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(...) I've been getting sporatic reports of this error with regards to a variety of DOS related LDraw applications. I'll look into it unless someone else posts a solution. In the mean time, using "Scan Parts" in the File menu of MLCad works exactly (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: mklist problem
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(...) Are you running from a command prompt? I have no problem running mklist from the command prompt in XP, maybe you updated something in XP lately? Also, you can create parts.lst from inside MLcad without running mklist directly, by choosing (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Help! I haven’t ran MKLIST in a while, but when I try to run it, I keep getting this error: D:\Lego\ldraw\mklist.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\...TOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) You're right, it was catually called freestyle at the time. I couldnt remeber the transitiional name between "basic" and "creator." The sets I am thinking of are ones like 3226 ((URL) Unfortunately the pictures for many of these sets are (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Steps/Rendering
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(...) What is it that Edwin is referring to here? Is there a trick with using steps that I need to know about? I've been somewhat blindly stumbling along but have more or less ignored steps since I've assumed (perhaps erroneously) that they were (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) According to Lugnet, the Creator line started in 2001: (URL) you give me a set number of one of the sets you are talking about? That'll help me narrow my search to a smaller neighborhood. Thanks, Clark (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Thanks for the info. Were you thinking of this set? (URL) has a dark pink slope with white triangles, which may have been mistaken for pink: (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) It came it several of the creator sets in the late 90s. (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) I *vaguely* remember it bieng in one of the Powerboat Marina or Jetski sets of ~94 and ~96 respectively... though I'm not sure. Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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What set did this part appear in? (URL) not currently inventoried in any set on Peeron or Bricklink. Thanks, Clark (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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(...) my own sanity I'm glad I didn't and somebody else took up the slack! ;] My intent was to create a virtual spacebase with all of the sets in the scene. In other words, something that would be impossible to render! :] Great stuff! Did you render (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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"John Boozer" <jboozer@mindspring.com> wrote in news:IBLIw8.1AKE@lugnet.com: (...) Thanks, I'll correct that ASAP! Koyan (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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On Model 6895, the Space Police Spy-Trak I, those wheels look too small. You didn't happen to get the part number from the peeron database a while back, did you? The correct wheel is part 2515. There's an unofficial file for it in the parts tracker. (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Cross platform GUI
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(...) I just read this on /. This is great news. -Orion (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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It looks like QT 4 will extend the GPL license to the Windows version. See here: (URL) sent this cad.dev, because this change could actually be useful to the developers.) --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldconfig.ldr and dithered colors
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(...) They should be fall back on the 'default spec' -- that is, dither them; don't rely on their counterpart's definition. But that doesn't really (...) Hmm. The LGEO colors don't have edge colors, do they? So using K,J instead of J,K [if J,K isn't (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | PART LIST 1-999 Rev 00002
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Please copy, make fills, and update rev number! If you want to discuss one or more entries, please change subject line nn% = work progress PT = submitted AS NEW PART, not just updated to Parts Tracker yy-nn = Officialized at update... ***** PART (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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(...) VERY cool, thanks! -Tim (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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(...) is a great service for everybody. - Kelly (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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Wicked-sweet renders! That's some wallpaper material right there. :) -Stefan- (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Classic space LDraw model repository
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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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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) The way it's been done before is to draw rays from the origin outward. The first polygon a ray crosses is facing inward, and the last polygon a ray crosses would be facing outward. The ones in between *should* alternate facing in and out. Do (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) I think it can be done for simple objects, by choosing a random winding for 1 polygon, then processing all touching polygons so they're wound the same way (when looking from the same side - out ot in). This would produce a result that is (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) I may be being dense here, but I dont understand how this can be done programatically. The point of BFC is to allow renderers to understand if a particular polygon is facing the camera or facing away from it. If all polygons are wound (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BFCFixer
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(...) Well, I had some spare time today... so I wrote one. It goes through a single LDraw part file and reorients all the polygons in it to have the same winding. It comprehends the notion of subfiles and already BFC compliant parts, and puts the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) <snip> (...) Yes, I use MLCad in conjuction with LDDP/LDView for parts authoring. My method is to build the part in MLCad since it does all the rotaion calculations for me and then clean in up and fine tune ithe part in LDDP/LDView. As far as (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) Hi Stefan: I'm chiming in late here, but I've crafted at least a few unofficial LDraw parts, and I thought I might offer some thoughts. My original composing tool of choice was the shareware text editor "PC-Write v4," which no longer appears (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts display strange in LEGO Digital Designer
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Anyone? (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Mosaic Maker
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Hi all, What would be the best photograph to use with the Mosaic Maker? I have tried high/low contrast, sharp/blurry, large/small, etc. Still I am not satisfied with the way my photo is converted to a mosaic. Does anyone have tips? Thanks! Jaco (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Bricksaic version 0.1.0
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(...) Xposted to cad.mlcad Perhaps Michael L. could speak up about whether MLCad reads that file, what the proper superset of colors ought to be and other topics. (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Bricksaic version 0.1.0
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(...) Bricksaic is using the ldconfig.ldr in it's directory but the problem with the unused colors seems to be that MLcad does not recognize the following colors: Reddish_Brown, Stone_Gray, Dark_Stone_Gray, and Dark_Green. there may be more colors (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bricksaic version 0.1.0
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(...) Larry, I looked into what you said and it is correct: Bricksiac is using the ldconfig.ldr file in it's installed directory and MLDraw is using a file named the same ldconfig.ldr in it's installed dirctory. Then if one of the other has a (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Contributor's Agreement
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(...) And that's a good thing. Come on now. The whole ldraw library is a derivative work and we've already lost contact with the original author, and many subsequent part authors, but they still get credit for a job well done. Good work! Keep it up! (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Contributor's Agreement
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(...) ... but not without acknowledging those works as yours. (...) Chris (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Contributor's Agreement
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(...) Among other things, yes. (...) Also that. Jacob (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) Oh, yes. Definitely. (...) :) [snip a lot of stuff with which I agree] (...) nod, yes. That makes a lot of sense. (...) Very cool. :) Steve (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rendering implementation details
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(...) no, he didn't. when I last met him at legoworld 03 he promised to do it but actually never did (as far as I remember at the time windz had an error quote of 2-3 percent - too much from his point of view :-(( w. actually I'll add the (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Contributor's Agreement (Was: New Part...)
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(...) Basically the all this CA is telling you is that you need to agree to release your part under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence for us to accept your part for distribution. The Creative Common Organization is kind enough to provide a (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Contributor's Agreement (Was: New Part...)
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(...) For example: "The right to create derivative works of the Work" Does that mean altering the works (in this case: editing my dat files and make updates on them) without trying to contact me first? Or does it just mean works that uses my works? (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Rendering implementation details
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(...) It has been done before. Ildefonso Junior Zanette wrote a program called Windz, I use it all the time when I author parts. I can't remember if he publically released it. -Orion (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rendering implementation details
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(...) It doesn't matter, actually. In one way or another, optional lines are required. In general, the "magic halo" effect only highlights _outside_ edges, but for a non-convex object, that won't necessarily be adqeuate. You can't even get away with (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Contributor's Agreement (Was: New Part...)
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(...) What exactly is hard to understand. We tried to write the CA as clearly as possible without being ambiguous. Chris or I (or any other SteerCo member) would be more than happy to explain whatever part is confusing to you to your satisfaction. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Nominations 2005 SteerCo -- Tore Eriksson
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(...) Sorry, but I have to decline. Maybe next year. Thanks for the nomination though! /Tore (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Contributor's Agreement (Was: New Part...)
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(...) Oh dear. Then write the agreement in a little easier English so we have a chance to know what we sign. What is that agreement good for anyway? Is it something the Jessiman's wanted? And the security demands for passwords are way higher than my (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3067pt3.dat - Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern
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(...) Hold on there ! The reason that Tore does not currently have submit privileges is that we are waiting for his affirmation of the Contributor Agreement. (URL) of the date of this announcement, everyone's submission rights were revoked and only (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3067pt3.dat - Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern [DAT]
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(...) 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 s\3067s01.dat (...) Hi Tore, I just uploaded your file to the parts tracker. I had to adjust the entry for the subfile (slash converted to backslash) Michael Heidemann (mikeheide) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: 3067pt3.dat - Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern [DAT]
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Looks like I have lost my priviliges to submit parts to the Tracker... Could somebody please submit this before the part number is taken by somebody else. /Tore 0 Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern 0 Name: 3067pt3.dat 0 (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Fixed LGEO parts
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(...) My webhotel seems to have had a diskcrash and has restored an older backup. I have now checked all files and took the opportunity to add three new LGEO fixes. /Lars (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Rendering implementation details
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(...) Ok, I drew a better picture (2 planes in space and a floating eye) and I'm starting to see. Maybe you're onto something. It takes 2 surface normals and one point on the edgeline to divide space into 4 quadrants. Then you only need to figure (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BMP2DAT question (problem?) [DAT]
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(...) If I understand the problem correctly, you have to scale down the output file. This can be easily done by pretanding that it is a sub-part Rename it to pattern.dat for example. Then create a new part that calls to that pattern with the line: 1 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BMP2DAT question (problem?)
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Hi, I made some stickers for one of my trains. Now i'm making building instructions for this train and would like to add the stickers i made in the LDRAW design. Therefore i use the BMP2DAT utility found in LDAdd-On from Steven Bliss. This works (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fixed LGEO parts
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(...) Hi Lars Are These Still Available? Link didn't work. Thanks Chris (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Rendering implementation details
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(...) What you are describing is in fact a very old and basic edge rendering algorithm, which can be found in most detailed textbooks on computer graphics. CAD style and wire frame rendering went out of style during the 90's, so some recent "fancy (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LPub vertical plate murk
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I'm using LPub for a project and have been perplexed a bit by the image quality difference between rendering the "Complete Assembly" vs the "Instruction Images". It might be the same issue as in this thread: (URL) For vertical grey plates, the studs (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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Thanks for your suggestions, the message I received is: "Yes, a good and useful translator would be appreciated." One brief comment on the issue of whether we want clean, compact and well structured files or not: of *course* we want clean files! A (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: l3p as open source
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(...) L3P is available for the Mac and Linux.... Kevin (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rendering implementation details
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(...) Actually, one can bring the number of transformations down to 1 for the entire _object_. Interesting what can happen when an idea sits in the brain and percolates for a couple of days. A new idea I had was to just transform the camera position (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bricksaic version 0.1.0
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(...) I ran into this too while betatesting. If you were using, for example, MLCad, it might be a problem with the color definitions that MLCad is aware of. Bricksiac is getting its color info from the ldconfig.ldr file in the install dir, I think. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Is there someone interested in making icons for me
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Hello, I'am working on LD4DModeler V2 (see (URL) i want to make it better in every aspect over V1 am looking for some artist who is willing to make some (mostly) 16x16 pixel icons for me. I think people who used V1 know why I rather don't do it (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: l3p as open source (was: Re: Anatomy of a POV file (e.g. L3P suggestions))
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(...) I knew I'd forgotten something in here! That function sounds interesting and could help a bit, but I'm not sure it's possible to turn an .inc around, but I'll look into it when I get the time. Thanks -NB (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part request: Propellor 3 Blade with 24t Gear Complete Assembly - 2740c01
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Well, I've done a request for this part more than a year ago, but to no avail.... Since I'm an airplanefreak I would really like to use it in some MOC's So if anyone is working on it or is planning to do so, please let us know! (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Rendering implementation details
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(...) I don't see it. Are you sure this works in the perspective projection? Because I can't quite figure out what the magic view vector is in that case. I think you'd need to calculate one view vector for each edge endpoint, which brings the number (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts display strange in LEGO Digital Designer
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Hi all, After a new full install of my PC, I cannot seem to get LDD to run properly. The parts display like this: (URL) have not seen this before. It worked on the previous install of my machine, which is exactly the same! Anyone else having this (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Okay.... having had a day to think about it and a night to sleep on it, I think I've figured out something.... But it would only work if the optional lines were incident to edges of polygons that are part of the object being drawn. I'm not sure if (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not 100% sure, but I believe most (if not all) of these outlining algorithms expect you to know the difference between the front faces and the back faces. It could be that they could be adopted for use when you don't have this information, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure it's possible to implement for real without serious slowdowns. It might be possible to implement in a vertex program, but I haven't studied vertex programs, so I really don't know. (I'm pretty sure you can't throw out a vertex (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The look and feel is one of the reasons why I rejected GTK (...) To me, compile times are a non issue. However the non-free nature of Qt leaves a bad taste in my mouth (and I not even a Open Source zealot). I can however develop a Qt based (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It would be nice if there were also a part used to store points. It would then be declared at the end of the .pov file as a uniquely named vector. (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The next things I'm working on are the superelevation calculations, as well as an automatic intersection generator. (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) You're right about the performance hit. We've discussed this issue previously on lugnet, because quite a few of the renderers out there use opengl (ldview, leocad, ldglite, Mac Brick Cad...) Source code is available for all of these if you (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) When you make your LDraw model add STEPS for each image of the BI you want to create. Once you have that use LPub to create the BI images. Depending on the number of STEPS you have in the model, LPub will create "x" number of images each one (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Someone once suggested to me (Dan from Microsoft maybe?) that given today graphics libraries, one could probably get away with ignoring op-lines altogether and use edge detection. This would present a potential problem since edge color is (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I was envisioning how an LDraw renderer would be implemented if it were done with OpenGL, and I've arrived at some questions that I can't answer for myself. I'm particularly wondering about line type #5, the optional line. According to the LDraw (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I updated the camera.dat and look_at.dat so they don't need to be REMmed out: 0 ~Camera Position 0 Name: Camera.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Un-official part 2 24 -4 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 0 -4 0 0 4 0 2 24 0 0 -4 0 0 4 0 L3P IFNOTPOV 1 0 0 25 37 1 0 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes,I am very well aware of the multitude of camera settings POV offers, and I haven't yet decided which way to go. The fastest way may be to run my own race using my own META statements: 0 LDA CAMERA.POSITION x y z 0 LDA CAMERA.LOOKAT x y z 0 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Personally I don't think using GTK under Windows is a good idea. I've worked with it before and even released an application that used it and you won't believe the amount of people that have trouble using a Windows application with controls that (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Ahui Herrera- The only program I have is Adobe Photoshop. Now when you are talking about creating the steps, do you save each individual MLCad step as a seperate entity so it can be set against Photoshop? If not, then what? (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) POV-Ray cameras can do alot. Besides just having a location and direction, you can have a zoom, focus, you can specify the direction in the form of "look at", and more. If you are going to have a camera.dat, you might consider having it be (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I created these three files and ran them through L3P: - - - - - 0 Test 0 Name: test000.ldr 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 700.dat 1 15 0 -24 100 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.dat 1 4 0 -48 100 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.dat 1 15 0 -72 100 (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm sorry if I was unclear. Earlier in the thread I put forward Bens wheels as an example and continued that example here. I realise they would not be eligible for inclusion in the official Ldraw library, and would not submit them. This thread (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe I'm missing the point here, but if this whole discussion is about Ben's excellent independently produced wheels, then whether or not they are modelled appropriately for inclusion in the official LDraw library is academic. The official (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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