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(...) many thx orion! I accept this nomination. w. (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) OK, it's rather long. But here it is. 0 FILE test.ldr 0 test 0 Name: test.ldr 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 1 0 60 0 35 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6390 Main Street.ldr 1 0 -30 32 0 0 0 -1 0 (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'll have to check this. Since Main Street is #6390, I named a lot of files starting with that number such as 6390 Main Street, 6390 Construction Worker, 6390 Yellow Car, etc. Could that and the spaces be the problem? (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I have actually worked out some pretty cool micro-scale MOC's using only the Titan XP. The theme of them is War Of The Worlds - but based in London (closer to the HG Wells version, not the Tom Cruise/Speilberg version). I have been brushing up (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) I, Steve Bliss, accept this nomination. Steve (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Would you mind posting the MPD file that does that? The only thing I can think is that maybe it's missing a "0" line at the end of the main model or something, and that L3P requires that to know where the end is. ROSCO (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I mostly put each model and submodel in a seperate file (.ldr, not .mpd) and put those in the same folder. The scene file is also a .ldr file that references to all the models. I don't use spaces in the filenames, as that might also give problems. I (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I once experienced something similar, so I dunno if this will be relevant, but: could it be that one of your models has the same filename as one of the ldraw parts in the scene? (I made a model of set xxx and saved it as xxx.dat and the xxx also is (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Well, the funny thing happens to be that I started out complex at first and tried to combine stuff. When that gave me problems, I figured I would just simplify it to a road, car, and figure. Let me show you the work I'm trying to do. This is (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) What I would do, rather than starting with one of your models, is first create an entirely new "scene" model, and import your other files into that 1 by 1, and add them to the scene. As for the colours, they can be affected by the lighting in (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I'm having a strange problem with Mlcad and POV. I'm trying to put together a town using by making separate objects, buildings, etc., and then importing them all together in a MPD file. You know, load one file and then import the other objects, make (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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(...) Thanks Willy! I accept this nomination. Kevin (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Version 516 of my Library is available now
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Version 516 of the Library can be found on my website now, 9 new pieces have been added. Among them ones I considered to be impossible to digitize, for example the curved_f_slope4_4. The Reference Gallery has been updated as well as its downloadable (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Nathanael Kuipers wrote: SNIP (...) Cool! Now I've got to cook up a cool 4403 alternate by August 10th to get instructions for that Heli... -Paul (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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(...) I have only looked at the official parts library and the parts tracker to see if this part existed. (...) Yes, my part is BFD:ed and uses the latest primitives and has the same kind of orientation as the other trailer base of that time (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi! The last couple of years I have tried to inspire many people to build there own alternate MOCs. Although I've seen quite a lot of these cool models there are still many people only asking for instructions or CAD files. Before I am going to work (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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(...) We can use the part number x726, which I already have "reserved" for this part. See (URL) I assume your part is BFD:ed and makes much better use of primitives than mine, originally authored back in 1998. Most likely better oriented than mine, (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I accept the nomination. --Travis Cobbs (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Willy! Not sure if I need to explicitly accept the nomination, but just in case, I Ross Crawford, accept the nomination. ROSCO (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Personally I prefer it the way we do it now. Play well, Jacob (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Tore made the ramp and I find it good enuf. .dat attached... (URL) 0 Ramp for trailer 0 Name: 727.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Element 0 KEYWORDS Legoland 2 20 0 78 20 -5 90 2 24 -20 0 78 -20 -5 90 2 24 20 -5 90 20 -5 78 2 24 -20 -5 90 (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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(...) I accept the nomination. Play well, Jacob (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New part: Trailer Base 4 x 16 x 1
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I have created another new (old) part: Trailer Base 4 x 16 x 1 It's on the parts tracker as x510.dat (URL) left out the inforcementrib underneat, which is nonfunctional in CAD. I used the same orientation as the other trailer base (968.dat). (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Need some help with Mlcad and Pov
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(...) Hi, With reference to stickers, if you have Linux or Unix or feel up for a challenge, you can use my img2sticker program as mentioned here (URL). There is also an older program called 'bmp2dat' (I think) which a search on the LDraw site should (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Isn't it strange that this part hasn't been created yet? I took for granted it was made a long time ago. /Tore (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I noticed that the old 1 x 8 brick without centerstuds has not been created for LDraw, yet. This part is not even listed in the Peeron database either. This variant is used in the CA period a lot, although I have a red brick which seems ABS to me. (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Oh THANK YOU! That was it! I don't remember seeing that in the tutorials that I was going through, but that was it. Thank you so much. OK, now that I've got that part down, my next question has to do with creating and rendering stickers. How (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) OK, the problem is starting with road.ldr. That makes it the first model in the file, which is always what L3P uses to generate the POV file. And because you only added road.ldr and figure.ldr to the 3rd model, it never gets rendered. What you (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I must not be doing something right, because I tried it again. Here's what I'm doing. Model 1 is a "road.ldr" which is a grey, straight road plate and a stop sign on it. Model 2 is a "figure.ldr" consisting of a simple minifig. Here are the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote: > I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Lars C. Hassing (eligible as author of L3P software). Thank you, I accept. Don't know about other countries, but we're in the middle of summer holidays, so I find the time limits a bit (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) On a related Note, I should shortly be releasing an app that works with L3P and povray with a number of enhancements over L3PAO including being able to select which sub model to render. (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Chris, I've never used L3PAO, so I cannot say. In MLCad I'd try creating a new model in your current MPD that uses Model 1, and Model 2. I'd use MLCad's MPD ordering menu to make sure your top level model (your new model) is the first in the (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You are right, I am using MPD. The tool I am using is L3PAO. I thought this would work, but maybe it doesn't? I've never tried LPub. (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Chris, I'll assume you are using MPD format, because you talk of importing. Is this correct? What tool did you use to go from LDraw file to POV-Ray? Are you sure that tool supports MPD? After you import model 1 and model 2, you might want (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Need some help with Mlcad and Pov
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I seem to have a problem with Mlcad and importing models and rendering them. Let me give you an example... Model #1 would be a road, tree, and roadsign. Model #2 would either be a minifig or a car. NewModel: The saved file of Model 1 & 2. Now in (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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How do you create stickers in Ldraw? And would these render out to POV? I've tried a couple of things, but either the programs don't work well or the stickers don't render out. (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I found a sticker with black town car grille pattern in good condition, so I'm going to create this sticker in LDraw. This sticker has been used in a few different colors: * Black pattern on yellow surface (set 646) * Black pattern on red surface (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ...large project anyone?
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(...) Hi Tim, May be you should get a try at LeoCAM, a LeoCad derivative incorporating LCD-like features: (URL) yours, - damien (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Do we have a plan B?
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(...) Just for the record, I agree with every single word of this. Especially the hating phpBB part :) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Post for David Winkler... The Stanford Bunny!!
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(...) I was asked the following question: Wow! How did you digitize the mesh into Lego units? Did you do a "hit test" on each vertext/face within lego units, or perhaps do a boolean subtract out of a composite lego 'block'? Inquiring minds want to (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Speaking for myself and not the SteerCo, I want to stick with LUGNET until the bitter end. I was dismayed when some of the other communities spun off discussion groups as I think this segregated the community further (and I hate phpBB which (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'd be happy just using NNTP, as long as we don't have to go with an email confirmation like we do here. That's what made me switch to almost exclusively using the web interface. ROSCO (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Ross Crawford (Reviewer and Program coder) w. (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Kevin Clague (eligible as author of LPub and LSynth software). w. (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Travis Cobbs (eligible as author of LDView software). w. (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Gah. I really don't want to think about it, but if the Steering committee wants it, it should be reasonably easy to set up an NNTP/Mail server... And I'm sure we can find some package to put a web interface on it. (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Do we have a plan B?
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guys, I was waiting to see a bounce of the on-going discussion at /admin/general about the possible shut down by october, especially after kevin has rosen the key point: (URL) really hate to ask the question and I wish from heart that it remains the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw Browser (was: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard)
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(...) SNIP-SNAP (...) hi damien, I wrote that request more than a year ago! meanwhile I've made up my mind. I agree that this would be very time consuming and I got convinced that we will probably never see such a feature in any of the editor (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) I'm going to go a bit more general here so this is an answer to both parent and grandparent and probably other relatives too. -- Why does one person need to do the whole thing? We have a wealth of skills and experience in the Lego CAD (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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(...) nod, yes. (...) Add to this the fact that to get a working connection-enabled tool, you need start with (or at least develop along the way) a working GUI-based editing tool. That really narrows the field of potential (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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(...) Hi Willy, I think "working" needs a tool. 1. there is a tool 2. there is a developping database There is no chicken-egg problem: the tool always precedes the database. Would you model parts without MLCad, LeoCad or LDraw? I doubt anybody (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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(...) Note that Rosco already did take a crack at a few, including generating some images for them, and in doing so, found a problem in one I created, and caused me to decide to add fields to the connectionTypeBox, which is goodness. Thanks! (...) I (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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(...) While a connection database could be helpful, I just cant help thinking that a relationship/constrain system like solidworks and Pro/Engineer use could acheive a lot more. It could certainly be a start, then simplified - so the CAD (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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I'm not sure where this standard definition is at these days, or whether it could be used to automate what I'm doing by a clever MetaWiki robot coder, but I (and others) started capturing some connection information in BrickWiki ( (URL) ) You can (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Affirmation process of the CA
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(...) This one: (URL) was working on an update but he's on vacation right now. I don't want to sent any time table but rest assured it is being addressed. -Orion (19 years ago, 16-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Affirmation process of the CA
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Hello, which List of authors who have not yet affirmed the CA for Ldraw is up to date? (URL) hope there will be an update in the next months. CU Bernd (19 years ago, 16-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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(...) Given that self-nominations are allowed, and seconds to the nominations aren't required, do you think perhaps it might be good next year to simply require all nominations be self-nominations? We then wouldn't have to worry about people (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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i was finally able to complete a working design for a autorack, pictures are here (URL) moderation) (URL) model is only single level due to size, however i am happy to say you can fit some cars in it, and maybe even a small truck to. (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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(...) Nope. The only requirement is the nominee meets eligibility. -Orion (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Do these nominations need to be seconded? Thanks. --Travis (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Sorry. Too early in the morning for posts I guess. (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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(...) This election is not for the Steering Committee, it's for the LDraw.org Standards Committee. -Orion (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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I, Kevin Clague, nominate Orion Probursky for Ldraw Steering Committee.. (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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I, Orion Pobursky, nominate Willy Tschager (Part Author and Program coder) -Orion (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I, Orion Pobursky, nominate Tore Eriksson (Part Author and Program coder) -Orion (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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I, Orion Pobursky, nominate Jacob Sparre Andersen (Part Author and Program coder) -Orion (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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I, Orion Pobursky, nominate Steve Bliss (current PT admin) -Orion (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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(...) 2 hours and no replies? I guess I'll get the ball rolling. I, Travis Cobbs, nominate Lars C. Hassing (eligible as author of L3P software). --Travis Cobbs (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LSC: Call for Nominations
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It has been a year since the last election of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC). Nominations are now open, elections will be held July 26. The LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) is responsible for maintaining semi-regular internal discussions (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | Post for David Winkler... The Stanford Bunny!!
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Hello All! Hey Check this out!! I'm posting for David V. Winkler, a quiet but very talented builder in SEALUG. Be sure to check out all the other stuff he's got in the brickshelf folder if you haven't already seen it! Cheers! (URL) classic 3d test (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Version 513 of my Library is available now.
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(...) You can make that version 515 now, 21 new pieces have been added, and a few changes to existing ones. Among the new pieces are those that are needed to build a 7256 Jedi Starfighter and new windscreens usable for trains. Greetz, Anton (19 years ago, 10-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Increasing POV resolution from L3PAO
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(...) Thanks a lot. (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Increasing POV resolution from L3PAO
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(...) Hi Edwin, Another option is to run povray with the command line switches (at the command line or in the box) +W2560 +H1280 +UA. There may be a way to set this in L3pAO but I've never used it so couldn't say for sure. Hope this helps, Tim (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Increasing POV resolution from L3PAO
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Hello Edwin, I'm no Povray expert, but do know the answer to this: (make sure you are using version 3.6 of PovRay) select top-menu 'Render' select item 'Edit settings/render' in the INI File section, where it says 'quickres.ini' press the 'edit' (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Increasing POV resolution from L3PAO
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I'm in a Lego CAD class at the moment. One of my students built a large army of Samurai Minifigs about 20 across and 8 deep. He rendered it via POV to a 640x480 (as defined in L3PAO). We tried to increase resolution with a render size up to 4 times (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.0 RC 1 Released ***
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(...) Thanks for that piece of info. It could make tracking down the source of the problem easier. --Travis Cobbs (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.0 RC 1 Released ***
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(...) Thanks for the report. I actually kind of see it as good news. It validates my use of a public release candidate instead of just going ahead and releasing the official 3.0. There's just so much going on inside the program, that bugs like these (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.0 RC 1 Released ***
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(...) It appears to be a new bug as it wasn't a problem in Beta 1. (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.0 RC 1 Released ***
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(...) I get the same thing. I also tryed commenting out all the other parts except the offending part and got the same results -Orion (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.0 RC 1 Released ***
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(...) Hi Travis, The following MPD file should display a yellow guy and a black guy, but the black guy has a yellow arm: (URL) to me it's a color bug in LDView, other programs behave like expected. Sorry for the bad news, damien (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.0 RC 1 Released ***
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Your program is always getting better! There's just one thing I wanted to bring to your attention: if you haven't noticed, the "isometric" camera view isn't actually rendering things in isometric perspective. I think you're confusing isometric (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Seemingly insane poly counts in official games - how?
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I am wondering whether you could do this: Pass a plane through a model along the X axis. Keep track of which polys intersect the plane. If these intersections then intersect with each other, they will form 2D shapes on the plane. If any of these (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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--SNIP-- (...) Thanks for that Kevin. Could you turn piece packing off and use bounding box packing for the PACK SUBS (does it have an underscore? my documentation doesn't seem to say so) routine perhaps? Or have an option to use the old packing (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 2.4.7 available
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(...) With the new technique of figuring out how much part images can overlap each other (tighter packing algorithm), PACK SUBS is not invoked, if there is overlap. Currently, the overlap detection process only has to check the the previous part (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi, I have upgraded the french language addon for MLCad version 3.20 You can download the zipped file here: (URL) (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub building instructions for Shovel GBC module
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(...) Philo, What a beautiful set of instructions! Thanks for your patience and help in reporting LPub issues, so accurately. LPub is much better because of your efforts. Kevin (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LPub building instructions for Shovel GBC module
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As an exercise to learn the use of Kevin Clague's LPub, I created full building instructions for my (URL) GBC shovel module>. (2 URLs) The instructions are available as an Acrobat PDF (URL) 20 pages booklet> and as a (URL) collection of GIF images>, (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 2.4.7 available
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(...) Hi Kevin, Finally got around to downloading this version and just discovered that the meta-command LPUB PACK SUBS doesn't seem to do anything. The new version seems to wipe the _bom.ldr file after use too so I can't even repack with my own (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.20 ***
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(...) I'm not Mike but the Howto_Upgrade.txt in the LanguageTemplate file at (URL) has all the info you need. just redo the same procedure you did when upgrading from 3.00 to 3.10 and don't forget to backup your 3.10 first. (do you still have the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.20 available
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hi folks, I upgraded the german and italian language add-on for MLCad. the add-ons are now fit for version 3.20. you'll find the .zip-files along with a tutorial for how to change the language interface at: German - (URL) - (URL) w. (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.20 ***
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Great work Michael! Can you give me directions on how to update the Dutch translation? Thanks. Jaco P.S. Will you be fixing the GHOST error with the MLCadArrow? (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.20 ***
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"Jarrad Whitaker" <akdor1154@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:IJ1DA6.xIx@lugnet.com... (...) Thats a special hard thing. It needs some rework of internal structures which requires much time ... I do not realy have much time - thats why. But I (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.20 ***
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Awesome works, thanks! But when are we going to be able to Undo? ;) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.20 ***
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(...) Thanks for all your work Michael. I especially like the names in the top corners. Tim (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.20 ***
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(...) You're awesome! I love the grid ganularity hotkeys (I had to ResHack these in before) and the axis labels on the view windows, -Orion (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | *** MLCad V3.20 ***
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Hi, finaly I had the time to release a new version of MLCad. It doesn't come with a lot of new features, but I think nice once and some error corrections as well. You can find all the details in the release notes wich are in the zip - file. I guess (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad) !
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| | Re: LPub Orientation and Half-Size LDraw files
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(...) Thinking more about it, I wonder if it is a good idea that anybody be able to modify (and possibly screw up) these files. Some (manual) validation should probably be necessary. Philo (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub Orientation and Half-Size LDraw files
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(...) What if you changed it to check for an individual (*.ori?) file for each part? If the file exists, it contains the orientation info. That way an upgrade would only add new files that don't already exist. The only problem then is if an already (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LPub 2.4.7 available
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I just uploaded LPub 2.4.7.0. I modified the install package to allow custom installation (allows you to avoid overwriting of orientation and half_size). LPub 2.4.7.0 has fixes for page number font save/restore. It also has a fix for BOM and PLI (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Odd problem with Lpub
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(...) Hey Lenny, Glad it worked for ya! Kevin (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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