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(...) Well, you'd need to install something in order to use SVG or Java, too. Anyway, LD2VR doesn't look like it's finished. (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | New Part: Modulex\plt0116.dat - Modulex (R) Plate 1 x 16 [DAT]
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Modulex "plates" are half the height of Modulex bricks. When dealing with clone brands, I called parts with this height relation semi-bricks. But I don't think the are any plates 1/3 of a brick in Modulex. So I think we can call them Plates. What do (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: some experiments with HDRI and PovRay
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(...) Doing some Googling myself revealed a whole plethora of HDR programs: (URL) what I got out of the page I read, Luminance is the originator of the format. -Orion (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | LDraw Organization now allows individual membership
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In preparation for the upcoming LDraw.org Steering Committee elections, LDraw.org now allows you to become a member of the organization. By registering as a member, you will have voting privileges for elections of the organization's Steering (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
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(...) Googling... Seems to mean 'High Dynamic Range' (URL) a patched version of POVRay - MLPov (URL) still don't know what to use it for, though... -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: some experiments with HDRI and PovRay
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(...) FULL STOP!!!!! sry for double-posting, but it IS possible to use HDRI in POV-Ray. You have to have MLPOV! (Patch for POv-Ray 3.5) Further information: (URL) ask me if they can be treated like normal POV-Files. I don't even have MLPov... (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hm I have googled a bit and found out that HDRI is a shader for 3DSMAX, which is a little bit to extreme for me. This program is so strong, that it flattens me. (*cough*) The images are really cool, but it requires much more knowledge of the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: some experiments with HDRI and PovRay
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(...) Okay, here's a comment: I like it. :) I don't know anything about HDRI, so can you explain how you integrate it with a POV file? Also, would it be possible to put one of your pov files containing some hdri stuff in your BrickShelf folder? Good (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Pardon my ignorance but what's an hdr file? I couldn't find any mention of hdr in the POV-Ray documentation (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi everyone, I just started some experiments with povray and .hdr-files. You can see some of the results in my brickshelf gallery: (2 URLs) Calculation of such pictures is much faster than with the radiosity includes from digitalbricks and others. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) I suspect it's that download that scares people off. -Mike (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I'm having a hard time finding any recent info on it. It also looks like one would have to install something in order to use it (which I'm trying to stay away from). I talked about it with a friend of mine over the weekend and he thinks he (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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Or vrml. There's a converter called LD2VR. (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) Well, I'd like the format more if browsers displayed them, by default. (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) Yes, they are. They might work as a stand-in, though. ++Lar (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Please, can the curator for .cad update the BlockCAD link?
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On the page (URL) there is a link to my BlockCAD program (Thank you!). This needs to be updated, as the site has moved to: (URL) you, -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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(...) I like the LDSDF_SKIP bit-flag but I don't think we need to add a parameter to to LDrawIniComputeRealDirs(). Here's why. The parameter would make it all or nothing for skipped dirs. I'd rather toggle the LDSDF_SKIP bit-flags of some of the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New unofficial LeoCAD parts update
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Philippe, Thank you so much!! you can not imagine how grateful I am (finally I can complete my 16-wide pirate ship MOC). Your update seems to work flawlessly, so two thumbs up! One thing, It's probably the best if these updates are (also) available (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) Hi. These are not the BBB-wheels of Ben Fleskes. Brickshelf-"Ben" is Reinhard "Ben" Beneke. I think the wheels are different. Ronald (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Numbers Report - 19 March 2004
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Stats for Unofficial Files 132 certified files. 352 files need admin review. 361 files need more votes. 504 have uncertified subfiles. 155 held files. Total Files: 1,504 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2004-03-19: 132 / 352 / 361 / 504 / 155 (1,504) (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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"Lars C. Hassing" <sp.lars@am.hassings.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HusLAn.8Cz@lugnet.com... (...) <SNIP> (...) LDrawIniComputeRealDirs (...) SkipSkipDirs (...) I don't realy care but IncludeSkipDirs sounds reasonable. (...) the (...) stead. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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They have been up for a while (URL) Steve (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Revolutions?
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(...) I don't know if you saw this: (URL) other words, I have a render farm. I would be willing to render stuff for your project. James (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | BBB wheels
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Has nyone made or is anyone working in an Ldraw part for the BBB train wheel? Obviously itwould always remain an unofficial part but I can see a lot of train CAD people using the part if it were made. Tim (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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(...) I would love to see a connection database for the LDraw system With that we might be able to make a simulator. This could be handy for test driving ideas as well as good for animations. Kevin (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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(...) I like the idea of connections. I think it's really neat and would like to see it realised. I support asking LSC to look into this further. But I fear that requiring authors to submit a .cdl file might be increasing the barriers to entry for (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Revolutions?
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(...) I am, but I've already begun...I have a 3:14 movie (done completely with LDRAW tools and POV-Ray stuff) over a third done. Orion said: (...) Someday I'll have a renderfarm, and then I'm going to put it online and make it available for anybody (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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dear LSC members, LEGO Digital Designer (URL) has only one feature I really miss in the LDraw system: the snap-in behavior. guys, I'd like to ask you - no I beg you down on my knees - to define a working standard for a connection database. there is (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Revolutions?
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(...) I'm really don't have the time for development but since I have a fairly advanced setup I will offer the use of my computer for rendering. -Orion (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Revolutions?
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At the moment nearly all pov-ray animations are cyclic and shorter than 10 secs. My idea: A short sketch/movie (~1.5min) or a music-video may be a revolution and may also wake up more enthusiasts, who start to animate too. Such a project requires 2 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Walker from 8891 Animated
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(...) check out the tutorials @ (URL) . They start with simple animations like movement or rotaion. (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Walker from 8891 Animated
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How in the WORLD did you do that???!!!! (animate it) -brickmodder (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Part 973px66 - Info Needed
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Hello everyone, Has anyone made the Studios stunt guy into a LDRAW file? I need him for a project I'm finally CADding, but I can't find a digital version. Thanks muchly. -Stefan- (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Walker from 8891 Animated
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Okay... If those two are reacting like that, it have to put the files on my webspace.. :D [773kB] (3 URLs) to understand the file: The Model consists of the following subparts: Assembled.ldr +Body | +-Main | | +-Main_Gear1-5 | +-Left_Arm | | (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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(...) OK, <SKIP> will be parsed into a bit-flag LDSDF_SKIP and LDrawIniComputeRealDirs will have an extra parameter to include/exclude <SKIP> dirs: KeepSkippedDirs, IncludeSkipDirs, DontSkipDirs, ExcludeSkipDirs, SkipSkipDirs - please come up with a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Walker from 8891 Animated
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(...) That is way cool! I realy would be interested in see the POV/INI file. -Orion (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Walker from 8891 Animated
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AWESOME I like the shutter of the camera. How about some more. Steve (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Walker from 8891 Animated
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Well... 8 years ago I didn't own enough parts to build it... Now I do! (virtually, but who cares?) The Facts: -20 Frames 640x480 packed in flashanimation -5 hours and 6 pages (A4) for the trigonometric equations -I used Ldraw for designing and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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"Lars C. Hassing" <sp.lars@am.hassings.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hun57C.1xM8@lugnet.com... (...) four functions (...) data, (...) dirs. (...) model. (...) those with <MODELDIR>. (...) remaining loading of parts. (...) dirs) Don mentioned that (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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"Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...telia.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HuoL3w.LHF@lugnet.com... (...) system (...) Which would mean, we will have to support ini files in uni-code, which isn't a problem either, but allows funny characters (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Classic Space mobile radar [DAT]
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a classic space mobile radar. - Damien 0 FILE space_mobile_radar.dat 0 Classic Space Mobile Radar 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 1 256 18 86 -100 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4288.DAT 1 256 -58 86 -100 0 0 1 0 1 0 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Multiple MovedTo Arguments Really Legal?
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(...) Thanks for finding that. I have submitted a fix to the Parts Tracker. Chris (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Multiple MovedTo Arguments Really Legal?
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(...) There's also 3846p43.dat ~Moved to 3846p45, 3846p46 (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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(...) By modifying ldraw.ini or setting an env var. Why would you want to enable a <SKIP> dir from within a program? (...) I did notice, but forgot it, sorry. %USERPROFILE% or $HOME for <HOMEDIR>, OK fine with me. (...) Yes, I actually thought of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) The NTFS (NT, XP, W2000) file system uses unicode. I don't know if that matters as long as you are using a western alphabet, but on a Chinese system for example, your file names can of course be in Chinese. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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(...) <Snip ideas> Here are a few random thoughts on those ideas... I haven't thought about it enough to decide if I have a preference on the format of the UnknownFlags. Either way seems ok to me. If directories marked with <SKIP> are excluded from (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clikit file naming
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(...) part in the entire Clikits library, I made extensive use of it in my recent "Inn of the Fallen Angels" (...) I think this is a great question. My gut reaction would be yes, we should. It has studlike properties, and it tends to appear in a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 31101 Request
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First post to the cad groups I think...... I am working on an important project and need the following dat. I checked all the normal places and no luck. If someone has it or is willing to work on it PLEASE let me know. I am willing to offer credit (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | LDrawIni API (was: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths)
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Here are my ideas of an API for accessing the LDrawIni settings. The basic idea is that it should be very simple to use, there are only four functions and a data structure declaration. First you call LDrawIniGet to read and initialize all relevant (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clikit file naming
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(...) Thanks for your comments - the names are just working titles for the present. I was really looking for opinions on whether the connector should be called a stud (as you do) and should have the inbuilt LDraw support for studs. I'm not sure the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Hey, this reminded me of something. Is there some flavor of Windows that uses nasty 16 bit unicode filenames? That could get quite messy. I think the unix world is moving toward UTF-8 which sounds a bit more sane, and should work with either (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Well, I still compile a 16-bit DOS version of L3P for a few users (2%), but I think the coming version 1.4 will be the last. The possibilities when having the full tree in memory are too tempting. We can recommend the few hardcore DOS users to (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clikit file naming
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(...) it anyway. :-) All three of these parts are what TLC calls "Icons". (URL) (I think) should be named accordingly. The current name of clikit1 is particularly unfortunate because Clikits parts include at least one (small) human-sized ring. An (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Actually I wasn't thinking about long filenames, just the slashes. I can never remember which one is called backslash so I probably wasn't all that clear. Maybe we should just *recommend* using the DOS style slashes as the directory separator, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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<SNIP (...) sounded (...) INI (...) Ok, Ok ... I agree! No problem with that, I just thought I could convice you for the different side of the river ;-> The solution is not beautyfull, but I can live with it. Michael (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HuLIG9.210E@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) Yes, I prefere that too. (...) No I don't think so, there will be no old programm reading this file, or the section in it. I think there (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub Question
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(...) Lets make sure we're clear here. For part list images and BOM, you do not have control over orthographic. LPub forces it, and it works with Part Images Minimum Camera Distance. I'll test drive Assembly Images+orthographic+min camera distance. (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Clikit file naming
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I have just uploaded to the Parts Tracker three potentially useful Clikit parts. All part names are temporary. The female/female (ring) connector (URL) male/male (bead) connector (URL) possibly useful female/female connector (URL) make use of a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) [testing...] WinXP with NTFS does not let you use < or > in filenames when renaming a file. You could probably generate such a name in plain old DOS - not from the command line interface, but by calling the file operations from a program. At (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | King Kong (demo for parts 4132.dat and 4133.dat) [DAT]
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(URL) Damien 0 Author: damien.guichard@wanadoo.fr 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG -2 1 1 4 40 -208 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4132.dat 1 14 10 -199 4.5 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4133.dat 1 4 -40 -208 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4132.dat 1 14 -70 (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Most *nix file systems allow those characters in filenames - just enclose them in quotes. Dunno about Windows. I just tried it on NT and it didn't like it, but I didn't try very hard. ROSCO (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) They could be encoded. This is how Mac OS X pref files are encoded: <sometag>/Path/>&...</sometag> (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Ok, you're starting to catch on to the versatility of extra tags, but don't stop at just one more tag at the end of the line. Allow as many as the user wants. I think <Unofficial> and <Parts> should be separate tags. Just like I know you want (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Yes, I'd prefer numbers and equals signs. All the functions I use to read INI files require this format (or something similar. e.g. <string> <separator> <string>) -Orion (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Ah, but we've already covered this ground. In addition to the registry functions, there are also Windows functions for reading and writing to INI files in the format with the = sign. Search in this thread for getprivateprofilestring and/or (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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I tend to agree on both points. I would like to point out that primitives is mis-spelled in the example. Let's make sure that the official way has the correct spelling ;-). --Travis Cobbs (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Multiple MovedTo Arguments Really Legal?
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"Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hu5oLv.Eu4@lugnet.com... (...) me (...) But this is just a workarround to avoid any message. It won't solve the problem. I could imagine, doing a repetative check for (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: V3.00 Bug? / Beauty Error?
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Hi Ludo, "ludo soete" <ludo.soete@village.uunet.be> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hu66H9.ouy@lugnet.com... (...) club (...) the (...) error (...) thanks for this report I'll go and have a look. Michael (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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"Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HuG3s7.qDu@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) it out (...) appear in (...) data (...) numbers (...) responded. (...) the (...) the (...) Easier ? Hmmm - when you read from a file its (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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"Kim Toll" <kim.toll@intel.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HuHvvE.w2t@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) base (...) indicates (...) let them (...) with (...) view. (...) the (...) official (...) models and (...) This is a good idea, theoretically we can (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | subpart, baseplate 32X32 without top [DAT]
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Here is a subpart that I'm surprised nobody else has made yet. 0 ~Baseplate 32 x 32 without top 0 Name: s\bp32x32.dat 0 Author: Mark Kennedy 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 1 16 0 2 320 316 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 0 rect2p.dat 1 16 320 2 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 316 0 0 rect2p.dat 1 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: parts i'd like to see in Lcad/MLcad
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(...) Sven, someone already submitted this part to the Parts Tracker: (URL) -Orion (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) Not to bash Antonio's work but it's an ActixeX control and requires me to put his site on my secure sites list. Nothing personal but I don't trust him enough to do that. If it was an applet, this problem wouldn't exist. -Orion (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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Antonio Cortes Carrillo has already created a very fine online Ldraw file viewer. Check out the message below. (URL) quite surprising that it has not gained the popularity it deserves. (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts i'd like to see in Lcad/MLcad [DAT]
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(...) Hi Jeff, I'm still trying to create this part, but I don't know if I'll finish it (I'm not good at parts creating). Here you get the unfinished version, maybe someone can complete it. (URL) Leg Godt -Sven PS: The part is called 45677st.dat (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | SVG (was Re: Web-based LDraw viewing)
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Here's an example (it even does some primitive substitution): <?xml version="1.0"?> <svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="-18.5 -18.5 37 37"> <defs> <style> <![CDATA[ svg { fill-opacity:0.5;str...oin:round; } .c0 { (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) A while back, I wrote for my own amusement a perl program which will take a patterned part, and will produce an SVG file of the pattern. I've been thinking about forwarding it to the LDraw.org team, so they could include it with the parts (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) Anybody who is interested in a Java and 3D should also check out the Art of Illusion program at (URL). It is open source (GPL) and has I/O plug-ins to support reading and writing different graphics file formats. -Wayne (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) MLCad great for editing but slows down significantly with large files. The only currently released program that even approches web acceptible speeds is L3Lab (although LDView isn't far behind). I just did a little search on SourceForge and (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) Yes, I agree, however you expect larger files to take longer. I would tend towards a low-quality image, as it's targetted at screen viewing, that would speed things up a little. I think Michael's MLcad renderer is fairly fast, a Java version (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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(...) Java is probably the best route for realtime model rendering on the web. The challenge would be to write a rendering engine that quickly processes large model files (as opposed to most current renderers which take a while if the part count is (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Web-based LDraw viewing
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How about .SVG ? (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Web-based LDraw viewing
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Today I was thinking about the complications of LeoCAD/MLCAD and how hard it is sometimes for a group or people to easily deal with CAD files in a project. If one person creates a CAD of something, they either have to email it to everyone who's (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Possible task for new LDraw author - early baseplates
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Hi To some extent the growth of the LDraw parts library is limited by the fact that all the "easy" parts have already been created. This means that many new authors face a steep learning curve if they start with a complex part. But there is one area (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: surface normals and vertex normals for OpenGL
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(...) With the use of a point hash table, it should be possible to do all of the analysis in linear time proprotional to the number of points in the object. So, I guess I disagree with you. Not that it particularly matters, until somebody actually (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) [snip] (...) OK, so I'm a new guy in the ldraw dev community, but I figured if I don't say something now it'll never get considered. So please go gently on me. I don't know the full protocol you guys use to come up with these standers. But (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Any news about LCD and LMPL ?
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(...) Things that are unapplicable for a specific part (model, object etc.) should not be used with it. For example, you can't rotate an Axle--Axlehole connection because it can slide only. Therefore, all statements, functions and properties related (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | New unofficial LeoCAD parts update
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I had no negative returns for my previous parts update (URL) (but I had no positive ones either!), so I have prepared a new part update in-sync with latest LDraw parts. The files are available from (URL) if you hear me, it would be better to keep (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Re: Numbers Report - 11 March 2004
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(...) As I tried to explain here (URL) a "numbers report" in the midst of a parts update is meaningless, and you have carried the biased 2004-03-02 counts forward into this report. During the parts update a whole slew of files get temporarily held (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw Testers Needed
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Greetings all, I am looking for some brave souls who would be willing to test the next version of the LDraw All In One Installer (LAIOI 2004 Q2). We need testers who can install the LAIOI 2004 Q2 on the following systems and esnure that it doesn't (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: surface normals and vertex normals for OpenGL
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I won't argue with your clarification, but I will point out that it would be more difficult for a renderer to perform this feat, particularly one that is designed as a real-time renderer, and therefore presumably has rather serious limitations on (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) The desire was to preserve standard Windows INI file formatting, and each data line in an INI file has the form <key> = <value> (spaces optional). The numbers were suggested as keys, with positive responses from the people that responded. As a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: surface normals and vertex normals for OpenGL
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I'm working on just such a utility right now. I hope to have some beta code in a few days : ) (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Numbers Report - 11 March 2004
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Stats for Unofficial Files 109 certified files. 275 files need admin review. 468 files need more votes. 496 have uncertified subfiles. 131 held files. Total Files: 1,479 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2004-03-11: 109 / 275 / 468 / 496 / 131 (1,479) (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thank you for the confidence. However, I'm already pretty hung up with other projects so I'm afraid I can not afford the time needed to fulfil such a position. I'm going to have to respectfully decline. /Lars (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) Currently my code doesn't expect all the spaces above, but I'm open to that. The LDrawSetup program that I'm also writing at the same time can not preserve the spaces if you add or delete options, so it will ruin any nice table formatting you (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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(...) If it is just a sequential number, wouldn't it be easier to just leave it out altogether, and say the directories will be searched in the order they appear in the file? ROSCO (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New MOC - Poster of my favorite band
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Hi to all LEGO Fans! I am glad I can present my latest MOC now, since I have been less active in the hobby than usual for this year so far... In fact this MOC is something very special to me: I have not only convinced my wife Jessica to build an (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.loc.de, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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(...) Exactly. That's what the <CLONE>, <KNEX>, <BOXES> etc. tags I mentioned previously were for. We could work out later whether these are user defined or LSC defined tags. The important part for now would be to agree that <SKIP> means ignore the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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"Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HuDDv0.1KDF@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) most (...) lead to? (...) Ok I try and hope that I do not forget something here, all others please correct me if i'm wrong - but (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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