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(...) I'm replying here in part because your anagramatic names compel me to do so. Anyway, I asked this same basic question a little while back: (URL) given the intervening span of time, I suspect that the prevailing wisdom has changed. However... (...) (14 years ago, 21-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Just install them. They should both work fine. I'm puzzled, though. If you honestly thought there was a high enough chance that they wouldn't work that you felt you had to ask here, why in the world did you get a 64-bit version of Windows? As (...) (14 years ago, 21-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I doubt that it is anything to do with file size, but more with the time needed to create a "perfect" part. With a very small number of active authors, there should be a compromise between quantity of parts being created and the quality of (...) (14 years ago, 20-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) My first PC had no hard drives, just two 360 kb floppy drives. One for the OS and the other for applications and documents. My second PC had a 10 Mb hard drive that took the physical space of two 5 1/4" drives. The Michelangelo virus took its (...) (14 years ago, 20-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've never really understood that either. Okay, my first computer came with a 16GB hard drive, so yeah, space was pretty cramped then. My second computer came with a 100GB hard drive, but even after I bought that I was still seeing people (...) (14 years ago, 20-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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How do i install LDRAW on a Win 7 - 64 bit machine? Can MLCAD V3.3 be installed on Win 7 - 64 bit? Regards, Ludo (14 years ago, 20-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm not a part author, but from a rendering engine author's point of view. Those kind of overlaps can cause very ugly artifacts during rendering, so imho saving a couple of bytes (on harddrives containing 1.000.000.000.000 bytes these days!) (...) (14 years ago, 20-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There is no correct answer to this, just a lot of personal opinions and shades of gray. The LSC did ratify additional restrictions on library parts which mentions this - see (URL) (14 years ago, 20-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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As I've recently started creating parts I've been taking a closer look at how other parts have been made. I've noticed that sometimes there are overlaps that keep the file smaller. My question is: what is more important; having 'correct' parts or (...) (14 years ago, 20-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'll fix that in the next update (...) Looking into this (...) Removed it temporarily. Not that useful anyway. -Orion (14 years ago, 19-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You can find other programs for doing stickers in this post: (URL) --Travis (14 years ago, 17-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Thanks for the summary of tools. Following on from my recent post "Lego - Anakin's Jedi Starfighter 7669", what's the best tool for adding a sticker to an existing part? I've started experimenting with BMP2Ldraw32 to create a sticker DAT file. (...) (14 years ago, 17-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Congratulations on the massive parts update! (14 years ago, 9-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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* After launch I get the following error: (URL) Win2000, Sp4. * Loading an .mpd file the prog does not load ans stops working. * The toolbar for search and replace is gone. w. (14 years ago, 15-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Not too many surface changes but I changed the whole back end to set up for a possible cross platform port. I'm looking to make sure that all functionality is restored and working as intended. -Orion (14 years ago, 15-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello everyone! I've created another Lego model based on set 7669 - Anakin's Jedi Starfighter. For details see: (URL) can download the 3D model in various formats (including POV-Ray scene files and ldr file) from the link above. I had to use a (...) (14 years ago, 15-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Philo (14 years ago, 15-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all, I'm up from the depths for a few day of R&R in Sasebo, Japan. I've done a lot of work on LDDP in the past weeks. Please try out the beta for LDDP v2.1 found here: (URL) depart soon so if you have any comments, email me. (14 years ago, 15-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You're welcome ;o) (...) This is a possibility, using (URL) stl2dat converter>. But the problem with this kind of tools is that it requires careful planning to make good use of (URL) LDraw primitives> that provide compact code and better (...) (14 years ago, 13-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Well done to everyone who's contributed to the parts update. Keep up the great work. I've just had a quick browse of the updated parts and I can already see a part I need for my Police Car model - (URL) is the preferred modeling tool for creating (...) (14 years ago, 12-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad)
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