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(...) You could have converted it straight to DAT using (URL) txt2dat> ;) ROSCO (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LDList stud count feature (Was: LSC - current status?)
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(...) /Tore (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Automatic download of unofficial parts in LDView
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(...) Right - it could only do so when asked by the client, and the client is always free to ignore data it doesn't need. (...) Could do that, or tar (which would work for non-DAT files, if needed). I'd be tempted to add a zip compression (as an (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - current status?
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(...) That's where LDList (my LDRAW Part search program) comes in - you can even search on the number of studs :-) (URL) Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd say it wouldn't *have* to return the dependent files. LDView can turn around, and make an additional request. (...) Well, the server can support multiple files per request, and client programs can use it as well as they can. (...) Use MPD (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Automatic download of unofficial parts in LDView
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(...) That starts getting more difficult for a few reasons. First of all, the tracker would have to return all the dependent files on the tracker in addition to the requested files. Many of these files could well be already present on the end-user's (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC - current status?
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(...) Could the translation not be managed at the user end? For example we could make a program "partstranslate" which reads in one or more translation table(s) (just Swedish in this case) and goes through all parts adding a new line something like (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: 3069bpw0.dat - Tile 1 x 2 with "Wanted - Flatfoot Thomsen" Pattern
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(...) :-))) (...) I converted this true type font (URL) may get a popup when opening the page) into DXF (the only file format my crappy cad-prog supports) and polished the shapes by hand. the actuall task was finding the font they used for the (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LSC - current status?
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(...) Actually, I don't have a problem with changing part header information with an admin edit without destroying the existing votes, and have done this many times. I would draw the line at changing data which affects the integrity of the part - (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LSC - current status?
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(...) the aim is to lower the bar for newbies and people who don't speak any english. assuming that you are not fluent in italian or german, just try to match the following words with their german and italian counterparts: brick plate tile slope (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Shouldn't be a problem at all. If it's anything significant, I'll just start mirroring the DAT files to media.peeron.com, and have you use that. Then it certainly wouldn't be an issue. (...) Sounds reasonable. Perhaps it might be more (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Suggested New Primitive: 4-4cyl12.dat (was: More cylinder primitives wanted)
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[Lotsa snipping] (...) I'm fine with that. Taking up the issues Chris raised (but out of order): (...) I think we need to allow for partial rods. (...) It seems fair to limit rods to single-digit denominators. Since these are primarily convenience (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Suggested New Primitive: 4-4cyl12.dat (was: More cylinder primitives wanted)
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(...) We could use "rod" as a short base name for these. Do we need to allow for non-360 degree versions? I didn't see any requirements for partial cylinders in the thread so far. Was that implicit in the request? 1) If not, one would be to use a (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) LDList creates a file similar to what you describe, called ldrawlist.txt. I'm not sure how well the format would work for translations... Alternately, how about something more like this? (URL) only does a few parts right now) (...) Very true. (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggested New Primitive: 4-4cyl12.dat (was: More cylinder primitives wanted)
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(...) Since we've already got primitives like '5-24cyli.dat', I think it would be a good idea to restrict the suffix of the file name to 4 characters. I wouldn't want to start right out making specialized cylinders-with-edges for every single (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I'm not Willy, but I think I can still provide a pretty good answer to all your localization questions. (...) Allow non-English speakers to be able to search for things in their own language when using a modeling program (presumably MLCad). I (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have applied Robert's Rules in order to get this restarted. I will call for a vote as soon as Orion is back from his trip to sea. (...) This topic has not been discussed. For me personally it is for lack of interest. I have questions about (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggested New Primitive: 4-4cyl12.dat (was: More cylinder primitives wanted)
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(...) I thought of that, but liked the idea of more descriptive names, like the rect*.dat series. The '1' would in this case stand for number of discs, and '2' for number of edges. But I could definifly live with cyla, cylb etc too. (...) Same here. (...) (18 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: New Part: 3069bpw0.dat - Tile 1 x 2 with "Wanted - Flatfoot Thomsen" Pattern
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(...) This kind of part can really point out the usefulness of having a viewer that automatically downloads unofficial files: 21 sub-parts. Yowzers! (See (URL) here> if you're confused.) Running with my dev code, I just created a file that (...) (18 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: New Part: 3069bpw0.dat - Tile 1 x 2 with "Wanted - Flatfoot Thomsen" Pattern
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(...) Wow. How did you create this masterwork? Was it all manual, or did you use specialized tools? That's a great amount of detail! Hmm, another 8 letters to go, and you'd have a complete alphabet... Steve (18 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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