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hi folks, we still seek some entries for the SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) consider submitting your work. deadline is 27.06.2007. beside all this please don't forget about RACHAL - The RAytraching CHALlange: (URL) Contest Coordinator (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) It sounds like you've ended up with files in the wrong folders, and it doesn't matter how many times you run the Scan command, since MLCad has no idea which files should be where. It just assumes you placed them correctly, and updates its own (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) It sounds like maybe the LDraw directory you have selected in MLCad isn't your real LDraw directory. Go into MLCad and check where it thinks the LDraw directory is (Settings->General->......->LDraw base path). If that differs from where you (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) Thanks Travis. I tried your first suggestion with no success. As for your second, I already have LDView. It seems like several people have had the same problem. What about uninstalling the whole LDraw package and then reinstalling? How do I go (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) a tutorial how to customize the MLCad.ini file with a spot on the scan of unofficial folders can be found here: (URL) w. (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) If you want it to find parts in the Models directory, the MLCad.ini in the following zip will probably make that work: (URL) the MLCad.ini file from the zip into your main MLCad directory (in Program Files by default). If you already have an (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) I'm not exactly sure how to make sure the parts are in the correct directories. As for the "Scan Parts" command I have run that multiple times.What happens is that MLCAD will say a file can not be found but when I search the file is indeed in (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | RACHAL Impossible reminder
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Hi all, Just a quick reminder that RACHAL Impossible will be closing at the end of the month so if you're planning on submitting you should get your entries in soon. The details: (URL) gallery: (URL) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Macbook LDView crash, please re-contact
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Right after I hit the "delete all spam" button, I noticed that one of the "Spam" messages was about a Macbook LDView crash. Could whoever sent that message please re-send it to the following address? tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com (Remove the REMOVE, of (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Updated Postal truck
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(...) I recently redid the building directions to reduce the number of steps and improve the use of rotation steps. I ran it through LPUB to get some practice building proper directions. I also put on a clear Creative Commons copyright notice in (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Macintosh LDraw Software Inventory on Wiki
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(...) I'm glad you like it! Incidentally, I recommend Bricksmith and LDView as the main things for new users to check out (although I assume you already know about them). Over time I hope to add some more things to the list. Jim (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Macintosh LDraw Software Inventory on Wiki
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(...) This is really cool, Jim. Thanks for the effort! As a new Mac user, I'm hoping to carve some time to seriously (?) play with the Mac LDraw tools before BrickWorld next weekend. Any Mac LDraw users coming to BrickWorld? If so, shoot me an email (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Attn: Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) should be added to the non-CA list. Steve (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Part 2494p01 done. -Matt :) (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: I need a 3D Studio Max file rendered...
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(...) I sent you that email ... just got a message back from the SBC mail server saying the message has been delayed :-\ Ah well. For the sake of time, we went ahead with Plan A for the rendering. It was worth a shot, and thanks for your offer to (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: I need a 3D Studio Max file rendered...
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(...) I sent you that email ... just got a message back from the SBC mail server saying the message has been delayed :-\ Ah well. For the sake of time, we went ahead with Plan A for the rendering. It was worth a shot, and thanks for your offer to (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Complete Install on Windows Vista
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I just finished installing "advanced" ldraw 2006q3 on Vista. I had to download the latest version of POV Ray in order to make L3PAO work. The older POV Ray's included in the complete install seemed to be incompatible with Vista. (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Macintosh LDraw Software Inventory on Wiki
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Hello, everyone. I've created an article on the new LDraw Wiki titled "Macintosh compatible LDraw software." As the name suggests, it is intended to index all the LDraw and LEGO related software available to Mac users. I hope it will be particularly (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New OpenGL based Lego Editor
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(...) I second this request. I'm working on LPub 4 and it will have internationalization capabilities. We're using Qt under Visual Studio as the basis for this development for three reasons: 1. Linguistics support for translations into languages (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Technic action figure helmet as dat file available?
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(...) It doesn't look like it: (URL) Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk) irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/ web: (URL) +44 (0)780 8369596 (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | ATTN: Re: NonCA-parts in need of review
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--snip-- (...) If you don't feel you can make any of these parts you can also help out by reviewing those parts that are being replaced. I've included a list at (URL) so you can find the parts in need of review easily. Tim (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.2 Beta 1 Released ***
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(...) I thought it did, so if it doesn't it's a bug. Can you send me a model that does this? (On a side note, one of your models that used color 16 for the main model was one of the reasons I added the Default Color setting way back when.) (...) It (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Technic action figure helmet as dat file available?
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Hi CAD folks, I am not much into MLCad and I am looking for a dat file of this element: (URL) name: Technic, Figure Accessory Helmet The element at peeron: (URL) Does anybody know if this part is available even as unofficial part? Thanks in advance, (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LD4DStudio site launch
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Hi all, My new animation software is nearing the beta stage (I'm targeting september for this). I finally made up my mind about it's name. It will be called LD4DStudio, it is a direct evolutionary / revolutionary :) descendent of LD4DModeler. But it (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation)
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| | Attn: Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) I've also made a copy of this on the ldraw wiki so that people can edit themselves in for parts they want to do. (URL) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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Trying to cope with 2994. Not so easy... Philo (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(...) Thanks, Willy. Corrected. Philo (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(...) The requested URL /isecalc/Linetrimpackage.zip was not found on this server. w. (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) Part 2542 done. Philo (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.2 Beta 1 Released ***
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(...) Looks great. Can you make submodel colors propagate to children for parts marked as color 16? (...) Very handy. (...) Another great feature, but is there any way to change the settings (background color, lights) used to make the thumbnails? (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: I need a 3D Studio Max file rendered...
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(...) Send me an email, I might be able to help. Steve (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | I need a 3D Studio Max file rendered...
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Hi everyone, I have a project for work that requires a 3D Studio Max file to be rendered in a short timeframe. Does anyone have access to 3DSMax and some powerful computers who would be willing to render for me? Ideally we need this file by Thursday (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New OpenGL based Lego Editor
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(...) I agree with Jim and would say that LDraw.org always welcomes talented people. If you are going to write a new editor I suggest to support right from the start the possibility to translate the interface in other languages without the need to (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) I'll do 30407. I'll edit my name in myself though ;) Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) hi, I've updated the chart according to the offers I've already got: 2494p01.dat - Glass for Window 1 x 4 x 5 with 5 Stripes - Matthew J. Chiles 2714.dat - Bar 7.6L with Stop - Philo many thx to the volunteering authors, w. (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) LEGOs haven't been made of CA for decades, so wouldn't that be the vast majority of parts? Sorry... I know that in the LEGO CAD world "CA" must stand for something else, but I just couldn't resist ; ) David "Fuzzy" Gregory (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) Part 2714 rewritten... Philo (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Bavarian S3/6 steam engine in odd color livre
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Hi to all Lugnet train fans! Today I want to present an engine I have finished to build two weeks ago. Since then I hadn't found the time to present it here. Since the (URL) Brickshelf Gallery> has already collected 5000+ klicks within 2 weeks, I (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) Legalities - observing Steve (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Wheel - re-inventing Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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--snip-- (...) What makes you think that? Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Sorry to sound negative, but this is just a waste of time. Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LPub DPI control?
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(...) Sorry. No not yet. Kevin (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New OpenGL based Lego Editor
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(...) Bricksmith and LDView both use OpenGL, as far as I can tell. Of course, Bricksmith is only available on the Mac and LDView is a viewer, not an editor, but they are both excellent applications (I use them regularly). They are being actively (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: "Modular Buildings" category on LEGO Factory.
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(...) I don't think so, I they've got a big bug. Maybe a whole server out of action. There were still a few models around from the LDD1.6 palette - they still show up, but just get listed as unavilable. They don't bring whole sections of the website (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | New OpenGL based Lego Editor
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Hello all, I was wondering if there is any development in the way of building a new Lego editor, based on OpenGL (OpenGL=Video card display driver software)))? If so please let me know. If not, then I would like to know if there are any interests (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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Hi folks, At www.ldraw.org you will find a list of files in the official library, whose original author has not affirmed the CA and therefore need to be re-written by CA-authors. (URL) Howard and Guy Vivan have already put a lot of effort in this (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: "Modular Buildings" category on LEGO Factory.
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(...) Just a guess, but.. I think it may be as a result of the new palette of bricks that the new version of LDD has. If any of the old models used bricks that are now unavailable, then the model is unpurchasable. (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: "Modular Buildings" category on LEGO Factory.
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(...) Same here. Ed (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: "Modular Buildings" category on LEGO Factory.
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(...) While we're on the subject of LEGO Factory, I've been encountering a website bug as of lately - When I click on a Factory model's "Check Price" button, I get a "Page not Found" error page instead of a model pricing page. Has anyone else (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(...) Actually this already exists as the External Programs feature of LDDP. -Orion (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(...) Would it be useful to create a generic LDDP plugin? Say one that simply executes a command line that appears in an ldraw style meta command like this: 0 LDDP_EXECUTE linetrim input1.ldr input2.ldr output.ldr Then you'd just put linetrim.exe (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What happend to edger? (Was Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility)
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(...) you've got mail. w. (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LXF files - info and XML schema
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Hi all, With respect to (URL) this discussion> Tue Jakobsen from the LDD team sent me an email with the following text "I can confirm that the .lxf file is a zip file. When saved from LDD it will contain a small picture of the model (IMAGE100.png) (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
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| | Re: What happend to edger? (Was Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility)
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(...) this is good news indeed! my wishlist for LDDP is still up ;-) (URL) w. (17 years ago, 11-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What happend to edger? (Was Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility)
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(...) No, I was just typing without thinking -Orion (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) Not long ago, I had the same problem. Try this: - Make sure that the downloaded subfiles are in the correct directories: some subparts belong to "\PARTS", while other subparts belong to "\PARTS\S" and so on. - After each download, run "Scan (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: What happend to edger? (Was Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility)
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(...) The extra versatility is a good thing, but Unicode shouldn't be at all useful for LDDP since ldraw files aren't (and can't) be Unicode. Am I missing something? --Travis (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What happend to edger? (Was Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility)
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(...) Where do I find Edger? looks like this page disappeared: (URL) I was thinking of writing such a program, but if it's already written... Philo (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What happend to edger? (Was Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility)
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(...) LDDP is going through a major change right now. I'm trying out a new editor control which seems to be more versatile and supports unicode. The sticking point right now is writing the code for the syntax highlighter. Once that's done, I'll (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | What happend to edger? (Was Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility)
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(...) since we are talking about LDDP plug-ins. are there any news on this: (URL) lee? also "Edger" would be a fantastic plug-in! w. (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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Hi Orion, (...) They will... Would you do the adaptation? That would be great! Philo (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(...) These are relatively simple programs code wise so as long as your sources stay available, both these programs can be ported to LDDP plugins with relative ease. -Orion (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) Hello William, Would you be using unofficial parts (or models using them)? In that case you are also missing unofficial primitives. One radical solution is to download the whole set of unofficial files here: (URL) doing so, be sure to read (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) Well, I finished the model I was working on and tried your suggestion. After completing the manual download instructions I tried to download a part that I tried unsuccessfully to download a while back. Unfortunately I still have the same (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(...) Oops, sorry, I was not aware of that! I'll remove my page as soon as possible ;o) (...) Problem is that I'm no programmer either. For very low level, crude programs it's enough but I don't feel up to the task to do that integration. But I (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDView on USB Key drives
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One feature that's not mentioned in the help file, the change history file, or the previous post is (Windows-only) support for running LDView off of removable media (like a USB key). This feature has had very little testing, and has some known (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Custom MLCAD Parts tree
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(...) Yes, but I did it all within MLCad, by pulling down the Settings menu and selecting Parts Tree then Tree Configuration. I got Brick, Plate, Baseplate, Electric, NXT, Hinge, Minifig, Slope, Technic, Tile, Wedge, Windscreen, Wing, and Duplo (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(...) philo, you're making part authoring a piece of cake! that's not what's all about: authors have to suffer while making parts, have to loose themselves in maths and calculations, so please stop forging this kind of tools ;-D cheee...eeers, w. (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's May 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) Confirmed in 1152x864. Thanks! (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDView 3.2 Beta 1 now available for Mac
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For those of you who don't read lugnet.cad or lugnet.announce, I'm posting this message to let you know that the Mac version of LDView 3.2 Beta 1 is now available. Please see (URL) here>. Note that when I first posted the above announcement, I had (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's May 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) I modified the style sheet and every thing should look correct for a 1024x768 resolution. -Orion (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(2 URLs) Linetrim> utility, intended for LDraw parts authors, crops lines sticking out of polygons. Lines to be trimmed and triangles/quads against which they are cropped are provided to the utility as separate LDraw files. A third file containing (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's May 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) As Travis says. On my 1152x864 screen, the pictures still fall out into the right margin when viewing with FireFox. For some reason IE render the text *above* the picture, while FF renders the text at the left side of the picture, thereby (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDView command line snapshot scaling
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(...) It appears that some people read this. There were 13 downloads of the Mac Binary immediately after I posted my official release announcement for LDView 3.2 Beta 1 (one of which was my test download). There were only 3 downloads of each of the (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's May 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) Note that I don't mind the way it is now, but it's currently only fixed if your browser window is fairly wide. If your browser window is too narrow, it still does the same thing it did before, instead of having scroll bars appear. --Travis (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | *** LDView Version 3.2 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 3.2 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) This is a Beta release, which means that I’m hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's May 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) Thanks for the info. This is now fixed. -Orion (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDView command line snapshot scaling
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(...) Adding -SaveZoomToFit=0 to the LDView command line resolves this problem. Thanks to Travis for the suggestion. Jim (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) Thanks Steve. I'm not computer illiterate, but I'n not exactly computer fluent either. I'll try what you've suggested. One question before I do though: If parts from older versions are overwritten and I reinstall complete.exe, will it (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) Take a look at the Manual Install directions on ldraw.org: (URL) ldraw027.exe will overwrite a number of parts with older versions, so after you install the ldraw027.exe file, you will need to re-install complete.exe. Steve (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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(...) Hi all. I have been having the same problem. I checked and the above mentioned file was indeed missing so I downloaded it, but it's just sitting there all lonely on my desktop. What do I do with it now? Thanks in advance. (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: LDView command line snapshot scaling
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(...) Neat! Here's what I get with my quick attempt to try the examples with the current code, built using the same Qt 3.3.7 I used for the alpha. The bricks appear scaled correctly, but there are some large artifacts. ldview -ModelSize=600 (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It uses LDraw units. (...) I do plan to release a Mac binary of the Beta. In fact, I'll probably get that built and posted to sf.net before announcing it more officially and updating the LDView web page. --Travis (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) What units does the -ModelSize argument use? (...) Thanks for the examples! Those are helpful. Your recent changes must indeed have fixed something relevant; the images I generate with the first few example commands are very large (and not to (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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That's a first for me. The web Preview of my previous message looked different. The images were all placed on the line after their associated command line, which was what I wanted, and made it easier to read. --Travis (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) fine, as long as you set x to be big enough. With the current source code, -cg (with radius) should also work fine. Despite the fact that -cg was documented to support the radius part in LDView 3.1, it in fact didn't. I fixed that, but perhaps (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I have a series of models (representing instruction steps) that I would like to render at the same scale with LDView. I can use LDView to save snapshots from the command line (LDView model.ldr -SaveSnapshot=model.png), but I cannot figure out how to (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Isecalc online
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(...) Link to online tool added to Isecalc webpage... Philo (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sure it's OK! very nicely done!!! (...) Linux users who don't want to bother compiling the tool? Philo (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Custom MLCAD Parts tree
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Have you customized how your MLCAD parts are organized? I couldn't find anyone else's custom MLCad.grp file, so I spent a bit of time on it tonight. Please feel free to adjust this and repost it. (URL) this to your MLCad folder and start the program (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I have taken the liberty of creating a very simple online interface for this utility. You upload the two input files and click a button to download the output. It's very similar to what I did for txt2dat. (URL) please let me know if this is OK (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RACHAL Impossible entry - Comic Sans
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(URL) Hi all, Well I finally remembered to add this to the RACHAL gallery... This is my second entry (URL) "Comic Sans"> to (URL) RACHAL Impossible>. I basically wanted to have a play around with making comics style imagery out of a semi-realistic (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) no, I replaced the monitor with a blue spot which maps the screenshot on the head ;-) basically it is the same trick I used for "(URL) Atmosphobic>". w. (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Hahahaha I love that reflection on his head. Did you replace the lead wall with a bitmap image of your desktop? Tim (17 years ago, 5-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's May 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) Congratulations indeed! But something has gone wrong with the web pages, the pictures are too big and flow out in (under) the right margin (Firefox 1.5.0.11 on a 1152x864 screen) links. (17 years ago, 4-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Congratulations to the winners of the May 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Autobus Iveco 480.12 by Luca Giannitti> (URL) SOTM, Evening in the city by Peter Smet> The voting for the June 2007 contests are now open. (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: dat file for wedge piece 50955 and 50956
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(...) I agree it would be good to have these. Further, I suspect that careful use of one or more subfiles would make it possible to have all four parts share the same guts. (17 years ago, 4-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LPub DPI control?
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Hello, In LPub, is it possible to specify the physical resolution for generated images? Not the pixel width & height, but the physical document width & height in inches, and the resolution in pixels/inches. Of course, this affects only printed (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DATHeader NEW VERSION
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I have just uploaded a new version (1.1.2). What has changed: Version 1.1.2 If there are TAB characters in the part description they will be deleted. The following testing will be done additionally if you want to save the file: If there are "0 WRITE (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad)
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