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(...) Right - apparently I don't have it enabled on peeron/ldraw's server, but try it on this: (URL) Dan Boger dan@peeron.com (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Just as an experiment, I added the above header to my request, and still got back plain-text. --Travis (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It's assumed - at least, firefox doesn't mention it explicitly. (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes, and now I know what the problem was: the scan takes 56 minutes on my computer, with no sign of life from LDList, so I assumed that LDList must have had crashed. But of course, it takes some time to count the studs from some 5 000 files. (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't do this now, but I think I can do so fairly easily. Just to check, if I add the following header to my request, ldraw.org will gzip automatically? Accept-Encoding: gzip If I do that, do I need to add another accepted encoding to let (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The HTTP header can say when a particular file has been modified last - but not a bunch of files in one request. Again, it's already included in the tar format, as well as each file size (which can be useful to make sure your request didn't (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) If the client supports it, yes. But unless LDView specifically says it does, the server will assume it can't. (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Do you have the latest version? 'Search by stud count' wasn't there until 4.0 (I think). Check the version in the caption bar (top of the window). Get 4.1 from: (URL) installing, you must also do a 'Scan' again, to rebuild the index. (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) MPD would work for any text files, as long as they don't include /\n0 FILE /. One thing MPD would not provide is the mod-timestamp for each file. That could be listed at the top of the response (before the first file) or maybe in the HTTP (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Wont most servers (and clients) automatically use gzip or similar if they both support it? (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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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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(...) /Tore (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) :-))) (...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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| | Re: Suggested New Primitive: 4-4cyl12.dat (was: More cylinder primitives wanted)
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(...) How about N-4cyla.dat, N-4cylb.dat, etc? Although I have to admit -- I'm not a huge fan of saving a few lines of code here and there. When two such primitives are adjacent, I always have to double-check which one includes the edge(s). (...) (...) (18 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Any error or warning in LDView can be disabled simply by unchecking the appropriate type from the list on the errors and warnings dialog box. Additionally, warnings aren't displayed at all by default. You have to check the "Show warnings" (...) (18 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Can this be an option as I review all my "unofficial parts in development" with LDView :D Thanks (18 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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hi folks, I just uploaded this part to the PT: (2 URLs) considering the sheer number of subparts it'll take probably ages to put it through the reviews but inlining the letters would have blown the file to some 250 KB. 8-) w. (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Please contact me via email. Let me know what kind of video card you have, as well as the driver version. If LDView will launch at all, send me the contents of the OpenGL Driver Info window from the Help menu (you can select the text, then (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Suggested New Primitive: 4-4cyl12.dat (was: More cylinder primitives wanted) [DAT]
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(...) There is no rule against primitive files calling to other \P files. I didn't have to look very long to find one. And if we inlined them, I suspect the primitive substitution in L3P will not work until L3P is updated to support the new ones. (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I can definitely see where you're coming from, and there's certainly a danger that having a viewer transparently support unofficial parts will encourage their use without being included inside the MPD file. Having said that, I see a whole lot (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) They'd definitely go into a special directory. (Right now in my development code that directory is u_parts in the ldraw dir. It would probably become "Unofficial Parts", or something similar, since LDView isn't going to work on a system that (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hi Travis, I have to second Damien's view but I can think of a possible way around it. If you were to download the unofficial parts into a distinct directory (eg. in the ldview dir tree) and then call them from there it would allow an (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Hi Travis, It's good to know you still think about adding even more features to LDView. At some feature-complete point many programmers prefer to switch to a newer thus more exiting development rather than cherrish and grow the baby. However, (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Concerning LDView (was: Automatic download of unofficial parts in LDView)
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Hi Travis, this option seems very useful, but I am still unable to run the newest version of LDView on my computer :o(. Do I need any special drivers etc.? LDView 2 works perfectly. Leg Godt- Sven (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Sorry to so quickly respond to my own post, but I forgot to mention something. One of the sample models that LDView comes with makes use of a fair number of unofficial parts (15, to be exact). Those parts make use of 14 unofficial primitives and 1 (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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I'm working on a feature in LDView where it will automatically check the parts tracker for unofficial parts when it encounters a file that it can't find. This has the potential to produce a fairly large amount of requests to the parts tracker, so I (...) (18 years ago, 14-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | New Part: 30645.dat (Was: Name this Jack Stone part) [DAT]
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0 Brick 10 x 10 with Corner Support Extensions 0 Name: 30645.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Part 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 1 16 0 4 0 40 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 40 box4.dat 0 BFC INVERTNEXT 1 16 0 4 0 36 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 36 box4.dat 4 16 36 24 36 40 24 40 -40 (...) (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I recently upgraded my computer, and I was never able to get Lpub to work on my old computer, so I did all my instructions by hand with Povray. Well now I have a new computer, and I seem to have got Lpub sorta mostly working, but I have this (...) (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Stereograms of my Space and Vignette MOCs
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(...) I totally agree, Tim. Feels like you're actually in the station, at minifig scale. Now if you could get that effect on LCD-display glasses in real-time video - that would be sweet. (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Updated
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(...) Having tried some .mpd files it seems to be a bit selective as to how well it copes. Some sub-assemblies seem to come out perfectly, while others are misplaced and some missing completely. It still works far better than I though it would. I'm (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) -snip- (...) wow! That's really slick! You nailed what I was thinking about - great job! Joe (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) Hi Joe, I hope this satisfies. It's all set up now so if you ever want some bigger versions done it's just a matter of render time. (URL) In (URL) and (URL) pairs. Tim (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Having tried this with a random MOC I had it works a treat. One thing to watch out for tho is that some parts seem to have a different origin in LDD to Ldraw and so will appear out of position. (the particular part I found this on was the (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Thats even cooler, I have absolutely no problems living without the sub assemblies feature as long as it include the part in the LDD model (yay, all my Ldraw MOCs are .mpds) Tim (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) LDD can load mpd files but it flattens them during the loading process (LDD doesn't support grouping or subassemblies). When you save it out again it will be saved out as a flat list of bricks so remember to keep a backup. -- Marc Sutton Lead (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm assuming that it won't cope with .mpd files in a similar way? Tim (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I'll get someone to add something to the FAQ page and will put it in a future manual. (...) That's right. -- Marc Sutton Lead Programmer LEGO Digital Designer (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) OK, I have to admit that this seems to work very well. (Well, exporting anyway; importing seems more hit and miss due to part constraints in LDD.) Having said that, I'd like to request here that this be added to the documentation. It's (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Stereograms of my Space and Vignette MOCs
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(...) LDView doesn't support orthagonal cameras at all, actually. It supports camera angles as small as 0.1 degrees, which end up looking really close to orthagonal, but it doesn't support orthagonal cameras. I'm assuming Jeffery's original images (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Sorry about that. I still read it the wrong way around... shows how much things are imprinted in our brains. --SNIP-- (...) For anyone interested this is the code. You need to get the include file from (URL) here> // Stereo setup #include (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Stereograms of my Space and Vignette MOCs
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(...) Man - no one spells it right, even when it's right in front of them! Don't worry about it. :) (...) I have POV-Ray v3.6, but to be honest, I haven't spent much time using it - I get LPub to do it for me. I should learn it. Could you get me a (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricksmith 1.4: Intel and More
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(...) Alas. Could you please send me the crash reports? You'll find them saved at /Users/yourname/Libr....crash.log Just e-mail me that log file; it can provide valuable clues about what is going wrong. Since I haven't seen crashing myself, I need (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Stereograms of my Space and Vignette MOCs
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(...) And this is what I would like to see some exploration on...what would it look like to see a train lineup as a minifig? Or spacecraft? Tim, your subway stations would be great places to try this! Joe (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Stereograms of my Space and Vignette MOCs
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moved to lugnet.cad (...) Hi Jeffrey, I was just trying to render it in 3D such that it would look right if the viewer was a minifig standing on the ground plane. I'm not sure you could replicate it in LDView as it used non-orthogonal cameras. It is (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Updated
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(...) This is all very promising. There seems to be significant gaps in the available parts, but the conversion from .ldr to LDD format was really quite fast and painless. The creating sets for downloading and buying aside, is it possible to set it (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) There should be brick lists up on legofactory.com soon which should help. If there are models you build with only the bricks in My Trains then that's a problem, can you send me the model? (...) The button on the main toolbar that looks like a (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Updated
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(...) Thanks for the help! This is the final multi-colored (URL) Regardless, I'm still amazed at the direction this is heading. It's definitely feeling futuristic. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> :: creations :: moonbase :: shipyard (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Yah, I figured that out, but it seems there are some parts from the My Trains pallete which are not available... Also, is there anyway to get a part inventory for your current design? --Bram (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You can do that as well, when you are saving the model in LDD just add .ldr to the end of the model name and it will export as an ldraw file instead of saving in lxf. -- Marc Sutton Lead Programmer LEGO Digital Designer (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) This is great (and surprising) news and I'd like to help ensure that LDD and LDraw continue to be able to inter-operate. I won't be able to install the new version of LDD until the weekend, but am excited by the prospect. Chris Dee (speaking (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) If you want to buy your model after conversion you can change it to use the My Trains set: Open the palette dialog (next to the brick dialog - click on the button with the downwards arrow). Now click on the My Trains palette to add it to the (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I must have been reading this wrong, because I was looking for something that would send my LDD .lxf file to LDraw/MLCAD, not import an LDraw file into LDD. But this is cool too, and it works: (URL) Well look at that. Almost whole. He just (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Updated
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(...) Excellent! I ran into a few issues, but for the most part, it seems to work! Will definitely make it easier to design models being able to switch between formats. Now if only there were some way to mark which parts are actually available for (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Updated
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(...) Just drop your ldraw models into your "My Documents/LEGO Creations/Models" directory and then open LDD and click on the model in the open dialog (it will have a yellow brick as an icon). To export them append .ldr to the model when saving the (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Updated
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(...) It certainly claims to. However, if so, it's really well hidden. Anybody else figure out how to access this? There a DLL file in the install directory named lddtabulatranslatorldraw.dll. Interestingly enough, the version info lists the (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricksmith 1.4: Intel and More
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This may appear twice, I tried posting it using email authentication, but that does not appear to have worked. - Erik (...) Unfortunately, at least on my machine*, some new skeletons appear to have taken up residence. :( iMac G5, 2 GHz, 512 MB RAM, (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Bricksmith 1.4: Intel and More
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.4> adds the following features: Universal Binary (Intel support) Missing parts are reported LDraw "~Moved" parts are automatically upgraded to their new numbers Active viewport is indicated with a focus rectangle Exporting (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Updated
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(...) Actually even if you did have a 16MB video card, LDD still wouldn't run on it. The system requirements say 16MB, but LDD requires more. I've always found this ironic since LEGO Creator was so much more advanced that LDD, and yet it could run (...) (18 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Translucent colors in POV-Ray?
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I've recently installed the whole LDraw-package on a new comp, including the latest version of POV-ray. Now translucent colors are not rendered correctly anymore, with just a few exceptions. Since I've rendered countless images with an older version (...) (18 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LEGO Factory Updated
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(URL) As mentioned last month, LEGO Factory has just now been updated with quite a few improvements - including individual part pricing rather than by-the-bag pricing among several other things. There's a new LDD (v1.6) released, which also runs on (...) (18 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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Hello everyone, I'd like to show you my train models: (URL) They're all available for download in LDraw-MPD-Format (as instructions). Concerning the Tram, I'm not sure whether that one works as depicted in the MPD file. If anyone has the parts, can (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.trains)
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Hello everyone, I'd like to show you my town models: (URL) They're all available for download in LDraw-MPD-Format (as instructions). BTW, I'm not sure how to do golden astronaut visors in LDraw yet (so they actually end up shiny in POV-Ray renders), (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.town)
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Hello everyone, I'd like to show you my space models: (URL) They're all available for download in LDraw-MPD-Format (as instructions). As you can see, I'm quite fond of the official LEGO subthemes from some years ago, and it's a pity hardly any of (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) I think that is all for now, but I think we (the SteerCo) need to discuss the current content of (URL) (18 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I updated the pages at ldraw.org accordingly to the new steerco: (URL) I'm not sure if there is some other info on other pages. a quick search doesn't show any results. could anyone confim this. bye, w. (18 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks everyone. I was going to wait to respond until I knew more about what the LSC actually did but with Orion underwater the whole process seems a little slow. I look forward to working with this team all of whom have done far more for (...) (18 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) Seconded! Looks like a great group, good luck! ROSCO (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) Not much of the brick, sadly. I'm in a bit of a dim ages right now because I'm focusing in other areas since I've been out of school. I did run my hands through a pile of bricks as I put them into an 'unsorted' bin the other day and got chills (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Congrats, guys. So I can expect that ldraw.org will start moving again? *wink* ;) Tim--I haven't got the time just now, but I'm looking forward to seeing your brickshelf gallery to see what you've been up to. Adrian (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Part Request: 'Boat 5 x 14 x 2' (2551)
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Any of you advanced part arthors got this made? Please? (URL) (18 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) That's a great lineup. Congratulations to you guys and all the best moving forward with the org. Do I sense a European shift? ;-) -Tim (18 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Unofficial LeoCAD parts for NXT
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I have put together a little LeoCAD parts update, that contains all NXT mockup parts created by fellow MDPers. It also includes all unofficial LDraw parts that appear in NXT set. You can find this update here with some usage instructions and (...) (18 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.cad.leocad, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My first NXT MOC - Rooster - a biped
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(...) Definitely resembles an AT-ST. Pretty cool! Dave (18 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Question for a BrickJournal article.. JJMA
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(...) done: (URL) w. (18 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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The winners of the 2006 LDraw Steering Committee Election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Kevin L. Clague Chris Dee Tore Eriksson Tim Gould Willy Tschager Congratulations to the new LDraw Steering Committee members! Willy Tschager (...) (18 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | Re: My First few NXT MOCs
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Sorry for replying to myself... Bummer, I thought the folder was public. It was before I added the NXT stuff. Seems like it is taking longer than normal to go public. I guess the wait is on (again). Christopher R. Smith Littlehorn (18 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.cad)
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Hi Folks, It's been a while since I posted anything on LUGNET. I have been working on keeping my wife and life ready for our new baby. Which should be born in a day or so. Over the past couple of months I managed to grab a few moments and build (...) (18 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Hi All, Well, it has been hard to keep quit, but now I don't have to! Here is my one big creation using my advanced version of the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT set. (URL) Rooster is a two legged walker that can walk forwards and backwards, and turn right or (...) (18 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: complete.txt out of date in complete updates
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(...) The current complete.exe and complete.zip have been updated, and I have amended the release instructions to ensure this is done with future parts updates. Chris (18 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Tyre (tire) nomenclature
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(...) Also lugnet.db.brictionary ;) (...) I support the idea of standardised names for tyres - I would probably vote for millimetres, as that would match better with the most of the ones molded by TLC. And I would further suggest that wheel (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary, FTX)
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(...) Point taken - thanks. (...) The curious case of 33029 was discussed here (URL) with a good argument to stick with "system scale" for Scala parts. (...) Chris (18 years ago, 30-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Tyre (tire) nomenclature
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(...) (ahem) That might work better with crossposting to, say, lugnet.parts or lugnet.cad.dat.parts, instead of hiding the discussion in .cad. . . (...) To clarify: that includes "local" units, i.e., stud and brick height measurements are relative (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts)
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(...) I think standardization is a great idea. I'd like to see this discussion reach other "keepers of lego part names", at least for feedback. I don't expect that a consensus would be reached. For the units, I think millimeters would be better than (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad)
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