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(...) I am not so keen on "half" because it's not really exactly a half of a dome, it's rather more than half. (put two back to back to see what I mean). I'd support calling it "partial" or something like that. Or even "facade" since I think the (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | RE: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets
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-----Original Message----- (...) Sounds good to me. Next question. What's the correct category? Roof? (Which makes sense but isn't on the 'approved' list in the FAQ) Panel? (Which kinda makes sense if the name is 'Panel 8 x 12 x 10 Half Onion Dome' (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets
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(...) I think the only vaguely similar part is 6121 'Roof Piece 4 x 8 x 6 Half Pyramid' (URL) happy with the inserion of "half" in the existing peeron name 'Roof Piece 8 x 12 x 10 Half Onion Dome'. .........^^^^......... Chris (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets
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What dimension should I use in the name? The maximum "bulge" in the dome (ie 8 x 12 x 10) or the base size (ie 6 x 8 x 10) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Help with Lsynth [DAT]
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Hi all, I am trying to make a simple U shaped pneumatic hose thing with this file as a start: 0 Untitled 0 Name: ding.ldr 0 Author: jeroen de haan ( info@digitalbricks.nl ) 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Useful Shortcut: a04q.dat - Cylinder Angle Tube 90 degrees
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(...) Yes, you are very right! Thanks! (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Useful Shortcut: a04q.dat - Cylinder Angle Tube 90 degrees [DAT]
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(...) That's cool, but I would include the edge line at the join, ie: 0 Cylinder Angle Tube 90 degrees 0 Name: a04q.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 1 16 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4-4cyls.dat 1 16 -1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 4-4cyls.dat 1 16 0 1 0 -1 1 0 -1 (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Useful Shortcut: a04q.dat - Cylinder Angle Tube 90 degrees [DAT]
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"How on earth do I rotate those cyls's...?", I've asked myself many times. Here's a useful shortcut that continues a thought cylinder in the y direction and turns 90 degrees to the left. To be inlined or even official primitive if you all like it as (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Motion Blur (Was: NEW ANIMATION)
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(...) Interesting will try a test or two. Steve (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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Hello Steve (...) However (...) porblem I (...) How about increasing or decreasing the rotation speed of the wheels, or would that conflict too much with the distance traveled by the wheels? Is increasing or decreasing the framerate an option? (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Steering Committee results
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(...) I'd rather not too. I do however recall back when the LSC was forming (or had formed?) Steve Bliss mentioned to me it was better to call it the 'Language Standards Committee' instead of 'LDraw.org Standards Committee.' IIRC, at the time I (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Steering Committee results
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(...) Me too. And Travis, thanks for taking the time to do some thinking about who ought to be nominated and getting all those nominations in early... (...) Good question. Here's my personal view (and only that, for now)... I like "SteerCo" for the (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Steering Committee results
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(...) I'd like to add my own congratulations to the new committee members. I do have one question, though (only half tongue-in-cheek). Are we going to stop calling the (pre-existing) LDraw Standards Committee the LSC in order to avoid confusion with (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org Ad-Hoc Organizing Committee - Wrap-Up and Thank You
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The LDraw.org Ad-Hoc Organizing Committee (4+1) would like to take the time to publicly wrap up its duties as the provisional authority for LDraw.org with a few words. First, a big thank-you to everyone who helped in the organizing process. We thank (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Steering Committee results
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All: The winners of the LDraw Steering Committee Election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Kevin L. Clague Tim Courtney* Chris Dee Larry Pieniazek Orion Pobursky A total of 86 votes were cast. I did not cast a vote in this election. (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org) !!
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| | New Part: 6969.dat - Scala Towel Bar 1 x 5 [DAT]
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I had very little to do and too little energy for anything complicated... :) 0 Scala Towel Bar 1 x 5 0 Name: 6969.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Part 0 REM Name according to Peeron.com 0 BFC NOCERTIFY 1 16 -30 -6 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: mega pov?
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(...) Well ... I can't take any responsibility, but I have Megapov installed in my computer ... along with several other POVray mods. My take is that they are more or less recognized by POVray.org, they're fair game. Having said that, I generally (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Gamma correction (was Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?)
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(...) Well, I found both of those charts off of google, so i don't know which one is more accurate. At the risk of confusing things even more, I found another page with a similar test: (URL). I believe this one is accurate, since he give the formula (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Working on HP Door [DAT]
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(...) complete it yet. Andy 0 Door Frame 1 x 8 x 6 (Mockup) 0 Name: 40242.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 Door frame 1 16 0 44 -10 40 0 0 0 0 -36 0 1 0 2-4ndis.dat 1 16 0 44 -10 40 0 0 0 0 -36 0 1 0 2-4edge.dat 1 16 0 44 10 40 0 0 (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Motion Blur (Was: NEW ANIMATION)
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(...) Me too. I have thought of making a really nasty cheat by emulating motion-blur using trans-coloured parts that in the models directory. I have'nt had time to develop this idea so far, though... /Tore (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Working on HP Door
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(...) Hi all, It has been a while, but I am starting to post to LUGNET again. Related to this message, though it is very old, I have a question (to Adam). Is it made and if yes, who has it? Has anyone have it's doorframe, part #40242 made or (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | mega pov?
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Is anyone here using megapov? Have you used the motion blur with it? Is it safe to download and install on computer? Thanks Steve (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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(...) The wheels are programmed to turn as the truck moves across the screen. However the frame rate matches the rotation of the spokes pretty well. (URL) I am looking for a way to do motion blur which will also help fix this porblem I hope. Steve (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: parts i'd like to see in Lcad/MLcad
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(...) No, I got caught up in Org business. I can send you a mockup if you'd like. -Orion (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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Hello steve "Steve Krass" <skrass@hillengr.com> schreef in bericht news:HxKKKn.1uwz@lugnet.com... (...) This animation look cool too. I have a new chalange for you: Make the wheels turn... Or is that too much? ( I am not in to rendering...) (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: parts i'd like to see in Lcad/MLcad
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(...) Orion, Are these parts in a usable state yet? Thanks, Will (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Question about Java3D
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(...) Orion, There is a Java3D developer installer for Mac OS X, so it isn't available to the public yet. My guess is that it will be in Mac OS X 10.4, which hasn't really been announced yet, other than the announcement that it will be demoed at the (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?
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(...) Hi, I agree with you that the viewangle has a big influence on the picture if you use a TFT. As a result of this I think it doesn't matter how I finetune my TFT or grafic card settings. I have no real chance to fix the viewangle... hmm maybe (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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(...) Yes. This might sound a bit controversial, because a) Wax is new and unknown and b) because it is really more of a video composer than a 3D program. But my guess is that it will allow you to burn through the first stages in computer animation (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Gamma correction (was Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?)
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So why does my monitor come in at about 1.7 on the first chart, and 2.4 on the second? I'll accept that the second makes it far easier to find the best match, but I won't accept that my estimate is off by 0.7 on the first chart. There's absolutely (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Question about Java3D
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(...) Thanks for the insight Kyle. Here's my next question... I'm not looking to buy a Java IDE (I've already purchased Delphi and Visual Studio in the last year) so I went looking for a good, free IDE. I've found 2 that seem to be in wide use: (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Question about Java3D
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(...) Oh I should add, that while I haven't run my program on MacOS X, I have run the exact same code on Solaris, Linux, and Windows, and It was really impressive how it just worked. I didn't even have to recompile. :) -Kyle (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Question about Java3D
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(...) Hi Orion. I've been lurking here awhile and I've seen the stuff you've done for LDraw. I'm glad I can finally answer a question or two. While I do work for Sun, I don't work in the group that does Java3D, however I do know some of the (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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(...) Thanks, So what your saying is use "Wax" if your a new to animation like me? Also about that program you are writing, I would like a to try it (When it hits the streets). :-D Thanks again, Jason Tiller (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Question about Java3D
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(...) I'm going to try to learn Java3D regardless of portability if for no other reason than to do something new. I already have a fair working knowledge of OpenGL, I'm trying to expand my horizons. This is why I asked if there was anyone who has (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Question about Java3D
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(...) Read this. (URL) you want to consider using OpenGL instead since many implementations of java 3D are built on top of OpenGL. You can take any new OpenGL skills you learn with you to other languages. Don (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Question about Java3D
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I'm considering learning Java and the Java3D API. The only official distros for Java3D I can find are for Windows and Solaris. My question is does anyone know how portable the Java3D extension is? Dos anyone have any experience with Java3D in a (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?
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(...) I get a lot of bightness/contrast variation on my notebook's screen based on what angle I view the screen. For instance, in the picture you link to above I saw white but with very little adjustment to the angle of the screen I also saw pink. (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Gamma correction (was Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?)
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(...) Here's a better chart: (URL) I found it at this site, which also has some interesting info: (URL) Andy (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Gamma correction (was Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?)
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(...) Basically, the problem you're seeing is that Windows does no gamma correction, and your two machines have different monitor gammas. (see (URL) for an explanation) To fix this, in theory, you basically have to calculate your current monitor's (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 2.3b1 New Release
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(...) The sort url for the above is: (URL) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 2.3b1 New Release
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(...) (URL) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 2.3b1 New Release
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Very nice. It tells me when there are missing parts! (URL) it displays the Star Destroyer much better... meaning it displays more than 1 part, which is what 2.2b1 did. (URL) can get the dat here: (URL) op=modload&name=News...=0&thold=0 It slows my (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?
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(...) One thing you can do is try to make your notebook match the CRT. Turn down the brightness and/or contrast some. I don't know if you have this option on your notebook, but all freestanding monitors have some controls built in to them which (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets
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Getting there ... (URL) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Mac Brick CAD 2.3b1 New Release
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Well folks, I've been busy again and MBC2.3b1 is the result. This represents a fairly significant upgrade with new major features including: * Multiple Part Data (.mpd) files can be directly edited. * Exporting to instructions sequences is possible (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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Added a different point of view. Check it out. (URL) Steve (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Numbers Report - 11 May 2004
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Stats for Unofficial Files 69 certified files. 177 files need admin review. 399 files need more votes. 421 have uncertified subfiles. 221 held files. Total Files: 1,287 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2004-05-11: 69 / 177 / 399 / 421 / 221 (1,287) (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 73037.dat
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(...) Hi Leonardo, 103a, 103b and 103c are all in the original LDraw library, and haven't been changed since 1997. You'll have to grab a copy of ldraw027.exe/.zip to get them. Steve (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Link to reference, please!
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(...) Done. Any other primitives references that should be linked in? Hmm. Paul Easter's primitive generator, at least. What else? Steve (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?
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Hi all, I have a problem and no idea hox to fix it. I'm working on a notebook with active tft-display. Rendered pictures seem to be brilliant with enough brightness and contrast. Whenever I see one of these pictures on a PC with CRT I'm shocked. (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: a nice "tutorial" on radiosity
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(...) a worthy addition. ROSCO (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Woo Hoo! Thanks Jeroen! Some time ago I wanted to do get the same effect, but my mind isn't suited to all the tests necessary to figure out how to do that. I'll definitely save those settings! Thanks again! --Ryan (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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(...) Hi It depends what you are referring to. If you are completely new to computer animation, IMHO your best shot is to download Wax and have a bit of fun with it. (URL) can even import Ldraw stuff via the .3DS format (probably LDR -> DXF -> 3DS) (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | a nice "tutorial" on radiosity
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See how things work: (URL) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) The latest version of LDView lets you specify latitude and longitude coordinates for the camera on the command line (very similar to the L3P camera globe command line argument). So, for example, the default camera view would be like so: (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Part request: Cone 4 x 4 x 3 [DAT]
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(...) I've got one of those from that set. Here's a hideous unofficial mock-up of the part. The inside has one big tube like the 4742 and a few ridges, but I didn't model them because I'm a lousy part maker. 0 Cone 4 x 4 x 3 0 Name: x483.dat 0 (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) As long as I can specify global camera coordinates (or something equivilent), I'd consider using LDView. -Orion (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) As I was the one asking last time, I suppose it's my turn to reveal the secret: www.ldraw.org click 'Contests' then select 'SOTM' :-) or direct link (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) The Community menu use the Contests link. It under the "View the current month's contest submissions" heading: (URL) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) Err, I forget. How do we look at them if we've already voted? Thanks, Don (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) Being a broadband user, I tend to prefer bigger, but I can also understand that this would lead to an uncomfortably long page load time for people who don't have broadband. To be perfectly honest, all the models this month are big enough in (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) Hmm, I forgot to make the links and tables borderless. I'll make a mental note of that for next month's contest (...) I thought about this. I foresaw a potential problem with only one picture displayed: people who vote for a model who don't (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) IMO there's not much to criticize. But as you're asking ... Maybe ... ... the models should not go all the way to the edges of the thumbnails, now that there are black borders? ... the black border should be blue, just like all other links? (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Link to reference, please!
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(...) It took several minutes to find it. This is the link I mean: (URL) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Link to reference, please!
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I think it would be a great idea to put a link to the primitives reference that is somewhere on lugnet or ldraw.org at the web interface page of this group. ( (URL) ) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Part request: Cone 4 x 4 x 3
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Ooooh! Also me wanna :) I built this set some time ago and had to cheat a little.... (URL) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) Excellent. Nice clear views at a good angle. The orthographic camera is fine, although I wouldn't object to a little bit of perspective, and the outlining of the bricks gives a good indication of construction technique. All up, a big (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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(...) I'd like to solicit any critiques regarding the batch of renderings for May's MOTM contest. Thanks. -Orion (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Part request: Cone 4 x 4 x 3
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(...) I made a dat file of that cone once. If only I knew where I stored it... /Tore (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Lsynth thoughts.
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(...) Yes, the hose color is specified in the LSYTH BEGIN line. I like the new constraint. I'm in favor of it replacing the original LS00.DAT. (...) Kevin (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Part request: Cone 4 x 4 x 3
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As I was building set 358 Rocket Base in MLCad I noticed that the Cone 4 x 4 x 3 ((URL) does not exist, not even on the PT. I also want to build trainset 725 in MLCad, which also uses this cone. As I don't own this part myself I can not create it. (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets
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Just a post to say I'm working on this. William (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Lsynth thoughts.
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(...) Oh yeah, before I forget. I hardcoded the transparent white just to illustrate the axis and the bullseye inside the part. I really think it should be coded in color 16. Then when used, it should be inserted with any transparent color. That way (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterns suck!
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(...) IMHO a mosaic can't replace true vectors or poligons. regardless of the resolution you will still need an obcene amount of quads to define the shapes. it won't be the giant leap but it would be the small step if the LSC could with a new (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Patterns, simplified
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(...) I'm inferring that you are talking about converting a scanned image into a pattered subfile for a part? Then, optimally, the process requires the following discrete phases: 1) Someone[1] scans a patterned part at high resolution into an agreed (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterns suck!
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(...) I'm gonna have to look into this again. Vectorizers are cool. Here's some more opensource code (3 URLs) a really nifty description of how to use the potrace vectorizer to generate edges, and the netlib triangulator to create the triangles. (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterns suck!
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(...) Or you could search the net for vectorizer programs like this one. (URL) a free vectorizer with source code. (URL) wonder how hard it would be to modify it to handle color and output ldraw format. Enjoy, Don (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Patterns suck!
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(...) That's true. Bmp2dat needs some real edge tracking algorithms instead of just runlength encoding. Something like this. (URL) also needs an autorotate function. Just look for the longest straight line near 90 or 0 degrees and rotate it to (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns suck! [DAT]
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(...) honey bunny, you can't step in and show a model! this thread is about patterned .dat files only. well, I beg your pardon. I might wasn't as clear as I should have been. the discussion will be held at the highest philosophical, meta-physical (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I'm sorry, but I think the "new" (for me bad) colors hasn't been done for LDraw until now. And I can't tell you wich of the dittered ones are correct. But unfortunately we have to integrate them into the virtual world, because all colors (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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All the Dark Grey (colour 8) quads should be the new "Blueish" Dark Grey (If someone can tell me the correct LDraw colour number I'll fix this and upload to the tracker) 0 Baseplate 32 x 32 Road 6-Stud Straight with Pit Stop Pattern 0 Name: (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> wrote in message news:Hx5nw4.JoA@lugnet.com... (...) Looks good. Jennifer (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I got this file with the 0302 update, it includes 103a, 103b and 103c but I can't find them anywhere. I checked the latest complete.zip from ldraw.org and the other updates there but no luck. The only place I was able to find them was downloading (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns suck!
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(...) ...ing funny! ROTFLOL! Jeroen (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns suck! [DAT]
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(...) I don't know. I tried to clean my apartment with this here patterned vacuum cleaner and its sucking power was much to be desired. -Orion 0 Untitled 0 Name: vaccum.ldr 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 -70 30 1 "Custom" 0 (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hi Jeroen, great work! Thank you very much. I just tried the new colors and it looks very good. I'm able now to increase the lights without having the risk that grey looks like chrome. I'm just redesigning the stickers for the Santa Fe too. (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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Is somebody out there man/woman enough to state the opposite? w. (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Civilian Contest Entry: MINI VW-3000
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(...) Renders. And good ones. Cool MOC too! (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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er... are those very good photo's or even better renders? Jeroen "Miklos Hosszu" <hmick@freemail.hu> wrote in message news:Hx5ytJ.2E9@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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This is my entry for the civilian MOC contest: (URL) It is hover Volkswagen Transporter in MINI scale. Of course it's absolutely civilian... MiC (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lsynth thoughts. [DAT]
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(...) I envision something more like this. 0 ~LSYNTH constraint part 0 Name: lz00.dat 0 Author: John VanZwieten, Steve Bliss, Kevin Clague, Paul Easter, Don Heyse 0 Unofficial LCad Part 0 CATEGORY Hose 0 1999-05-02 KevinB Added nipple (taken from (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Colour numbers for new greys
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Apologies if this has been asked before, but what are the LDraw numbers for the new light greys. I started to model the 6-stud road baseplate from the 8375 set today and the printing is in the new shades. thanks William (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yeah, I'm still waiting for ldconfig.ldr to become official before I support it. (...) Don't count your chickens yet. There was some problem with the ldlite.rc file that I fixed for Steve sometime after the ldglite 1.0.x release. I think it (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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<SNIP> (...) Don - you're an absolute hero! I had missed the part of the documentation that explained about the ldlite.rc file. I had been fiddling around with the LDCONFIG.LDR file incase LDGLite used that, but couldn't get anything out of it other (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all, I placed a newer version of the radiosity files on my website. You can download direct via this link: (URL) de haan" <info@digitalbricks.nl> wrote in message news:HvM2B9.H1F@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Help with LDGLite...
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(...) It should be possible. I think partsref and maybe peeron do it, but I suspect they use the ldliterc.dat file to define the custom colors. I think that file is documented here. (URL) put something like this in it. 0 COLOUR 335 SAND_RED 12 212 (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: NEW ANIMATION
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(...) I have it But I am waiting for the latest creation. That thing looks even cooler lot of functions. I especially like the side scoops. Steve (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Have seen this. Awesome model (long time monster truck fan). Anything can be done. May just take a look at it. Steve (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic)
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Hi everyone, Please excuse the newby question, but I am using LDGLite to automatically generate .png thumbnails of the LDraw parts. I'm quite new at all this, but on the whole, I seem to be working out most of what I need to know. My question is, (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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