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(...) <snip> (...) I reread the MPD file format specification, and it says: "When an MPD file is used to store a multi-file model, the first file in the MPD is treated as the 'main model' -- all other files in the MPD will only be rendered if they (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Type 5 lines, BFC relevance, and OpenGL
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Slower, you say? Are you executing the functions in immediate mode? Or using a display list? Because if you're not using a display list, it's no suprise that it's slower. If you are using a display list, however, then I'm at a loss. I guess it may (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Lego dimensions
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(...) How accurate do you need? Many LDraw models include a lot of internal structure and as long as those are accurate enough, you'd be all set. Hope that helps. XFUT lugnet.cad (20 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Type 5 lines, BFC relevance, and OpenGL
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So, I got the code updated so the conditional drawing happens in a display list, and then built LDView with full optimizations turned on in the compiler, and the new method actually runs slightly slower than the old method. (This is on an ATI Radeon (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Macaroni Brick Patterns
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I was messing around with some (URL) macaroni bricks> the other night and made a cool pattern, but I didn't have enough bricks to fully flesh it out, so I fired up ldraw. Once I had the first pattern, I couldn't help but try my hand at a few more: (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Childhood Dreams Come True...Classic Space Homeworld Mod
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I'm sure most of you swooshed your ships all over the house, and imagined them dodging through space, adventures aplenty. Well now, they really can have those adventures. (URL) Consider this a very small teaser of things to come. A demo of the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.people.teens, lugnet.cad, lugnet.games, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Looking for Jeroen De Haan
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Mr. Haan, Can you please contact the LDraw Help Desk or me direclty because a link we have in one of our tutorials to your Ultra Realistic POV Code no longer works. This one: (URL) addition I can [NOT] get to the main site so I'm not sure where to (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Trouble creating building instructions using lpub and mpd file
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(...) That will be so nice. Thank you! That one caught me again just this afternoon. And I know better. However, I just forgot at one point, added a space to a file name and.... well you know the rest. :) Anyway, glad to hear it's fixable. Best (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Novice user in need of help for custom parts
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Hello everyone - I am a novice LDraw user who desperately need some parts to be made. I have some experience in parts authoring but would like to receive some help firsthand: Could a established part author please advise me when the following parts (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Trouble creating building instructions using lpub and mpd file
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(...) Try removing the blanks from your file names. (...) Blanks in file names again. (...) I'll work on the blanks in filename problem in LPub. Kevin (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Trouble creating building instructions using lpub and mpd file
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Hi all...I just found out about MLCAD/Ldraw/Lpub last week, and I've been trying to figure out all the programs. I was able to create an .mpd of an archway with a clocktower above it. It seems to work fine in MLCAD, but when I try to build (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MLCAD 'FIND' function
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(...) If you know the LDraw part number, you can do a text search for the part but that doesn't necessarily help you in the context of finding it in your model. I have used that to change colors of certain parts and things like that. (...) I think (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Michael, I'm working on a 'large' building with over 4000 pieces. Now i would like to find a single piece in my drawing, and looked for a 'Find' function. There seems to be no 'Find' function available in MLCAD V3.11. Is there a possibility to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Borland/delphi question
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(...) This one did it. Thanks for the help. Kevin (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Borland/delphi question
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(...) Have you tried doing a mainform->restore() (or whatever the Delphi version is) before closing the child? It is likely the user won't mind the window re-appearing when some long processing is finished. If you're worried about that, you could (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Borland/delphi question
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(...) You could try setting another parent for the CancelForm, maybe zero for the DeskTop? Maybe there is some problem when you try to close a child of a minimized form? (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Well, once again I've hit my limit.... I use a custom form for LPub's main form. I also use a simple custom form for the Cancel window that contains two buttons. When LPub is processing something that takes a long time, it does CanceForm->Show(). (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some comments on the LPub 2.2.0.9 beta
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(...) <snip> (...) In adding the code to stop pov-ray from popping up and down when LPub is not active, I found a case where the Cancel button does not make the popup dialog go away. If LPub completes processing all files while minimized, the dialog (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Type 5 lines, BFC relevance, and OpenGL
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(...) Well, I tried this in LDView, and it seems to work fine. I haven't yet put the new stuff in a display list, so it's drawing all the type 5 line geometry in immediate mode. Consequently, I'm not yet sure how fast it will be (it's very similar (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Type 5 lines, BFC relevance, and OpenGL
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(...) I think, that in this particular application it is better to deal with line type 5 syntax. Otherwise renderer has to calculate angle between adjanced polygons and select some threshold to decide whether this line is "conditional" or not. (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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