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(...) Do you prehaps mean part 6551.DAT - Electric Technic Pole Reverser? It is in the official parts library. With friendly greetings, Manfred. (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - Call for Public Comments
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(...) OK, I read the whole post and am reposting my comments here :-) Here are my comments. I'll delineate the section where appropriate. Purpose: "standard by which most create virtual LEGO® models" Due to past personal conflicts and missteps too (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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William Howard schrieb: (...) "Write/Print" Please add a note that this is not allowed in official parts files on the PT. "File Type" In the way your wrote this artikel it is very confusing for newbees. It should be divided in two portions. Official (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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William Howard schrieb: (...) "Every line of the file contains one command. With one exception, every command is independent of other lines. The exception is the BFC INVERTNEXT command which modifies the behaviour of the immediately following (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) And if we hadn't been granted an extended term (to get the voting out of summer holidays), we probably wouldn't have gotten the job done either (not that we have yet, but there's every indication that we will). I wonder if that would have (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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Like all previous LSCs, the 2006/7 LSC was charged with ratifying the LDraw File Format 1.0 specification. After much work checking, and ratifying as necessary, all linked specs and language extensions, and many months of dicussions about the actual (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad) !
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| | Looking for 9V switch as a .DAT file
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Hi, does anyone has a 9V switch as a .DAT file, unfortunately can't find any on the LDRAW site, nor in official, nor in unofficial parts. Does anyone has it and may tell me the link or send it as file? Why do I am looking for that? I want to include (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Looking for 7740 as a .DAT file
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Hi, maybe I am too stupid to use the search engine :-) but I can't find no 7740 as a .DAT file and I do know that (years ago) I did find them here (but lost them due to changing computers). Does anyone has it and may tell me the link or send it as (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) It looks good, though, doesn't it? But you're right, if LDView 3.2 is a beta, this is, what, pre-alpha? I can change the caption. Hope you don't mind the "pre-release publicity." Jim (17 years ago, 19-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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I hardly think something that's not even close to feature complete (LDView Cocoa) qualifies as "Beta" ;-). --Travis (17 years ago, 19-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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I have recorded a silent video "screencast" of the creation of my most recent (URL) LDraw model> (yet another B-Wing variant). It is not a short video, but it shows the whole process from start to finish. Watching it has already given me a few ideas (...) (17 years ago, 19-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Working with large models in LDD.
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Hello all, I am currently working on a mosaic using nothing but 1x1 bricks. My problem is that the its over 13000 bricks. This seems to really cause problems with the speed of LDD. I am using a Macintosh PowerBook 1.67 with a gig of ram. It was (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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(...) Ok, thanks guys. As I've looked into logistics in other areas (would people even be interested in buying prints/cards/etc. of LDraw scenes? I have a feeling it would be difficult to turn any kind of profit with this.) I'm not sure how far I'll (...) (17 years ago, 14-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Given the way the software is made available, I would hope that anyone considering turning a profit from it might consider earmarking a portion of the proceeds to Ldraw.org - like Tim Courtney did from the sales of (URL) Virtual Lego>. Cheers (...) (17 years ago, 14-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Dear Philip, To my knowledge there is nothing stopping you doing this. I wouldn't swear that it's not infringing copyright (IANAL) but I find it extremely unlikely anyone would make an issue out of it. Tim (speaking without his SteerCo hat on) (17 years ago, 14-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Counting Parts in MPD file
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(...) Or create a Bill of Materials using LPub! (17 years ago, 13-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There is the Bricklink inventory format and the one used by BrickStore. Both seem to do what you want. (17 years ago, 13-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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I'm interested in selling prints of renders I've made of LDraw scenes. The way I interpret the terms of service, it appears that this is fine, but I wanted to check here to make sure I haven't missed anything. Is there any precedent for this and is (...) (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Counting Parts in MPD file
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(...) Brickstore can already export wanted list and inventory XML files ready for importing into Bricklink, it does the conversion between Ldraw and Bricklink colour codes when you import the Ldraw file. It will even open your browser to the import (...) (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Except that in Sweden (other places too, maybe) it's 'skv' - semi-colon separated values with decimal comma. Excel on a Swedish computer should in theory be able to import csv, but one often gets interesting surprises (Decimal points makes it (...) (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) As far as I know, entries in a csv can be quoted. I just have to figure out how, and quote if I run across a comma in the data. (...) Thanks. That one could be useful. It's not an exact match. For example, I'd have to use MINQTY for the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: dat file for wedge piece 50955 and 50956
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(...) I too could use these pieces. I better start trying to author some parts myself. Jim (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yes, maybe even better/safer due to possible (if possible at all) commas in part names. (...) Hm, how about the (URL) BrickLink's wanted list format>? I guess that one might be very useful. (...) Haha, sorry for that :) I currently work more (...) (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Counting Parts in MPD file
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(...) Thanks for the suggestions. Both suggestions seem reasonable (for 3.3, probably; definitely not for 3.2). I had actually planned to support multiple output formats in the future, but wasn't sure what they should be. csv is certainly one of the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Counting Parts in MPD file
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--snip-- (...) Or do an MPD part check on Peeron ;) (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Or load it in Brickstore, where you can also check the current price of all the parts on Bricklink ;) ROSCO (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Counting Parts in MPD file
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(...) It does indeed! As long as it really does.... ;) I hope the MLCAD's author (if he reads this) will take this as possible suggestions for improvements, not criticism. After all, it is a wonderful tool and I am immensely grateful for it! The (...) (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Counting Parts in MPD file
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(...) Or just select Piece Count from Bricksmith's Tools menu. :-) Jim (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Or, you could load the MPD into LDView 3.2 Beta 1 and generate a parts list. (Of course, as the author of LDView, I wouldn't be biased at all. ;-) --Travis (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Counting Parts in MPD file
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I just saw the thread "MPD to LDR converter?" ((URL) and thought about what Joel Hoornbeek wrote. If I have an MPD File with many of submodels that are used in the main model, I only have to 1) export that main model 2) open that new file with MLCad (...) (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: RACHAL Polar - changeover day
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--snip-- (...) For future ones I'll try to include them but I simply didn't have time for this one. Sorry. Tim (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LSynth rubber band question
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(...) That's OK. Thank you for the explanation of LSynth's current development. Reading the relevant part descriptions from an external file sounds like a great idea. That should make it easier to add support for new parts in the future. I wish (...) (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: MPD to LDR converter?
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(...) OK, I got it. I forgot about the Export function and was looking for it under the Multipart > export menu. -Duane (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LSynth rubber band question
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(...) Hi Jim, There is a new LSynth in the works. You can see the updates on sourceforge. Willy has been doing a great job testing, and driving change based on his experience. Don Heyse has been taking care of the code, and hammering out the bad (...) (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: RACHAL Polar - changeover day
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(...) Wow that is huge. I was wondering when we do have RACHAL if it would also be possible to include a .zip of the unofficial parts used in the .mpd file? Thanks. Looking forward to try it. Have some ideas. Zach Best (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: MPD to LDR converter?
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(...) Hi Duane, You should be able to use the File > Export function within MLcad to do what you want. You only need to select the base model within the MPD, and it'll spit out an LDR file with all of the sub-models in-lined. Please let me know if (...) (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | MPD to LDR converter?
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I'll post this here in the main group... Is there a utility that can convert an MPD file to a consolidated LDR file? -Duane (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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(...) I'll take this back to the SteerCo and see if we can come up with something working better. Sorry for the mess. w. (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LGEO quirks with parts 6536 and 6187
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(...) Great! Thanks, Travis. (URL) fix render>> I had never noticed the link to those fixes from the L3P page. It's all part of the journey of discovery for LDraw novices, I suppose. Jim (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LGEO quirks with parts 6536 and 6187
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It's known, and there are fixes. See (URL). --Travis (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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(...) I believe I switched to the GPL for version 3.0. (3.1 is definitely under GPL.) I think I could still release the Windows version under a different license if I chose, since it doesn't use any GPL software (probably; I'd have to check to see (...) (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LGEO quirks with parts 6536 and 6187
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In the course of experimenting with L3P and POV-Ray, I've noticed there are a few parts that appear positioned or oriented incorrectly when LGEO parts are used (with L3P's -lgeo option). Here is an example of the two I have found so far, (URL) 6536> (...) (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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(...) I take it the latest version of LDVIEW is under the GPL? Ahui (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 47844 canopy
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Has anyone attempted to model the (URL) Windscreen 9 x 3 x 1 2/3 Bubble Canopy>? I don't see it in the parts tracker or anywhere else, but just thought I'd check whether anyone has something approximate. It's basically (URL) 44567> with a spoon on (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LSynth rubber band question
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I built a model containing a rubber band I'd like to model with LSynth and LDraw: (URL) The real rubber band>> So I want to stretch the rubber band between the 1x1 round plates, but it also needs to be pinched together and pushed down slightly (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Upload Utility
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I have released a rudimentary Mac OS X version of Brickshelver: (URL) It is only partially complete, but I don't expect to invest much more time in it anytime soon unless I receive substantial feedback expressing interest in that effort. I do, (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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I can't legally agree to that, and it's likely that a large percentage of the other authors can't either. The thing is, I'm not the sole author of LDView, and never have been. LDView has always included code written by friends of mine from college, (...) (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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Dear contributor to the LDraw System Of Tools, We would like to include your program files listed below (the “Product”) in our new LDraw.org All-In-One-Installer, (the “Work”) to be published by LDraw.org: ___...___ Program The purpose of this (...) (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDD 1.3 files not supported in 2.2
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(...) instead: (URL) (17 years ago, 4-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Set 6636 different part shown in instruction
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Has anybody an idea which part is showing on the box of the set 6636 that looks like 2486 (Bar 1 x 8 x 2)? From the picture it has to be "Bar 1 x 8 x 3" but the set containted in real part 2486. Or was it only a mistake by TLC when they changed the (...) (17 years ago, 4-Aug-07, to lugnet.db.scans, lugnet.parts, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDD 1.3 files not supported in 2.2
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(...) Maybe try 1.6: (URL) (17 years ago, 3-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | LDD 1.3 files not supported in 2.2
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dear LDDer, your giving us a very hard time loving your prog :-( 2.2 refuses to load an old 1.3 lxf file like this: (URL) converter out there? I tried to do the zip trick but beside the png I only get a salat of letters. w. (17 years ago, 3-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's July 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Thanks to everyone who voted, and congratulations to the other winners! Unfortunately I wasn't able to get an entry done in time for this month, however I suspect this wouldn't have made any difference as there are two incredible entries! (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's July 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the July 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Prinoth Leitwolf Snowgroomer by Han Crielaard> (URL) SOTM, Valley of the Dark Lords by Philip Heinrich> (URL) POTM - Best Part, (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) For comparison, I rendered m6459.png (picture posted in earlier post) at 640x480, and the times were as follows (all on an original MacBook 2GHz). Intel (command line-only) compile: Time For Trace: 0 hours 0 minutes 2.0 seconds (2 seconds) (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) Sorry. I used the command line unzip (on my Macbook) to unzip the file, and that toasted the contents. Apparently the resource fork didn't extract properly. Using a different unzipper solved the problem. --Travis (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) The version I posted does not require Classic. It's an old CFM Carbon program (not Mach-O) that can run natively under both OS 8/9 and OS X. It is PowerPC though, so on an Intel Mac, it gets emulated via Rosetta. (But I suspect it runs faster (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Brickshelf Upload Utility
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I've been working on a Brickshelf upload utility similar to (URL) Flickr Uploadr>. It helps streamline the process of zipping a bunch of files and navigating to or creating the appropriate folder to upload them. These screenshots are of a scruffy (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) I dusted off my old G3, now a bone stock 10.4 system, and it runs fine (as it does on my MacBook). Jim (17 years ago, 28-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) For reference, here is a script that builds a static univeral libpng library, and then copies it into /usr/local/lib with a u appended to the filename (libpng12u.a): (URL) In order for it to work, png.h has to be modified. In 1.2.18, line 497 (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) Thanks. I eventually figured out how to get it to build. The trick was to build the two versions separately (ppc and i386), and then use lipo to join them. Building for both architectures at once just gave an error that some of the gcc command (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) I see there is universal build of libpng 1.2.17 (URL) here>, but I have not tested it. From the installer notes: "Installs static (.a) and dynamic (.dylib) universal binaries of libpng, as provided by the official libpng reference release: (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) Actually, I need a Universal binary version of the static libpng library, since I don't want to have to distribute libpng along with the executable. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure the megapov executable I already posted is (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) You're welcome. I think we need to get both my Intel-only version and your PPC-only version put together somewhere. It also might be good to do a Mac OSX PPC build, since I believe that yours requires Classic, which isn't exactly optimal. Mine (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: l2rib and LDraw.org Mac Downloads Review
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(...) And thanks to you for updating the LDraw site. Jim (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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(...) Travis, This is a valuable resource to have. I'm glad to see this software isn't doomed to the dustbin of history. Thank you! Allen (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: l2rib and LDraw.org Mac Downloads Review
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(...) thx for the updates. (...) I added the icons. (...) this has to be added as separate link 'cos PN doesn't allow more than one URL per download. (...) I deleted the entry for LDView for Mac OSX 1.0 and added the icons for linux and mac (though (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) There is C code for a point in polygon implementation here: (URL) only 8 lines of code for the whole thing, but it supports arbitrary polygons, including ones with holes. UNDERSTANDING the algorithm might take a little work, but the page (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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Sorry that it has taken me so long. In fact, I am still working on creating quadrilaterals and triangles to fill the largest spaces possible. My main hang-ups are: reducing processing time a working point-in-polygon test I have found two different (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: NEW VERSION! Re: Conversion file for ldraw to ldd
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(...) Verified and made a brand new XML with only parts that are in the current LEGO factory parts, and they must work in the conversion both ways (LDD > LDR > LDD). (URL) have not attempted to do any of the minifig stuff. And others are missing but (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2001 Photos of Jessimans?
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(...) I totally forgot that the old version of the site was still online. That's pretty cool :-) I seem to recall a photo taken with me and the Jessimans, maybe I'm misremembering. I think what's there might be it, thanks, Travis! -Tim (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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| | l2rib and LDraw.org Mac Downloads Review
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A few notes based on a browse through the (URL) Downloads> page: (URL) l2rib>, a utility that converts LDraw files to RenderMan format, builds and runs on Mac OS X (make -f Makefile.unix). I do not have a RenderMan compliant renderer (there are a (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) If you can work out regions of identical colour I believe there is a theory that says you can fill it with no more than 2N (where N is the number of corners) triangles. This is probably a good way of doing it for complex shapes. If I ever get (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) Keep in mind that doing it both ways is probably a lot more difficult than just doing it one way. For example, if you have a 1-pixel thick plus sign, you need at least 3 quads (to avoid overlap), and your algorithm needs to deal nicely with (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) Sorry, long quads is really what I meant by a line. So, that's exactly what the program does. I should have an update out later today or tomorrow that combines pixels vertically as well. Thanks, Scott (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) Hi Scott, It will be better if you put adjacent horizontal pixels into a long quad rather than a line. The renderer POV-Ray does not support the concept of lines, so they are tossed when L3P converts you LDraw file to a POV file. Kevin (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) Almost...I combine pixels of the same color that are on the same horizontal line. So, if pixels 1 through 5 are the same color, they become a line that ocupies 1 through 5. Most of my stickers have been about 1MB. I wasn't aware of the other (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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&tIn lugnet.cad, Michael Heidemann wrote: It seems to me that you put for every pixel one quad. This produces an (...) This is the approach also used by Bitsticker. It is certainly not optimal. (...) Tim Gould's (URL) img2sticker> script uses a (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) So, I know of at least four tools to convert images to LDraw stickers: (URL) BMP2DAT> (URL) img2sticker> ((URL) *>) (URL) Bitsticker> (URL) Sticker Generator> Plus you can make stickers from text with (URL) txt2dat>. I think this is a case of (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Both of these applications are very cool, and I intend to begin using them immediately. Do you guys mind if I ask a dumb question? That is, another dumb question after these two? Are these applications an evolution of the various BMP2DAT (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I have just tested your prog. It seems to me that you put for every pixel one quad. This produces an enormous amount of bytes in a file. There was already a prog that was called bmp2dat. If you could rearrange the quads that are direct beside into (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) you can add download links by yourself. just login, go to the download section, click on the [Add Download] link and fill in. don't worry if it doesn't show up immediately - I have to authorize it. w. Ldraw Content Manager (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Don't feel bad - the same thing happened to me when I wrote my script (except I didn't really think to search much first). Shortly after releasing it, I discovered an (URL) even earlier effort> on Lugnet. I think each implementation has its (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Jim, I searched and searched for a program that would do this and never found one. I was surprised that there wasn't something, but it looks like I was wrong. You can absolutely put a link from you page to my download page. I'll have to (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) Very cool! May I add a link to this from my (URL) page? I suspect the desktop program does not have the size/speed restrictions that limit my script. Jim (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I would like to share my sticker generating tool, that I created to convert bitmap images into flat part files (stickers / decals) for use in ldraw based CAD programs and rendering programs. Here is an example of what it can do: (URL) Here is a (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Orange color with LeoCAD
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Bothered by the weird rendering of orange color in LeoCAD, I have compiled an unofficial version that imports, displays and export correctly this color. Get it here: (URL) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.leocad, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2001 Photos of Jessimans?
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(...) Well, there's a photo here: (URL) course, since you wrote that article, you probably already know about that one. Note that there's another version of the same article in the "new" part of the site, but it's not formatted nearly as nicely.) (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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I'm trying to track down a few photos taken in 2001 of Don and Robyn Jessiman and some LDraw-folk while they were in DC for the fest. I've checked the obvious BrickShelf folders -- Bram, Lar, Steve Bliss, etc. -- to no avail. Does anyone either have (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM closes in a week
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hi folks, we still seek some entries for the MOTM/SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) consider submitting your work. deadline is 27.07.2007. beside all this please don't forget about "RACHAL - The RAytraching CHALlange": (URL) the "Commemoration of the 10th (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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I realized that in my previous message, I never actually mentioned that I built the executable that I link to. I built it from the MegaPOV 0.7 source using (mostly) the Unix settings from the regular POV source. I set it to output PNG files by (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) You can find a command-line Intel Mac compile of MegaPOV 0.7 here: (URL) I tested it with the following command line: megapov +IBRICKS.pov I used BRICKS.pov from the above zip, and it generated the following two PNG files in under 2 seconds: (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Establishing a consistent way to create quality instructions from LDraw models on the Mac is of great interest to me, personally and on behalf of the general Mac LDraw community. If a detailed tutorial is not practical, I would still be (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I have a copy sitting here: (URL) I got it by e-mailing the maintainers of MacMegaPOV several years ago. In later correspondence, they also told me the edge-tracer in the newer version of MacMegaPOV had not been optimized by its author. The (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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(...) Of course, I just tried bsbackup.sh again - the current version that gets all files - and it took 32:05. There's a little quicktime movie in there that probably accounts for most of the difference as the MPD files are quite small. So the (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Boy, that is a lot more compact than mine! (...) It looks like it's only considering links to /cgi-bin/gallery.cgi. However, links to non-image files from the Brickshelf folder pages point directly to /gallery/username/foo/bar.dat. (Ah, I see (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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(...) OK, if you download and run the script now, it should back up all files (not just images). --Travis (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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(...) I didn't have any problem compiling and installing wget (although I did have to change the default install path by hand from /usr/local to /opt/local so that it would be in my pre-existing path). However, I suspect that most Mac users would be (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) There are many instructions how to install wget and even some installers. curl can't beat 'wget -m' afaik. (...) No official repository afaik. Last I heard was that we want to build it, but that requires a developer with the time to build it! (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Supportive Community
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Dear fellow LEGO fans and LDraw users, I was deeply impressed reading how many would have supported BrickShelf with fees to keep the site alive. Some expressed they weren't aware that they could become paying members to get rid off the ads, others (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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