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(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I second this nomination Philo (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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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)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.3 available for test
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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I nominate Willy Tschager. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I nominate Orion Pobursky. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I nominate Michael Heidemann. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I nominate Chris Dee. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I nominate Kevin Clague. --Travis Cobbs (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee Nominations close in less than 2 weeks
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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)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: ML-CAD 3.30 Problem while parts authoring
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) As it happens, the stud logos in LDView are just regular textures. --Travis (15 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: MLCad.ini 2009-03 Update Now Available
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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--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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) Got it, thanks. I wonder why TLG stopped producing them.. -Santeri (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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| | Re: Using MPD syntax in official part files
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(...) Yeah, what he said. (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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| | Flex-system names
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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)
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