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(...) Hi David! The links don't seem to work for me; I'm getting the error message "The page cannot be found." Could you double-check them? Dave! (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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I have made 3 pic: No Text: (URL) Text: (URL) give comments and wt do u think (I am doing nothing about political) -David Chiu (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) This is a tough one Dan. Before becoming a member on the SteerCo, I never gave licensing much thought, but I'm getting up to speed now. There are a number of issues about licensing as wel can tell by the many conversations from the past and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: the train is growing
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(...) Hi Trevor, what kind of machine do you use for those images? I'm just working on an image where the pov-code has 39.000 lines. And I just found out that not the povcode but the resolution and render-options can be the problem. The actual (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I'm extremely adverse to a future SteerCo having the ability to change the terms of the EndUser license at will, especially after we're putting all this effort into getting it correct now. For an example, could the SteerCo give some examples (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 3D Constructapedia
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I am not sure if has been mentioned here recently but Tufts have a new 3D Constructapedia they are developing at (URL) you might be interested. Bernard (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw/POV-Ray Display at Garfield Heights HomeDays
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Mike, Here's some renders I've done that you can use. (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Sorry, I was a bit too terse here. This refers to how we start. Do we have a way to migrate all the parts in, or do we have to get explicit recertification from each author of each and every part (many parts currently in the library hvae (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | New Subpart: 30176s01.dat - Bamboo Leaf (Mockup) [DAT]
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0 Bamboo Leaf (Mockup) 0 Name: 30176s01.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Subpart 0 BFC NOCERTIFY 1 16 10 0 0 0 1 -0.05 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-4edge.dat 1 16 10 0 0 0 1 -0.05 1 0 0 0 0 -1 2-4edge.dat 1 16 9.95 0 0 0 9.05 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4-4cyli.dat 1 16 (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: 30176.dat - Plant Brick 1 x 1 Round with 3 Bamboo Leaves [DAT]
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0 Plant Brick 1 x 1 Round with 3 Bamboo Leaves 0 Name: 30176.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Part 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3062b.dat 1 16 0 8 0 0.643 0 0.766 0 1 0 -0.766 0 0.643 30176s01.dat 1 16 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) Sorry, I missed typed. I meant to say "If possible, I'd like to see a method by which we can revise the licence but not have to get explicit agreement from every author." I with Tim's above statments. -Orion (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I think I disagree here. One of the problems we have right now is when we implement the license, we will have to explicitly seek each author's approval. Some authors will be unreachable, which means we won't be able to gain their perimssion to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) Yes. If possible, I'd like to see a method by which we can revise the licence but have to get explicit agreement from every author. (...) I want the ability to evolve the library. What I'm worried about is an author pulling their part out of (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Plant Brick 1 x 1 Round with 3 Bamboo Leaves
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(...) Just for you, I bought a 7081 set today, and I'll give the plant a try. /Tore (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) Wasn't there a question if an author agrees to distribute the part under a specific license? As in, if you change the license, do you need to get permission from the authors, etc? (...) Are we still allowing us to rename parts? What about (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Plant Brick 1 x 1 Round with 3 Bamboo Leaves
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(...) I found out that according this site (URL) partnumber must be 30176. Would this be correct? And, can someone make it? Thanks. Jaco (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: the train is growing
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Wow! Nice render! Sometimes I like rendering really massive pictures just for the fun of it. Good idea for the Santa Fe! And 20,000 lines... I've got files in excess of 100,000 lines on my PC. Anyways, good job. (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Problem with click hinge part(s)?
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I'm working on modeling a recent creation in MLcad, and noticed that there is a difference in the height of the .dat versions of these parts: (2 URLs) When they are lined up side-by-side, the click hinge portions do not line up. This picture is (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: License Intent
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FTX and me are not getting along tonite. In the interests of not having words disappear I am posting this in plain text. Apologies for the dups and cancels. In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry Pieniazek wrote: In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: How do I make the walls?
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(...) Did you ever get an answer on this? I have a suggestion, if you did not... Dave! (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: 16L sailmast *30219.dat*
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It looks ok. I added these two lines in my local copy of the file: 0 Unofficial Part 0 BFC NOCERTIFY /Tore (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | the train is growing
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Hi, my train project is going on and the train is growing as long as my computer doesn't give me an error. I rendered the actual picture in 6400x1200 but reduced the size on brickshelf to 3200x600. Right now only medium quality with only a few (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Question about creating Cone 4 x 4 x 3 for LDraw
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(...) Are you saying that the LEGO on the stud is rotated 45 degrees from how you would expect it to be aligned? Or are you saying something else. if the former, I agree with Don, I'd have the default orientation the one that people are most likely (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 16L sailmast *30219.dat* [DAT]
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seen in arctic set 6579 original code modified from franklin cain's part 0 Bar 16L with Hollow Studs, Towball, and Slit 0 Name: 30219.dat 0 Original Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 Author: Thomas Burger 0 KEYWORDS Arctic, Xtreme Team, Xtreme Stunts, (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Question about creating Cone 4 x 4 x 3 for LDraw
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(...) I don't really want a part rotated 45 degrees from direction it's going to be placed. The Ldraw 'A' command works in 90 degree angles. That's why I chose the orientation I did for the mockup. Plus it matches the other cones. I'd say leave the (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Onion Dome (part 44511) from Orient Expedition sets
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, William Howard wrote: (snip) I wanted to close the loop on this.. William is right, and I was incorrect about the cross section. I agree that there is no recurve in the part, and thus no figure 8 cross sections when put back (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Brick 2 x 2 with Wheels and Dually Wheels
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Being a lego seventies town fan, I build lots of vehicles using 3137c01 Brick 2 x 2 with Wheels (Complete Assembly Shortcut) and 3137c02Brick 2 x 2 with Dually Wheels. The latter is not available for LDraw, yet, so I thoughd I'd give it a try. I (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Plant Brick 1 x 1 Round with 3 Bamboo Leaves
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Has anyone modelled this part: (URL) it does not seem hard, but I do not have the skills to make it. Just use the 1x1 brick round and model the leaves once and use them three times? :-) Jaco (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | a simple idea for creating the bump effects on patterned slopes
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how does this sound?: due to the fact that most patterned slopes arent in lgeo, maybe a pov code within the patterned parts to create the bump effect when exporting into povray. does this sound good? im guessing a good example would be using color (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Question about creating Cone 4 x 4 x 3 for LDraw
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(...) I happened to get me a seccond hand trainset 725, including two of these cones. So I have started on creating this part for LDraw. By looking at the orientation of the stud and the inner details it seems that this part was creating 45 degrees (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Minifig Fire Helmet Breathing Hose"(x171)
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(...) I am sorry to tell you that this part is currently not appear in MLCAD or LDRAW, you might try to use other parts to replace just as that avitor goggles (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 10129 Rebel Snowspeeder
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(...) Orion, Are either of the wedge parts you mentioned available, either officially or unofficially? Thanks. -Joel (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Povray boatwake
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The rooster tail is great! The individual waves could be at a wider angle though. In safe boating classes they teach you that your wake spreads at about a 45 degree angle which you need to be aware of so that you don't "wake" vessels at anchor, on (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | "Minifig Fire Helmet Breathing Hose"(x171)
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Hi. Does anyone have a LDRAW DATA of below parts? ; (URL) I'm trying to model my special task force "BrickHound" on MLCAD, so I need above part-data to make them actable through the night. ; (URL) you would have/know unofficial data of this part, (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) Not a bad idea I guess. Not a bad idea at all. I'm comfortable with meanwhile making it clear by signature though. (basically, if a post is signed with all 5 of our names, it's official, else it's not) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) Maybe there's a need for a Lugnet user "LDraw.org SteerCo" so members of the SteerCo don't have to continue posting such disclaimers. Maybe limit posting range to CAD tree (maybe even ldraw tree?) and maybe announce. ROSCO (Added (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Povray boatwake
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(...) well my first idea was to create a plane in Cinema4d for a boat wake... actually heres all my ideas 1. 3d boat wake via c4d *downside = millions upon millions of pollies* 2. A simple image like the classic nautica box front wakes *Downside = (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LDRAW Updates: Documentation Plan
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(...) Cool. Paul, I did get your mail with a suggestion, did you receive my reply? I'd like to talk to you about what areas you see lacking in documentation. One of the things I'd like to do is get back to the get started docs and revise them and (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDRAW Updates: Documentation Plan
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(...) Thanks, Steve. I use MLCAD, so I'll run that routine. If folks who know of post-update processing requirements acn send them to me, I'll create and contribute a generic instruction document. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG/BAYLTC (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: License Intent
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What follows is my personal reply not offical position of SteerCo. (...) I agree. We missed this goal, and it is indeed important. (...) True. And sort of false. Sometimes (take the change in the 9V train wheelset recently) there is a need to have (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: License Intent
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry Pieniazek wrote: snip (...) Larry: I think you missed an important user goal. The user wants assurance that parts will not disappear from the library when it is updated. The user has typically invested a great deal (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Povray boatwake
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(...) Nice water. (...) Have been working on this. I am trying to animate a podracer with simulated dust kicking up behind the engines. Would be very close to water spray. I have been working with "while" loops to simulate this. I need to do some (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Povray boatwake
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(...) Very impressive! Can you do it all with Pov-Ray? ;) (...) Yep - it's too shiny. Turn down the reflectiveness and it'll be perfect. Maybe a little motion blur would be cool too. I know you can do that with MegaPOV (the unofficial patched (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: ANIMATED SPLINE
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Here is a section of code: #declare HOSEANIMATE_dot_ldr = union { // Untitled // Name: HOSEANIMATE.ldr // Author: MLCad // Unofficial Model // ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" // ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 object { _4274_dot_dat matrix (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | ANIMATED SPLINE
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Here is a test animation of a flex hose. Used a spline for the path of the hose. (URL) I am really starting to like splines. Enjoy Steve (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Povray boatwake
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(...) Fantastic. Could be my monitor, but I get the feeling of the water is just about to freeze. It looks a little like this state just between liquid and solid. /Tore (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) The license draft included in my post was merely done to demonstrate that the language needed to license the people described is possible. I've condensed most of my points, and some new ones, into a new post that I've posted in reply to the (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: License Intent
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This is post to sum up my ideas before I pop off on holiday for a few days. 1) Consider making the license apply to more than just parts or the parts library. This would allow things like documentation or software to be distributed too. 2) I would (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | high res bushlocks?
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I think that the bushlock primitves should be updated to align with the 48 segment primitves. What do others think? (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Povray boatwake
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i created this image (URL) povray and a waves techneque then appying a wake look in photoshop. hows it look? (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part name recognition in MLCad?
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion--I'll try it out tonight and report back tomorrow. Dave! (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Part name recognition in MLCad?
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Hi Dave, I think you have the Stud-Mode option set to Coarse in MLCad. Change this to Normal and you will see the correct studs. This option set to Coarse will replace all stud*.dat primitives with stu2*.dat wich are low-res and thus rendered (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Part name recognition in MLCad?
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While viewing my inventory of some, let us say, "custom" parts, I noticed that certain primitives are not completely recognized in MLCad's display window. Specifically, I've made a primitive called "stud2cl.dat" that MLCad omits from the displayed (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) The tiling shouldn't effect the stud logos. I'm not sure why I had them turned off; probably doing some performance measurements between current LDView and "next-gen LDView". I'll have to wait until I get home to verify for sure that they (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | 3D Web viewer. New version 2.040524
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New version of 3D Web viewer for Ldraw models: (URL) Selective Frustum demo - Show loaded percentage - Reduced the memory required for progressive loading models - Improvements in application size and speed - Support for multiple mesh materials - (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: WARNING: Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) Super! But, what happened to the stud logos? The tiling doesn't mess them up somehow, does it? That would look sooo good with bump mapped stud logos. ;^) Don (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Whoops! Didn't mean the warning part in the previous subject
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(...) Thanks for the warning, Travis, I'll be cautious of your future ideas ;-) -Tim (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Baseplate generator program
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(...) I think that it's a good idea. There is a built-in part genereator in SimLego too, but the parts it generates are far from today's LCad standards, and the SimLego source code is forever lost. A third way to go would be to write an LDraw Script (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Whoops! Didn't mean the warning part in the previous subject
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I was going to post the image directly in the message, and was going to put "WARNING: large inline image" in the subject. However, I changed my mind and put a thumbnail in instead. Sorry about any confusion over the WARNING part. --Travis (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | WARNING: Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) OK, I updated LDView (haven't released the update yet) to support images up to 4096x4096 via tiling, whether or not your video card can go that high. I have a sample generated at 2400x1800--and then resized to 800x600--that can be seen by (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Baseplate generator program
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(...) Wow, I can't speak for everyone, but I'd love to get my hands on that. Could be a real good program, simple way to generate the kind of baseplates you need. You never know, you could turn that little program into a real nice little parts (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD and the Imerial Star Destroyer
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(...) I think this is what Don is refering to. Using Don's ldgliteargs to 800x537 on my aging 8 MB VRAM machine so ldglite would launch using the ATi renderer. GL_VENDOR ='ATI Technologies Inc.' GL_RENDERER ='ATi Rage 128 Pro OpenGL Engine' (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) Thanks Tim. The minimal requirements you speak of are incorporated in the Bylaws (in the goals of the organization section) already. Bylaws can be changed but I think anyone proposing such a change would be shouted down and rightly so. Because (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) I'd like to add to this one. It became clear to me in a recent conversation that this goal should be more defined. When authors submit parts to LDraw.org, it should be under the understanding that LDraw.org will always distribute their parts (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) (I hope you see this reply. Since it no longer has anything to do with ldraw.org, I moved it to the general dev group.) I'm guessing you mean moving out the near clip plane. This can indeed help a whole lot. I actually set the near and far (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) Oh, whoops. I had forgotten that you'd implemented the mirroring. My bad. --Travis (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Baseplate generator program
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I am developing a building in MLCAD (which I have built). I intend to including an interior and may use cut (Gasp!!) baseplates for floors. Since the parts library did not include non-standard baseplates (like 22x12) I wrote a small program that (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) Oh yeah, and bringing in the near and far clip planes also helps, especially with a perspective projection. Orthographic projections give me less of a problem with the Z-bleeding. Maybe you should add an ortho mode. Don (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Animated Podracer
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WOW!WOW!WOW! How did you do that? Did you actually animate each individual segment of the tube? Any tips/tricks/details/tools to ease the pain? Kind of related is your technic track animation - but in that one all treads use the same positions and (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) I thought we fixed that. (2 URLs) (...) Nope. I have the same problem. Possibly even worse with antialiased lines. I give them an extra bump forward beyond the polygon offset. More bits in your Z buffer reduces the symptoms somewhat. (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw Part Request - Goblet Fill
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Mark Chittenden wrote: --snip-- (...) Ahh, that's perfect! Just what I needed, thanks. :) Nothing too detailed and overdone, just makes it look like people aren't drinking from empty glasses. :) Thanks a ton for helping. If (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) The difference is that multisample AA only samples the texture once per pixel, while supersample samples the texture once per sample. This makes multi-sample AA significantly faster any time you're in a fill-rate limited situation. (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw Part Request - Goblet Fill
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(...) Whipped up a simple "filler" piece for the goblet. Fills the goblet to 3/4's full. Works best as a solid color in a translucent goblet. Here's a pic, the part will be available via my Brickshelf folder when it passes moderation. The goblet on (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: License Intent
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Peter Howkins wrote: (snip) I need to go back through the post and read it more carefully before I respond in depth. However, quickly... Thanks for sharing another license draft, but we really *really* would like to get (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: License Intent
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(...) <snip> I've taken the chance to read the threads mentioned earlier in this thread. And I've made a version of the license (based on the previous Steve Bliss version) that handles both author->ldraw.org requirements and author->EndUser (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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(...) What's the difference between supersample and multisample antialiasing? There was a setting in the control panel about some sort of ***sample antialiasing, but I was afraid to change it because it gave a sharp warning when I selected it. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Animated Podracer
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Test animation of pod racer featuring animated flex hose. (URL) More to come. Steve (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LDraw Part Request - Goblet Fill
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I was hoping someone could help me out with this. I'd do it myself, except I don't have the skills yet. I'm looking for something to fill the castle goblet. It needs to look right for a drink inside the goblet (this means maybe even not up to the (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) The technical detail is that LDView requires the video card/video driver to support the WGL_ARB_multisample OpenGL extension. The MX cards don't support that. (I think this is because they only support supersample antialiasing.) However, if (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I have a 9700 Pro, and it works fine up to 2048x2048. However, it starts doing really odd things when I go higher (I'll have to look into that). What driver version do you have installed? (It shouldn't matter, but I can't think what else would (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry Pieniazek wrote: [snip] (...) Just tacking on a note of agreement here. -Tim (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Well first of all there are different things being granted. An author grants rights to a particular part (each time he or she uploads that part), not the entire library. The user gets rights granted to the entire library as a whole. However, (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) If you can get the Full Screen Antialiasing (FSAA) to work then you've accomplished pretty much the same thing as the x3/shrink method. I only get "none" for an FSAA choice in the preferences dialog though. I'm not sure what minimum hardware (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I've been fiddling with LDView and I can't seem to render images larger than 1020x688 (my screen resolution is 1024x768). Does this mean that I can't render images larger than my current screen resolution? What I did with LDGLite was render a (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) ldview -- (URL) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) I like. Did you use MegaPOV for the outline render or something else? -Orion (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) It depends on which software you use. If you run MLCAD, you'll need to do File | Scan Parts to update the compiled list of parts. Otherwise, you should run mklist.exe. Some other programs have their own requirements for post-update processing. (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Don't we have to re-run mklist.exe or something when we install updates? Paul Sinasohn (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Check out my latest MOC: www.brickshelf.com/c...gi?f=84185 M (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) I also can't understand the reason for two licenses. With one license ldraw.org and the community as a whole gain the same rights to modify/redistribute/buildupon the community provided library. The license described in (URL) I think be ideal (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I can't see the reason for this. Why shouldn't any user of the parts files have the same rights as LDraw.org? What special permissions does LDraw.org need, which it would be problematic to grant to all the users? Play well, Jacob (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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(...) I see one problem with this. It would mean that files not moved into the new library couldn't be updated, short of being re-written from scratch. I don't think that's a good idea. Of course, maybe that already happens when authors can't be (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) 1. Download and install LDView 2.1 (if you don't already have it). 2. Run LDView, open any model, then set all the settings up to get the look you want for the contest. I would recommend enabling antialiased lines and FSAA (if your video card (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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One thing I touched upon a while ago that may be useful, is creating an entirely NEW library, with the same format, and only adding primitives and parts as authors give their consent to the new licence. This would allow the current "complete" (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Vision As promised previously, the Steering Committee would like to share our thoughts on licensing goals. We think it's important that any license, copyright, trademark, trade dress or other legal construction be done in the spirit of the overall (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) !
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(...) now that LDRAW.org officials render all entries i have a question or 2 1 can the user submit camera angle coordinates? 2 what radiosity settings will u use 3 can a user specify color codes for the model (ie "257" = 90% transparent blue / rbgt (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Have you tried ldview yet. I'd think you should be able to come up with a script that generates some real quality output. Travis gave some tips in a recent thread. (URL) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I like to solicit ideas for the rendering style used in next month's Model of the Month contest. I'm so pleased with the way this month's renderings turned out that I'm seriously considering using LDGLite full time but I thought I'd get some input (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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