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(...) Thanks, Todd (and No Starch) for doing this! :-) -Tim (21 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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The publisher of the popular new book Virtual LEGO: The Official LDraw.org guide to LDraw Tools for Windows, by Tim Courtney, Steve Bliss, and Ahui Herrera, has authorized LUGNET to distribute a sample chapter of the book as a (URL) PDF> document. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.books, FTX) !
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(...) Hmm... That's odd. We'll look into this. -Orion (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I just tested Amazon.com's new "Search inside this book" feature (which provides a cool new full-text search across the content of its books) by doing a search for "LUGNET". I found a few references in various books that I hadn't yet known about. In (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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For the 4th time I downloaded exactly the same ldrawunf.zip. Has the ldrawunf.zip been updated since 2003-09? Mic (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I need to get off my butt and pass along some info so the Australian clubs can bulk order them. Though as I recall, I'm waiting for something to be finalized from the publisher - I'll check up on that. The Australian distributor ordered very (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Re: Another LPub question, this time about nested callouts
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(...) :^) Caveate Emptor! Kevin (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I found the ucogv.mpd example needs two additional files to work properly: arrow.dat - to draw the arrows um.ldr - to substitute for the complete micromotor in parts list image. Also you need to set minimum camera distance to say 750. With (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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hi folks, on my way home from legoworld 03 I did a little shopping at legoland germany buying, among other things, this legoland exclusive: (URL) comes in a bare plastic bag, like the ones we use to store vegetables in a refrigerator. no (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.general)
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(...) Someone did create the OMR code a while back, and it still needs to be integrated into the site by Rebecca, our PostNuke guru... -Tim (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad)
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(...) This solution is fine by me and if you want to have the files on you server that's OK as well. I just wanted a method of giving credit to the models authors. -Orion (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad)
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Tim, Yep there are some duplicates and to be honest, I'm not even sure how many duplicates there are yet. I didn't want to start deleting things with out having some criteria for deciding which version was the best from an OMG standpoint. I'm still (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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Orion Pobursky wrote: I can do that if you'd rather Orion : ) I was hoping to save the authors some bandwidth and save myself the hastle of trying to keep external links up to date. I am planning to make the user interface display the author, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Not that I know of and a quick search didn't find anything. (...) Wow, this is a big question. Basically you have to become familiar with the LDraw file specification. Read these 2 documents: (URL) above give you a quick run through of how to (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I like the idea but as an author of some of the models in your collection I really would prefer a link to my website instead of just a collection of anonymous files. -Orion (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad)
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(...) ----- snippety - doo - dah ----- Hey, I think this is a great idea! Unofficial is always better than nothing at all, at least in my book. I have downloaded all the files from the UMR and plan on reviewing them very soon. However, just from (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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Hi! I'm quite new to LDraw modelling, and have already recreated some models electronically, however some of them have a Technic Control Center built into them. I was wondering if: 1. A Control Center Part existed (even if not finished). 2. If not - (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Here is a working example of nested callouts. Its been on brickshelf for a long time, but all my spare time has been consumed by non-LEGO adventures. (URL) got these results with LPub: (URL) the callouts are not nested, there is no different (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, based on that, I think Virtual Lego is the one for me. I checked availability here in Australia at the local book shop today. There is one copy in the whole of Australia, and it's SEVENTY NINE DOLLARS!! (about US$55). I ended up ordering (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Hi, fellow LPub enthusiast! I, too, have spent a considerable time trying to get LPub multi-level callouts working. The problem was trying to follow the script that was given at: (URL) generated "parameter incorrect" and other dreadful errors. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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