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You are SICK! Keep up the good work! James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | MPDCenter - NEW VERSION
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On my homepage (URL) you can find the download for this program. Here is also a link for direkt download (URL) (approx. 2.3 MB) The program language is english only. New features are: The file content can be viewed by an external programm (L3LAB). (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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(...) Both GIF and PNG are lossless. GIF files don't have better compression; the reason that the gif file is so much smaller is because gif uses only 8 bits per pixel, while png can use 24, 32, or even 48 or 64 bits per pixel. No image formats (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Classic space LDraw model repository
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Hello all, I'm pleased to announce I've finished modeling every Classic Space set in LDraw. You can find the .mpd-files and a render of each model in my Brickshelf folder at (URL) you find any mistakes anywhere, please let me know! I'll be updating (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space) !!
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| | Re: Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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"Mark Bellis" <mark.bellis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in news:IBGoCB.23B3@lugnet.com: (...) Could you post an example of a PNG that 'loses definition,' please? I think you must be doing something wrong there, since PNG is a lossless format. What program (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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"Mark Bellis" <mark.bellis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in news:IBGoCB.23B3@lugnet.com: (...) None of these image formats should (!) be susceptible to viruses, since they don't contain any executable code. However (!), there are some viewer programs out (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Inserting "O STEP" command
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Worked like a charm. Thanks! "Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> wrote in message news:IBH7MD.1IzJ@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: ldconfig.ldr and dithered colors
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(...) I'd say a blend of 0 and 1, basically just as if it's counterpart (272) wasn't defined in the ldconfig -Orion (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inserting "O STEP" command
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(...) You can do this in Word: - Open the file in Word - Choose Replace from the file menu - In the "Find what" box type "^p" (without the quotes) - In the "Replace with" box type "^p0 STEP^p" (without the quotes) - Click the "Replace All" button (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Inserting "O STEP" command
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I recently began getting into LDRAW, MLCad, LPub, etc. I have downloaded numerous .dat, .ldr and .mpd files to learn how to make instructions. Apparently, the "0 STEP" command is very important for seeing the model assembly in LDLite as well as (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | ldconfig.ldr and dithered colors
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How is a renderer expected to handle dithered colors not mentioned explicitly in ldconfig.ldr ? The "LDraw File Format" specification says: "Also, colours 256 through 511 are dithered. So if you want to combine colours J and K, figure your colour (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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(...) Actually all the concern is now moot since the software patent for LZW compression (which the GIF format uses) expired in 2004. -Orion (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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(...) Not sure if its the best, but certainly used a lot. It is lossless. (...) Well a lot of people do. But that changed a while back because CompuServe (who own the format) threatened to charge royalties for using it. I don't think anything came (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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(...) I only use bitmaps when they are smaller than the equivalent jpeg - ie they are monochrome ones. This was the case for the parts I've drawn so far. I've used jpegs for colour pictures up to now. I did a test with the 4x4 round plate drawing: (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Such components are handled correctly by BFCFixer as "detached" submodels, and are oriented consistently with the rest of the polygons in the file as long as each independant submodel is sufficiently enclosed that a correct winding can be (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Of course, it's that simple - thanks. Except some of the most basic LDraw parts (regular bricks) fail this test because the studs are "stuck on" a complete quad, rather than a surface peppered with stud-sized holes. Chris (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | "LEGOLAND - A Half-Life 2 Modification" needs a new name!
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Greetings, LEGO fans! I joined LUGNET in 2003 partly to (URL) get volunteers> to work on a LEGO-themed computer game. Mike Rayhawk of (URL) BrikWars> fame kindly joined the team, and together we and the other team members who came along set up what (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.fun, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Would you guys want a code repository for this? I have a SVN repo set up that I could easily add this as a project... Just LMK! (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Ask, and ye shall receive. (URL) code is included (hopefully my crude hackings can be deciphered by others) as well as an executable jarfile in the dist/ subdirectory. Enjoy. If you find any major bugs, let me know, and I'll see what I can do, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Oh yeah! Let me at it. :) Steve (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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