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(...) Hi All, Sorry if my english is not very well. I've create Wheel Axle Metal (x568s03.dat), because size of 35b.dat is not good. The corect size (diameter) for this part should be 6LDU and not 8LDU. For understand this size, see the my Technic (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New style of part file 3941 vs. 6143
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(...) I've added pictures of some of these variants to my comparison galleries: (URL) the two previous pictures. One addition to Chris' excellent descriptions is that the older bottoms (2A) can be used in a SNOT function with plates; the newer (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: LPub: Rendering mainly black and dk grey models
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Thanks guys I tweaked ambient up to 0.6 from 0.4 and its definately better I shall see what effect taking difused down has later (and the interaction of the two), but at least I know I can get an acceptable result now. Thanks again William PS - and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New sticker: train 133 [DAT]
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To finish a digital image of train 133 I have created the sticker. I do have the actual stickers, which I used as source. Here's a povray result: (URL) this image contains several unofficial parts) I don't have a partnumber. Any suggestions for the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LPub: Rendering mainly black and dk grey models
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(...) I don't know how to do so in POV, but the problem would probably be mitigated somewhat if you increased the amount of ambient light. This would make the darker parts less dark, but still leave you with some shading to see the 3D shape. If you (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The issue here is not shadows or reflections. It is shading. More ambient light and less diffuse light should reduce the shading effect. I'm not at LPub right now, so I can't tell you if/how to change this. (...) Any time you see this kind of (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Wheels with/without metal axle
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Okay, I know it's a bad thing to reply to your own posts, but as I haven't got any answer and I do want this issue solved, I found it okay to kick this up again. Please read the first post in this topic. One more thing why I prefer to have the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LPub: Rendering mainly black and dk grey models
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(...) No it doesn't and Yes I have ;-) Perhaps "shadows" is not the right word. It's more the different intensity of the reflected light (see (URL) OK, so if all the faces were the same intensity you wouldn't be able to tell the shape of an (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Some issues with the newest version of MLCad
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(...) I also like this behaviour, I use it a lot (along with 0 MLCAD SKIP_BEGIN/END) when working on large Ldraw files. ROSCO (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) LPub supposedly uses shadowless lighting, Are you possiby seeing reflections off the plasic that look like they might be shadows? On the POV tab you can control image rendering quality to eliminate surface reflections. I've not kept up with (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, probably won't make you feel any better, but have you checked any official LEGO instructions lately? They have the same problem, and they don't have to worry about shadows! But you should definitely use shadowless lights. And I haven't (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Apologies if this is the wrong group, but it didn't seem to fit too well under publishing. I'm using LPub to render a mainly black and dk grey model and its not working out too good. This is due to the fact that depending on orientation (and hence (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Some issues with the newest version of MLCad
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"Andrew Westrate" <loewe_29@yahoo.com> wrote in news:I4M37z.1Hox@lugnet.com: (...) Personally I really like this behaviour. Please don't simply change this back to the old style. An option would be fine, but sometimes it's invaluable to be able to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Problem with 41760 (mirrored 41770)
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(...) Ahhh. Thanks. Go away for a few years and see what you miss? ;) (...) Thanks for the info, TC. I'll give it a try. J (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: New parts: yellow drive rod and red holder [DAT]
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And the code for the yellow drive rod: 0 Train Steam Drive Rod 0 Name: xSteamRod.dat 0 Author: Niels Karsdorp 0 Unofficial Element 0 CMDLINE -c14 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 0 --Outer Edges 2 24 0 -9 -3.25 140 -9 -3.25 2 24 0 -9 3.25 140 -9 3.25 2 24 140 -9 (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New parts: yellow drive rod and red holder [DAT]
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Last weekend I finished the red holder part for the old yellow steam train drive rod. In this first version I ommited the small gap near the centre stud hole. For the real part this gap is used to make the hole stretch a bit to fit the stud of a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Adjustable paths for parts
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(...) Thanx for the update on this! I just have to be patient. (In the meanwhile I use a copy of the parts library, mixed with all the unofficial parts I need, at a different location on my harddisk, which I use for rendering now with the old L3P) (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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First of all, the mirroring trick is the standard way to make pairs of parts like that. It uses the least number of bytes in the parts library, and properly behaved software shouldn't care. (Since I wrote LDView, I'm allowed to say that without (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Problem with 41760 (mirrored 41770)
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I've noticed something odd when using the two 2x4 wedge plates 41769 and 41770. 41769 appears to have been built using what I consider a rather bad method of mirroring 41770 by applying a scaling/rotation matrix "trick". The problem this appears to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Adjustable paths for parts
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(...) It's coming! We agreed how it should work and I promised to make the software, which will be open source available to all CAD programmers. The software is done, I have integrated it in L3P and tested it and it works fine. I have also been (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad)
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