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He's cute! :) The one thing I would do is make the antlers more outward instead of upword. I'd also make them longer. -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM using IP (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. is somewhat like trying to eat >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) Looks like a very interesting creation, i would love to see it actually rendered now. The horns look a little supsect though. Would the 1x1 tile with clip actually be able to hold up a 1x2 tile with a 2x2 corner without tipping over? Seems (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Pretty nifty cartoon moose. Real ones tend to be less wide, I think (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, FTX)
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Hello, this is my last 2-hours CAD creation: A moose. (URL) See more at (URL) What do you think of it? Leg Godt -Sven (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Generator, Primitives, and Part questions
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(...) Nope, and I guess you now know why... (...) The current updates page omits the two most recent updates! That's not good... A thousand thanks, Orion! You are the LDraw-Man, Baby! -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) The above URL is correct but I went back and reread your post and all of the primitives you listed are already official, they were released with the last parts update. Did you download the last update? If not, here's the URL to the 2003-2 (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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(...) This is basically a neat recolor of existing stock sets, ne? recolors are neat and this is a fairly sharp fantasy scheme (I can't see using white doors in real life though), yes, but I guess I like MOCs better. The MOC engine (are the two (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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(...) yup, you're not alone. I've posted a few trains here, not a single response. Luckily, I ran them at shows, and got alot of oohs and ahhs. for instance: (URL) 1 response. (URL) response from Joe who has seen them live before. These were not a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Generator, Primitives, and Part questions
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(...) I think partsref uses a perl script, but you may need a UNIX OS of some sort to run it on. :) You might be able to rig up a batch file to do it with ldlite or the ldglite offscreen renderer on Windows. Something like this: FOR %%F IN (*.dat) (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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/snip/ (...) Thanks for the suggestion, I will have to try that out for the rounded wedge pieces. As for my rant before, I am chalking that up to over reacting after a few rough days of life... Thanks for the encouragement. (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Generator, Primitives, and Part questions
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(...) Where again please (URL)? I am going to this page: (URL) and you cannot find these files there. Of course, I cannot see why these files are not there. Also, the currently downloadable zipfile of the unofficial parts is missing many, many of (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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(...) Another quick suggestion: Run you the POV file the L3P generate through the program found here: (URL) does a fairly good job of smoothing the parts that should be curved -Orion (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Generator, Primitives, and Part questions
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(...) These are on the LDraw.org Parts Tracker (PT). In general, it's ok to use these just be aware that they may change. Typically the only change these undergo is a winding swap. (...) I checked the PT and it looks like this hasn't been made yet. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Generator, Primitives, and Part questions
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Hey Y'all: 1. Is there a render generator that will automatically generate renders of all the parts in a directory in a specific color at a specific angle? I seem to remember someone posting about this before; and it would seem that such a tool must (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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(...) I've had train pictures posted for me before.By another AFOL. And did not seem to get much of a responce. But , I then noticed that the veiw number,on my train picture had gone up & up. You have about 1300 veiws , so you're not been ignored. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Work in progress - station scene
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I've put some images of my CAD work in progress, typical British urban/suburban (URL) station set in a cutting> on Brickshelf This intended to be a setting for rolling stock similar to (URL) Ben's bridge> but with the added advantage of the enclosed (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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(...) That's what I was afraid of... That is not how I handled it in the program. So, now this should apply for any segment files, right? 1-16,1-8,3-16,1-4,7-48, etc? If so, I will have to rethink how to calculate those points. now... this brings us (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, FTX)
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| | Re: Stud5 and type 5 lines at edge of cylinders.
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts...rimitives, Paul Easter wrote: ... "mess" ... deleted :-) (...) have handled this incorrecly, I need to know so I can try to fix the (...) this page; (...) point hanging out in space should be tangent to the cylinder, that (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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(...) Dude don't be disheartened. It has been kinda quite around here since the DDoS attack on Lugnet. But I have to say that I liked your model and would definately like to see more. If you post was intended to elicit response from others then it (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Stud5 and type 5 lines at edge of cylinders.
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(...) Ok... I'm a bit lost is all this mess. I need to know where we stand on this issue. I have a Primitive Generator program written with Visual Basic available for people to download and use. If I have handled this incorrecly, I need to know so I (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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(...) You know, I am really starting to see a trend here. Since I never seem to get any responses, I think this will be my last post. I guess I would rather be ignored than spammed and feathered at least... (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Numbers Report - 1 October 2003
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Section Totals 048 certified files. 284 files need admin review. 436 files need more votes. 563 have uncertified subfiles. 161 held files. Total Files: 1,492 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2003-10-01 - 048 / 284 / 436 / 563 / 161 (1,492) 2003-09-26 - (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Postscript output
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(...) I'll second that. Moreover, the EPS and PDF output (in addition to 'plain' PostScript) apparently supported by gl2ps would also be very nice. --Tom (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) If we require (by informal convention at least) authors to have the part they author, I do think there's merit in requiring at least one (or two) reviewer(s) to have the part they author as well. So I think this is a good restriction although (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I agree that the way subfiles are handled is a bit klunky, but I can't think of a better way to handle them. (...) Yes, I think that we should shift away from holding unused primitives. A simple novote would suffice or maybe a "Certified but (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I like this, sort of. While I thinks it's a good idea, the overall effect would be to lower throughput since not everyone has an expansive LEGO collection. Isn't that part of the reason why some started using virtual LEGO in the first place? (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | BIP Updates and contest news
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All, Just a quick note on some BIP updates! First, let me congratulate Shaun Sullivan once again on the selection of his Rebel Hoth Turret. A great design that was chosen by BIP users as the latest featured model! Great work Shaun! Second, we are (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Introducing JetRed
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After completing a few renderings of Wayne Sardullo's box car, I decided to rehash some of my old train creations, and ended up with a whole new train line. Welcome to JetRed: (URL) of the engines are MOCs, one is a recoloring of the metroliner (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I can think if a few things that might help throughput (I'm sure that most of these have been discussed before): 1) Create a new review attribute "compared to physical part" (which could apply to an admin or regular review), which certifies (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I think something like this (or just releasing unused primitives) would be useful. There is a clear advantage to "locking in" primitives: they are designed to be used by multiple authors; if they are not properly examined and said to be good, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I'm opposed to the [x] number of votes equals an admin vote for a couple of reasons: - I envision a group of reviewers getting together the push a few low quality or controversial parts through at the last minute. It really wouldn't be that (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 8461 Williams F1 Team Racer Ldraw File
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(...) Hmmm... You're right. They're backwards from the way the Silver Champion is modelled. Such a small change that I missed it when I updated the Silver Champion model to the F1 Racer model. I've upload a corrected model -Orion (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Detail on curved surfaces?
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(...) I see what you want to do, but cannot help you. You may want to try the newsgroups at povray.org, perhaps povray.newusers or povray.general The people there are very experienced and very helpful. /Lars (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: 8461 Williams F1 Team Racer Ldraw File
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(...) Looks great. Only thing is, the mirrors are backwards. (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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Thanks for the feedback. First of all, to my mind, the number of files processed and released has no bearing on the issue I raised, that there are *several* files that have been sitting on the Parts Tracker for *well* over a year (almost *two* (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) But how can you certify a part that uses subparts, if the subparts might change? Maybe the orientation of the file will change, and then the parent part would have to be modified? Or am I missing something? (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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In general, I agree with Orion that having the parts tracker is much better than not having it, and that the main problem is that there are too few active reviewers. Just as a reminder to those reviewers out there, look at the parts queue, which (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Mac Brick CAD 2.0b1
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Following some months of work I have now blaced Mac Brick CAD 2.0b1 on my .Mac site: (URL) 2.0b1 is the renaming of the Cocoa version so as to avoid confusion with the Carbon / Classic versions. Two seperate installations are available: For existing (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Postscript output
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(...) Wow, this looks very cool! I'd love to see it implemented in an LDraw-based program. :-) -Tim (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Postscript output
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I know the question of postscript output has been tossed around in the past a few times. Is it still something people want? Because it looks like someone has finally implemented a library that could do the trick for ldraw programs that render with (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help a guy out...
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went ahead and made a mod to this design and made a version for my lug. (URL) for the file wayne... -tk (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Help a guy out...
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just in case anyone missed it... here is a url to some stuff i did for wayne on this one... (URL) this took me 3 days and 17 hours on a pIII 800 with full radiosity and lgeo parts. this was fun model to render and i'm currently working on a NELUG (...) (21 years ago, 28-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Variants of Wheel Holder Brick (Wa: Rubber Colors Needed)
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(...) There is also white, clear, red/black (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) snip (...) I couldn't agrre with this more. Having the parts tracker allows users access to a greater number of parts than ever before. Using these parts becomes stricly the user's decision and therefore risk. I'm sure there are those people (...) (21 years ago, 27-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I have a couple of thought on this: 1.) The numbers don't support your claims. In 2002, the first full year of the PT, we released over 800 files, over 500 of which were new parts, this is more than the years 1998, 1999, and 2000 combined. Not (...) (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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There are some files on the Parts Tracker that have been sitting there for quite some time (well over a year). Here's just a small group... These Roadsigns were initially uploaded in October 2001: (URL) their subfiles were not uploaded until (...) (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Numbers Report - 26 Sept. 2003
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Section Totals 48 certified files. 252 files need admin review. 460 files need more votes. 557 have uncertified subfiles. 155 held files. Total Files: 1,472 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2003-09-26 - 048 / 252 / 460 / 557 / 155 (1,472) 2003-09-21 - (...) (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MLCad blacked out views problem
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I do, but I have encountered similar problems in the past. Do you have an ATI or Creative Labs video card? They tend to require fresh drivers after a directX upgrade... (...) Joe Greene UNIX Systems, Network and IT Specialist a.k.a. Guesseppi (...) (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: TrackDraw number formats
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(...) Although used to be aware this could be twelve point something as most germans are often exposed to english text formats . . . writing this on a cheque would definitly be read as twelve thousand threehundred and forty five. The point is used (...) (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MLCad blacked out views problem
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(...) Yes, with no problems. Sounds like you got a problem with Windows that, by sheer coincidence, manifested itself at the same time you installed MLCad. (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Variants of Wheel Holder Brick (Wa: Rubber Colors Needed)
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(...) Niels, There is also a Black, Clear, Clear Here's a pic of 6 of them (I'm missing the White/Clear/Red) (URL) have several such variations pictured in my Comparisons gallery on Brickshelf: (URL) that helps, Clark Visit my Vintage Parts pages, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MLCad blacked out views problem
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I'm beginning to wonder if Direct X 9 is the problem. Although I can't say this problem started immediately after I upgraded to Direct X 9 it was definitly around the same time that the blackout problem started. Anyone else have Direct X 9 installed (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Help a guy out...
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(...) Please read this article about POV-Ray 3.5 (I assume you using 3.5): (URL) the directions to fix the undocumented error in the POV Distribution. This will fix most of the problems you encounter. -Orion (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Help a guy out...
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I wanted to get this out earlier but, have been busy. I want to thank the hand full of you guys that took time out to give that file a Render. I still can't believe how well it came out. I also found a few goofs in my model but, nothing that can't (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Possible Bug?
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Joe, the hidden attribute is never saved. So when you save such a hidden group, only the group itself is saved, not the hidden attribute. When you reload the model now, you will see the group again. When you ungroup the "group" its just split up (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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How about dropping the AA ? So far, IIRC, no-one has ever used it. If another value than the default (0x80?) is wanted, it can be put into the MATERIAL section: transparent=25% The we will use the familiar LDraw color codes for both EdgeColor and (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | MLCad blacked out views problem
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I recently upgraded to version 3 of MLCad and I'm having a problem were all the views have turned black. It appears to be some sort of graphics problem, because the parts preview window is also blacked out, and all the colours in the default pallet (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDraw to RenderMan conversion
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(...) Very cool! There was a guy from DreamWorks at SIGGRAPH who was looking for something like this. I'll be sure to pass it along! -Tim (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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(...) Ok, I was agreeing with your proposal to make it optional and relegate it to the end of the line with the MATERIAL properties. And hopefully it'll never be used, except possibly to reproduce a texture that's stippled in real life like the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | LDraw to RenderMan conversion
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Hi there! Neither do I rendering nor am I enemy of POV-ray, still posting this: I've found an LDraw to RenderMan convertor here:(URL) it might be useful for, let's say, 0.5% of you ;) bye rob (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Part Renames
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(...) The Castle Walls (including the newly LDraw one) need to be renamed to be Panels. Also, the names for minifig parts (of which there are many) are a great mystery to me. E.g., Minifig Castle Helmet with Chin-Guard was recently officialized, but (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Variants of Wheel Holder Brick (Wa: Rubber Colors Needed)
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(...) You mean part 7049 ? I know the following variants: (Brick, Bottom, Shafts) White, Red, Red White, Clear, Clear White, Clear, Black White, Clear, Red Black, Milkywhite, Red Black, Clear, Red Several wheels (spoked and studded, regular and (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Renames
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(...) This part is not only used in trains: 371 Tipper Truck (URL) 662 Dumper Lorry (URL) 856 Bulldozer (URL) 8848 Power Truck (URL) Niels Owning 2 in red and one in yellow (sets 171 and 662) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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(...) Actually, I want to keep dithering. (...) Shrug. I dunno. (...) I'm OK with AARRGGBB, if everyone agrees with that. I'd recommend that programs recognize a variety of semi-standard formats, specifically: #AARRGGBB 0xAARRGGBB AARRGGBB (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Variants of Wheel Holder Brick (Wa: Rubber Colors Needed)
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(...) Witch one of them? I know by three variants only by heart and with some research, I will probably find more... :) (...) I think it would be great for Bricklink and such purposes. /Tore (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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(...) So far it is worth less... ;-) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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(...) No it's not. If the render is old and not updated then it will never the ldconfig.ldr file anyhow, so the dithered colors in ledit and ldraw will never change. This is for the future. (...) That's still true, but you should be able to replace (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Part Renames
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(...) I think Bracket 3 x 2 x 2 would be the best alternative. Keep the space seat line, just use it a keyword. And although I sure it has been mentioned before, I think that all theme names should be relagated to keywords and not as parts (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rubber Colors Needed (Was: Color Definition for Dull Silver)
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(...) I seem to have a few of these white (sort of a chalky gray-white, in my collection) tires from the early 70's, but I have no idea which of my early sets included them. I always figured that the white color was simply a sign of degraded rubber. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Rubber Colors Needed (Was: Color Definition for Dull Silver)
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OR... We could pick up the old 0 TEXTURE meta-command? No need for new volour numbers? (URL) for replying to myself) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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(...) It's needed for backwards compability. Using an old/not updated renderer shouldn't make the rendering look awkward. But using a newer renderer should make it better. So is the case with grey rubber, black rubber, and electric conductor. When (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Rubber Colors Needed (Was: Color Definition for Dull Silver)
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(...) I saw that link at Brickshelf, too, and was very surprised. Never heard of that those tyres came in white. Samsonite maybe? I'm tempted to buy a couple just to satisfy my curiousity. Rubber belts have come in many colours, (URL) we need many (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Part Renames
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(...) Ahhh, I see. How about Train Tipper End -Orion (who's getting really annoyed at the high server load errors) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) **Warning: Obvious Political Joke** Well, duh. Tipper is the former would-be First Lady. **End of Obvious Political Joke** Also, I'm a tipper if the service is good. Dave! Wouldn't you like to be a tipper, too? (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) On that note, let me toss in my $2. I agree with Cary and Steve that dithering should go. Who needs it? The renderer should be able to convert from true color to dithered colors if the display is underpowered. If you must have it for some (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Part Renames
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Quoting Orion Pobursky <orion@pobursky.com>: (...) Something that tips? Like... the yellow car in set 2126 - those ends, are the ends of the tipper. (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I believe this is a tipper: (URL) It's a container that is designed to tip over to unload. (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Renames
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(...) What's a tipper? Someone clue me in please. I feel that if I'm confused as to what a tipper is supposed to be, then others may also be just as confused (or maybe I'm delusional ;-) ) -Orion (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A quick clarification on this. My post above was poorly worded in that it implies that this number definition was already chisled in to stone (thanks for pointing this out Steve). My intention with this pat was to open the idea up to (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Whatever the renames are, if we could make sure the former name is in the keywords, so that it's still searchable? Ie: if i search for "space" and am looking for the old "space handlebars" I'd like to be able to, without having to remember that 1) (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) [snip] (...) Yes, as soon as the format is settled. /Lars (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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A flood of BFC'd part has been submitted to the PT (Thanks John) and I like to take an opportunity to discuss the renames of some of the parts to more intuitive names: 30031 Space Handlebars to Bar Handlebars or just Handlebars with a 0 CATEGORY Bar (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Romine wrote: snip (...) snip If you are still interested in ideas for a what part to tackle next, I have several requests. The first is for part 30274 - Brick 2 x 3 x 3 with Cutout and Lion Head. I asked about this item several (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Like in sets (just listed a few, not all) 331 (URL) 332 (URL) 333 (URL) 334 (URL) 335 (URL) 371 (URL) (I've got 333 and 335 myself, and since I like to make LDraw copies of sets I have, I need the grey rubber color :-) The link to bricklink (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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[Not really a .cad.ray question, but it's a gray area, so I'm leaving the cross-post] (...) You might want to visit Peeron (or Clark's color pages), there is more than one color that fits your description. Apologies if you grabbed the color name (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Yes the old style tyres (URL) and (URL) definitely came in light grey. ROSCO (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) thoughts. - Are there any grey rubber parts? I can't think of any off the top of my head. - Maybe color 376? I definately want a number defined for this color since it is common enough to make using chrome unacceptible. (...) would make coming (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) thoughts. - Are there any grey rubber parts? I can't think of any off the top of my head. - Maybe color 376? I definately want a number defined for this color since it is common enough to make using chrome unacceptible. (...) would make coming (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) L3P has since January 20, 2001 used color 375 for gray rubber. (URL) special colors: 256: 256 + 16* 0 + 0 Black rubber 375: 256 + 16* 7 + 7 Gray rubber 494: 256 + 16*14 + 14 Electrical contacts (yellow) 383: 256 + 16* 7 + 15 Chrome 503: 256 + (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I'm basing this color off of the color listed here: (URL) Don (...) Sorry, this is/was not intentional. -Orion (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: numbers report - 21 Sept. 2003
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Correcting a typo... Sorry... Section Totals 40 certified files. 235 files need admin review. 457 files need more votes. 552 have uncertified subfiles. 151 held files. Total Files: 1,435 For comparison: 2003-09-10 - 040 / 155 / 474 / 520 / 156 (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Is this the same as the Peeron FlatSilver or DkFlatSilver colors? (URL) is it something not listed there? If it's not, which parts use it so those of us using opengl can get an idea of the specular qualities? Don PS. Why does all the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Pity we couldn't use it for grey rubber. Do we have a number for any other rubber color than black? Yellow and yellow is electric. (Yes I know, I suggested it...) Do we have any other special colors using the method of dither a color with (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Based on some discussion off Lugnet, it has been decided that the color number for Dull (Brushed) Silver will be 375 (dithered color 7 and color 7). Michael said he'll update MLCad and I'm adding this to the lugnetcolors.inc file used by Jeroen's (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Could someone please list any 3d formats (preferably popular ones) they know of that can be edited using a word processor (and is human-readable)? Since there aren't a whole lot of 3d file import utilities that convert to ldr, I'd be willing to have (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) IrfanView does batch image processing and is available for free on windows. -Mike (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Possible Bug?
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I was working on a model, grouped a batch together and hid them (so they wouldn't keep getting in my way while I was trying to work on a separate segment of this rather complex model.. and I had to go crash .. so I saved.. I load it back up and (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | numbers report - 21 Sept. 2003
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Section Totals 40 certified files. 235 files need admin review. 457 files need more votes. 552 have uncertified subfiles. 151 held files. Total Files: 1,485 For comparison: 2003-09-10 - 040 / 155 / 474 / 520 / 156 (1,345) 2003-09-21 - 040 / 235 / (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: What's the demand???????
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(...) As someone who has modeled many parts I don't own (though not in LDraw), I found this comment puzzling.. Why unethical? May I also echo the requests for "in progress" or "wanted" lists? I assign my CAD students parts to model, and would rather (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: linux ldraw users
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(...) Thinking about it, I think Don's probably right. In addition, I agree with Jack that most users aren't going to want to have to compile something themselves. I actually have a binary distrubution of the Linux version in addition to the source (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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