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(...) Um, yeah... OK. So why does this even COUNT any more? You should just assign it to Philo automatically from now on! :-) (this is more to say that Philo's efforts rock, than in any way to denigrate the contest) Philo, you and your efforts rock! (...) (16 years ago, 8-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 4.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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(...) I second that. I've been using it for all my latest renders and it's eliminated almost all hand-editing of POVray files. Top stuff! Tim (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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(...) Indeed, it does! (...) OK, I understand. So the information is not written in any partslist file? Jaco (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Multiple instances of CAMERA.DAT and LOOK_AT.DAT
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(...) Knowing where the look_at point is actually located is necessary with certain camera types and if you want to do things like add focal blur. Also, it would be needlessly difficult for users to have to try and calculate the proper rotation (...) (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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(...) A "version" meta tag might work too. It could be used for any part--not just betas. IIRC, some parts were already released as "official" parts, but were updated at some later point in time for one reason or another. -Mike (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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--snip-- (...) Adding a beta meta (hehehe) would be a nice way to deal with parts that have enough votes to be released but haven't made it to an official release. Tim (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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(...) Ah-ha! I thought that we were talking about random unofficial parts culled form the ether. But if LDraw's at the wheel, then how about including something like "BETA" in the unofficial part's description: Brick 2 x 4 (BETA) That would add only (...) (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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(...) Ah--I get it. I was thinking that it would be sufficient to include it somewhere in the hidden text of the file, but if we're talking about the actual part name, then I can see how that might not work. Dave! (16 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Render Effects, (Was: Re: L3P Question)
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(...) The color doesn't seem to have a large impact; ambient, diffuse, phong, phong_size, reflection, refraction and ior have. (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDCalc 0.1.0.4 released
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I have just finished version 0.1.0.4 of LDCalc. The changes are: Option Tab If you change the number of digits that should be used all values are recalculated immediately. Triangle Tab Fixed the error if you changed to another tab and back again and (...) (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LGEO update
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(...) It turns out these issues were fixed in the latest POV-Ray beta. Sorry for the false report. -Mike (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Posable minifigs
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When I'm done with my current project I think I will see about starting to create a bones system for LDraw minifigs so that they can be posed in a manner similar to a lot of official Lego software. I think I will do this in Daz, which AFAIK is free (...) (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LGEO update
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(...) I've tested them with PTViewer and Panorado (both Java apps), but I think I will make the switch to PanoSalado (Flash) since Flash is supported by Photobucket. -Mike (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Render Effects, (Was: Re: L3P Question)
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(...) Your bulbs have a yellow tint, which may cause the "glow" to be more apparent. It has been suggested to me elsewhere to use HDR, so I might try that. -Mike (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 4.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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Bravo! Thank you very much for the great improvement! Although not specifically listed, it fixed several bugs the older versions had for me. The background color chart always appeared in the background and the preferences menu never disappeared once (...) (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Blender to LDraw exporter (Blend2Dat v0.2)
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(...) export script still available for download somewhere? (16 years ago, 5-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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(...) It's not all that rare, and becoming less rare all the time... (...) The UI could display a small "unofficial" icon beside unofficial parts in what part tree/list/pallette is offered by the software. Steve (16 years ago, 5-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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(...) I believe that MLCad scans all files in unofficial directories at startup. So having a whole bunch of parts in unofficial directories slows down startup, but allows the directories to be used without having to rescan for parts every time a new (...) (16 years ago, 5-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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(...) Part names have a maximum length of 64 characters. Some rare parts run up against this limit. Consequently, I don't think adding "Official" to official part names is a viable solution. (To be honest, it would also by really annoying to see (...) (16 years ago, 5-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Multiple instances of CAMERA.DAT and LOOK_AT.DAT
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(...) If there were a real camera dat file that included facing information, look_at.dat would then be unnecessary, and the pairing problem would go away. --Travis (16 years ago, 5-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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