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(...) I've often felt it unfortunate that the LDraw format doesn't support normal vectors. They're not a substitute for cone/cylinder replacements, but they go a long way toward making objects *look* smoother. -Mike (16 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I was wondering if there was any interest in tracking down the original authors of Datsville and seeing whethere they would be interested in changing the license of the models for Datsville. Basically, I am interested in maybe uploading the town to (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Released
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(...) The only significant change since the last beta (beta 4 I believe) is that I completely removed the model tree view/mpd explorer. I just couldn't figure out how I wanted to structure this feature. I've removed it until I can get a handle on (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I believe that you can use (URL) LDAO> to inline subfiles in a part. --Travis (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I think I know what you are saying but I don't actually know how to do it. I think you saying that instead of calling the subparts from the main part file I should just insert everything into the main file. Does this mean I need to try to (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Released
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(...) Yeah! 2009 starts well!!! Any changes done since beta2? Philo (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw Design Pad v2.0 Released
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Get it here: (URL) know there are still a few bugs but based on the feedback it's stable and usable. I'll work on bugs as they are reported or as I find them. Thanks to all the users who provided feedback during the beta process. On a side note, I'm (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad) !
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(...) You could inline the subparts so that L3P outputs the triangles as one subpart. This will allow Mesh Enhancer to work on these triangle as one unit. Let me know if you need help with this. -Orion (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I'm having some trouble getting a smooth surface on curved parts which do not have an LGEO substitue. Mesh Enhancer does a great job on triangular meshes, however there is a problem in parts with some sort of faceted symmetry. For example, the (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) That seems better than what I get. I had the loading parts window never go away, and when I exited and restarted Bricksmith, it just shows that window for a little bit and then crashes. This is what I see in the console log: 2009-01-01 (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Is there something special that needs to be done with the above zip file after extracting to get Bricksmith to recognize the parts in it? No parts appeared in the parts selector when I had the preferences set to look at the ldraw folder (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | LETGUI new version 1.0.0.0
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Added support for the new tool Rectifier ((URL) version info at the options dialog. Stopped support for tool Linetrim (use Intersector instead). Changed version number to a more common system (Major/Minor/Build/Revision) You can download LETGUI from (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | My first set of LPub4 instructions
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This morning I got back to my first LPub4 based project which I had been working on before the holidays. Actually, it has been done for a while except for one incorrect part which I finally tracked down. I have posted instrutions for my Yellow (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(URL) This new utility optimizes a LDraw file by converting adjacent triangles into quads and transforms rhombuses bordered with lines into rect primitives. Program, documentation, source code are available (URL) here>. (URL) Applied on the above (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Happy New Year !
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(...) Best wishes for 2009, and many new parts (both virtual and in ABS...) Philo (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Happy New Year !
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I wish to all of you a happy new year. My wishes for this year are many more parts (also Bionicle) and an parts updates ! cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Still no zip file for 2008-01?
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(...) Chris, Many thanks to you and the rest of the people who keep this parts library going strong! Cheers, Kevin (16 years ago, 31-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) As announced (URL) here> the Windows distribution is no longer a self-extracting zip file, because we wanted to give new users a more friendly installation interface. As a side-benefit we were able to allow the optional installation of the (...) (16 years ago, 31-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) LOL! I don't! Kevin (16 years ago, 31-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Since some popular LDraw programs are available for the Mac these days - LDView, LPub, L3Lab, and of course Bricksmith - I think it's only reasonable to provide parts updates in a format readily accessible to Mac users. Happily, the (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 31-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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