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(...) SNIP (...) That sounds really great!!!! But I can not download from the location you mentioned above. An error on your side?? cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi gang, Well, leave it to a demonstration at Brickworld to bring out bugs in your program. I always evoke the first rule of frisbee when I give demos: Never say anything more predictive than, "Watch this!". I fixed the bugs I remember I saw at (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad) !
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(...) Has LDRAWDIR been set as Environment Variables? (URL) (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) OK, that seems to be ok. I have additional Parts\s and P\48 hided added to this list. Can you send a file where that problem occur? cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case, if the full unofficial file were somehow incomplete , but if I dump all the unofficial files into the official folder MLCad never complains. Jetro (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I have downloaded the latest MLCad.ini andThe scan order section is completely uncommented: [SCAN_ORDER] 1 = SHOW <LDRAWDIR>Parts 2 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>P 3 = SHOW <LDRAWDIR>Unofficial\Parts 4 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>Unofficial\P 5 = SHOW (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) It is quite normal that MLCad complaints. As explained here: (URL) package with the unofficial files is updated every 3 minutes and includes also held files. You'll therefore also get parts like this: (URL) is an extraordinary part but has (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) My main source for names is Peeron and I use BL only if there is no Peeron reference. Nonetheless I don't think that naming should be automated: * Peeron has no limit on characters * It has no scheme for pattern, component parts, shortcuts, (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You are right, but also with Peeron the above mentioned problems still exists. So using Peeron will not be an option either. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 30-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Please let us know how your [SCAN_ORDER] section in MLCad.ini looks like. I am sure we found your problem very fast. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 30-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I don't know what you're doing wrong, but MLCAD does NOT expect the unofficial parts to in parts.lst. It scans those folders at startup for parts. --Travis (15 years ago, 30-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I'm not going to try to convince you one way or another, but it seems to me that if you were to do something like this, Peeron would be a more logical choice as the source of the information, since Peeron and ldraw.org are much more closely (...) (15 years ago, 30-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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I'm not sure if I'm missing something... I have a LDraw\Unofficial folder with all the unofficial parts and MLCad.ini with the lines corresponding to the location of those unofficial parts uncommented. I open MLCad, scan for new parts and write a (...) (15 years ago, 30-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I think the best would be to make an upgrade to L3P for current standards, as it is the most used checking tool IMHO. Most of the technical hold reasons are already defined but not present at the mentioned page. I have tried to put all I saw (...) (15 years ago, 30-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thank you very much for your feedback. If you follow the discussions made on the parts tracker then you would see that the description that bricklink uses is not in every case a choice that pass the parts tracker certifying process. If ever, I (...) (15 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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Mike, I have yet to author any parts, but I did download DATHeader and give it a try. It looks like a great program with a lot of great features! There is one thing that I would like to request that you add to DATHeader. I'd like to see DATHeader (...) (15 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi folks, it appears that thanks to the hard work of the LSC the LDraw specs have undergone considerably changes. Just to mention one the Colinear Tolerance for Concave Quads: (URL) the changes in the LDraw.org File Format Restrictions for Official (...) (15 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I have just uploaded the new release of DATHeader. New in Version 2.0.6 1) Direct download by specifying the partnumber. 2) Check keywords against part description and filename. ((URL) 3) Check keywords for length (max 80 characters). ((URL) 4) If (...) (15 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce) !
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(...) Hi Sheldon, I just answered your email questions on this topic. What version of LPub are you using? Kevin (15 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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I am searching some guys that have a linux machine and/or mac machine where they are able to install also the mono-runtime enviroment. I have run into some problems with the current development of DATHeader and I really need help for that. Any (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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(...) I have just submitted 8 alternate LGEO parts to the 'Anton Raves Part Include' page at the Technicopedia Resource page (URL). A big thanks to Eric who not only introduced me to this 'inclusion' technique, but also fine-tuned these files before (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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LPub is a nice little program but I'm not sure where to go for help. I've built a rather large set of instructions and want to render it as 20 inches by 13 inches but when I choose "Print to File" it "renders" each page blank and Adobe reader says (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) In response to my conversation with Tom Beattie concerning using Anton Raves' parts with L3P or LDView, I decided it would be a good idea to create a repository to hold the include files. I've placed this library on my website at the location (...) (15 years ago, 25-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LD4DStudio sample suggestions
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(...) Thanks, actually I did cheat a bit. I made sure the cylinder heads are perpendicular to the crankShaft. With that in place the motion comes down to fairly basic geometry. First step is to calculate the pistonRound angle by reducing the whole (...) (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The linear portion of the crank is easy enough (rotation around fixed axis). But the connecting rods have to have one end stay connected to the crank and the other end stay coincident with the axis of a cylinder. This means they need both an (...) (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, that did it. There are still a number of unidentified files/parts, but the model appears to be all there. The placement of the parts is not very precise: lots of (small) gaps between bricks. Jetro (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) lol, i went for the first one (small 1.3MB gif fragment): (URL) full version will be a sample with the beta 2 version. That big V8 engine is awesome though, maybe I'll try to animate it some time, have to figure out a more dynamic script for (...) (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Well, let's see it then! Is it a Technic V-8 engine like this: (URL) or did you really get enthusiastic and do (URL) this> one? (URL) Eric (URL) Technicopedia> (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Hello all, I just completed a new sample (Technic v8 engine) while hunting for bugs. And while wondering what to do next I thought maybe some of you have suggestions on things they would like see in a sample. Maybe demonstrating some aspect of the (...) (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thx for pointing to - must have slipped my eagle eyes ;-) w. PS. And thx for polishing the Mechanical Arm Straight. (15 years ago, 24-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) This one is also on the parts tracker: (URL) (15 years ago, 22-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Not all parts that LDD have are also modeled as LDraw files. This could be one reason. There is also a file called LDRAW.XML that contains the conversion informations. Maybe you should update that file. Please see here:(URL) (15 years ago, 22-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) D'oh that's really simple... or not so simple. I tried toe xport some of the base models LDD has and only about 2/3 of the pieces actually turned up in the resulting LDraw file :P Jetro (15 years ago, 21-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There should be an option 'File' - 'Export Model' and then choose the right file format 'Ldraw-Files (*.ldr)' and you have what you are looking for. That is what I do in my version 2.3.19 of LDD. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 21-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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I have endorsed the Primitive Generator's naming convention for "reverse ratio" tori (toruses) with a minor update to the Primtives Reference ((URL) of the form r{ff}o{rrrr}.dat represent the outer section of a torus where the minor radius is (...) (15 years ago, 21-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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I have endorsed the Primitive Generator's naming convention for "reverse ratio" tori (toruses) with a minor update to the Primtives Reference ((URL) of the form r{ff}o{rrrr}.dat represent the outer section of a torus where the minor radius is (...) (15 years ago, 21-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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I've seen the tutorial at LDraw.org about imprting an LDraw file into LDD, but can the opposite be done? I'd like to open an LDD file in order to make a decent render with LDView. Jetro (15 years ago, 21-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Can anyone get these parts to intersect at right angles in LDD?
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(...) IIRC, what I did was copy-paste the opposite end of that moonbase module. (...) That is certainly doable. However, I have more pressing matters to attend, and my knowledge of computational geometry (or lack of) could pose a problem. Those (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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Hello Eric. Wow!!! Talk about teaching a man to fish!! Well I followed all the instructions and presto... In my enjoyment, I put paid to another rendering bug bear, the 6 x 6 Inverted Dish. (URL) It's now a gloriously smooth (URL) The process of (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) (URL) already on the PT mikeheide (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) This all sounds very familiar. I only started rendering myself late last year, and I also struggled through all of these questions. Hopefully I will be able to answer most of them so you can get through it more quickly! (...) OK, as you have (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Hi folks, first of all a big "Thank you" to all the authores how have contributed re-writing Non-CA parts or get the so-called L(EGO)Draw parts (coming from the LEGO Group through the LEGO Universe team) fit for the PT. Some Non-CA parts still need (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Thanks Eric. All this sounds interesting, however you may have to guide me some of the way here. I have always been interested in Anton's Library but to be honest I never worked out how to use it within the MLCad, L3PAO, LGEO, POV tool chain, (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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"ivansanchez" <ivan@sanchezortega.es> wrote in message news:KLFwK1.LqK@lugnet.com... (...) I see. I not only had to move the surrounding windscreens, I also had to move the surrounding 1x6 curved slope bricks, and a 1x1 technic brick with hole, (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Cheers Willy (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Cheers Willy (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | My LDRAW parts wish list
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I've been doing a lot of work lately in building as many Technic models in MLCAD as I can. I find the lack of the following list of wheels and tires the most vexing. If anyone wanted to put them on a "most wanted" list, that would be great! * 41896: (...) (15 years ago, 18-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Assembled parts, ~ and categories
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(...) I can confirm two new sets (8958 and 6193) with the shorter chains. And now that we've opened this can of worms, what about unhiding the end studs (572a.dat) used in the pirate rigging and spiderman rope parts (76384, 75924, 572C02, and (...) (15 years ago, 18-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Can anyone get these parts to intersect at right angles in LDD?
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(...) Connection != collision. I do think LDD could still know about studs and axles and ignore hulls. On the other hand... Geoffrey Hyde wrote: (...) Well, this is a CAD software, and I expect everything to be perfectly aligned to a 1-LDU grid, (...) (15 years ago, 18-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: New Ldraw parts authors tool: Rectifier
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(...) Doing so I introduced a bug appearing in small rectangles (side<1). Corrected in version 1.3 (URL) (15 years ago, 18-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It may be a bit off but... it works! (...) ...NXT programming language and firmware in version 2 switched to floating points... for the best and/or for the worse ;o) (...) I have no true information here, but I believe this is simply (...) (15 years ago, 18-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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"ivansanchez" <ivan@sanchezortega.es> wrote in message news:KLE94G.Ezw@lugnet.com... (...) I have to disagree with your assessment of that: (URL) LDD lets me do that, beautiful! I don't mind a gap or two, in fact given it happens all the time in (...) (15 years ago, 18-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated
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(...) Of course. I'm at work right now, but I'll try to remember to send you a copy when I get home. Nothing fancy, the only trick was getting the spacing and the "stiffness" right. Did you already grab the MPD file from my Brickshelf page? Besides (...) (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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(...) It's on its way. Jetro (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Gee, thanks :-) (...) free space between the black gear and the 1/2 stud bush. I've nudged things a bit and got this: (URL) wrong anyway - if you center the camera on the axle for the black wheel and zoom in, you'll see that the axle is (...) (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) You've got mail. w. (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Jetro, same story as for Eric. It would also be helpful if you could provide an example where the synthesis is used. Feel free to mail the file to my private email account. Thx! w. (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Eric, Great work! Could you please provide the LSynth.mpd part to be included with the other synthesis? May I further take portions of your v-8.mpd file and modify it for the example page? Credit will be given. w. (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Can anyone get these parts to intersect at right angles in LDD?
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(...) Excellent trick, thanks for bringing it to our attention! (...) Your rotated gears seem perfectly placed, I was able to fit properly connected beams around them: (URL) it would appear that the problem is that LDD's collision engine is a bit (...) (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Can anyone get these parts to intersect at right angles in LDD?
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(...) That'd be me :-) Using the "unzip the .lxf" technique explained here... (URL) I managed to rotate and offset the bricks at will, so it's possible to position them just right. It seems that offsetting the gears by 7.5mm and 1.1mm, they seem to (...) (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Can anyone get these parts to intersect at right angles in LDD?
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"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:KLDtB0.Bv7@lugnet.com... (...) From what I and a lurker here figured out in a few emails to each other, it would appear that the problem is that LDD's collision engine is a bit (...) (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Can anyone get these parts to intersect at right angles in LDD?
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(...) Same thing here. I was able to mesh Z36 with Z12 and "almost" z36 with z20. All other combinations that obviously works fine in real world failed. Philo (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Can anyone get these parts to intersect at right angles in LDD?
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To TLG: I have found that there is a problem with the two gears, which LDD refers to as "double conical wheel", included in LEGO Factory. These are described in the LDD Factory palette as "double conical wheel Z12 1M" and "double conical wheel Z20 (...) (15 years ago, 17-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated
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(...) Eric, This is awesome! It is exactly why I moved the definition of what can be synthesized out of the code and into lsynth.mpd! I really appreciate people sharing their additions, and especially Willy being the owner of lsynth.mpd. (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated
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(...) Great news. Thanks! Jetro (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated
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(...) By the way Willy, you might be interested to know that I have added a part to the lsynth.mpd file to allow me to synthesize a flexible chain of round plates which I used to make this exhaust manifold for a (URL) V-8 engine>. (URL) It worked (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: Mesh Enhancer
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(...) I could never get mesh enhancer to work right, but the Anton Raves library does have the part you mention. In that library it is referred to as stwa_r2d2_head. I created the following ar_0553.inc file to use this with LGEO: #ifdef(ar0553) (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Hello all. I was wondering if anyone could point me towards a copy of Mesh Enhancer. All links on LDraw are obsolete and broken. I have a 2x2 dome dat in serious need of smoothing, and a rendering looking worse for wear. Any help appreciated. Cheers (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Assembled parts, ~ and categories
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(...) Hi folks, since there is no opposition to this request I'm gonna unhide the 208 currently at the PT: (URL) since we are here would you confirm that the lenght of the chain has changed over the years form 17.25 Studs to currently 16 Studs and (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated
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(...) Hi Jetro, it'll be a pleasure including them. According to peeron: (URL) name is going to change to "FIBER_OPTIC_CABLE_WIDE" though (not the most meaning full to underline the difference with x401 but it'll do the job). w. (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDDP Coplaner Checks
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(...) Heartfully agree! Philo (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP Coplaner Checks
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(...) Hi Orion, short answer: No, move them out. Don't create confusion with different tests and stick to the specs. w. (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw LEGO Ambassadors: Call for nominations
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(...) Hi Tim, looks like the job is yours. w. (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw LEGO Ambassadors: Call for nominations
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(...) Hi Tim, thx for the nomination but regretfully I'm going to decline. I do not believe that one person should occupy too many chairs within the community: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDDP Coplaner Checks
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Now that the coplaner quad is defined in the LDraw spec by planer normals, the dist and det checks used by LDDP (and L3P) are now outdated. I think these checks should be removed, are there any users out there that would like to see them stay? (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mirror matrix question
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(...) --snip-- (...) You are right here. In 3D it gets a bit more complicated and, as far as I know, a mirror and rotation corresponds to a mirroring on a plane and a rotation within that plane. I'm sure there is a way to unravel it all but it's (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LD4DStudio 1.1 Beta 1 Available
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I finally completed LD4DStudio 1.1 Beta 1, You will find it on (URL) version introduces a whole boatload of changes and additions, see the release notes section for a complete overview. (URL) also updated the manual and added some technical (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Kevin, Here's the problem. A mirror plus a rotation can look just like a mirror across another axis. Ugly 2D ASCII art example: .|b --- .|. Mirror the b to the left. d|. --- .|. Rotate 180 degrees. .|. --- .|p That looks just like you mirrored (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Tim, Thanks. Math is not my specialty, so all help is appreciated. If the user has rotated the mirrored submodel, doesn't the vector normal then also get rotated? The hope was there was a way to separate the mirrored aspect of the rotation (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated [DAT]
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(...) Thanks. I'll use that one then. Let me take advantage of this thread to suggest the inclusion of another element in the lsynth mpd: the Fibre Optics Cable x400. This is the one that came with the RCX, Spybots and several Exoforce sets, has the (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You can also use SR 3D Builder to build your mirrored/symmetric models. You build a side and the program will build the other, mirrored one. It automatically substitute and rotate non symmetric parts and is compatible with lDraw/MLCad file (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Not sure if this helps but... If you solve (M11+1) x + M12 y = - M13 M21 x + (M22+1) y = - M23 and then normalise the vector (x,y,1) the result will be a vector normal to the mirroring plane. To test that you indeed have a rotation/mirror you (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Way back in olden times we created some programs to automate the mirroring process. (URL) anyone feel like testing the programs out to see how well they hold up with all the new parts available today? Don (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(This should probably have been in lugnet.cad.dev, and I almost put it there, but decided that it wouldn't make much difference.) I don't know the answer to this question. I'm responding any, just to let you know that I did read the question, since (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't think so. (...) What if you mirror it again to get back to an unmirrored state, then run the code in mirwiz to create a submodel that only looks mirrored (but actually just flips pieces to look mirrored and substitutes opposite wedges, (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'd say that a nice temporary solution would be just to allow a simple stud shrinking option for L3P generated studs and let people deal with LGEO separately. LGEO has less problems in this regard anyway as many of the parts are created as (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Jetro, The biggest, most important change between LSynth 2 and LSynth 3, is that the bulk of the synthesized result is defined by lsynth.mpd, so that Willy and others can add whole new synthesis types without the need to change the lsynth (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Maybe I'm looking at the wrong installer version, but when I run a case and whitespace insensitive diff I see lots of real changes. New constraints and synth types, orientation and part offset tweaks, etc. Right near the top of the file there (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi gang, If I have an LDraw Type 1 line that adds a submodel, and the rotation matrix of the line is a mirrored matrix about one and only one axis, can one calculate which axis the model is mirrored about? Can one do so if the user mirrored *and* (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, scratch that analysis. wing2.ldr and wing1.ldr are exactly the same model. When you added wing2.ldr you *did* use mirror matrix. LPub 4.0.0.2 notices that you used a mirrored matrix, and rendered the wing with the mirror matrix rotation. (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Jaco, The right wing is being rendered weirdly because LPub thinks that the right wing is being added using a mirror matrix. You have wing1.ldr and wing2.ldr in your model. In theory you could get by with just wing.ldr, because wing2.ldr (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Shrinking/moving the parts seems like the best way to reduce the flickering, so I'm planning to implement that in the 1.2 version of my program. I guess it's also somewhat a post processing issue depending on how much of a perfectionist the (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) L3P shrinks whole highlevel parts, thats a feature I was planning to implement later. But if you shrink the whole part the window and brick will still share the same stud dimensions. Shrinking only the studs could cause problems later on when (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I thought that l3p did shrink all the dimensions a little bit, so that two adjacent brick's co-planar surfaces don't appear as one surface. I quote from the L3P web page: Seams between bricks To have more realistic renderings L3P can make a (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hello Michael Heidemann DatHeader 2.0.5 does not add CR/LF to the end of a file. This happen when you allow to program format comments (to '0 //' form ). I reference to File Format Restrictions for Official Parts (URL) El'dar Ismagilov (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Probably first-come, first-served which is essentially random as far as the user is concerned. As an idea you might be able to work around the problem by shrinking all studs in the completed model. Shrinking them by a couple of percent would (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I've solved the problem installing the Visual Studio 2008 Runtime. LPub now runs fine. Thanks Travis! Jetro (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) the real word value), I think part of the flickering is reflections/refractions of the moving cogs. Also, it might help to raise the window a tiny amount (or shrink it) so that the bottom of the transparent part is numerically above the top of (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I'm working on some last bugs, the installer and a final sample, every thing else is done. So if the application 'survives' during this last sample I will release it this week. Roland (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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