 | | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets
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(...) I said idealised, not standard. (...) I am sure they did. But they didn't make things that had figure eight cross sections much of the way up, if I am not much mistaken. (...) It is more than that, it is a quarter of a *cylinder*, a geometric (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Help with Lsynth [DAT]
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(...) Hi Jeroen, LSynth does not recognize L520.DAT and L521.DAT as constraints. I was able to synthesize a hose like this: 0 Untitled 0 Name: lsynth2.ldr 0 Author: jeroen de haan ( info@digitalbricks.nl ) 0 Unofficial Model 0 SYNTH BEGIN (...) (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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(...) parts (...) actual (...) According to my dictionary a dome is any curved or vaulted roof. It does not have to be circular, or even regular. The fact that something doesn't exist in reality is hardly a reason to reject a name for what is a toy. (...) (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 would argue that two parts back to back make something that is not an actual dome, but rather some shape never seen in reality. (...) I would disagree, it is in fact highly relevant. If I take an idealised onion dome and divide it in half, I (...) (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 would have to disgree. The part is half a dome - it takes two parts to make a complete dome, therefore one part is only half of the dome. The fact that the resulting shape is not half of a circle is largely irrelevant IMHO. Even if you remove 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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(...) 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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