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  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
I nominated everyone in the current Steering Committee. Please note that all Steering Committee nominations must be seconded in order for the person to be a candidate. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LPub 4.0.0.3 available for test
 
(...) Yes. In preferences you can choose an orientation file. The orientation file is an LDraw file. If you have a part that you want oriented differently than the default, you can put it into the orientation file (or make up your own and use that) (...) (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
I nominate Willy Tschager. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
I nominate Orion Pobursky. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
I nominate Michael Heidemann. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
I nominate Chris Dee. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
I nominate Kevin Clague. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee Nominations close in less than 2 weeks
 
Per this announcement: (URL) for the 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee close on March 1st. Post your nomination on that thread, on Facebook ((URL) or on Flickr ((URL) (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LPub 4.0.0.3 available for test
 
(...) First up, thanks for the great app and te detailed explanations. I have another BOM related question: I have a BOM that does not fit on a single page, but the main reason is that the NXT and other large elements (e.g. motors ) appear at the (...) (15 years ago, 17-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: ML-CAD 3.30 Problem while parts authoring
 
(...) IMHO if the rotvector field is active when pressing OK, it should pop up that dialog (or maybe even ignore changes altogether and close the dialog - I do not know nor do I care) if |angle| > 180. Nowhere else. I'd personally want this be fixed (...) (15 years ago, 17-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: ML-CAD 3.30 Problem while parts authoring
 
(...) Have you been authoring parts again? I thought your therapist warned you about that???? ;) ROSCO (15 years ago, 17-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Wow, what a let down! I'm totally disappointed (with my apparently failing memory, not with you or LDView. Well, ok, maybe I'm just a teeny bit less impressed with LDView right now, but I'll get over it. :) Have fun, Don (15 years ago, 17-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) As it happens, the stud logos in LDView are just regular textures. --Travis (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: ML-CAD 3.30 Problem while parts authoring
 
(...) Oh yeah. I encountered this one the other day too. The angle gets set to a very large number. I believe that the normal/angle mapping only applies to rotations, not scaling and should be ignored when ||R||!=1. Tim (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Texture maps let us wrap images to polygons. This is great for painted images on surfaces, such as mini-figure torsos or the sides of walls. Bump maps describe how each point (texel) in the texture reacts to light, by describing a virtual (...) (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  ML-CAD 3.30 Problem while parts authoring
 
Hello Michael, I have a problem while parts authoring. When I have insert a new primitive and changing the first time it's values, like the size, evrything works fine. But when I want to change the size or so again. Then the "position & orientation" (...) (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) But that's different from parts authors being able to use bump mapping in a part file. Or specific colors actually being implemented as bumps/textures -- so 'rubber black' actually looks distinct from 'black'. (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) I was under the impression that LDView already uses bump mapping for the stud logos. Is that wrong? (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  New Datsville Train Needed  [DAT]
 
Who wants to contribute? The official LEGO Model rjwmetro.ldr has to be replaced by a MOC. It is desireable to make it fit to Rjjtofc.ldr by James Jackson; his model has been pending for years. See attached MPD file. By contributing to Datsville, (...) (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) If I'm not mistaken, two big pushes were made for texture mapping, in 2004 and 2007. Both failed because of too much committee, too little action. This after previous attempts were made, of course, but looking at LUGNET, that's when the big (...) (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: MLCad.ini 2009-03 Update Now Available
 
(...) Willy, You caught most of the parts that got moved to new numbers, except for: 982.DAT 981.DAT Thanks as always for keeping this file up to date. Allen (15 years ago, 15-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) This is really interesting work. Just curious, but have you considered how you'd implement bump mapping as well? (Bump mapping would allow the "rough" texture on slopes, for instance. I think that would be the only application for it, but (...) (15 years ago, 15-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: BTW, Dither What Colors...?
 
(...) Also I am thinking that we have to use the original color values for the color 0 - 15 to build the blended colors. Otherwise we get other colors. This range should be known by every LDraw related application.and only overwritten by entries (...) (15 years ago, 12-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: BTW, Dither What Colors...?
 
--SNIP-- (...) Good thinking. Since the old colours were derived from the EGA colour palette I reckon the dithers would have to be derived from it too. Otherwise you could end up with some very different blends. I like your signature ;) Tim (15 years ago, 12-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Flex-system names
 
(...) To clarify this, the 5118 available in 1991 had the older cable links. 5118 bought in 1995 had the new version of the links (check the 1991 and 1995 service pack scans on Peeron). I should fix the LUGNET database. <sigh> -- joshuaD (15 years ago, 12-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Flex-system names
 
(...) They broke really easily, and they needed custom lengths (especially for the "cable" parts) every time there was a new use. I've got it on pretty solid authority we'll not see them again. They're not likely to have a cheerleader within the (...) (15 years ago, 12-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) If you have any question regarding this, please don't hesitate to contact me, as I have already made DATHeader using this new feature. (...) Yes, I miss that as they are used in parts already. But others already have answered this question (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) That is exactly what I was thinking about last days. First load MLCad standard colours (like they have been for year). Then replace all the colors for that you will find an entry in the LDConfig.ldr. I would prefer to really keep the blended (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Flex-system names
 
(...) Got it, thanks. I wonder why TLG stopped producing them.. -Santeri (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Flex-system names
 
(...) Think of it as a cable brake on a bicycle. It is exactly the same thing - a cable that goes through a flexible tube to move force to a new area. The hose is the tube and the cable is the brake cable. The flex hose pieces are really common (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Joshua Delahunty wrote: (...) In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Travis Cobbs wrote: (...) I was actually thinking "uuencode" when I wrote this, and used hex for shorthand and because I figured it was more universally (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Flex-system names
 
(...) Yes, the flex system is a form of push-pull or (URL) Bowden cable>. It was introduced in 1991 and was used on a number of (URL) sets> throughout the 1990s. The cable came in various lengths and there were ends that could be clipped on to (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) Yeah, what he said. (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) I really don't like this idea. I agree that it has the cool property of encapsulating everything in one file, but it has three big problems that I can think of off the top of my head: "Hex" encoding of the texture file increases its size by a (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)  
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) LDView's blending code was originally written to handle LDLite's 0 COLOR syntax, since that is what was originally used in LDConfig.ldr. LDLite's syntax allows for the dithering of two arbitrary colors, either or both of which can themselves (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Flex-system names
 
Hi guys, I'm a little confused with the Flex-System naming. We have Flex-System cables (342c01.dat). I found out about these parts' existence only recently on TBs and do not have any. But it seems it's some sort of pull/push mechanism. Then we have (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) I think this is a good one: MPD parts would be a great way to store "default" textures for texture mapping (hex encode them). That would encapsulate the design with the part, overcoming one of the big "pain points" of adopting textures. (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Warning: Printing Bug in MLCad!
 
(...) Exactly! But there is a work-arround patch available - which has to be introduced into the source code :-< Michael (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) You know, it occurs to me that if MPD's were allowed as parts, it would be a GREAT place to put a texture file (properly hex encoded, no doubt). They're almost always single-part-only. And if one wanted better textures than "come standard?" (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) Yeah, I know what's available at the low end of OpenGl. That's where I live. I was just trying to keep up the curmudgeonly atmosphere of this place with the whipper-snapper comment. Did I do it wrong? Oh well, at least there's still that gloss (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) Absolutely. I wasn't advocating sticking 'public' subparts into the part's MPD. Just to be clear. Steve (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) I've been surprised by some of this discussion of dithered colors, because when Foundry was created (not by me), it was done as a "clean room" project, based entirely off of specs, so it's the closest thing out there to a reference parser, and (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) I like your thinking! :) But Shader Language programming is really more along the lines of what we'll need for the next step I'd like to see: gloss maps. Those will allow shiny paint on torsos (for instance) to shine in the light, making gold, (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote:> Well, since the stippling pattern is just an artifact of the printing (...) Interesting. Not the response I was expecting. :) Back when I was building the first gradient example for the texture (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) Yeah, I checked it out the first time it was mentioned. I even poked around in the LDView CVS archives for a few minutes looking for hints of the magic syntax before the Walled Garden stuff got posted. Looks very promising! I guess I'm finally (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) Well, since the stippling pattern is just an artifact of the printing process, I'd say it's foolish to reproduce it. Some of the dots on the newer stippled gradients are so tiny I can't even see them without a huge magnifier (or maybe I just (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
First of all, let me say that while my previous post probably implied that I'm against allowing MPDs as parts, I am in fact still open to the possibility. I'm just not sure I'm completely convinced by the arguments given so far. (...) The only place (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) No one in his right mind would do this baseplate without using texture mapping. OK, Philo would, but I question that he's right in the head on a regular basis. :) Even so, the question would be, should one duplicate the nature of the stippling (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
As has been mentioned already in this thread, there is an ongoing effort to add support for texture maps to the LDraw format via meta commands. What hasn't been mentioned is that the current LSC is basically in favor of ratifying support for (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
And again, I forgot to include a bit. And second-posting about something very cool! Don, Be sure to take a look at Joshua's texture mapping primer/exposition on Facebook: (URL) good stuff, and could have very good benefits to LDraw. Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) ... is it hijacking to put a thread back on topic? (even if the title is changed, it's still the same thread, right?) ... (...) Which is exactly why I brought up texture mapping. Solving gradients with texture mapping makes a lot of sense, for (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Warning: Printing Bug in MLCad!
 
(...) It sounds like you already discovered the root cause of this, but just in case you haven't, MFC's CDC::TabbedTextOut() always crashes in Print Preview mode in Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1. --Travis (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) Hey, good point. Since we're on the topic of crater plates, I'd like to use this part (URL) to hijack this thread and make an observation about part colors. As you can probably see from the picture, the shark crater plate uses a printed (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Defining LED Colors in LDConfig?
 
I've been thinking about that talk of limiting the colour definitions in LDConfig.ldr to part colours with a few expectations, and I agree with that. But I wish to throw in an idea that I don't even believe in myself but yet want to air. Is it (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) Sure, doing the right thing in terms of putting the code in the most advantageous location is always worth the effort. (...) Hey, it's all about namespace management, right? As a parts author, I avoid using subfiles unless there is a fairly (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) There seems to be support for RGB and also for "Dithered" colour out there. The problem that we always faced are caused by applications that do not follow our ideas and so we go limiting our aims. I feel we should stop doing in that way (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Time for a cadfight! :) /Tore (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)  
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) How about just "use the 'dithered' range but apply LDConfig on top of them, overriding any colour that gets in the way"? -Santeri (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) DOH! I forgot to include -- Part of the reason I think RGB colors are not the way to go is because they don't solve the real problem -- there are a good number of patterns that can't realistically be modeled in LDraw. Anything with gradients, (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Steve, our opposing positions on RGBs are known. What I seek in this very moment is your position on the second question in this post: (URL) "No password, not a single CA-header edit on your agenda nor a library update since ... was it 2004 or (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) I can confirm that. While the LSC may have dithered over the spec, we certainly didn't drop "dither" intentionally. (Mind you, given the number of referenced specs we had to ratify first before we could get onto "the biggie", I'm surprised we (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Not sure where you're going with that. I think adding RGB colors to official parts would not be a net improvement to the parts library system. It has nothing to do with backwards compatibility or conservatism. Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) I think Travis' wording may be confusing. Don't use "the old dither algorithm". MLCad 3.30 draws colors 256-511 as *solid* colors. That's better than using the stippling algorithm from previous MLCad versions. (No new/current software stipples (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Joshua, got a link for you: (URL) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: BTW, Dither What Colors...?
 
(...) Of course, I mean the blending, not the dithering... (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  BTW, Dither What Colors...?
 
(...) Hmm. "You may think this is easy, but wait 'til I've explained it to you!" (One of my father's favourite standard joke.) I don't know how much difference it will make, but current standard colors are much better than the 16 original LDraw (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Your passive-aggressive whining wears thin, Willy. Your chief target laughs it off, but you keep at it. What little sense of community there might be is not helped by this behavior or attitude. This approach says a lot more about you (and (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Warning: Printing Bug in MLCad!
 
Hi, sorry to say, but I just found a bug in MLCad which is caused by the actual compiler I'm using. When you start printing preview in MLCad it is crashing when part lists are printed. I'm working on that .... Michael (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
"Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVEgmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Kxn3yE.p2D@lugnet.com... (...) So I will take over parts of the build in color table in the range of 256 to 511. During this step the programm will convert these dittered colors (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) I apologize for dreaming out loud. For a sec I've forgotten that we are a conservative community - at least some of us. (...) No password, not a single CA-header edit on your agenda nor a library update since ... was it 2004 or 2005? Steve, (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) As it happens, the LSC has been dealing with this very issue for the past few months. There is no mention made of dither colors in any of the current LDraw specs (including the official parts restrictions). They somehow got dropped (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) I can see that, although a great deal of care would need to be taken to make sure that the MPD sub-files had no chance of being useful in another part. (...) I can definitely see that. (...) I totally disagree with this as an argument for (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) I was about to write the same thing, but you beat me. I think it's a great idea! I can think of two potential problems: 1. Programs that create seams between parts but not models. (Are there any more than L3P?) Depending on how they are (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) I think eliminating part-specific subfiles would be a nice file-management benefit, if nothing else. I expect that reducing the number of part-specific subfiles would speed up the part-approval process, always a good thing. The most important (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
Hello Don, (...) I thought the LDraw group doesn't allow any other colors than the standard ones? Even so I was in the assumption that I didn't create any special colors, but I toulk them over from some old spec where these colors where mentioned. I (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Err, what? No, don't mix color codes and RGBs in official parts! This isn't an issue of backwards compatibility. It's an issue of adding complexity where it isn't needed (IMO, of course). (...) Ha! I'd have to get it back from Chris... Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
 
(...) Hello Michael, thanks for the tip. With the new build Willy created everything works fine without editing the registry. I just put the dll to the directory and it worked. Thanks very much again Marco (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) HURRAY! And in one go we are also gonna drop dithered colors in favour of RGBs. We'll have textures, the LSC is finally shaping the LCD - LDraw Connection Database (URL) and yourself are going to help getting LDView working as PT rendering (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) By the definitions of that article, *LUGNET* is a walled garden. <blank stare> I have put up a step-by-step showing example source LDR/image files. I did it on Facebook, because it took me almost no time to do. I'd either have had to set up my (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
 
(...) This is the first time I've heard this mentioned. Can someone tell me why this would be useful? I'm certainly open to the possibility, but only if it provides a concrete benefit, and I'm not having any luck coming up with what that benefit (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) I don't know why you need this, but I just did a test with LDView and it works. You can call an mpd file from within a part and the first model in the mpd file is shown together with the other content of the part file. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) I know. It's heresy! But if there are enough good reasons to make that leap, it might be worth it. Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
 
"Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxLGFx.5HL@lugnet.com... (...) Hello. OK. That works fine now. Regards Bernd (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Considering the conservative spirit that rules this community, where it is preferred to have no-progress over breaking backwards compatibility an where standards set in LDraw 0.27 should be possibly kept for eternity, such ideas have to be (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Me neither. Nothing on Facebook is "out in the open", since it is a (URL) walled garden>. Jim (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) I've been thinking about that as well. But I'm for now a bit of against such due to the amount of work it'd take and the smallness of the pros in compared to such. But I may be convinced otherwise fairly easily. -Santeri (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Considering the general pace we've alway had with LDraw.org, "sooner than expected" would be impressive. ;) (...) Actually, I'm not sure I've ever seen example source LDR/image files, or even a definition of the syntax. (...) True. But now (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Michael (and anyone else), if you've got a Facebook account, you can see quite a few examples of the texture mapping work that I created while working out the syntax and getting working viewers going. Just send me a facebook invite ("Joshua (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
 
Per the LDraw.org Bylaws at (URL) Subsection 6.03(a), the 2009/2010 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2010/2011 Steering Committee[1]. Please post nominations in response to this message. (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) I stand corrected. However, forcing the user to choose between LDConfig.ldr support and dither color support pretty much makes dither colors useless in MLCad 3.3 for a vast majority of users. (...) That was my original opinion. However, all (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Travis Cobbs wrote: (...) Since the proof-of-concept work for texture mapping took place "out in the open" on Facebook, Steve is aware of what's been done so far. I think the real "dream" here is having it widely (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) That is not complete correct. If MLCad does not find a LDConfig.ldr then you have your old colours back, including the dithered range! I feel with the majority of the votes in this thread. Allow "Dithered" colours and looking forward for (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
 
(...) I noticed that when I remove LDConfig.ldr the old dithered colors are available, but no longer dithered. They're now solid colors. That's a big improvement! It makes the 256-511 rance of colors much nicer for printed patterns. (Dithered colors (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
 
(...) I rebuild a new version and also added the missing "Find...", "Find Again" to the "Edit2 menu. Please check. w. (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***  [DAT]
 
(...) Philo beat me to it but here's mine anyway: 1 4 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4-4disc.dat 1 2 0 0 -10 4 0 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 4-4disc.dat 1 14 0 0 -15 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1 0 4-4disc.dat -Santeri (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) Unfortunately, MLCad 3.3's complete removal of support for dither colors (which incidentally breaks it for a number of existing official parts) makes this option less tenable. It's a bit ironic that most of the people speaking up in favor of (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)


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