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(...) I did the same for the TV-logo on the wedge 4x4. here is the code: 0 Wedge 4 x 4 with TV Logo Pattern 0 Name: 4858p1k.dat 0 Author: Willy Tschager 0 LDRAW_ORG Part UPDATE 2004-04 0 KEYWORDS News, Crisis, 6553, Television, Helicopter, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Good point. Thanks for the reminder. Jacob (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) hi koyan, did you get my mail with some classic space models still missing in your repository? if not here is the link (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) I did a pseudo-knot for my 887 - Tow Truck (check out the .ldr at (URL) made of a torus and some primitives, but consider this just a humble attempt, say just to show that even a simple code could do the work. maybe we could put together a (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Chris Dobbie wrote: snip (...) Hi Chris, These are all very nice. I especially like the Naboo SF and the Oilfield rig, but I think like the bonsai tree is the best. In fact, I found it quite ironic, since I posted my own (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Regarding the proposed file format document: (URL) is no mention of the scale used by the x/y/z triplets in the various linetypes. I would suggest there should be a paragraph introducing the concept of LDU, and how it relates to bricks and "real (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Nice. I built the dice in the real world before (different interior). The only problem I found is getting them to land upright. Solution is to add more dots of the same color as the background so that each side has a larger flat area to rest (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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Here are a few MOCs that I've whipped up since discovering LDraw. (6 URLs) Brickshelf> Hope you enjoy, Chris. (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) might find it easier to use a shear matrix. To shear a part, you basically decide which axes are effected, such as the part's Y value increases or decreases as the Z value increases, and then add a shearing factor to the matrix in the right (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Sorry, I'm not familiar with it at all, I've never actually used it. (...) Perhaps we could define a full little meta language with quantifiers like end positions, element types, point masses, area masses, elastic moduli, shear moduli (for (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Aren't these both instances of "Lego String" just with different terminators?? Another instance would be the hose reel itself and termination at the other end into any of a number of different hooks. Those all terminate with a knotted loop (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Tim, This is awesome! Are you familiar with how synthesis specifications are described for LSynth? I guess I could imagine: 0 SYNTH BEGIN STRINGMESH 0 // add your constraints here 0 SYNTH END The constraints would have to include what the mesh (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) When importing from 3DS files into Max, you need to weld vertices for the model after import. 3DS files contain lots of coincident vertices for historic reasons. "max2dat" (my new name for ase2dat) now has native 3DS support, and handles (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Hi Kevin, My research is on the deformation of flexible structures (like rods, hoses etc.). I'd be happy to do some work on integrating some of these models into lsynth. If anyone is interested, here is a link to some of my work ((URL)-free (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) And thanks for pointing it out to me, who didn't have a clue. :) Stefan G (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Willy, Don and I are working on lsynth now. You are right, hoses are restricted to LS00.dat and it is not always the logical choice. I've made both hose and band synthesis descriptions tabular, and also have band constraints as tabular. I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) hi kevin, I'd like to see these in lsynth (knowing that these would be very tough once) the fire fighter hose with 194.dat - Minifig Tool Hose Nozzle with Handle as one of the end pieces like in: (URL) the armes made of 3612.dat - Arm Piece (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) hi kevin, it's because I'm allergic to manuals and I’m usually in trail’n’error mode ;-)) but seriously, the problem I had with the flexible axle (and some others who contacted me because of the MLCad/Lsynth tutorial) is the fact that the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Michael, I've been working on lsynthcp.exe lately, giving it the rewrite it has always needed, compacting code, making it more robust and decreasing synthesized file size dramatically. I was very pleased that you added support for lsynthcp.exe in (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Willy, Hah! RTFM! *The book* "LEGO Software Power Tools" makes it clear that LS00.DAT is the only constraint associated with hoses. Sorry, just in a good mood, because I just finished up rewriting the band synthesis code and made it much (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Would making the pattern face of a slope (or wedge) a subpart to be used with the main piece (without face) subpart be ok? I'm thinking, that for slopes (and wedges), it would be easier to make the pattern a flat subpart, then rotate the subpart to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Contributer Agreement Status
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(...) On this point, the ONLY way for me to reach the widest amount of people possible is for people who read this message to spread to word. I made a conscious (and correct) decision not to massively cross post this thread to increase exposure. I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) You are! Sproat agreed very promptly once Orion was able to reach him. (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hi Jeremy! Yours was one of the names that I figured just wasn't getting through due to something silly like this. I also figured that you'd come through and approve the new agreement so that the parts you created could continue to be (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It looks like 1058 files are BFC-compliant, out of 2945 official part files. (...) It doesn't look like you'll be able to make that assumption. Steve (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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hi folks, I've just added 10 new "helpers" to my website. (URL) place these numbers directly in your LDraw scene to number your steps without the usage of photo editing or desktop publishing progs and benefit from having total control over size, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Well I'm now official embarassed. I knew that; really; honest. It's always fun when your users can tell you why your program is behaving in the way it is. Thanks, Orion, for pointing out what I of all people should have seen as obvious. (Just (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In order for smoothing to work on parts outside the PARTS and P directories, you need to add the following to the header: 0 Unofficial Part This "turns on" smoothing in LDView. (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm puzzled, too. Should I follow some convention regarding the order of primitives in the file? My optional lines *are* correct, I have verified that, but even a simple smooth cylinder converted with my program shows up faceted in LDView. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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My converter has undergone a considerable update during the weekend. It is now called "max2dat", because it now handles the 3DS file format as well, and supports the two main export formats from 3dsmax. (The previous "max2dat" utility written in (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) hi don(e), thx for the tool. It'll do the job 'til you bake this code into a solid nice .exe ;-))) w. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) hi kevin, IMHO the main problem is that there is some confusion about the LS00.dat constrain an the rest like the flex-axle-end. my understanding now is that the ONLY constrain for all tubes is LS00.dat while the rest is used in the synthesis (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDrawed Mercedes-Benz Actros 4150K in 1:13 scale
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Since many people asked me if there were instructions available for my Actros (the real truck is green, but LDraw's green doesn't look that nice :) ): (2 URLs) (Click on the picture to download the zipped ldraw files.) After more than a year I have (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.inst, FTX) !!
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(...) I think 2 is sufficient, but 3 "feels" safer. Once there was an extreme case where 3 wasn't enough. I had to rotate train tracks and a train from a radius of... I think it was 750, 800, and 850 LDU. Using 3 decimals on the sin and cos values (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello all, I'm pleased to announce I've finished the first two themes set in LDraw. You can find the .mpd-files and a picture of each model on my homepage at (URL) you find any mistakes anywhere, please let me know! I'll be updating the files (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) How far 'percent wise' is the standard library bfc? In about 2 months i'm starting work on a rendering engine for LD4DModeler 2. I was hoping to 'assume' all parts are BFC so I can implement simple lighting. (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't have a compelling argument for more or less but I think that if you can build the capability for more decimals then you probably should. In my experience if you think that users will get by with less, one will invariably come along (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello, I've been working on LD4DModeler 2 (on paper) tonight and i have a question regarding precision. The question is what is 'normal' to use for the amount of decimals that can be set by user interface controls. I was thinking 2 myself but if (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Stefan, don't get discouraged! I for one tried your converter (on a BBB part) here: (URL) I'd be interested to hear what the parts authors have to say, since we can directly compare the original DAT (converted with ?) and the "new" DAT (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Most of them have a comment indicating that they are for lsynth. Willy says a few of the parts to do not. I'll update them. (...) LS10.dat is not an electrical connector. Instead it is a small cross section of the electrical cable that is used (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Posting setup (was Re: LDraw.org Contributer Agreement Status
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(...) Yes, if you are a member and you are signed in, as in that case you can be configured so that you do not get the confirmation email, your posts are accepted as is, with the email as configured the last time you went through posting setup (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) working. I don't have time right now to investigate, but I'm surprised that it doesn't work, given that you have obviously generated (seemingly) correct optional lines, and LDView's curve smoothing only relies on those. One other thing I (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Now I'm confused. How do you post if the email is invalid? Confirmation email for every post goes to the email address attached to the (possibly spam-blocked) email you list in each post. If the address isn't valid, you don't get the (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That sounds reasonable. We've done this before, with light.dat. Do the files have comments identifying what they are used for? If they're going into the official library, it'd nice to try and make them useable by any program doing the same (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd suggest that LS00.dat belongs in the PARTS directory because it's designed to be manipulated directly by the end user when creating a model file (much like a regular part, and unlike the files in the S subdir). If you put it in S, it'll be (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I also forgot to ask about some of the electrical parts.... Rotation sensor, light sensor, electrical cable ends officially have a small stub of rectangular cable coming out of them. This motivated me to modify these parts and use unofficial (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LSynth synthesis and needed sub-parts
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Hi Steve, Chris, Orion, I'm bringing out a new version of LSynth. LSynth originally had a number of unofficial parts that it used to specify and synthesize flexible parts. Where possible I've eliminated the unoffical parts that could easily be (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi all, I'm looking for feedback on features to add to LSynth. It is very easy to add new types of synthesis things to LSynth as long as they fit into the two classes so far: Tubes - provide a set of constraints that are used to create smooth curves (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Contributer Agreement Status
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(...) Because you hadn't yet went to the URL I pointed to, and/or no human had yet approved it. Reminder, this is it: (URL) and you should remember, there will be a lag, a human has to look at it and decide if it's valid. (...) Here's a hint back, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I second this. For some reason, Lugnet isn't using my updated email address in my new posts. (Here's a hint: SPROAT.US is gone, SPROAT.NET works.) The ONLY reason I even knew of this thread is because I went ego-surfing on Lugnet today. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) For example: (URL) (just the one I picked off the top of my head) Those people that are getting mail but ignoring Orion... why? This is important. The impact to the entire community will be somewhat negative, we may have to run with two (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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(...) For all the asterisked people, yes. This is how I found the bulk majority of the people whose email was unknown. Also, some of the people on the list are still posting here on Lugnet but for whatever reason have not contacted me. This is why I (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Contributer Agreement Status
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(...) Just wondering if you've tried a Google search using their name (e.g. "Jeff Findley") to see if you can find a new email address. Thanks, Jeff (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy (well, easier)
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Hi Stefan I don't know anything about neither optional lines or the programs you're converting from, but from a parts reviewers perspective, I'd say that the teapot.ldr looks pretty good. I wouldn't worry so much about automatic subpart generation. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts editing made easy (well, easier)
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(I posted this to lugnet.cad toplevel, but considering the total lack of response, I decided to try it down here in .dev instead, where I got all that nice feedback for my last post.) After a couple of days of coding fun, I finally have the ASE to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) Wow, those are great. I can't touch that with the software-based converters.. At least not yet! Sorry - didn't know if I needed permission to post the DATs - didn't Ben already make them public? Oh well. I guess I can take them down if people (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) Bummer! Oh well. I have yet to get the OK from Ben to post the DATs, but my filesizes are: Ben's Mine fw176.dat 660k 39.7k fd304.dat 881k 50.1k bd304.dat 732k 50.2k (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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Er... Never mind. I did it for one part (URL) (original file size 661K) and came up with this one: (URL) - new file size 970K. So the added generations did something funky to the filesize. Oh well, worth a shot! Darrell (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) will post my efforts here (and send them to Ben) when complete. (...) Hi, I wonder what would happen if: I converted the BBB file back into 3DS format with 3DWin Opened it in MAX and exported as ASE Ran it through Stefan Gustavson's new (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org Contributer Agreement Status
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It's been a month and a half since the LDraw.org Steering Committee announced the LDraw.org Contributor Agreement. The response has been overwhelming with may positive comments and many old time authors contacting us with their support. We currently (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: WORD file with LDraw images
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(...) The URL has been listed here for a while: (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) AHui, Here's the link: (URL) expanded to include PDF and HTML versions of the file. That guide would be a good candidate for inclusion on the LDraw site. I've just added it to the .build portal page on Lugnet. That guide was indispensable to (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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A while back someone posted a word file that had thumbnail images of all the ldraw parts. Does anyone have this file or know what the URL is? Thanks, AHui (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Longitudinal-latitudinal coordinates calulator?
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(...) The above is simple but if you want L3P global coodinates from X,Y,Z coordinates then that's a little more complicated. The zero radius of the L3P global coordinates is determined by the bounding boxes of the parts in the model and the center (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Longitudinal-latitudinal coordinates calulator?
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(...) Yeah, I know, I'm not Kevin. But he's working on lsynth now, so it'd be nice if he stuck with it. (...) Ok, I see your point about java, but how about javascript? (URL) you need is a browser, and if you want it stand-alone you just need to do (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) hi kevin, I'd like to have it both ways. I provide x,y,z and get lat,long+distance from origin (and yes, the center of the globe is at the LDraw origin) and vice versa. I need this to render backgrounds in bryce using the same camera position (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Another thought, maybe sorting on the center of the axis-aligned bounding box for the line? For lines this would be the center of the line but would it be the center of the tri or quad? My visualzation skills are elluding me at the moment. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Longitudinal-latitudinal coordinates calulator?
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(...) Ok, this one's not as pretty, but does seem to have cut-n-paste support. (URL) Enjoy, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Does this help any? (URL) no cut-n-paste, but I bet if you google with the right keywords you'll find something better. I used these: spherical coordinates convert applet Enjoy, Don (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Willy, Are you wanting to provide X,Y,Z and getting lattitide and longitide in L3P format? Are we to assume that the center of the globe is at the LDraw origin? Kevin (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Longitudinal-latitudinal coordinates calulator?
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hi folks, does anybody have a clue where I could find a converter/calculator which simply converts my LDraw coordinates into longitudinal-latitudinal values and vice versa? if not could some of the code-gods write down a little piece of prog? no (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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Update: the converter works and is posted to the top level newsgroup, "lugnet.cad". (URL) to come. We should perhaps move discussions back here to .dev for intricate details like feature requests and bug reports, but you can also send me e-mail, and (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Use of arbitrary elements with LSynth
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(...) Hi all, I have rewritten much of LSynth's code so that it is table driven. Currently the tables are coded in the program, but the important thing is that definitions of synthesized things are tabular. I've added a string type that uses your (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts authoring made easy!
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After a couple of days of coding fun, I finally have the ASE to LDR file converter working. It is still not tested for more than a few input files, so there may still be nasty bugs I haven't found, but to my own surprise, it seemed to work right off (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Pneumatic Circuit of Pick and Place Robot
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(...) Here's the drawing of the pneumatic circuit of my 4-function Pick and Place robot: (URL) Robot pictures here: (URL) The drawing should make the circuit easy to reproduce, as long as you have enough parts! I've included a state table so you can (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: LEGOTECH-PARTS for Solidworks
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(...) Neat package! I knew there were lots of informal SW/LEGO fans out there (SW meaning SolidWorks!). Can I ask a couple of questions? 1. Is there an official English page? Trying to read using an online translator is very frustrating. I really (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LEGOTECH-PARTS for Solidworks
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LEGOTECH-PARTS pakage is a library of principals lego technic and lego mindstorms parts in Solidworks natif format. Home page : (URL) are exposed on the site. Star-Wars At-droid is animated after building, with Solidworks. Thomas Paul (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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I'm replying to my own post to keep a low profile for the time being. The project is not quite finished yet, but I have some good news I'd like to share with you: I now have a working file converter that takes ASE export input from 3dsmax and writes (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) IMO, it would be best with a dialog when sorting is requested. Remember all the settings from the last time sorting was used. (...) If there is no choice for the user, I'd say keep them at the top as you do now. A checkbox for removing them (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's hard to say what would be best. I personally think that having a dialog with all the sort options along with a quick way to apply the most recently used sort options might be the most flexible. That way, people who use the feature (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's what I did in the map I did but if you can make them "sticky" meaning that they stay by some other line in the file (the one that they precede?) that might be interesting. Might not be useful though. (...) Those are good, Also if you (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Should this be a dialog that pops up when sorting in initiated, in the program options, or something else? The current method I'm using moves all type 0 lines to the top. Should I simply delete them instead? Also, what about sort order? Should (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) centroid was my first thought but leave it to the user would be better w. (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would tend to lean toward the centroid, but perhaps it would be best to be user configurable. --Travis (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm implementing sorting in LDDP. Here's my question: Say I'm sorting by position using Y. When sorting linetypes 2-5 should I take the maximum Y, the minimum Y, the Y value of center of the triangle/quad/line, or something else entirely? -Orion (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Mark, My recommendation is to use buffer exchange. Buffer exchange lets you take the current state of the model, and put a copy of it in a buffer. Later you can restore the buffer, and erase any changes made between the store and the retrieve. (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Is there a way to make a part "disappear" while in step mode and "reappear" later? Here's what I'm trying to do: <step> Part01 is shown <many steps later> Part01 "disappears" to allow viewing of another part's placement which otherwise would be (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) (URL) intended to be a full, open licenced, and community supported replacement for LGEO. Note this not to take away from Lutz who did a great job with LGEO but he hasn't updated in years while the number of LDraw parts has skyrocketed. You (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Fantastic !! This is my favorite Brickshelf gallery, and it surely would deserve a permanent link from www.ldraw.org ! Keep on your great work ! D. (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) Yes the axleholes were only half the brickwidth, so they didn't make it to surface of the back side. lg_32140.inc Technic Liftarm 2 x 4 L-Shape lg_6629.inc Technic Liftarm 1 x 9 Bent had the same problem. I've updated (URL) with all three. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Lars, I noticed that (lg_32009.inc Technic Liftarm 1 x 11.5 Double Bent) is still incorrect when viewed from behind. It has 2 peg holes instead of axel holes. Also do you have any suggestions about how to edit and create these files? Thanks (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I've said it before and I'll say it again-- Koyan, you the bomb! Du bist eine Maschine:-) I love just dropping by your BS folder to take in all of the wonderfully rendered sets:-d Play On! ((URL) hint>, (URL) hint>:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Koyan. Fantastic work! Having done up a few models in MLCad I can appreciate the time it took to complete this task. Congratulations! Kevin (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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"Dean Earley" <dean@earlsoft.co.uk> wrote in news:IBrD8I.1s1D@lugnet.com: (...) Thanks, I use Pov-Ray, with custom radiosity settings. I started off with Jeroen De Haan's includes, and keep tweaking them as I go. Fastrad gives beautiful renders as (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) (URL) use it myself for my high quality renders: (URL) also used Jeroen de Haan's radiosity includes bu it looks as if his website is down for the moment. (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) What did you use for the rendering? Comparing some with mine, yours look much cleaner whereas mine are obviously computer generated. (URL) Dean Earley (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks! Problem solved. (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hey Koyan, Absolutely AWESOME work! Really, it makes my hands cramp up just thinking about the work that went into this. Obviously, a true labor of love. I have the #886 Moon Buggy on my desktop right now and love it! I do have one (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.space)
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Evening all. I have just made the first release of my L3PGen program available from: (URL) is designed as a more up to date and functional version of L3PAO. I plan to have it automatically read camera/light positions/etc direct from the model to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) And here's the solution: (URL) seems SP2 is causing some problems with DOS support (imagine my surprise). -Orion (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad)
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