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(...) My pleasure (...) 3DS stands for 3D Studio, or 3DS Max, as it now is called. This was originally an Autodesk product, now offered by Discreet. (URL) what I was referring to is the file format, which has become one of the standard ways to share (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote: <snip> (...) I expect people to ask me. (...) LSynth is an all in one synthesizer in that it does hose and band type synthesis, and it is stand alone, and the synthesis process does not involve manual copying of stuff (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, with a wider audience or a desperate need, it's much more likely someone will be brave enough to jump in and contribute. It also helps if the project seems active. I tried to generate some activity by making a portable version of the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) How about not. s\3626bs00.dat exists for a specific purpose, and I don't think this is a good reason to hijack the file. Steve (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I would definitely like to do this, because the resulting heads look much better, IMO. (see (URL) Through the magic of perl, I've already modified many of the heads on my computer. (...) Hopefully it's the ball joint that's sized wrong, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I count about 49 heads. That's based on an out-of-date directory on my hard drive, there may be a few more by now. That's a lot of parts to update all in one go. We've done it before, or at least nearly; we redesigned the neck-mark on minifig (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I'll be the first to appologize for not having jumped in on this yet : ( It's on my list of things that I want to make time for though : ) The problem here isn't the OSS paradigm, it's the relatively small audience. It can only grow though ... (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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While I was reviewing this part; "Minifig Head with Standard Grin Pattern" (URL) came across this note; "The (sub)part is still missing most of the horizontal conditional edges. Could torus primitives be used?" My answer would be, "sure why not..." (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I gave away the source to LSynth and publicly asked for help, given that it really has never made it past the proof of concept stage. No one has taken me up on it, so going open source, does not neccessadily get you anywhere. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I'm trained and skilled in programming, but I learned the Borland C++ builder environment as I went. I have yet to figure out how to split my files into subsystems. I tried it and had trouble getting it to work for LPub. As it stands, LPub is (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Bill As has been pointed out, many of the programs (including mine) have freely available source code. Several people have suggested I post my application on SourceForge and develop from there, this has merits and is used by Don with LdGLite, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I have always liked CMDLINE followed by a default colour, and I have the feeling that I am one of those who have used it most times. I also think it really is a pity that it hasn't been used by any [online] catalog or other partlisters (that I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I understand the feeling. For me, when I open up my work (I don't code, but I do write, papers, a book, proposals, etc) to others, I expect and welcome criticism, so long as it is framed constructively. If I were to venture a guess, you aren't (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That is closest. (...) I am not familiar to the exact meaning of open source, but I guess it can be a little like when you submit the dat code for a part to the PT. Suddenly you find that it has been changed or even renamed. In almost all (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I was speaking abstractly. (...) Yes, I agree. And it was good that you brought the topic up - I'm glad it will get developers thinking about open source. -Tim (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Absolutly not. You asked without demanding. That goes a long way with me. Like I said, the vast majority of the open source proponents are helpful and courteous. It's a small portion of the community that ruins it for some. -Orion (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't think anyone said you have to insist anything. I just think that Open Source would fit in well with the philosophy of Ldraw.org, and would provide an avenue for code to be improved without depending on one person to do it all. After (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) 1st off thanks for looking. Second can you post some links to 3DS stuff? I know nothing about it at the moment. I’m guessing its short for something else. That request will get tacked on the end of the exports todo list. It will take a good (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, it depends on how you structure it. Some open source projects have a single developer managing it and occasional patches being sent in, while others are more of a group effort. I think that "That's mine that is" still applies in the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. However, they represent only a portion of the LDRAW tool set. (...) I hope that's not an accusation. For the sake of civility I will assume you are not talking about me in particular. Open Source is a great way (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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