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I found yes. So I wrote one, but close to that what we know. Be sure to have the MSFramework 2.0 installed, otherwise it will not work. It can be found at (URL) comments are welcome. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) If it is a messagebox, pressing Ctrl+C will copy the contents to the clipboard and beep. (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) What, like the ones that have existed pretty much forever on Unix? :) I will also point out (in case it catches anyone out) that it is possible for something to NOT have a 8.3 filename, but on most systems, this won't be a problem. (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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Is there a way to set any default project/callout/etc settings? These could then be applied when you first open a file that contains no other LPUB commands, and so, not breaking any existing files. The main ones for me are the part list scale, the (...) (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) As far as I know all you have found is all we have. Very sad, but true. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all. I would like to know if the components of the Technic Action Figure have been created. I see at ldraw.org that there exist hands, legs and feet, as well as a few other minor components, but they are all from about 5 years ago. Do we have the (...) (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) As a result of the above, I introduced some bugs that prevent automatic error fixing. This will be fixed in the next release. -Orion (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, Philo; you're doing some of the cutting edge toolmaking for LDRAW these days, so I appreciate the nice comments from you (as will the author). (...) I see that as a problem now too ["mumble, mumble, you tell them it's a Tech Preview, (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Very nice!!! I love the possibility to select an element in 3D view (I miss that A LOT in MLCad!). But I seem to have some issue launching an editor, it doesn't seem to work when there are spaces in editor path or LDraw file path. (...) A VERY (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I totally forgot about the major new feature: custom search paths. Look for it in the options dialog. -Orion (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) SNIP (...) It works for me just like you explained above. Looks good. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) better :-P), but if you get display anamolies with this app, you might want to try upgrading your OpenGL drivers (standard stuff). I have two machines, both ATI, one runs this thing perfectly, the other displays lines that just go haywire (yet (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm currently knee-deep in LEGO database stuff; which I've put on hold to try to get the color stuff for ldconfig ironed out; all of which has this OTHER project on hold, but... I have a buddy who's only peripherally interested in LEGO, but (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) If you have a Mac you can select a line in L3Lab's Tree View and it will be highlighted in the main window. I will release a new Windows version shortly when I have finished L3P (currently writing update notes). /Lars (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote: Here's the file for LDDP 2.0 beta 3: (URL) a bug fix release. I've killed quite a few bugs this week. I think I finally licked revert and external change detection. I also revamped the error check messages since (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 61409 - Slope Brick 18 2 x 1 x 2/3 Grille [DAT]
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Hi all, Just whipped up this mockup for 61409 and thought I'd share it. I don't currently have the part handy and I wasn't sure if the little bump in the middle should be explicitly modelled but it serves as a pretty useful mockup for most models. (...) (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I am very sorry for that mistake has happen. I would like to help you in this case, but as long as I have no more detailed informations, I am unable to help. For translations I recommend (URL) to use. As far as I know the best translation tool (...) (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LPub and non callout sub parts used multiple times
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(...) Yes, it does. I've fixed the ROTSTEP issue. I've also got the xN submodels thing fixed (with mirrored detection). I've tested it against your 5990.mpd you shared so long ago and it works. Something is very whacked though, because half the time (...) (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I find German hard to read, but not at all impossible. And I don't think Swedish is much closer related to German than English is. Anyway, you can always make a screen dump and crop out the error messagebox. /Tore (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I downloaded tried to install MPDCenter from here: (URL) the installer is all in German, which I can't read, and I got an error message that I can't understand... I would copy/paste the error, but it doesn't allow me to select the text from (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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Sorry for the late response. I have placed the program and source code in a zip file here: (URL) colors.txt file contains an up to date list of all of the colors from Peeron, Bricklink, and LDRAW. I think there are 119 total. Some notes about the (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LPub4.0.0.1 available
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(...) Yes, Kevin it did fix my problem. Thanks much for the fix and the awesome program. (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Bricksmith now using Subversion
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Bricksmith's source code has been migrated to a repository using the Subversion source code management system. Subversion is built-in to Mac OS 10.5, so you don't need any additional software to play. The CVS respository will no longer be (...) (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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- If you modify a file, have a look at it (using the LDView button) then close LDDP, then no file save warning is issued, LDDP closes and changes are lost. - Temporary files for LDview are saved in temp folder instead of a temp file of the current (...) (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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(...) It looks like changing decimal accuracy values is only effective after leaving/reopening LDDP. Philo (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This button allow to add BFC statements in LDraw code. To change winding of a tri/quad in MLCad, double click on its line in code window (or select it in one view and hit Ctrl-M), then push "swap" button. Philo (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think the easiest thing to do is put LDDP into polling to cursor mode, then move down the part one text line at a time. When you see a reversed polygon, fix it. It's not perfect, but it's what I did when I decided to BFC an existing part. (...) (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | BFC Tool?
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Just out of random, or perhaps not so random curiosity, is there a tool that can take the red/ green of the BFC tools in Ldview/ L3Lab and highlight the corresponding lines? I ask because I'm slowly trying to reverse lines between MLcad/LDview/LDDP (...) (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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(...) Actually your input revealed that this functionality was slightly broken and has now been fixed. (...) Yep, you're right. I went back and compared my code with yours and discovered that I was doing this: Angle1 := (...) (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I agree to Jim. To make it in an easy way I wrote a prog MPDCenter that is still available. Maybe you can use it. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Scott Wardlaw wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP Are you able to give that cool tool to the community. I thought about the color handling in MLCad for a while and now I read this! Awaresome! cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDDP 2.0 questions
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(...) Whether or not LDDP starts with a blank document or no document, the question would still be pertinent when a new document is created. I mainly use LDDP (1.x) for testing LDView, so I certainly wouldn't want a part header at the top of any new (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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A little problem: the color replacement dialog doesn't contain edge color (24). BTW, is it possible to add main and edge colors to the color replace toolbar? Philo (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP 2.0 questions
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(...) I'm your BIGGEST fan Anders, but to be honest I'd love to see it integrated into LDDP to allow "SyncEditing" while watching the result through LDView-Polling. w. (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 3069bp28 - thanx/update
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In lugnet.cad, Benjamin Lyttle wrote: Hi Ben, (...) If you cannot find a fitting ring use quads. A bit more file size isn't a problem a gap IS! (...) Please note that we normally expect authors to work from a real part rather than an image. You can (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP 2.0 questions
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(...) My first choice would be a blank screen with no opened tab at all. If this is not doable I'd go for the header version. Forces me to investigate on the name and number ;-) (...) Like Philo I wasn't aware of it prior 2.0 w. (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP 2.0 questions
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(...) What's the 'normal' behaviour of renderers? If a majority uses a fixed search order, then it's OK for LDDP too, otherwise I'd advocate flexibility. Maybe a 'Restore default search path' function somewhere in that case? (...) The simplest (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2 [DAT]
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(...) Grrrrr... now I feel really dumb: it works perfectly now. Will be really helpful figuring out the exact spelling of some primitives! (...) ...but this one is confirmed, test data below. 4 16 20 -15.9343 -5.35757 15 -20.5537 -7.27099 15 -18 -11 (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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My opinions... (I won't strongly defend them!) (...) Use this as default but allow user to change. (...) I generally use no header at start and when my part is finished I run Datheader on it to fix everything. So the way it works now if fine with (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP 2.0 questions
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(...) As a programmer that has used LDDP only a few times, here are my opinions, for what they are worth: (...) I would prefer to see this fully configurable. Let the user choose where in the search path LDRAW is included. But the default should be (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDDP 2.0 questions
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As I implement feature requests and other things, this thread will track the questions I have to the users of LDDP. Here's the first round: - Search paths I've added the ability to add custom search paths but currently the LDraw Base paths and the (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I think the cheese slope is the perfect example of this happening. Most of my early MPDs using it are misoriented by 90 degrees due to a change in the part. (...) See above ;) Tim (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Do you have any help files on that tool? I don't understand how to use it. For one thing I put unofficial parts into my regular LDRAW\PARTS directory, so there is no "unofficial parts path." I wasn't aware that MLCAD could scan multiple parts (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I don't know. LDView takes care of retrieving missing parts in MPDs that I download, but there is a case to be made for including unofficial parts in the MPD. Since the parts are unofficial, changes to their origin or orientation might take (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I use number 2 and I think it's the standard practice. In an act of shameless self promotion, I recommend MPD Wizard: (URL) (may not work with Vista) -Orion (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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At BrickFair I made an MPD file of a covered cylindrical hopper car by Margaret Keys, but it used two unofficial parts. To make the file, I downloaded the parts (and the needed subassembly files) into my parts library, but if I share it with others (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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(...) Don't seem to be working here. You mean if I begin typing 4-4ed... it should propose 4-4edge.dat? (...) I would choose the triangles with lowest angle (as I did in planarcheck): the overall shape will be flatter visually. I think there is (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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(...) It works for linetype 1. Typing the file reference should bring up the auto complete box if you have the ldraw base path set. (...) Yeah, I noticed that too. I figured that each individual machine is different in terms of speed so there really (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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(...) Don't know what I did wrong - works fine now... Wonderful! Philo (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub and non callout sub parts used multiple times
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(...) Yes. LPub 4.0.0.1 has no support for multiple instances of callout, but I'm almost done with this for 4.0.0.2. (...) Yes, I found my bugs here and fixed them. Thanks, Kevin (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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(...) How do we use it? (...) Doesn't seem to work for me. Berhaps because I tested under Win2k? (...) We can't go too fast, with a 0.1s interval I often get a "can't create a "partname.tmp" file because it is used by another process. (...) Why not (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) Hi Joshua, please post. Could you be a bit more specific about the problems with the LDRAW numbering system? If guess the bit-mapping (URL) was a requirement for backwards compatibility with LDraw which is obsolete now giving room to new (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I just have tried your new prog and I have so far only some comments: 1) It would be nice to have a zoom possibility. 2) I tried the blue rails and the export to ldr surprises me. There is only one rail instead of 2 and the plates are missing (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub and non callout sub parts used multiple times
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(...) Thanks. Mirrored is understandable, but these were just rotated by 180 degrees. On a related note, the "convert to callout" menu on a subpart, doesn't cope with ROTSTEP commands properly. It puts the "begin callout" command before the rotstep, (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub and the unit of measurement.. (and friends)
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Hi Dean, (...) Philo (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 3069bp28 - thanx/update
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Willy, thanks for the help with this first part, I started fixing some of the issues you mentioned and then before I knew it started working on the silver rings (they been hard since I've been trying to us 3-4ring types to model the section). I have (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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This is an area that I took interest in several months back. Most of the Peeron or Bricklink color values do not display well when they are rendered on the screen. Most of the LDRAW colors are a different value, so that the rendered color looks like (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LPub and non callout sub parts used multiple times
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(...) Hi Dean, It is now, as is finishing up the centimeters stuff. Please that submodels and their mirrored counterparts will be treated as two different models, even though they have the same name. Kevin (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LPub and non callout sub parts used multiple times
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Hi Kevin. I've just created instructions for several of my models, and LPub has added a set of pages for the same sub part for each time it is used (in the same set) Can it detect this and only add them once with a "x2" on it? I have told it to (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) Hmm ... I found some sources how the colors are defined: (URL) it looks like LDraw colors (URL) still refer to a color chart which was defined long before we got our hands on the official LEGO colors at (URL) and are the reason why our values (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LPub and the unit of measurement.. (and friends)
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(...) Oh, and the screen shots: (URL) Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk) irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/ web: (URL) +44 (0)780 8369596 (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LPub and the unit of measurement.. (and friends)
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(Sounds like an adventure story :) Hi Kevin. I have just tried using LPub 4.0.0.1 and have found a problem when the "Default units" is set to centimetres (from the initial setup). I assume this is down to the size entered into the page setup? Can it (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) POVray can, of course, do all these colours and is likely to be the most frequent user of the colour definitions file. Some of us have fiddled around with pearl before ((URL) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) I'm pretty sure that the (2006-2007?) LSC agreed to leave the contents of ldconfig.ldr up to the LDraw part admins. We saw it as our job to specify the format of the !COLOUR meta-command, but not to have anything to do with the actual list of (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) Take a look at the !COLOUR spec here: (URL) is covered, along with rubber, chrome, matte metallic, and metal. Glitter transparency isn't, and probably should be. Of course, just because official LDraw colors can be defined with these (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Jets, Props, and Choppers: Alternate Models with Instructions
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(...) terrific models and top-notch, professional-grade instructions (as always), jim!! my favorites are 'lamprey', 'bi-plane' and the red fighter-jet alternate for the 4955 big rig (c'mon and give that sucker a name!). keep up the awesome work!! (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LPub4.0.0.1 available
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Hi gang, LPub4.0.0.1 is now available here: (URL) There are many bug fixes (especially LPub metacommands being put in the wrong place). My thanks to those whom fed me bug reports. Geoff, please try this new version. I'm pretty sure I've fixed the (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad) !
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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"Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> wrote in message news:K6D96D.Ews@lugnet.com... (...) I don't know about the whole color thing but your post makes me think of an interesting point. Just how exactly is LDRAW supposed to handle displaying the (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote: Looks like I'm gonna move from 1.60 to this beta to author. (...) Hmm ... sounds interesting but I cannot find it. (...) This is a cool feature! Love it. (...) Much appreciated!!! (...) Check out the betatest (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Beta 2
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Here's the file for LDDP 2.0 beta 2: (URL) Auto complete Mouse over the file reference for the part title Subfile dialog expanded Custom polling interval Concave quad detection and automatic fix by splitting Cleaned up the editor options and add the (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Jets, Props, and Choppers: Alternate Models with Instructions
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Here are samples from a few of the instructions I've posted to (URL) Flickr> recently. What these four models have in common is that they are flying machines and that they are alternate models for actual sets (the 6208 B-Wing, the 4955 Big Rig, and (...) (16 years ago, 29-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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Hi gang, playing around with colors I was floored by the fact that we do not have a LDraw color number or RGBs for quite a lot of LEGO colors. In addition our RGBs sometimes differ a lot from the official colors: (URL) remember the time when we were (...) (16 years ago, 29-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Re: LPub4 and Killer Dozers
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(...) Absolutely! We're whittling away at the bugs, but things get consistently better. However much you want the new code, I want you to have the new code more, but I want the new code to have better quality than the old code. If you're getting (...) (16 years ago, 28-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Help with Patterns
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(...) Unfortunately, I don't think that T-junctions can be made visible in MLCad, since I don't think it has a wireframe mode. However, if you use LDraw Design Pad with LDView in polling mode, you can set LDView to wireframe, and the T-junctions (...) (16 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Help with Patterns
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(...) etc. (...) I was wondering if you upload a more concrete example using a lego editing tool and show what the difference would look like between the three examples using one of them - it would be helpful to me to be able to see something that (...) (16 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub4 and Killer Dozers
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(...) Hi Kevin, Any chance for a new beta with all those new features for the rest of us who didn't manage to compile the sources? Philo (16 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub4 and Killer Dozers
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(...) Jim has the advantage because he can build his own Mac version of LPub4 from sourceforge sources. His (and my) version have the fix for anything "callout" related being put inside the callout. Some things go in the callout, and others go in (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
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(...) The difference is you are selling an image of a product and NOT an exact duplicate of a product. LEGO may have certain trademarks over the specific design of their bricks, their name, their branding, etc., but they can't stop anyone from (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub4 and Killer Dozers
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(...) I believe that's true. The CVS logs suggest I added support for the "Unofficial" directory in ldglite last April, but never managed to release the new executables on the website. (Gotta do that now that it's no longer so unbearably hot in the (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) For what it's worth, I use unofficial parts stored in an "Unofficial" directory in most of my models, and that hasn't caused any trouble with the instructions I've created with LPub 4. I use LDView as a renderer. Jim (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Fair enough! To be honest I haven't tried LPub 4.0 yet but I presumed it supports unonfficials by now: (URL) w. (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) you put the two images from my post into LDraw's gallery, and send me links to them, I'll add a page to ldraw.org. --Travis (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I believe that LPub already supports it. However, I don't think ldglite does, so it might only work if LDView is the renderer. --Travis (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Let me expand on this a bit before I set in confusion amount the readers. If you are selling an offical LEGO product (say Star Wars Falcon #100) you **CAN** in the title say: "LEGO Star Wars Falcon #100" or use the term "LEGO" becuase you are (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This MPD file contains all needed unofficial parts: (URL) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) How do you make this directory structure work with LPub? (sorry, I do the _bad_ thing and put all my unofficial files in my default LDraw parts folder...) Philo (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) It's the same thing. Actually, it's worse -- rect.dat has edge-lines. So it can't be used in place of a quad. Generally, avoiding t-junctions is harder when working with primitives - you have to know where the outside vertices are on the (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Search is over: (URL) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) And exactly how should LEGO CAD programs work? Like you want them to? Or like the programmers, who in most cases does it for nothing, want them to? I get a headache every time someone complains about this, and I bet Travis (you know, the guy (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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(...) [SNIP-SNAP] Travis, this is a fine explanation! How about uploading a more formal version to the tutorial page (URL) or the specs (URL) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Philippe I cannot use this file without the unofficial parts included in it. I haven't seen a part update on ldraw.org in a long while, seems they're still sorting out the whole authoring agreement at the moment. If you can figure out my email (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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Hi Mike (and everybody) (...) The file is now available here: (URL) that: - unofficial parts are not embedded in this file. - It is scaled for LDGlite rendering. You have to scale assembly and parts size down for LDView rendering. Philo (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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Hi everybody, after 3 months of hard work (and some holidays) here it is. The long awaited new SR 3D Builder version 0.3.2.0 Many news, but especially many code rewrites. Check history for a list of what has been changed. Dowload as usual from (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That's supposed to say that the bottom version is made up of 4 quads. --Travis (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) up wondering, how do I minimize T-junctions? Are there primatives that (...) replace the quads/ triangles? I have a LOT of T-junctions in what I've (...) so far. I'm still getting my head around Quad2dat. Suggestions?!? First of all, as far as (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) You know what, I just figured how to manipulate rect.dat - do those make a difference with 'holes' or is it the same thing? (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Ok so for reference I'm going to try to link you to brickshelf where I've uploaded an MLcad screenshot (URL) is where I'm at - I did actually notice the 'holes' talked about in the article when moving the image around in Mlcad. hope this works (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) So I'm sitting here staring at my part and all of the quads I've used to make it up wondering, how do I minimize T-junctions? Are there primatives that can replace the quads/ triangles? I have a LOT of T-junctions in what I've made up so far. (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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