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(...) Ok, so I'll explain why I'm going with POV-Ray. First, did you see this: (URL) install Quicktime to see the MPEG4 (MPEG4 is a standard, I don't know why Windows Media Player wont display it). Anyway, I had to install Divx to see that AVI. :) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Here's a mockup. 0 FILE 30663.dat 0 Car Steering Wheel Large 0 Name: 30663.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 BFC CERTIFY CCW 1 16 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 -8 0 1 0 4-4edge.dat 1 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -6 0 1 0 4-4edge.dat 1 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) Correction: ... to be useful for making a meningful clip telling a story. /Tore (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Ok, I am going to start a $500 fund raising effort so we can get a Mac Mini for LDraw Development (MM4LD?). And, as soon as he ports it he will send the box to the next person who needs it to port their LDraw software to the Mac. How many Mac (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) You still have to impress me. It way too complicated to be even close to user-friendly. (...) Have you seen the works at BrickFilms.com ? The stop-motion gang leads by at least 50-1 against us! It's time to make a change here. No, I still (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) I've been hanging around at BrickFilms for a while, and I'm very impressed with the stop-motion results so far. So far, I have not seen any virtual film come close to them. But my vision lives on. Even with better animation scripts, virtual (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) Tore, I'm sure you remember my attempts at the same thing. (URL) I finally decided that POV-Ray is the way to go. Yeah, harder at first, but there are several people working on minifig walking includes (I've got my own as well). After working (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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Hi! You may want to check out this thread: (URL) see that Mike tried a similar thing a while ago. I'm sure he was not aware of your efforts. Personally, I have my reservations. Making this mechanical somehow takes the life from it. And isn't (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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I am still planning to restart the LDA2001 project. See details in (URL) . I found the latest source cade on a hd with crasched system files but intact file system. :D As you already know, animation is very complicated. The LDA2001 project is (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) I would second this, its great and installed for me with no problem. However Sonnich Jensen had one simple-to-resolve problem, see (URL) if you have a problem Tim (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thanks ROSCO. Kevin (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Paul. I accepth the nomination. Kevin (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE.
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Hi I’m now working on GLIDE and clicking again. I have moved house and job which is why I have not done any work on GLIDE over the last 6 months or so. Version 0.74 is now available for download. (URL) can now set the background colour of an edit (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Re: Software installation problems
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(...) Why not give the LDraw All In One Installer a try it allows you to install all the software above and more all in one place and at one time. =) (URL) -AHui LDraw Help Desk (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Part request: Propellor 3 Blade with 24t Gear Complete Assembly - 2740c01
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(...) I don't think Paul ever got it finished. ROSCO (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Part request : 30663 Large Steering wheel
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Hi, Is there someone out there who's busy with the large steering wheel (30663) as found in several Jack Stone sets and the Millennium Falcon (2004). I need it for some of my train car models. Thanks, Ludo (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi all, I got recently a harddisc (C:\) problem and needed to replace all my programs. So i uploaded the latest Ldraw027.exe and Complete.exe Installed both as explained on LDRAW.ORG. No problems at all But i want to install following programs too: (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Tore Eriksson
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(...) I am very honoured by the nomiation, but I hesitate to accept it. I want to know a little more about what it takes to be member of the SteerCo. So before I can accept or decline, I need to know what you do and how much work it takes. /Tore (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I, Steve Bliss, second this nomination. (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Part request: Propellor 3 Blade with 24t Gear Complete Assembly - 2740c01
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Hello, I've been working on modeling set 8855 ('Prop Plane'), but there doesn't appear to be a dat for the propellor ((URL) finished the model, with an alternate propellor in it (see (URL) and (URL) but would of course like to have the actual part. (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Tore Eriksson
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(...) I, Jacob Sparre Andersen, second the nomination. Play well, Jacob (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Travis Cobbs
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Travis Cobbs. (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Ahui Herrera
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Ahui Herrera. (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Tore Eriksson
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Tore Eriksson. (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Willy Tschager
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(...) many thx for the nomination, I accept. w. (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Lars C. Hassing
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(...) Oh--very nice :-) -Tim (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Lars C. Hassing
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(...) Thanks, but I decline - too busy preparing the next L3P release :-) /Lars (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: About official LEGO models "CAD library"
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(...) I have a fair few that can be added as well: (URL) various trains, space, and two model team models. (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Paul Easter
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(...) Thank you, however, I decline. Paul (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Paul Easter
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(...) I second - Chris (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Change to existing policy regarding the subfiling of dithered colors
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(...) many, many thx to the LSC for getting the job done so quickly :-)))) w. (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I, Dan Boger, nominate Jacob Sparre Andersen. (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Lars C. Hassing
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(...) I, Jacob Sparre Andersen, second the nomination. Play well, Jacob (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Solid Modeling of a Lego(tm) Person with Pro/ENGINEER
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(...) Hey, that's neat! Beginning Pro/E students need all the help they can get! I've been using LEGO in my CAD class for years (I use AutoCAD/3DS). I've even contemplated writing a book about it.. I suppose I should make a website, eh? I believe (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Willy Tschager
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(...) I second -Orion (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Lars C. Hassing
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I, Franklin W. Cain, nominate Lars C. Hassing. (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Willy Tschager
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I, Franklin W. Cain, nominate Willy Tschager. (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Paul Easter
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I, Franklin W. Cain, nominate Paul Easter. (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Solid Modeling of a Lego(tm) Person with Pro/ENGINEER
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I found this whilst looking for something else and thought it may be of interest. It is a class exercise to introduce you to a 3D-modelling package (Pro/ENGINEER). It is sponsored by the The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Engineering. Here's (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Very small triangle and a quad that thinks its a tri
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(...) I'll send you the whole file (its not complete yet), but the values for the tri are A (0.989107, -1, 0) B (0.997785, -0.98677, 0.06652) C (0.997785, -1, 0.06652) William (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: *** SPAM *** Re: Very small triangle and a quad that thinks its a tri
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(...) Only at 5dp (ie -det/-dist of 0.00001), but then as the values are only to 5dp this is not surprising! The co-linear vertices are reported for any -det/dist values from 1 to 0.00001 William (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think so too. William, could you please e-mail me the actual coordinates of A, B, etc., and perhaps the whole file. (...) Good question! (...) The colinearity test currently has a hardcoded threshold of 0.01. The colinearity test is carried (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.org's December Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the December Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engine, Jorgen Andersson> (URL) SOTM, The long journey home, Tom Beattie> The voting for the January Model of the Month and (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: MicroMOC: Hot pursuit in the city
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(...) Nate, I just wanted to say that I too would buy this set if it was released. Catching up on things as I've been distant from Lugnet...Anyway, this is such a great little setup to have on your desk or whatnot. I think the attention to detail (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Very small triangle and a quad that thinks its a tri
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(...) I'm guessing this is a limitation of the accuracy of the l3p -check, so probably ignorable. Does the -dist option affect this test too, or just the coplanar quad test? Maybe there could be another option in l3p to adjust the accuracy of the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Whilst working out the non-right-angled cylinder intersection sub-parts for the Boat Rigging pieces I have run into two related problems 1) I have a triangle A-B-C that is so tiny that L3P reports it as co-linear and L3Lab doesn't render it (it (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) Hi Lars. Hey, I've got an idea. Stop adding new features (for a little while) and just release it. ;^) Pretty please with extra sugar? (...) Nifty solution, but what if someone looks down the hose and sees it's all blocked up with spheres so (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: About official LEGO models "CAD library"
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(...) Sorry for the delay in replying to this, I'm catching up on post holiday newsgroups. Once it's up and going I can probably provide a few models for it. I did the whole of Classic Space in Leocad a few years back and I believe Leocad has a (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thanks guys, I accept. -Orion (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thanks, Ross and Tim. I heartily accept this nomination. Steve (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) (snip) (...) I'll add 4-4cyls.dat, so that shouldn't hold you back. Also, in the coming version you can add primitives yourself. (...) Another way to achieve no overlap is the method I used in 30093.dat "Plant See Grass": I simply placed (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thanks. I graciously accept the nomination and would be happy to continue to serve the LDraw community in this way. Chris (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thanks, guys. I accept the nomination. -Tim (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org 2005 Steering Committee Candidates - A summary
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Hi all. Just as I did (URL) last year> I have (1) put together a summary of the Steering Committee candidates for your reference. You can find it (URL) here>. Right now the nominations, seconds, and acceptances (as followups to (URL) this post>) are (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thank you very much, Paul and Leonard. I accept the nomination with gratitude and would be pleased to serve again if elected. A post will follow separately with a backgrounder and position statement. Larry Pieniazek (from Tampa FL today) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Seconded. (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | super hero parts
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hi all ive have been searching for information on super hero parts for the minifigg of ldraw. I would love to try my hands at scenes from spiderman, batman etc in lego format. are they around? I know harry potter is big and so is starwars . if (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I second the nomination. -Tim (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I, Ross Crawford, nominate Philippe Hurbain (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I, Ross Crawford, nominate Steve Bliss (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I second the nomination of Chris Dee ROSCO (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I second the nomination of Kevin Clague ROSCO (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I second the nomination of Orion Pobursky ROSCO (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) OK, here's my VERY LAST word on the subject: Transforming both 4-4cyls S0-S1 and vector S1-S2: Rotate about Y by beta until S0-S1 lies in the YZ plane Rotate about X by gamma until S0-S1 coincides with +Z Rotate about Z by delta until S1-S2 (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I think he's done an excellent job, I will second your nomination. -Leonard Hoffman (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I think he's done an excellent job, I will second your nomination. -Leonard Hoffman (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Since they’ve done a decent job (IMO), I’d like to re-nominate the current members, including... Chris Dee -gyug (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Since they've done a decent job (IMO), I'd like to re-nominate the current members, including... Kevin Clague -gyug (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Since they've done a decent job (IMO), I'd like to re-nominate the current members, including... Larry Pieniazek -gyug (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Since they've done a decent job (IMO), I'd like to re-nominate the current members, including... Orion Pobursky -gyug (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Since they've done a decent job (IMO), I'd like to re-nominate the current members, starting with Tim Courtney. (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) Ooooops, I see now I was totally barking up the wrong tree, you need to WORK OUT the alpha angle, sorry. But transforming the co-ordinate system should still work. ROSCO (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) Or maybe another way to look at it (got this from old lecture notes): Goal: rotate about arbitrary vector A by alpha Idea: we know how to rotate about X,Y,Z So, rotate about Y by beta until A lies in the YZ plane Then rotate about X by gamma (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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Per the LDraw.org Bylaws, Subsection 6.03(a), the 2004 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2005 Steering Committee. Please post nominations in response to this message. Nominations will be (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) Could you transform the co-ordinate system so that one of it's axes is along the centre-line of the 4-4cyls (in the plane S0-S1-S2), rotate it about that axis so that the longest sise is in the plane, then transform the co-ord system back? (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Ross Crawford wrote: <snip> (...) know how to come up with the rotation angle needed to twist the 4-4cyls.dat into the right position. One reason to push forward on my original solution is because the same knowledge can be used to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) Hi Roscoe, Thanks for the help. If you extend the cylinders so that the outside edges touch, you will be able to see the overlap.... at small angles, this works because the overlap is small, but at larger angles, the overlap is noticable. I (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) It's hard work, but this page might help (URL) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) Hi Philo, Good to hear from you. My mistake.... I am using 4-4cyls.dat. rotating them to align them with the S0-S1-S2 plane is what I don't know how to do. Thanks, Kevin (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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(...) Why not just work out the longest side of the cylinder you need, and extend the hose segments by that much on each end? That would reduce the file size even more. BTW, if you do decide to go with your solution, and come up with a result, you (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mathematical assistance please
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Hello Kevin, (...) What about using 4-4cyls primitives placed to the end of hose segments? Scale their length to (hose diameter)*tan(angle/2). See example for a 30° angle: (URL) and (URL) know, this is not a full solution, you need to rotate the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Changing camera location in LPub
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Oh, of course! ROTSTEP! Thanks Kevin. --Ryan (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Mathematical assistance please
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Hi, I'm a much better arithmetician than mathemetician and have hit a wall with LSynth. In an attempt to reduce file size, I've written an algorithm that merges hose segments together (based on an angle error limit). This dramatically reduces file (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Changing camera location in LPub
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(...) Thanks! When rendering single images (entire model), the camera globe coordinates affect the rendered results. When rendering building instructions, MLCAD's ROTSTEP meta command controls camera location (or model rotation. Who can tell the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Changing camera location in LPub
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I just downloaded LPub 2.2.0.1 — what a great program! — and I was wondering why changing the latitude or longitude of the camera doesn't affect camera location in the renderings. Is there something I'm overlooking? Thanks! --Ryan (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Flexible axles with lsynth
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Matt, The axle size is supposed to match the axle ends. Kevin (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Two queries: How-to for loco wheels and which app did this?
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I've designed a bogie that looks good and seems structurally sound, if you'd like to take a look or use it, you're welcome to: (URL) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks for your help Kevin, I've now got it working! I don't want to sound picky, but the axles pieces that have been created are just slightly larger in diameter than the LS40 part. Is this correct, or should the connected axle and end parts (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Matt, LS40.dat is not a hose constraint (axle constraint). It is provided to you to put ends on your flexible axles. The second example you provide is the correct one. Simply add LS40.DAT on each end of the axle, and you have a complete (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe. I think I was in the past and I wanted to go check that I wasn't, so I thought I'd post the link, just in case. (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) To be honest, I suspect that if you aren't a hard-core reviewer, you're probably not holding anything due to dithering. Maybe I'm just being cynical, though. --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hard core reviewers know this already, of course, but those of us who don't review as much can use this link (URL) to find reviews they've done, including all the holds, so they can see if they are holding anything for dithering... (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) See? Wasn't that easy? :) Steve (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'll resubmit the part unchanged, if your hold vote is not deleted by midnight CET... (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I think this hasn't been totally decided yet; the last I heard, SteerCo was still discussing it amongst itself. The two front-runner options are: 1. Possibly have two separate distros, one for 'compliant' and one for 'non-compliant'. The (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Just to be clear - you do not have to make a subpart of the pattern; that's the change in policy. Steve (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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yes, mine: (URL) I guess I'll have to go through the hassle of re-submitting this and on the way make a subpart of the pattern.... *sigh* :) thx! (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Resubmitting (unchanged) files to simply clear away holds is *not* an approved practice for the PT. I'm not saying it isn't justified in this case, but it's not generally the way to operate - it undermines the the system. The more appropriate (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) My experience with lsynth is limited, so I'l defer to Kevin Clague on the above. (...) You could try LDraw Design Pad's flexible object generator. You can find LDDP at: (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are there any holds based on this? Presumably we can just resubmit these parts to reset the votes. -Orion (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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