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Hi all! Is there an automated way to do so? I do I have to take part by part away to generate the pictures? BR Sonnich (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Small insight into LEGO CAD system
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(...) "assumed" is too strong of a word. AFOLs have approached LEGO, in various ways, about sharing resources for CAD. The primary example of this is probably the "CAD summit" that occurred a few years ago.(1) People from the outside met with people (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Did he mention an diferentiation between the system they use to design parts (that get sent to manufacturing) and some sort of system they assemble parts into models??? It seems to me in my limited exposure to the model deisgners that they (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Dave wondered why we didn't start with LEGO's CAD. I responded that I doubted LEGO would have let us at the time. LEGO has hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in their CAD system, and that it would be foolish to give that away, allowing (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Engineering 'Bot
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Semi-Autonomous Mobile Engineering Interface (SAMEI; usually pronounced "Sammy") Pics: (URL) file: (URL) Inventory: * 1x1 plate w/ eyehole * 1x1 round plate ("trans" color) * 1x1 tile w/ top-clip * 1x1 kitchen tap, x2 * droid arms, x4 The tile w/ (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Small insight into LEGO CAD system
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On 17/08/05, Kevin L. Clague <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> So did you get any reaction to suggest we might be able to use theirs? And is theirs vastly in advance of LDraw with MLCad or LeoCAD. It is possible that they just use (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Small insight into LEGO CAD system
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(...) I think we're about 2000 up on them ;-). Tim (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Small insight into LEGO CAD system
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While at Brickfest, I met Dave Bird, a technic designer for LEGO. He is a very nice guy, and a pleasure to spend time with. We talked about many things, but one that really got my attention was talking a bit about CAD. Dave wondered shy we had our (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2005
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(...) congratulations Michi! your work on MLCad deserves all the imaginable tribute I can think of and it is always a pleasure and a honor to give you a little hand. bye, w. (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Question about "stickers"
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(...) Well, specifically I'm working on modeling the stickers from set 0375 (Fort with Knights aka the Yellow Castle), in particular the shield and vest stickers. But since I do not own an actual copy of set 0375, I can't measure the actual (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2005
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(...) Well deserved indeed! Couldn't have done it without your effort! Jeroen (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2005
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(...) I realy don't know what to say now .... I'm overwhelmed .... I would like to say thank you to the Jessiman Family, and of course to everyone who has downloaded and used MLCad in the past. Without you the MLCad wouldn't be that what it is (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2005
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Congratulations to Michael. Without MLCad I would not be making virtual models with the LDraw format. Thank you for all your work. Tim (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2005
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(...) And that is a very good choice! The LDRAW format plus MLCad has really spread 'virtual Lego building' around the globe. MLCad really makes *real* Lego CAD affordable and attainable for everyone! Congratulations Michael! Well deserved. (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) That's super-cool! Congratulations indeed to Michael! Dave! (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2005
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The James Jessiman Memorial Award was established by the Jessiman Family to honor an individual who has contributed to the furthering of LDraw, the DAT format, and James' memory. This year, in consultation with the Jessiman's, the LDraw.org Steering (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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(...) I think I've already commented on that. I've partially reverse-engineered the format, but since the libraries are incompatible (the 'rotation' point of brick in Ldraw formate is somewhere else than the rotation point in LDD library), you'd (...) (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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(...) I'm already on this issue. After last night's (Sat 13th) annoucement regarding LEGO factory, I'm looking to at least pull Jake aside to talk while I'm still hear at Brickfest. -Orion (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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When Lego Digital Designer was first announced/released, the community was told that the file format specs or a SDK so that people can read and write the LDD files would be made available. What is the status on this? I am sure that if this was to (...) (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Do we have a plan B?
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(...) Whew - I did get very seriously concerned on the rumours I had heard in various quarters on this topic. I think it is worth Suz making a very public Lugnet announcement to that affect to quash all the rumours and hearsay on this subject. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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