studs by 22.5 degrees to match, but the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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I did a color comparison of the color orange in LDraw: (URL) brick on the left is the current LDraw color 462 The brick in the middle is color 484, the dither of Yellow and Red (the dither of Red and Yellow, 334, is currently defined as Gold Chrome) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Train Track 9V Half Straight
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(...) Yes, good job. But does this exist in real? I never have seen that. CU Bernd (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | PT Update Times (Was: 44567)
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(...) While were on this topic, has there been any progress on making the PT update more often? Not that this is an urgent issue but it would be darn convenient if it were every 15 min or less. -Orion (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Overlapping polygons etc
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(...) The wonderful thing about virtual bricks is that all parts are available in transparent colors -Orion (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: KNEX pieces in Ldraw?
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Hi! Go to (URL) you will find a ready-made Knex library ;). Play well Carsten "Trev" <tjhewer@cogeco.ca> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HJ66sv.GC4@lugnet.com... (...) All (...) could (...) take it (...) trying (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Re: LEdit Command line question [DAT]
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(...) The only way to do this with LEdit is to create your own part file, consisting of one line: 1 16 0 -24 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.dat If you store that file in your ldraw\parts directory, you can use it in LEdit as a part, in place of 3001.dat. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Command line commands in dat parts
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(...) But for the less commonly used tools ... it does nothing. At this time, CMDLINE is really just a comment. Maybe someday, some renderer/editor will make use of it, but not yet. Steve (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 44567
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(...) Actually, files *should* be available for downloading as soon as they are uploaded. The part that happens every hour is updating the rest of the details page -- the image, the votes, the related files, the history list (and the activity log). (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Overlapping polygons etc
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(...) OK, I'm happy to do that. (...) Thanks for the suggestion! But I have another question, which I alluded to originally, but forgot about: What about the horizontal planes going down either side, and slicing through the studs, where they join (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Overlapping polygons etc [DAT]
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(...) I think I missed what you meant earlier. I would not inline the stud for that, Unless it was a major piece of the part. which this is not. (...) Ok, I see it now. My laptop screen was not showing me enough detail. See my example below. I used (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | KNEX pieces in Ldraw?
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I have been wondering lately whether this would work (or if it's legal). All someone has to do is create knex pieces in the DAT format, and then you could have a folder called Knex in the parts window in MLCAD. You could even take it as far as (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Re: Overlapping polygons etc
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Thanks for your replies! (...) OK. I just thought with 24 studs being affected, the large increase in polygons may be a bad idea, but it's better to get it right. (...) AFAIK this part is only available in black, but better safe than sorry. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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the post process functions do not exist in MegaPov 1.0. you need MegaPov 0.7. Gary "Trev" <tjhewer@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:HJ5oJ6.252w@lugnet.com... (...) all of (...) lines, (...) MegaPov 1.0 (...) when (...) unofficial (...) Mega-Pov I (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Train Track 9V Half Straight [DAT]
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HI, Perhaps is this the verry first time that a LDRAW part is created BEFORE the official LEGO part's available. Let's hope that Lego release the half straight 9V track as can be seen on the new freight train back side of the box. This part is (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | The first LDRAW/MLCAD-made car for a computer game
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I've been familiar with making 3D models for the computer game "Midtown Madness 2" for a while now, one of my more popular models being a VW Turbo New Beetle. I go by "Legoguy" at the Midtown Madness 2 Central forums ((URL)) so needless to say I (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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| | How to use Mega-Pov without LPub
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Hello. This is my first post on lugnet. I have searched and read nearly all of the topics about Mega-Pov. I have tried for a long time to get the edge lines, but I just can't seem to get it. I put the line #version unofficial MegaPov 1.0 and then (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Overlapping polygons etc
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(...) I agree. To minimize the amount of time, try making as many small repeated subparts as possible when creating, then inline them when done. This can also be done as a mpd format. I have started doing this in LDAO with the last few parts I have (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | SIGGRAPH Wrap-Up
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The Event Well, all good things must come to an end. We wrapped up the (URL) SIGGRAPH 2003> [1] LEGO display on Thursday afternoon, after an exhausting but fun week of building and hanging out with conference attendees and fellow AFOLs. What an (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) My feeling on the matter is that while overlapping is not wrong, it should be avoided. I know from personal experience how time comsuming this can be. (...) In this case I'd say inline the primitive and trim (...) The problem is that the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Overlapping polygons etc
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Hi all, I'm currently working on (URL) if there's anyone else working on this please let me know, cos I'd rather not ;) But in case there isn't, I have a few questions: 1. Is there an "official" policy on overlapping & intersecting polygons? I have (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2003-02 Parts Update Now Available
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In lugnet.announce, Steve Bliss wrote: ---snip--- (...) --- snippety - doo - dah --- WOW! Thanks to whomever did all the polishing to 30116.dat! I worked on that file for quite a while, but ran out of steam... and now, HERE IT IS! An official LDRAW (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEdit Command line question
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(...) Most of the meta commands are used outside of the original LEdit program. ROTATION CENTER is currently only used in MLCad (I make use of it frequently). If you're not able to use MLCad (I don't see why not), then I suggest making a custom part (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LEdit Command line question
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My ignorance of meta-commands is very nearly complete, so I throw myself on the mercy of my peers here in lugnet.cad.dev Is there a way to "set" the rotation point of a part that will work in LEdit? For example, if I'd like the 2x4 brick 3001.dat to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Command line commands in dat parts
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(...) I forgot to add that this link: (URL) my draft LDraw spec and it contains a list of all the known META commands and links to the website for the programs that use them -Orion (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Command line commands in dat parts
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(...) It's a LDLite META Command. Supposedly the command gives a default color for the part though I've never really seen it in action. For the most commonly used tools (MLCad, LeoCAD, L3P) this command does nothing. -Orion (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 44567
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(...) The Parts Tracker generates new pictures and updates the dependency list on the hour. If there is alot of new submissions it may take a little while. I usually wait 10 minutes or so after the hour to check any new postings, or reviews. Paul (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Command line commands in dat parts
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Can someone tell me what a "CMDLINE -C0" means? And if there is a website that explains what the other commands are and how they are used. Thank you, Paul (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 44567
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(...) Are you sure you couldn't find it? You might what to look again ;) (URL) I just submitted this so you might have to wait a little bit before being able to download. (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | LEGO Digital Designer Review
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LEGO® Digital Desginer Review I got to playing around with LEGO® Digital Designer 1.0 (LDD) this weekend, and thought a review is in order. This is from a college student standpoint. I am not a programmer by trade, but fairly adept at learning to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 44567
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(...) With the new primitives this should be easy to make. Unfortunately I don't have this part but somebody else could make this quickly. CU Bernd (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 44567
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does anyone know if this part is in the works? (URL) can get away without it for some renderings, but i'll need it for instructions. thanks -tk (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) Well this problem my be out of our hands. We've been using SynEdit for our editing component and since this code is not written by us, fixing problems with it is difficult. (...) When code ocmponent that we used for the editor was swapped the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) [SNIP] (...) I’d like to move the triple 3, say, into position 1 or another line. I click and select the 3 numbers + spaceholders. once the triple is selected in 1.4 the cursor becomes an "arrow" and you can drag’n’drop the selection into the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: SIGGRAPH: Too Much Fun for Words!
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(...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What's happened to the MLCAD homepage?
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HIxxMn.t3A@lugnet.com... (...) Hi, just to make things clearer: My web-space is hostet by Inode, a huge private competitor of the Austrian Telekom. This company head a main (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) I don't know what he is using, but I do know that enabling and disabling menu animations can produce completely unexpected side-effects. Assuming your Windows version is recent enough to support menu animations, you might want to switch them (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Photoshop Plugin: Flexify
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I met a guy named Lloyd Burchill at SIGGRAPH, he stopped by the LEGO booth and came to the LDraw Birds of a Feather talk held Tuesday. He wrote a Photoshop plugin that takes an image and wraps it around a globe, then 'LEGOizes' it by outputting (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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(...) That's right, Don. Please see (URL) continued: (...) Yes, it will. Tony said: (...) Good initiative! If the file gets too big or unhandy for POV, I will reconsider the L3PARTS mentioned in (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | POV torus bug fix
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I have made a bug fix to PovRay regarding the torus (used by L3P in the studlogo and in some primitive substitutions). (URL) guy from the POV team mailed me about permission to use my code, but couldn't tell when it will be released. Meanwhile you (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) I'm not sure what you mean by Drag 'N Drop. Could you elaborate more? (...) Again, I not sure what you mean. (...) Hmm... I have a look at it. I pretty much just ported the code from L3Check to Delphi. (...) I'll put this on the todo list. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) hi, thx for making a great tool even better. I really like the winding button and the fakt that now you can select multiple lines and rewind them in one go! working with the old plug-in was a lot of clicking and mouse-hoovering (nontheless thx (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are you making fun of me Kevin? =) I am NOT annoyed at all over Pov 3.1g vs 3.5. In fact I perfer 3.1g vs 3.5, because 3.5 takes longer to render for some reason. The ONLY reason I tolerate 3.5 is because of Jeroen De Hann's Ultra-Realtisc (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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To all those who downloaded and got an '.dll not found' error after install, I've uploaded the fix to this problem. -Orion (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I still have questions, but I've come up with an LPub feature request, too
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(...) Thanks! C++ Builder 5. I've been programming about 30 years now (I'm getting old), but each new environment has its learning curves. I'd much rather program on Unix, but Windows is the lowest common denominator. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub question: how to change angle of view for instructions
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In lugnet.cad, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) Yes, and LPub obviously. A rotation step is like a step, but it also rotates the model about the origin, which has the same effect as changing the camera view angle. Rotation steps are wonderful, (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Good work for a first Windows app. I'm curious what language it's written in. Allan (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Kevin, I'm not very familiar with MLCAD, I use LeoCAD as my main modelling tool. Is the term 'rotation step' something specific to MLCAD? Regardless, I decided to work on this problem again the other night. I opened the original file for (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Question about LDraw 2003-02 Update Part List not showing parts
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(...) Hmm, I just installed the new update and didn't encounter your problem. Just as a stupid check, try running scan parts from MLCad again. If that doesn't work try recreating the parts.lst file by using MKList. If the problem still exists, post (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A couple of questions about LPub
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(...) Try downloading (URL) using it instead, until I get a fix uploaded. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: My Apologies (was: Re: I still have questions...)
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(...) I'm baaack! Winter time is much more conducive to focused LEGO time. (...) Thanks for covering for me Don. If you look in the URL where you got LPub 2.2, I always leave previous versions, so you can take the version before 2.2 to avoid the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: I still have questions, but I've come up with an LPub feature request, too
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(...) This sounds simple and has been asked for before. I just don't know how to do it yet. LPub is my first ever Windows application, and sometimes it made my brain hurt. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A couple of questions about LPub
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Hi Joel, Life nhas gotten in the way of LEGO. This is a bug in LPub 2.2 from when I added callout images. I've got a fixed version on my computer, I hope to upload a new version of LPub in a few days. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub question: how to change angle of view for instructions
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(...) Hi Allen, MLCAD rotation steps are what define the camera angle for building instructions. That way you can reorient the camera at *any* time. I prefer relative rotation steps, but absolutes work as well. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Modeling USB Cables
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(...) Yes. It is the tool, but unfortunatly it has no simple generic mechanism. Consider it on the list. (...) You simply need to scale one of the cylinder primatives to the right side. The electric cable cross section is merely two of those that (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Can you tell he's annoyed? That's ok, at BricksWest he made some comment about being suprised to see me with bricks in my hands. I've had a huge push on pneumatic invention and I go where the creative surges send me. Besides work has been (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: MPD's and DAT's
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(...) Hi Kyle, LPub can both create and split MPD files. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | MBC 0.6.2 observations
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Changed model Pressed "command+s" (menu lit up) Pressed "command+q" I was greeted with a dialogue box that stated that the changes hadn't been saved and asked if I wanted to save them. I dismissed the dialogue box, and quit. I launched MBC 0.6.2 and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2003-02 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Now it is. :) (URL) Steve (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Nope, sorry. I wouldn't rule out someone making a file for the scorpion, but I wouldn't hold my breath, either. It's an unusual part, with a fair amount of detail. Steve (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The preview isn't up yet, but does this update include the scorpion? :) -Dan (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 0.6.2
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(...) QTVR works great now. The rotating parts is nice. I like the axis of rotation. Now we need it to snap to 10 or 15 degree rotations when dragging with the mouse. Multiple part rotation doesn't work. See my robot's left lower leg: (URL) kinda (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: What's happened to the MLCAD homepage?
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(...) Its available at : (URL) just checked, and it's available. Regards, Ludo (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Mac Brick CAD 0.6.2
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Mac Brick CAD 0.6.2 (Carbon) is now available for download at <link (URL) Improvements include Improved model rendering 'Power User' shortcuts Improved QTVR exporting Additionally, the source code is also available in a seperate file at the above (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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