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(...) Both. Anything. Everything. I'm thinking the best way to organize it is to organize by name of dat creator. That way I can include multiple versions of the same model in the case of official LEGO designs. (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Are you talking about original LDraw-based creations, or LDraw versions of official LEGO designs, or both? Dave! (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That is cool. I have family in San Diego also. I used to go to Hawaii a lot when I lived in California. Now that I am in Texas it is a little harder to travel out that way. [SNIP (...) Do you plan on adding per part angle tolerance for the (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Oh, and if you can include a thumbnail graphic (gif, jpg, or png) I can include that too. And I know that Brickself kind of does this already, but it can take a lot of time to find stuff there, and I have always wanted a big "grab bag" sort of (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad)
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I'm interested in starting a LDraw file repository. I want to start it by asking everyone to email me their files with a description and keywords of each file, so I can quickly catigorize it without having to open it. Please include any copyright or (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in news:Is4GwJ.1w60@lugnet.com: (...) No way. I've learned everything I know about rendering through reading stuff from other people here. Now I can give back a little. Wouldn't want to make money off of that. Koyan (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Whoa, a tutorial would be fantastic, Koyan! That would be enough to get me to build my MOCs virtually! I'd pay $$$ for that kind of a service. Maybe consider producing a book or a CD?? JOHN (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) It's nothing. I'm visiting my Dad (in San Diego) for the holiday. And I did have a good Christmas but I have to go home today so I'l post this reply before embarking on my plane ride home (Hawaii). (...) The reason why I asked for it is that I (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Just note (my main reply will be on the other branch of the thread). The ISD is aleady available: Orion's Website: (URL) Archive: (URL) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Thank you for the information Koyan! "Koyan" <koyan@gmx.net> wrote in message news:Xns97385B86B364....63.236... (...) I never thought of doing that with the mesh enhancer. That is a good idea. If you can group certain parts together as a sub model (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi John, Orion's already explained most of how I work as well: L3P the .mpd with LGEO and mesh-enhance it. (I never just run the whole file through the enhancer, just certain parts here and there.) Add in radiosity and the lugnet colors. (I'm using (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Thank you for taking the time to reply on Christmas! I hope your Christmas was a good one. That is funny you mention that you have the source code. I was going to ask the author if he could add a per part angle tolerance. Different parts (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) No problem, that's what it's out there for. (...) The author of the program was also kind enogh to provide me with the source code so I could learn from it. (...) I leave the 3 default lights but I lower their intensity by reduceing their (...) (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Thank you for the quick response Orion! I hope you didn't mind me using your render as an example. It just looked so good and since you had the model available for download it helped me quickly compare my rendering skills to yours. :-) (...) (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Hi John, That render your using is mine and I'm 'billthefish' (at least outside of the UK Football scene). It was produced using a number of different tools: L3P Mesh-Enhancer - (URL) FastRad POV includes - (URL) LUGNET color definitions (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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I have corrected my links so that now people should see the images regardless if they have been moderated yet or not. I need some help making better LEGO renderings and getting around some errors that I am encountering. Here is an example of my (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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I need some help making better LEGO renderings and getting around some errors that I am encountering. Here is an example of my render on the left and someone else's cool render on the right: (URL) you can see I have a lot to improve in my renders. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) you're welcome! with LDView being such a cute viewer ever effort is worth doing to lower the erntrance bar for potencial users or make things easier for non-natives. (beside bug-hunting with you to get the next release ready ;-) (...) I'll (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) snipped (...) Thanks Orion. They were both fun to build. Technically they are Factory-able. The jet uses 98 bricks of 1172 total and would cost 55.03 USD. The truck uses 363 bricks of 2111 total and would cost 103.50 USD. Personally I'd call (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Pretty cool. Are these LEGO Factory-able? -Orion (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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