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(...) Hey, challenge yourself! Build a DS9 in scale to this Startrek ship ;-) (URL) (No, it is not mine) SCNR, Christian (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.space)
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(...) I tried this; unfortunately the Peeron interface flat-out says it doesn't handle mpds, and it doesn't. It found a total of four parts in the file. Thanks for the suggestion though! It is a useful utility apart from this problem. Steve (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Would putting them into a single .mpd file help. There are (URL) programs> that automatically create .mpds from files such as you describe. I'm not sure how peeron counts the parts though. I would hope that it accounts for all ten instances of (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the reply, Dan. The problem I see is that my sub-assemblies are in 12+ separate files (file A uses 10 copies of B, B uses a copy of C and 4 of D, etc.). Re: the web interface you reference, it's not clear to me if/how it can support (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Bear in mind, a 9999x9999 snapshot will suck up just under 300MB of RAM while it's being created, so unless you have AT LEAST 512MB, I'd keep it lower. I probably could have worked things out so that the image didn't have to all be in memory (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) I have an ATI card as well, it's just a 9000. I play Halo on it though, the poor thing... (...) Wow, resolutions that high just aren't right! :^) I'll have to experiment with that. (...) Thanks for the compliments! (...) Your program is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) I am amazed that the architecture students would need any motivation to design with legos. Being an architect myself I cannot even fathom the thought! One suggestion would be to ask the students to try and model their previous projects using (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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(...) Well, my Semester starts in two weeks, so if you have any tips I'm all for hearing them! My biggest problem is motivating the Architecture students in my group. The Engineers don't really care what they draw (a widget is a widget is a widget). (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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(...) To clarify, my system consideres each connection point as a vector with a defined point of origin. The vectors are perpendicular to the stud axis. In this way a brick can rotate about the vector (or stud) and still be aligned just like real (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Ideally, if the click-system is running, it should still allow you to slide a piece between two other pieces where it has a mating surface with both of them. It should just automatically switch from whatever movement increment you have (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) one 3024 1x1 plate, selected Quit from the File-menu and didn't get a message or warning about whether I'd like to save my file yes or no...? Greetz, Anton (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I just downloaded the 2.4b1 version and yes, it loads files much faster, it reacts faster, all in all a great improvement! But I did run into a problem... I opened the M851.mpd and only added one single 3024 1x1 plate from Bricks Palette, only (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Andrew, As always, thanks for a new version of MBC with yet even more features! Greetz, Anton (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I have a 12 year old in my Game Maker class. He is building models and hoping to bring them into Anim8or (or Blender) via POV-Ray. He then hopes to bone the tri-mesh and create animations. Each frame of the animation will then be used to build (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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"Jason Allemann" <jason@parlugment.org> wrote in message news:I2nnKF.3D9@lugnet.com... (...) Space (...) :-( (...) I'm not following the discusions on lugnet.space, and normaly dont build any space related stuff in LEGO, but has always been (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually I've been following your DS9 project with great interest (amazing rendition by the way). When I finished my (URL) Enterprise> one of the projects I was considering was a DS9 to scale with it. I even got as far as prototyping one of (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Assuming you already know *which* male (M) should connect to which female (F), and that M is to be rotated (this might in fact be the difficult part to figure out!): Use the F <connection direction> as the primary axis for a coordinate system (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all builders, cadders, datters, mlcadders and spacers, I challenge anyone to make Startrek spaceships to the scale of my Deep Space 9 station! Who's in for it? Jaco P.S. Currently I have some ideas for an Enterprise D, a Runabout and the Defiant. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.space)
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(...) You need to have the user pick more than just the "male" and "female" locations. To get the two bricks on top of each other (instead of inside each other), the "male" and "female" locations ought to have some concept for up and down. For parts (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) We discussed this years ago. Maybe there's some ideas there. (URL) solved many such alignment problems in 2D, but never in 3D. It's harder to visualize because of my poor drawing skills. I wonder if you can break it down into two 2D alignment (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad)
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