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Hi folks, working on and off for almost a year with Scott Wardlaw, Alex Taylor and with the help from Joshua Delahunty we put together a new LDConfig file which hopefully fills in where the old version failed: (URL) file has the following (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) I agree with Philo, would remove the Axle/Pin qualifier in front and go for example with "Technic Joiner Perpendicular 1 x 2 (Axle/Pin)" w. (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) The LEGO database lists the following names: 6536 CROSS BLOCK 90° 32184 DOUBLE CROSS BLOCK 32068 TECHNIC STEERING-GEAR 3M 32291 TECHNIC CROSS BLOCK 2X4,85 41678 TECHNIC CROSS BLOCK/FORK 2X2 42003 CROSS BLOCK 3M 32557 TECHNIC CROSSBLOCK 2X3 I (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Bricksmith 2.2: Your Favorite(s)
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.2> adds the following features: Part favorites Supports MacBook trackpad gestures Middle mouse button activates spin mode Pen tablet eraser deletes parts Colors sort by hue It also fixes the following bugs: Center-click/smooth (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) Good thing number of Ldraw members has nothing to do with number of Ldraw users :) While I agree it would be nice if the two sources matched, unfortunately they serve totally different purposes, and that is unlikely to ever happen. BL has (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) So then, we shall say the same? Both us and BL have long-lived and complicated systems. I never really expected you or DATHeader to instantly change your way of life, but I believe that it is time to consider subtle changes to help bring our (...) (15 years ago, 28-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) Not to point fingers or start a flame war but as I recall everytime anyone has suggested that Bricklink change to conform to some other standard, it has been rebuffed by the BL admins. This lack of willingness to compromise has, at least in (...) (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) Good thing you don't have to agree for the statement to still be true. Ldraw has just over 3 thousand members. BrickLink has nearly 110 thousand. Peeron is great for the one resource that it is most used for - historical instructions on LEGO (...) (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) None of those parts should really be referred to as "axle joiners" or "pin joiners". The only parts that should have those names are the ones that join them end-to-end. These parts are all what a hardware store would recognize as a saddle (...) (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) See, right there I couldn't agree with you less. I spend a lot more time producing a design in LDraw than I do plugging the parts list into Bricklink, and when I'm doing so I generally have to stick to part numbers rather than descriptions (...) (15 years ago, 27-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | lxf to ldr converter
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Hey, in a social network (XING.com) a member (Ulf Rupprecht) asked for a tool to convert lxf (LDD) to ldraw files and I started researching. I ended by reading the entry from Duane Hess ((URL) 'I don't like having to use LDD as an intermediary when (...) (15 years ago, 25-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad) !
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| | Re: A dream come true but should be ilegal
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(...) As far as I know Blockland is online since 2005! So they was first!. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 24-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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Most of you know my opinion on this one - use BrickLink names. Our community is dispursed enough. We need to work to unify what we can. BrickLink names are the most widely used amongst the community. After all, how many people convert their LDraw (...) (15 years ago, 24-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: A dream come true but should be ilegal
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(...) Correct: (URL) (15 years ago, 24-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A dream come true but should be ilegal
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(...) IIRC, Lego is creating their own MMORPG aren't they? -Mike (15 years ago, 23-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Dome Creator
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(...) Another cool idea would be to create a tool that accepts any arbitrary mathematical function, and also has a SNOT option. -Mike (15 years ago, 23-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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(...) I agree it is time to rationalize naming of this similar parts... I would go one step further and name all of them "Technic Joiner Perpendicular xxxx" since hole type sequence is described in the end of name, and a 6536.dat Technic Axle Joiner (...) (15 years ago, 23-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 2.0.7
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(...) Thank you very much for your feedback. As you know DATHeader is growing very fast and my main goal is to have all function work correctly. Only on second I care about optimal GUI. As a change to an application will cause in most cases new (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Technic Axle Joiner / Cross Block descriptions
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With almost all the "Technic Axle Joiner" parts on the Parts Tracker, I'd like to take the opportunity to rationalise the part descriptions which have developed over time as these parts have appeared. Currently we have: 6536.dat Technic Axle Joiner (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 2.0.7
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(...) Hello, Michael Heidemann. DATHeader become better and better. I want to describe some interface and usability issues. 1 I don't like a new 'Scan for errors'-'Scan results' window. I do not want to scroll down a textBox every time. 2 There are (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad)
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