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I just released a new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (now version 1.20). Added support for rectifier (now version 1.5). Added support for windz You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please do not hesitate (...) (14 years ago, 23-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) Tnx Chris, I received the file. I will put it online. (14 years ago, 23-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Earlier versions of LPub?
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(...) but it does exactly what I need with none of those pesky error messages. Thanks! (14 years ago, 20-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Earlier versions of LPub?
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(...) This is pretty old. Version 2.4.8 from 2005. (URL) (14 years ago, 20-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2010-03 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Hi Philo Thank you for the answer. Using the mklist utility solved the problem. Ive been using MLCads Scan Parts function for so long that I had entirely forgotten about that way of doing it. Seems an easier and more convenient way of doing (...) (14 years ago, 19-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Earlier versions of LPub?
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(...) Hi Dave, I have setup files for 4.0.0.0, 4.0.0.1, 4.0.0.2, 4.0.0.3 and 4.0.0.4 for Windows. Please let me know if you want one or more of those? Jaco (14 years ago, 19-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Convert MPD into LDR
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(...) Reuben, If you use MLCad it is simple: Just open the MPD and go to menu Multipart > Export models. Jaco (14 years ago, 19-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Convert MPD into LDR
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Hi, Is there an easy way to "flatten" an MPD file and make it into an LDR file? Perhaps someone has a script to do this? Reuben ===...=== Download 3D Lego models and other resources from: (URL) (14 years ago, 19-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Earlier versions of LPub?
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Are these available for download? I'm having trouble getting the latest edition to work because of the BFC error messages I'm getting. However, on my older PC I had a different version of LPub that worked just fine. That older PC, however, doesn't (...) (14 years ago, 19-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) Chris, Will you be able to mail me the 17 Mb file on my Gmail adres? Or share it somehow? I could host it on my website. Jaco (14 years ago, 18-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | SR 3D Builder made portable
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SR 3D Builder made PORTABLE Hi here are the instructions for how to create a portable version of my application (maybe someone need it): Things should be by far much more easy than you expect if PC you would like to run my application on already (...) (14 years ago, 18-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw & Pov-Ray on Windows 64 bit
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(...) I can confirm for MLCad and LPub with Windows 7 64-bit. And see this (URL) for LDraw... Philo (14 years ago, 18-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw & Pov-Ray on Windows 64 bit
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I don't have Windows VISTA 64-bit or Windows 7 64-bit so can't confirm this. However does anyone know if the following will run on either of these OS? LDraw L3P L3PAO MLCAD LPub Pov-Ray 3.1 Pov-Ray 3.5 Pov-Ray 3.6 MegaPov v.07 MegaPov 1.0 Thanks (...) (14 years ago, 18-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) I would, but since I was only added to commit fixes, I'm uncomfortable posting files. Also, I'm not sure as a non-admin on the project if it's even possible for me to create a release. And since none of the existing releases have been done (...) (14 years ago, 17-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) Maybe one of the 6 developers listed on the Lpub4 sourceforge page could help out? (URL) not sure how the permissions are divvied up, but it'd be really nice if someone could push it through the sourceforge release process so it's available, (...) (14 years ago, 17-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) I have a copy of the latest MAC version (LPub4_0_0_10_MacOSX...rsal.dmg). I have nowhere to post it, but I will gladly forward it to you. If anyone has a a place to post it, I'll send it to you as well. It's a little over 17MB Chris (14 years ago, 17-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) Thanks, Jaco. Would anyone have the MAC version they could forward by chance? If not, are there other means to create printable instructions from files created in Bricksmith that anyone could help out a beginner in this area with? Jonathan (14 years ago, 17-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2010-03 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Hi Allan, Weird, weird... stu211 and stu213 are low resolution version of (official) primitives stud11 and stud13. They are not strictly required, but MLCad does complain if you use a part that contain stud11 or stud13 (but everything works (...) (14 years ago, 16-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2010-03 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Im always happy to see new additions to the LDraw library. However, having just installed the newest version, something seems to be terribly wrong. When I started MLCad I got the report that stu213.dat and stu.211.dat were missing. Using the (...) (14 years ago, 16-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDView and snapshots (Windows 7 64bit)
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(...) There are number of things that might cause LDView to be slow in rendering snapshots. None of them that I can think of seems to really fit your description, but I'll list them here anyway. Don't use Pixel Buffer is enabled. This causes LDView (...) (14 years ago, 14-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LDView and snapshots (Windows 7 64bit)
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Has anyone else experienced LDView being extremely slow making snapshots in Win7 (64bit)? The main problem is when run from LPub - then LDView is called quite often, and that's when I first noticed that something was terribly wrong compared to (...) (14 years ago, 13-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) Hi Megan and others, Kevin's website is unreachable for some time now. For the time being I am hosting the latest installer of LPub 4.1.1.10 on my site here: www.binarybricks.nl/..._setup.exe If you have any questions related to working with (...) (14 years ago, 12-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2552px2
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(...) If there were ever a "perfect" example of a good use of texture mapping, I'd say this is it. 5 well-placed photos of the top, front, back, left and right, and you'd be set. The beauty of such an approach is that angles are already taken care (...) (14 years ago, 12-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.10 Available
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(...) Hi Kevin, Is LPub 4 still available to download? I have tired to access www.kclague.net (all links lead to your site, but it seems to be down -Feb. 11th 2011) Is it available anywhere else, do you have your site still? thanks for you help- (...) (14 years ago, 11-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LETGUI Update (1.6.0.1)
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I just released a new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (now version 1.19). Had to fix some bugs related to usage with drag'n drop and commandline. You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please do not hesitate (...) (14 years ago, 9-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: 2552px2
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(...) All right, I will try to find some pics of this part. I've already did some patterns for myself, but I had some problems to correctly integrate it on the parts. I mean, it was bad enough not be shareable to the community. If you would like to (...) (14 years ago, 8-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2552px2
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Hi Damien, (...) I have already prepared a "modernized" (mainly BFCed) version of this part ((URL) If you manage to get good photos of the part, we could share the work of patterns creation and integration to the part. Philo (14 years ago, 8-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 2552px2
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Hi all, While trying to make LEGO renders as realistic as possible, I'm wondering what would be the best, easiest and fastest way to create the 2552px2 which doesn't exist in the part tracker (none of the patterned 2552 actually). The problem is (...) (14 years ago, 6-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDConfig Manager Update (1.0.3.0)
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I just released another update on LDConfig Manager. Now I feel that the LDConfig Manager is nearly finished and can be used to generate exact the same LDconfig as it has been done by hand so far. LDConfig.ldr will be saved with 'UTF-8 without BOM' (...) (14 years ago, 4-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: New version of SketchUp-to-LDraw script
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(...) Hi Philo, Good question. In fact, Jim Foltz's su2ldraw plugin does include LDraw-to-SketchUp import and treatment of type 1 lines as SketchUp components (subparts). Unfortunately, I was not able to get su2ldraw to work (SketchUp 8 on Mac OS X (...) (14 years ago, 2-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker background color (request to Standards Committee)
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(...) That is why we should stick to the 8.3 length parts file name convention :-) I'm able to run ldraw fully native, on a still operational PC with MS-DOS operating system. (14 years ago, 2-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New version of SketchUp-to-LDraw script
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(...) Very interesting... one question before I commit myself to learn Sketchup, is it possible to import LDraw primitives, and build more complex shapes on them? Lack of proper integration of primitives is always what plagues advanced CAD tools (...) (14 years ago, 2-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker background color (request to Standards Committee)
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(...) That's impressive retro computing :D Philo (14 years ago, 2-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello, To assist my recent foray into the world of LDraw part authoring, I created a simplified version of Jim Foltz' su2ldraw script ((URL) which has been discussed here previously. I just posted my version of the script (a Ruby plugin for Google (...) (14 years ago, 2-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker background color (request to Standards Committee)
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(...) I did not know that, I always thought the cmdline is more aimed at the model level, cause they are basically ldraw.exe parameters? But looking at an old ldraw release, the -c param isn't mentioned so additional documentation on the !CMDLINE (...) (14 years ago, 1-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker background color (request to Standards Committee)
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(...) This is already in the files but no one really needs it so far: it is the !CMDLINE metacommand that is also nowhere explained in detail. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 31-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MLCad.ini 2010-03 Update Now Available
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(...) Well done Willy. Thanks for keeping this updated. I noticed that the last (4th) batch from the Lego Universe team contained lots of minifig accessories (i.e. m30408, m30138) as shown in the following post: (URL) all/some of these made their (...) (14 years ago, 31-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Sticker background color (request to Standards Committee)
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(...) I agree usage of color 16 for the box should be left to the part author. But the thing I'm thinking of is in daily use this will cause the sticker to be used in a non 'real' way. I mean you would like to have the option but by default it (...) (14 years ago, 31-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sticker background color (request to Standards Committee)
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(...) Our current spec ((URL) says: "The pattern is on the top face; the other (five) sides of the box correspond to main background color of the sticker pattern (i.e. the predominant color of the pattern at its edges). If there isn't a predominant (...) (14 years ago, 31-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Sticker background color (request to Standards Committee)
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Please find here (URL) a suggestion to allow use of main color (16) for background of stickers... Philo (14 years ago, 31-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDConfig Manager Update (1.0.2.0)
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I just released an update on LDConfig Manager. Now ldconfig.ldr will be saved with 'UTF-8 without BOM' encoding. You can download as always at (URL) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Primitive Generator 2 Update (1.0.4.0)
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I just released another update on Primitive Generator 2. Now you can create rings and cones with another width than 1. This is only useful if you need to cover surfaces that can not be created with official primitives. The files generated with a (...) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Primitive Generator 2 Update (1.0.3.0)
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I just released an update on Primitive Generator 2. Now it writes only UTF-8 without BOM encoded files. There were problems in creating tori with double lines. This should now be fixed. Also the title for the cone and ring had not the correct (...) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.7.0
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Hi guys, it has been time to update DATHeader again. Reasons: 1) !CATEGORY and !KEYWORDS are now also allowed in subparts. 2) Question for special characters has to be solved. For item no. 2 please see (URL) for example. Download from (URL) comments (...) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Lego logo on stud part
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(...) Thanks for this hint. I did not know that JC has made that realistic logo studs. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 29-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) Thanks to all involved, although I kinda feel like it's a steal without the voting :) I will do my best. Roland (14 years ago, 27-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Lego logo on stud part
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(...) Yes, I guess that if you substitute a "high resolution" stud with logo, the export should give you something nice. JC Tchang has designed such studs, see here (sorry, in French!) (URL) link to the studs: (URL) (14 years ago, 28-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.6 released
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(...) Not at all when it's good news! (...) Great new stuff as usual ! I jump on the opportunity to tell that I have (finally) seriously tried SR 3D builder, and it's really awesome. Here is my first serious model (the latest version of my 3D (...) (14 years ago, 28-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.6 released
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Here I am again! (hope not to bore you too much...) The new 0.5.6.6 release has just been published. Always the same website (URL) always free... This video to show the new features implemented. I'm sure you will appreciate it!! (URL) (14 years ago, 28-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Lego logo on stud part
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Hi everyone, I've used a number of different programs to convert LDraw/MLCad files into other 3D formats (mainly DXF, OBJ and 3DS). The converters I've used are ldrdat2dxf, ldrdat2obj and 3DWin. Is there anyway to convert the stud parts in a model (...) (14 years ago, 27-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | MLCad.ini 2010-03 Update Now Available
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Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2010-03. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (14 years ago, 27-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) My congratulation and best wishes to the new LSC where I see some new names in that role. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 25-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) Congratulations to the new LSC members! Philo (14 years ago, 25-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) --snip-- (...) The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) for 2010/2011 are Travis Cobbs, Roland Melkert, Sergio Reano, Allen Smith and Alex Taylor. Announcement made on the LDraw website ((URL) I'll leave it to the LSC to sort out the transition in (...) (14 years ago, 25-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Handling of ~Moved to files
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(...) As far as I remember we have only on the PT a '~Moved to' file that do not only change the name of the file but also the origin. My tests shows me that version 3.3 and 3.2 behaviour is the same. For that reason I thought it would be a good (...) (14 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | LETGUI Update (1.6.0.0)
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I just released the new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (current version). Added support for new tool Unificator. You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please do not hesitate to contact me. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | New LDraw tool for parts authors: Unificator
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(2 URLs) Unificator> merges together nearby vertices in LDraw files, and snaps triangle/quads onto primitives/subfiles.. Program, source files, examples and documentation are available (URL) here>. Enjoy! (URL) Philo> (14 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Handling of ~Moved to files
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(...) Arghl! I guess this happens only with V3.3? I never noticed that with 3.2. (14 years ago, 23-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Handling of ~Moved to files
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I just want to inform that MLCad does not handle the ~Moved to files in a good way. If you are asked for updating to newer parts the new reference will be written into your current file, but if there is any transformation this will not be taken into (...) (14 years ago, 23-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Part color availability
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(...) Thanks, I take it you do some data mining with your application? I will certainly take a look at it sooner or later. (14 years ago, 22-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part color availability
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(...) Thanks, I was hoping for something easier, but it should be doable to setup lookup information for core parts by cross referencing inventories. Thanks (14 years ago, 22-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LD4DStudio 1.2 Released
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Hi all, I've finally managed to solve a nasty problem and put the definitive version of LD4DStudio online. It's mostly bug fixes and a few tweaks requested by users. This will be the last version for a while, cause I will be concentrating on my new (...) (14 years ago, 22-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) Many thanks for the nomination, but this time I have to decline. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 22-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) With Sergio Reano's acceptance we now have a full committee. I'll leave this open for a few days in case someone else applies. Tim (14 years ago, 20-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) Philo convinced me to ACCEPT. Hope I can do something useful for committee Sergio (14 years ago, 19-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) If I can take the time out from a convention and a flood I assume the committee members can find a few secs... (...) I, Timothy Gould, second the nomination of Scott Wardlaw I, Timothy Gould, second the nomination of Michael Heidemann (...) (14 years ago, 18-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) I propose another week, since the current committee is currently working something. I'll throw in another kink by nominating myself and Michael Heidemann in the same post. Michael currently serves on both the LSC and the Steer Co, but is one (...) (14 years ago, 18-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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(...) --snip-- (...) --snip-- (...) We have only had four people accept for the _five_ positions: Travis Cobbs, Allen Smith, Roland Melkert and Alex Taylor. This is a bit of a problem. I propose that we leave the nominations open until one more (...) (14 years ago, 18-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Part color availability
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(...) LDconfig color names are exactly the same as Bricklink's color names, but have underscores '_' instead of spaces ' '. Scott (14 years ago, 17-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What happened to x123.dat
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(...) Thanks Philo! I see that the part number has also changed. Where did you find the number (since this is not what Peeron or Brickshelf uses)? I'll update the couple of files I have that use this part to use the new version. That way, next time (...) (14 years ago, 17-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part color availability
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(...) You are welcome to copy the code from my program that already does this: (URL) that more colors are sometimes available for sale other than just the known colors, and sometimes known colors are not currently offered for sale by any sellers. I (...) (14 years ago, 17-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part color availability
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(...) The 2 best places would probably be Peeron.com or Bricklink. Be aware that Bricklink's naming system is sometimes different from LDraw and Peeron's. -Orion (14 years ago, 17-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Part color availability
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Hello all, While working on my editor I got the idea of helping the user pick colors for parts by (optionally) limiting the color picker to colors in which the current part is available in real-life (e.g. black, white, light gray for axles). Does (...) (14 years ago, 16-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What happened to x123.dat
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(...) Rebuilt, BFCed and put on PT: (URL) origin and orientation are modified. Philo (14 years ago, 15-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What happened to x123.dat
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(...) It appears to be my own fault then. When a new library update comes out, I generally purge my Unofficial directory so I don't have any duplicates. I can then download and unofficial parts from the Parts Tracker that I still need. I apparently (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: What happened to x123.dat
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(...) I can find no evidence that x123.dat has ever been on the LDraw Parts Tracker, so I'm inclined to suggest that you got it from another source. Before we ran out of 3-digit numbers, xNNN numbers were allocated for temporary use on the Parts (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | What happened to x123.dat
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What happened to x123.dat? This is the "Electric Light Holder 1 x 1 x 2/3 with Bar" which appeared in the 5571 Giant Truck (Black Cat) set and a couple of others. This was an unofficial part which I used in some models. According to part tracker FAQ (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.5 released
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(...) Incredibly cool! Philo (14 years ago, 12-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.5 released
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Hi everybody, It's publish time again! The new release has just been published on my official website (URL) most important news are - Inclusion of the last official lDraw part update - Single click to add a part from toolbox to model - Animated (...) (14 years ago, 11-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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I'd like to nominate Joshua Delahunty so maybe we can move the standard into the present with some of that nifty texture mapping stuff. (As an option of course, so I don't have to do any coding if don't feel up to it.) (14 years ago, 11-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2010/2011 LSC Nomination process open.
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--snip-- (...) My city (Brisbane) is currently featuring or about to feature in your news bulletins due to major flooding. Hopefully I'll be fine to process this information but if you haven't heard from me on the 17th could someone else step in. (...) (14 years ago, 11-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) Nope. I didn't add or edit anything, I simply linked to the file Tore linked to. If you have a permanent link to the latest version on your own website I will use that. Does the above count? And as I just wrote to Tore you can add things (...) (14 years ago, 10-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) You're welcome. Fair enough. Yes you can add things. There should be some form of 'add download' but I'm sure it's hidden thanks by the CMS. A webmaster has to approve them which usually happens fairly quickly (or even quicker with an email). (...) (14 years ago, 10-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw Colour Catalog
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Yet another color list. This one's divided into 8 sections. I think it may be quite handy for various purposes. (URL) I was unable to render colors 21, 67, 68, and 294 due to L3P errors. Don't know what the problem is yet... /Tore (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Ouch! I only found two new colors - or did I forget the remark "// UPDATE 2010-06-19" on one? Tore's Colour List - By Number Based on the official LDConfig.ldr (LDraw.org's UPDATE 2010-06-19) 0 Black #212121 (26 Black) 1 Blue #0033B2 (23 (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Magnus Forsberg emailed me directly, since he does not have posting rights to LUGNET. I'd also like to thank him for bringing these facts to us. Here is an excerpt from his email: Back when it was possible to order parts in "Cool Silver, drum (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Um, yeah, that would be me. The March version is missing the three new colors that TLG provided to us earlier in 2010. I thought that the July update was there on the website when I clicked on the link yesterday before Tim's post. Regardless, (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi everyone, Following a hard disk crash recently, I had trouble locating Rolf Redford's utility LdrDat2Dxf (a download link to LdrDat2Obj can still be found on the LDraw site). After contacting Rolf he kindly emailed me another copy of this (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How About a Color Tracker?
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(...) Yes, that exactly what I meant when I wrote: "So, how about a Color Tracker in the likeness of the PT at LDraw.org? But with the difference that everyone can comment and review, but not have the power to cast 'hold' votes? (As I fear that (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How About a Color Tracker?
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(...) The LDraw.org wiki seems ideal for such a thing From the (URL) main page> The ldraw.org wiki is here to provide a user-editable resource for tutorials, questions, articles and other content relating to the LDraw system of tools. It is not (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) No, I don't think so. The version from March is both in complete.zip and was what I downloaded from the direct link before starting this thread. I've spent a couple of hours working with that March version as basis since yesterday, believing (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How About a Color Tracker?
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I don't think much harm is done about silver colors - afterall, correspondance with LEGO internal color numbers remain somewhat academic, what we need is to know which LDraw color to use in each case. If I understand well (correct me otherwise!): - (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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In lugnet.cad, Timothy Gould wrote: (URL) (...) Tim, I think you just over-wrote the latest version (from July) with the one from March. I think the only difference is that there are three or four new colors. I have a copy here: (URL) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) Thanks, Tim! Simply because: 1. I didn't know that I have the authority/admin rights to do that. 2. I don't have the slightest idea how to do that. /Tore (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm curious why you didn't just add a link yourself. That's what I just did and now it is there. Why wait for someone else to do it for you if you feel so strongly about the problem? Tim --snip-- (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) I can't see why that should change anything to what I wrote. /Tore (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How About a Color Tracker?
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(...) fact is, that it is nearly impossible to match one for one our colors to the colors that we hear about from TLG. LEGO is constantly changing their colors, adding new, taking away old, and even changing the color and still calling it the same (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) Updates to ldconfig.ldr are distributed with parts updates. As such the latest version is always in the complete zip ((URL) in the complete windows install file, and if it changes, in the incremental update (e.g. (URL) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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In order to straighten out the mess I've caused among my many versions of LDConfig.ldr, I needed to download the latest official version from LDraw.org. Even though it is possible to find it, it is still anything but easy! First I tried Downloads (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How About a Color Tracker?
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(...) Thanks. :) Well, don't look at me, I'm not the one to set it up, I just came up with the suggestion. But yes, I like simple. /Tore (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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