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"Cary Clark" <cclark2@nScP.rArM.com> wrote in message news:HxwtDp.uw0@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) in a (...) exactly (...) better (...) program, then (...) in it's current Alpha state is a better track layout tool than TrackDesigner is. But that (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That would (as I understand things) be impossible from a legal point of view. (...) Maybe. But that would then require that all the parts authors formally transferred their copyright to LDraw.org. This is possible, but parts authors living in (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) All the individual parts files authors. I.e. you would have to get aproval from each individual parts file author. Jacob (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes. Except that "public domain" is a concept that doesn't exist outside USA. (...) If you send Steve Bliss an e-mail, where you tell him that he (as LDraw.org Parts Library Head Honcho) is free to choose which license your parts files are (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE.
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Hi I agree its a shame about the incomplete BFC situation. Currently I use Two-Sided lighting in GLIDE you don't notice the performance hit because most of the processing effort is done by the CPU at the moment. That’s what slows it down rather than (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Anyone modelled the 4492 yet ?
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(...) Yeah, that's mine, done with mockups of the new wedge plates. The plates on Parts Tracker are better, and since I used the correct part numbers, easy to replace my mockups with the PT versions. Doesn't have the binoculars (left that off due to (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Version Alpha 0.73
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(...) Having written an OpenGL-based LDraw viewer (LDView), I'd like to point out that you can't rely on parts to contain BFC information. As time goes by, more and more parts are BFC certified, but many aren't, and many may never be. (I hope that (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Introducing the 2004-2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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Introducing the 2004-2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee It is our great pleasure to introduce ourselves as the first elected LDraw.org Steering Committee. Over the past few days, we have been settling into our roles, doing housekeeping, and orienting (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) !!
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| | Re: library license
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(...) I imagine we would define the author of the Parts Library as LDraw.org? The point for me is, parts authors are submitting their work towards the community effort. It makes much more sense to me that the community organization licenses out the (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE.
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Hi Which would you lot like to see first: Lighting fix, Clicking bricks, or MPD suport? You can get the curent version from (URL) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Version Alpha 0.73
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Hi The next version is now out. ALPHA 0.73. There have been no big changes. They should be in the next version. New stuff: You can now select bricks by color. The drag selection now works. Some brick type tabs have been added. Next version will be (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD and the Imerial Star Destroyer
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(...) Ah, that explains my mysteriously low load time. I did the measurement on the 2nd try. So, I'd say anything drawing in the fps range is certainly getting some benefit from the opengl acceleration. Don (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Would it simplify things for part authors who don't care about the license to declare their parts to be public domain? Because I really don't want to be bothered wrestling over a license for the handful of files I had anything to do with. Don (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Track Designer Registry
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In lugnet.trains, David Laswell wrote: ... (...) TrackDraw in its current state addresses all of the features you mentioned in a prior post: more than 4 connection points, 'true' rendering (baseplates exactly stitch), etc. I don't doubt though that (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) The only blurry point I see with those is the clause: "Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author." Who is the author of the parts library? ROSCO (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Good point. Both of them are fine with me. I think I prefer the Attribution-ShareAlike license, if I have to make a choice between the two. It seems like if would be a good idea, if the parts library maintainers set up a poll among the parts (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD and the Imerial Star Destroyer
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(...) Well, for what it's worth, here are my numbers on a P4 2.4GHz, ATI 9700 Pro 128MB: Load: 3437 ms Draw: 1907 ms It's worth noting that if I load the file a second time, the load portion drops to 313 ms, so the only way to be sure that disk (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I know the license has been discussed for a long time, but to add my two cents; I'd really like to see the parts library use a Creative Commons license, specifically the Attibution-ShareAlike license ((URL)) or the plain old Attribution (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Track Designer Registry
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(...) I was trying to find a comprehensive list of TrackDraw features (one that didn't require slogging through 300+ posts in a Yahoo group), and I ran across this post. In all this time, has noone else figured out that you can copy/paste elements (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD and the Imerial Star Destroyer
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(...) Maybe you're running into one of those weird oddities of the Apple opengl drivers. For example rendering to the GL_FRONT buffer really renders to a hidden back buffer. There are times where this setup causes you to use triple buffering, which (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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