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(...) ... snipped .. I'd like to try this but I get a message about a missing file SYSINFO.OCX which appears to be one of the ActiveX controls you noted might be a problem. Is there an easy solution? Thanks, Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC Updates
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(...) Jim (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Summary of LPub4 Meta commands?
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(...) Hi, Mike. To make a callout, right-click the background of a submodel page and select "Convert to Callout". To do the reverse, right-click a callout and select "Unpack Callout". The corresponding meta commands are !LPUB CALLOUT BEGIN and !LPUB (...) (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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Is there a summary of all of the LPub4 meta commands available? I have started playing with LPub4 and I am really impressed. What a huuuugggee improvement over prior versions of LPub. I am playing with a model I have which has about a dozen (...) (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "LGEO" and "L3P v1.4 BETA 20080930"
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Awesome! I totally missed this. A couple of requests: 1) An option to search for and "#include" L3P-generated parts instead of writing them all to the POV file. 2) Replace mesh objects with mesh2. Thanks for all the hard work! -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Nevermind. The problem was that the beta version of L3P needs to be installed. There's no mention of this on your site. -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) L3PAO complains when I direct it to the location of this archive. Are there any incompatibilities between the two I should worry about? -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw (and LDraw.org) questions
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(...) Awesome! Thanks! -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mesh Enhancer?
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(...) Could you please send me a copy as well? The whole domain where the site was hosted seems to be down. -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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I've updated my digital MOCs page. None of the models are new, but they are all freshly rendered using radiosity and are all available for download. (URL) hope you like them! -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Unified installer
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(...) Ah, I clicked on the "Download" link (bolded) on the ldraw.org sidebar and didn't see it anywhere. It is listed in the "Getting Started" section instead. -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Unified installer
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(...) The LDRAW ALL-IN-ONE-INSATLLER does this already. The user gets to choose 1 of 3 options. 1) BASIC install which installed LDRAW Part libary, MLCAD, and LDVIEW 2) INTERMEDIATE which installs BASIC + L3P, L3PA, LPUB, LGEO and POV-Ray 3.1g and (...) (16 years ago, 28-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This problem has been indintified a long ago, but a quick solution was blocked by the fact that several of the included part files are historicly not licenced for distribution in another form then included within the original LDraw Package. In (...) (16 years ago, 26-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I think the way that the LDraw utilities are installed is a bit complicated for novice users, especially children or parents of children. Essentially, the current scheme asks users to first install the resources required by the software, and *then* (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Opinions needed for Color and Edge Values
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(...) I completely agree that changing the colour codes at this stage is a terrible idea. However I have nothing against duplicating them. One thing we do need is to maintain, alongside the LDraw codes, mapping lists to other known systems such as (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Since MLCAD (and other programs) do not support color codes above 511, a different approach to reading TLG colors is needed. However, I have to strongly agree with Philo. Changing color codes that have been defined for years is not a good (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) We should be able to have TLG names as a language file, since every TLG color value should map to every BL (BrickLink) color value. I certainly understand the drive to have them in the file in one form or another. Perhaps the most benefit can (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I am _strongly_ against that. Imho this is the same mistake LEGO did a few years ago with the stone colors. What would be the point of defining a standard (ldconfig.ldr) to change it at the first drawback? Colors 70..72 are defined for more (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw (and LDraw.org) questions
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(...) This has never been implemented. The SteerCo has had some discussions about also considering to use the wiki for the OMR but never reached consensus. IMHO I'd rather have a module for the CMS taking for granted that I'm not talking about a (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'd like to hear some opinions on how we do define backwards compatibility? Considering that most user built their models using MLCad (no idea which color numbers are supported by Leo, Bricksmith or SR3D) which comes with very limited color (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad)
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