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(...) Hi Kevin, Thank you for taking a look at the problem, I'll mail you the parts, you can see more pictures of hoses I've done with my parts in my brickshelf... Regards, Misha (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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As I'm getting back in the swing of all things ldraw, I tried out the Mac OS X version of LDView ((URL) Pretty cool viewer - works well on my G4 running 10.3.7. No crazy interface artifacts. Encountered a couple little bugs, figured I'd mention them (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I have talked to the POV-Ray folks and figured out what I need to do to package a version of POV-Ray with my app L3P Launcher. So in my next version it will be all self contained (l3p and povray) and will be able to do the renders for you. I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I think you are unneccesarily complicating things. In this case, I think simply providing a way for the user to overide the reference part directory is the way to go. -Orion (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello Travis, (...) You can try this file ((URL) with Orion's program. The result should look like this: (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Providing a way to override default LDraw folder path would be enough for me. Philo (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, I am watching ! I don't think you can rely on anything to positively identify an unofficial part. We could enforce something in all files that are submitted to the Parts Tracker, but unofficial files could just be local to the user, with (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Check for a line beginning "0 Unofficial" or "0 Official" in the file. OTOH, not all official parts have that marker, and there's even a few that have had a "0 Unofficial" marker skip in. (If a parts-admin is looking, subparts 30387s01 and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mac MPD Utility 1.2 released
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(...) Oh, why not. Could you list it with the same address alias as in the about box (anoved@binghamton.edu)? That would keep it consistent. (...) Cool. I need to reinstall/relearn the l3p/pov-ray stuff - it definitely makes for prettier output than (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I'm brainstorming how to handle both situations. Any ideas? -Orion (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) (URL) I'm pleasantly surprised someone was using the previous version! That (...) None so far. I haven't been very LDraw active until very recently. On ldraw.org, do you want your email listed with the download? (...) Glad you like it! I was (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Could you please send me an MPD file that exhibits this problem in LDView? I'll take a look at it. You are correct that it is probably an LDView problem. --Travis (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) And then to know that James isn't the only person who uses it, I do too! :-) Greetz, Anton (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) MacUpdate ((URL) but as you guessed I haven't registered with VersionTracker. I'm pleasantly surprised someone was using the previous version! That makes the time spent updating it feel worthwhile. Like I said be sure to let me know if you run (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I was using your old version last week! Awesome update. I'll make sure it gets updated on ldraw.org. Also, have you thought of posting this on VersionTracker.com? If you don't want to bother registering and all, I can post it under the name (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Ribbed hoses synth [DAT]
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(...) [snip] (...) Lego's never had another kind of ribbed hose (or if they did, I never saw it). So, yes, LDraw part 78 models the 'modern' ribbed hose. Since neither post provided specifics of any problem with the hose, I played around with it (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Mac MPD Utility 1.2 released
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Hi! I'd like to announce the release of Mac MPD Utility 1.2, a little tool for assembling and disassembling multi-part data (MPD) files. (URL) is actually an update to a program I first wrote for personal use in 2002, revised and largely rewritten (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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1 x 2 plate with rounded steam cylinder from 4.5v train sets (URL) crome light reflector from model team sets (URL) x 2 round tile with flame pattern (URL) steering wheel/valve (URL) max head (URL) max body (URL) also need color numbers/definitions (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) No, LDDP works fine. I'm using Windows 2000. (...) I tried both 3.0beta and 2.1. Same problem. (...) Fine! in the same vein, adding automatically a .mpd extension if needed for output file would be great. (...) I know this is the "official" (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hey I know a spiffy little recursive algorithm that'd probably do a nice job of that. I used to use it in 2D to reduce the size of vectorized scanned image files, but it should extend nicely to 3D. You start with the end points of a curve. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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