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(...) Thanks, I accept. Philo (19 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I nominate Philippe Hurbain. cu mikeheide (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Reminder: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) closing in a week
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Hi folks, we are half way down with the nominations. As outlined here: (URL) will close in a week, at 11:59 PM GMT on 14 October 2007 and elections will start October 17. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, and have accepted as (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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Hi folks, I have put together a summary of the 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Candidates for your reference. I’ll do my best to keep it up to date as new nominations or acceptances are coming in. You can find it at: (URL) are listed (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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(...) Wow, I can't believe I only just found this thread! txt2dat uses Jonathan Richard Shewchuk's Triangle library to triangulate polygons generated by Truetype fonts. All you need to do is supply a list of verteces, and it will generate the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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I have checked LEGO Universe Team parts ((URL) official or non-official parts when they exist, and noticed several differences. Could anyone who own some of these parts (I don't) check these differences and comment? (LUT version may not match real (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Introducing SR 3D Builder - a LDraw editor by Sergio Reano
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(...) I didn't have any problems with weird folders in documents and settings you just unzip the files wherever you want and it will setup itself (which you can unzip to a new folder under Program Files.) The only issue I have (which is an issue (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) I would like to think that it meant "5 in the last one year", since we want people who are CURRENTLY active in the LDraw community. That is also the way that I naturally read the sentence. But it can definitely be read either way. And given (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Why can't I install 'normally' to program files. It makes all kind of weird folders in documents and settings now. Not to happy with that personally. But that aside it's sounds very promising, unfortunately it crashes on my machine. first I (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) I accept. ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Introducing SR 3D Builder - a LDraw editor by Sergio Reano
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(...) <snip> (...) Very cool Sergio -- I was quite pleased by the speed of the rendering! Since I don't know the ldraw keyboard commands I was a bit at a loss on how to "place" a part or rotate a part -- also camera operations as well. I'm looking (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) I accept. mikeheide (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Introducing SR 3D Builder - a LDraw editor by Sergio Reano
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(...) SNIP (...) This sounds very good to me. I will give it a try the next days. cu mikeheide (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Last night, I updated the rendering script to use L3Lab's "Front-Upper-Right" view for most parts (Baseplates use a top-down view, panels use "Back-Upper-Left"). The actual parameter/array is: 0.7071,0,0.7071,0.35...0.5,0.6124 I also changed (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Introducing SR 3D Builder - a LDraw editor by Sergio Reano
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I proxy this on behalf of Sergio Reano, who for some technical reasons is not able to post to LUGNET. Please post here your comments but cc: also to Sergio via mail. Hi everybody, my name is Sergio Reano and I'm a programmer and Lego fun from Italy. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd) !!
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Mike Heidemann (author of DATHeader, parts author and vivid parts reviewer). w. (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Preparing a L(EGO)Draw part for the Parts Tracker – A review
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(...) hmm ... looks like we got the "ideal" version as it has been projected by the part designers but the part was modified during the production. fact is we stick to the actual part as it comes out of the box and we will have to get rid off the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Preparing a L(EGO)Draw part for the Parts Tracker – A review
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(...) it's a fine prog, anders! nonetheless I really wish it were a part of LDDP and not just a plug in - it doesn't allow polling to a viewer while I edit figures and to me visual feedback is crucial. BTW could you please check why Syncedit wipes (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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Sorry for that mistake W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com> To: <lugnet.cad.dev.org....ugnet.com> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 5:39 AM Subject: Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) I do agree it is ambiguous (and can't actually remember what was meant even though I believe I drafted that statement...) and the wording should be tightened. Given the non-exceptional rules I assume it means for the duration of being a parts (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) I accept. Thanks. However, I should mention that contrary to what William stated above, I don't meet the requirements for "parts author", and may not meet the "parts reviewer" requirements. (I'm not 100% sure I've submitted five reviews total, (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) I volunteer myself, Orion Pobursky. -Orion (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Anyone heard of Okino software?
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(...) You mean things like leaving the "r" off off the end of the word "your"? (19 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I think knew that at one point based on the comment about "dist divisor". And I suspect I didn't reduce it to -1,1,1 so I could easily switch to a point light source at that location. (yeah, that's it... ;^) (...) It seems like the direction (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) The distance would matter, except that you're using a directional light. Since the w component of your light position is 0.0, it's a directional light. As such, -1,1,1 is the same as the -1000,1000,1000 that you have. (How's that for (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I'd leave your setup alone since it seems to work well with the current color list. You're right about ldglite. I didn't like dark shadows, or maybe I run my monitor too dark to avoid migraines, but the lighting settings do add up to more than (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Anyone heard of Okino software?
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(...) Ya know, one of the really fun things about using LUGNET's web interface is that hang time after you click the "Post" button. You get about 30 seconds to just re-read and re-examine while you new message is sent over the pipe to the server. (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I think it's using an isometric matrix for the view, which leads to this effect. This matches the default output from ldraw.exe. Here is 3004.dat rendered with ldraw.exe and then scaled down to match the size of the image on the part tracker: (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Anyone heard of Okino software?
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I just stumbled across the website for Okino software. Is anyone familiar with this? There's a explanation of how to get started with LDraw, and then convert model files to Okino rendering software. I haven't had time to do more than scan through (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Preparing a L(EGO)Draw part for the Parts Tracker – A review
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(...) Hey! I have a user :-) Cool! Now I *must* update the web site... (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) To my eyes, the proportions of that picture are completely off, that part should have the proportions of a normal 1x2[x1], right? Not 1x2x0.72 or whatever that picture shows... (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I'm pretty sure the ldconfig.ldr colors are designed to match the brick colors when no lighting is used (as in the second LDView picture above. If the ambient and diffuse terms add up to more than 1.0, the original colors end up getting washed (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I'm open to improving the unofficial ldliterc.dat colors, but I don't expect we want to use all the default ldlite colors -- unless they were tuned away from the original LDraw (ie, 4-bit VGA) colors. The other issue is if we the built-in (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) The actual truth may be lost to the sands of time, but I believe the ldlite colors were possibly copied from the original LDRAW colors, and the ldlite Windows lighting code was matched to that? I know I did a good amount of twiddling in the (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) looked at the ldliterc.dat above, and color 7 has the same setting as what is in ldconfig.ldr. However, the actual color being rendered seems too light. For example, here is an image from the part tracker: (URL) Here is the same part rendered (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Preparing a L(EGO)Draw part for the Parts Tracker – A review
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Thanks, Willy, for this very informative article... I discovered many things (among them, Syncedit that looks VERY interesting - how did I miss its announcement???). (...) Here you had a favorable situation with mostly flat surfaces. Similarly I (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Preparing a L(EGO)Draw part for the Parts Tracker – A review
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When the Lego Universe Team has started to share rough data of 80 parts (URL) and soon after I've got feedback from part authors that because of their excellent quality those parts were heavyweights and would give us a hard time reducing the file (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: Introducing Lic - Lego Instruction Creator (pre-alpha)
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(...) Hi Remi, I got your email today. I don't know why I didn't notice or respond to the previous emails. WYSIWIG LPub (4.0) is moderatly far along. I started on it shortly after returning from Brickfest PDX in Portland. You use the GUI to get the (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing Lic - Lego Instruction Creator (pre-alpha)
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(...) Hi Kevin, I was hoping to hear from you! Yep, I knew you were working on a WYSIWYG LPub - you've mentioned the idea here in the past. I just had no idea how far along you were, or if you had even started. I tried contacting you a handful of (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I'd be happy to try, but it would require some things: An admin to install xvfb on the server An admin to give me a user account on the server to get it working Possible admin support if other dependencies are missing on the server As a note, (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Though the error has been fixed I'm still in favour for the switch for the simple fact that LDView is maintained and updated (and that IMHO it's output looks much smarter) but I'm happy to leave the decision to go/no go to Travis since he has (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Though the color problem has been solved I'm still in favour for the switch for the simply fact that LDView is maintained and updated (and LDView's outputs look much smarter ;-) but it's up to Travis to take the decision - since he has to code (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Great! Thanks, Steve!!! Philo (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Well, to be perfectly honest, while I'm pretty confident that LDView can be gotten to work relatively easily (via xvfb) on the LDraw server, I'm not sure whether its performance will be "acceptable". So I think it's only fair to keep the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Introducing Lic - Lego Instruction Creator (pre-alpha)
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(...) Hi Remi, Maybe you didn't know but I am working on a WYSIWYG version of LPub, where there is no manual editing of the LDraw file. So far, almost everything has GUI point and click kind of interface with support for multiple steps per page, and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Hmm. I should put my color patch .DAT file on the server somewhere... (...) That could be changed. But I think most people who profess a preference prefer the black edges, rather than colored edges. We could soften the black edges to a (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Yes, but wouldn't that be subverting Willy's diabolical plan to render everything with ldview? ;^) Don (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I don't have a test case for all the colors, but the ones I did try look ok now. (...) It all looks odd to me with the black edge lines on all the bricks. Good for printed instructions, but not as pretty on screen. Oh well. I suppose it (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I could probably whip up a program that does the conversion fairly quickly (hour or two of work?) if you're interested. I have the advantage that I already have a full parser for ldconfig.ldr. Spitting out the ldliterc.dat file should be (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Yeah we experimented with xvfb many years ago. (URL) was some weirdness with the aspect ratio that was probably caused by a bug in ldglite at the time. And there were some questions about large image sizes, but it should be a viable solution (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) "Program"? I wish. It was a manual conversion, not all of the entries are amenable to programmatic conversion. (...) Doh! It should be fixed now, take a look. No wonder the orange switch on the PF box looked so odd... Steve (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I just did a quick check on my own Linux box (a virtual machine, actually) with xvfb (X Virtual Frame Buffer), and that worked fine with LDView. Since xvfb is a standard part of the X distribution, it should be easy to install on most major (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) I would need access to the server, yes. I think that if Xvnc were installed on the server, LDView could connect to that, and everything would then be happy. (Xvnc is an X Server that's designed to be connected to remotely via vnc. From (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) convert ldconfig.ldr to ldliterc.dat. In the first set of colors on each line the blue value always seems to be the same as the green value. Don (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) OK, that wasn't so hard. The script should be fixed now. I've pushed through re-renders for 58119 and x919. All other parts are queued for re-rendering, all images should be updated in a short time. If anyone wants to look at the ldliterc.dat (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Oooo! Thanks for mentioning this. I had forgotten about it, as if I never knew it. After messing around, I (manually) got the image for 58119.dat straightened out (URL) But I haven't convinced the script that it should run this way. Yet. If (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) While I agree with Willy's assessment that it may be time to move on to ldview for the part tracker, I did run a quick test and it looks like ldglite does support modified colors like 71 or 72 with the ldliterc.dat file. Perhaps the location (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) than we should start thinking about the switch to LDView as render engine ... if this is technically doable. to be frank I didn't understand a single word from all the tech speech above: x server or not, OSMesa a mess ... Travis, I guess you (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) Hmm, you'd think I'd know that since I helped write the LSC proposal ;-) -Orion (19 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) Just for everyone's info (FEI?), seconds aren't required for LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) nominations. They are required for LDraw.org Steering Committee (Steerco) nominations. --Travis (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) I second. -Orion (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Are multiple AUTHOR tags legit?
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I think a part should only have one AUTHOR line (although, as you say, this is not stated in the library header spec) If a part has two or more authors, it falls into one of two possibilities a) Original author and one or more part modifier/updaters (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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(...) And needless to say, I accept ;-) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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I, William Howard, nominate myself (parts author and parts reviewer) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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I, William Howard, nominate Lars C. Hassing (software author, parts author and parts reviewer) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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I, William Howard, nominate Travis Cobbs (software author, parts author and parts reviewer) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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I, William Howard, nominate Ross Crawford (software author, parts author and parts reviewer) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) Nope, sorry. No update. As far as I can tell, ldglite[1] won't recognize colors like 71 and 72. (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDMerge 1.0
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LDMerge is a console tool for managing multiple LDraw part libraries. It permits the contents of one or more library to be merged into another library and subsequently unmerged with minimum hassle. (URL) works with Mac OS X, Windows, and other (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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Hello Steve, (...) Any news about this? I have submitted a new part with the same color scheme ((URL) problem remains :-( Philo (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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It has been more than a year since the last election of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC). Nominations are now open. All nominations must be received and recorded by October 14. Elections will be held from October 17 ‘til October 31. The (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Voting for "Model Of The Month" is now open
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Hi folks, we've a new round of models and parts in our MOTM contest. Have a look at: (URL) cast your vote! Willy Tschager LDraw Administration Team (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Are multiple AUTHOR tags legit?
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I've noticed that a number of official parts have multiple 0 AUTHOR meta statements in the part header. All the ones I've seen so far have James Jessiman as the first author, and someone else as the second one. Is this the correct way to indicate (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: LPUB question
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(...) Thanks David! I used the second option, and works fine! Ludo (19 years ago, 29-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Introducing Lic - Lego Instruction Creator (pre-alpha)
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(...) Sure. It fails in the same place, but with a different error: glDeleteFramebuffersEXT(1, framebuffer) ctypes.ArgumentError: argument 2: <type 'exceptions.NameError'>: global name 'typeCode' is not defined Wish I knew more about Python so I (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing Lic - Lego Instruction Creator (pre-alpha)
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(...) Hi Jim, Thanks for the feedback! About the crash you see when loading a model, I think Python's OpenGL wrapper isn't quite as portable as the rest... On my machine (win32), the function glDeleteFramebuffersEXT() expects a list as its last (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing Lic - Lego Instruction Creator (pre-alpha)
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(...) Yes, it is very cool. Especially so since it (almost) works on Mac OS X - and we don't have LPub. There were indeed a lot of prerequisites (and pre-prerequisites!), but I think I've managed to build them all, and Lic launches! Hurray for (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Hi everyone, I've been lurking here for a few years now, and have been using LDrawfor quite some time. I finally have something worth saying! In the past few months I've found time to work on a little LDraw application that I've been wanting to (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX) !!
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(...) Yes, that's the way cylinder primitives are done, and it seems to work very well. I think other primitives could be improved that way. (...) That case is not that bad - the angle where the middle line appears is divided by two, so it is an (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problem with Primitive Generator
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(...) I think a solution that mostly works was invented around this time frame: (URL) of using cylinder primitives with an optional line at one end that expects to be mated with a similar cylinder primitive, you use optional lines at both ends that (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Problem with Primitive Generator
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...actually the problem is not specific to PrimGen (btw, thanks Paul for this great tool!) but appears when some rounded primitive meet a straight surface: conditional lines at the edges of these primitives appear when they shouldn't. See (URL) The (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw File Format 1.0 specification ratified by the LSC
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(...) many thx and congratulations to the 2006-2007 LSC! it was an arduous task but also a pleasure watching the team at work. w. (19 years ago, 26-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw File Format 1.0 specification ratified by the LSC
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(...) Thanks to the team! It took over 4 years and the formation of the LSC to complete (my original work predates the LSC: (URL) ) and now it's done. Thanks for the hard work guys, it validates why we formed the committee in the first place. -Orion (19 years ago, 25-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2006/2007 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Summary
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(...) I would just like to take this opportunity to thank William for taking the lead in getting this done. It was a quite arduous task, and just a tad overdue :) I'd also like to thank the rest of the committee and all the other members of the (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 2006/2007 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) Summary
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The annual summary of the activities of the outgoing 2006/2007 LDraw.org Standards Committee can be found at: (URL) Howard On behalf of the LDraw Standards Committee (19 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw File Format 1.0 specification ratified by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has ratified the LDraw File Format 1.0 specification. Please see here for the new specification - (URL) old 0.27 specification is still available here - (URL) LDraw web team is currently in the process of changing (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !
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| | Re: Anyone working on monorail tracks?
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(...) Hi Mike, I begun the parts some months ago but hadn't enough time to go further with them. I will send you the parts by mail. CU Bernd (19 years ago, 22-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM and Rachal closes in a week
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Hi folks, we still seek some entries for the MOTM/SOTM contest: (URL) currently have three entries for the MOTM, many for the POTM and none for the SOTM. We will now only run these contests if there are a minimum of five entries and it is unlikely (...) (19 years ago, 21-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Top view rendering in LPub
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(...) Hello Jaco, Just replace the first step statement (0 STEP) in your LDraw file with a rotstep command (0 ROTSTEP 90 0 0 ABS) to enable topview. Make sure that the "ortho" checkbox is checked. If you want to get back to 3D view at some step, (...) (19 years ago, 21-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Wanted: LDMerge beta testers
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Thanks to an inquiry from Michael Heidemann, I've written a little utility called LDMerge. I'd like to have one or two other people test it before it is released just to confirm that it works as intended. LDMerge is a console tool for temporarily (...) (19 years ago, 21-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Top view rendering in LPub
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Hi all, It has been a while since I posted here, but here is a question: How do render steps in top view only in Lpub? I need to create instructions like the ones LEGO does in for example the Statue of Liberty. Thanks. Jaco (19 years ago, 20-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: First Impressions: LDD 2.0 and building with Technic elements from NXT.
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(...) Those style links are created and understood by the web interface to insert in-line links and image. The use of <> however "broke" and confused all the NNTP clients so we see it string together. ThunderBird handled it well enough and split it (...) (19 years ago, 17-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Is there any DAT file that reflects the efforts doing these two pieces. Also a mockup will help me. cu mikeheide (19 years ago, 17-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Why LDraw.org doesn't use ldconfig.ldr ???
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(...) steve, any updates on this? BTW, did you get my request to use LDAO in the All-In-One-Installer or has it been eaten up by your spam-monster? w. (19 years ago, 17-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: First Impressions: LDD 2.0 and building with Technic elements from NXT.
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(...) Granted, meshing gears is awful. You have to place the gears on axles with space between them, rotate one with hinge tool until they could match, then move the rotated gear and axle in meshing position. And trying to modify a gear ration in an (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: First Impressions: LDD 2.0 and building with Technic elements from NXT.
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"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:JoGFz5.BIC@lugnet.com... (...) Perhaps I am not harsh enough. Build a model that shows the possible gear ratios for gears contained in the NXT kit. You can even mail it to me if you like, (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: First Impressions: LDD 2.0 and building with Technic elements from NXT.
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Hi Geoffrey, I think you are a bit harsh about Technic/NXT building with LDD. I agree with you that it is not perfect, and it is sometime painful to do what you want, but it is possible to virtually build things with it. And the hinge tool does work (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | First Impressions: LDD 2.0 and building with Technic elements from NXT.
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This is possible to do, yes you will receive annoying messages that you won't be able to save or upload any models you create, but at least you can wander around in a daze trying to make something using the 'free build' option. Firstly, when placing (...) (19 years ago, 16-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | DATHeader Update
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I have uploaded a new version (1.1.4) to my homepage (www.michael-heidemann.de). With this version also the lastest changes to the Official Parts Header Specification are maintained. cu mikeheide (19 years ago, 13-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - MATRIX section updated
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(...) OK, I updated the first "4x4 3D transformation matrix" to now be "4x4 homogeneous transformation matrix". I didn't feel that leaving 3D in there somewhere was practical. Because of this, I intentionally left the text alone two sentences later, (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad)
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