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  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
(...) Hey, this is interesting. Is it actually just drawing the visible lines in some final rendering stage? Or is there more going on there with the Stencil and/or Depth buffer? (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Beveled flex tubing
 
OK, I think what you miss is the 4-4cyls.dat primitive, add it to a regular 4-4cyli and you basically have what you need. For the tip, you need a slanted primitive (ring and edges). There is a tutorial (unfortunately in French) here (URL) , (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Beveled flex tubing
 
(...) I was looking at trying to use your cutting tool, actually,.. stretch a 4-4cyli.dat to a long enough length (somehow?) and then just use a big quad tilted to 45 degrees as the "blade". But I can't quite suss out how to do it, being somewhat (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: MLCad Group
 
(...) Interesting indeed! Is there any kind of documentation on these META-commands anywhere? I think this may be a better alternative to my unfinished LDSwitch approach(?) /Tore (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Export LDD to LDraw
 
(...) Could you send me a couple of samples of files exported to LDraw that are slightly off the grid so I can see if there is any easy way to auto-adjust them? /Tore (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
 
  Export LDD to LDraw
 
Hello, When exporting an LDD file to LDraw the xyz position is slightly off the grid. What I do now is replace all dots with comma's, import the LDraw file in Excel, round all xyz coordintates on whole numbers, copy that to notepad and past in the (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
 
  MLCad Group
 
Hi all, Currently I am working on a model where I make extensive use of Groups in MLCad in combination with LPub command REMOVE GROUP. Regarding Groups in MLCad, can someone verify this: - Elements in a group should all be part of the same step in (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Beveled flex tubing
 
(...) Larry, would you have a picture or drawing of what you need exactly? Philo (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Beveled flex tubing
 
(...) Or alternatively, you could use ring/cone/cyl primitives, should be lots easier than doing individual quads. ROSCO (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad)  
 
  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
In lugnet.cad, Eric Albrecht wrote: ... (...) You don't need to disable primitive substitution; just uncheck "Texture Studs" in the "Primitive Substitution" box. (If you follow my instructions from my other post, the stud logo isn't present, and (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
(...) See this thread: (URL) Maybe outputting only lines could give much smaller file sizes. Then you could live paint in Illustrator to consolidate faces. --Bram (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
The "Show Edges Only" feature in LDView is intended to be used with Wireframe disabled. I believe it does exactly what you want in combination with "Black Edges": (URL) Note that the image above was saved with the "Transparent Background" check box (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
(...) Wow do I feel stupid. No, I hadn't tried that, and it works perfectly. It's still not a vector image, but at least it gets me to a good raster image in one step instead of five. It is a bit counter-intuitive to me that the way to get a good (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
(...) Have you tried disabling lighting? (...) I don't know any ether, I'm sorry. roland (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
(...) You are right that I can approximate it simply by making all the parts white (as shown). However, shaded white is not really white. Every angle of white reflecting to the camera is actually a different shade of gray. I really want no shading (...) (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
(...) <snip> (...) I'm not sure I 100% understand your goal(s), but I think what you need is: All white shading with all black edges. This way the (OpenGL) 'Z-Buffer' does all the hard work for you. Maybe travis could implement it in LDView, (or (...) (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  My attempts to get a vector line drawing
 
For various reasons, I've been attempting to extract a vector line drawing of a large LDraw model. On the surface, this would seem simple (which is always the case for the hardest projects). LDraw itself is a vector format. Each edge line is defined (...) (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Beveled flex tubing
 
(...) For anything with radial symmetry a little perl script is the right tool :) Tim (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Beveled flex tubing
 
Has anyone modeled a bit of flex tubing that has beveled ends? I think I know what I need to do to model it but actually doing it may be beyond my patience, (but maybe I'm using the wrong tool, working with quads in MLCad is a bit hard) Thanks. (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad)  
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
(...) That sounds like an LDView bug. If you send me your model, I will investigate. --Travis (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: LDraw.org website theme.
 
(...) I've pretty much decided on Joomla 1.6. Unless I hit any major snags, that's what I've prepped for. When I get everything setup, I'll send out a call for help. -Orion (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw.org website theme.
 
(...) Orion, What CMS are you going to use? I have some experience in making websites and want to help if needed. Jaco (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
Hi, I tried the installation, works fine, but get same error as with the tip of Larry: "No matching in 'material', undeclared identifier 'LDXColor117440511_slope'" Any idea? Thx, adrian (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
Hi Larry, no, Ben wasn't there, I forgot the name of the guy you've visited, I will ask Ralph, maybe he remembers. Your tip with the library path helped a bit, the error I asked about doesn't show up again, but now there is a new one: "No matching (...) (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: LDraw.org website theme.
 
(...) Hi Orion, You may find more people with those skills over on Flickr. I've copied the message to there. Tim (13 years ago, 22-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  LDraw.org website theme.
 
Hi all, I'm going to be working on the website over the next few weeks. I suck at graphic design, I think this is a perfect to solicit ideas/designs for the website theme. No coding experience is required. I can handle that aspect if needed. -Orion (13 years ago, 22-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw.org File Encoding Standard Ratified
 
(...) Wow, that was fast! Thanks, Chris. Unfortunately it doesn't solve the issue. LDraw Apache server sends the page telling that charset is iso-8859-1 (why???) and this overrides page head specification. If I save the page and open it with my (...) (13 years ago, 21-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: LDraw.org File Encoding Standard Ratified
 
(...) Parts Tracker pages now specify charset=UTF-8. Chris (13 years ago, 21-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: LDraw.org File Encoding Standard Ratified
 
(...) It would be a good thing that Parts Tracker generated html pages use utf-8 as encoding charset instead of iso-8859-1 See discussion here (URL) this message (URL) it seems that a new CMS is on its way, maybe the charset change should be done in (...) (13 years ago, 21-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Updating LDConfig - Request for New Colors
 
(...) Personally, I have always used color 256 (Rubber Black) for that part and it looks very good. See this picture as an example: (URL) Albrecht (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Updating LDConfig - Request for New Colors
 
(...) Bricklink color 150, Medium Dark Flesh, does not have a matching color name/number from TLG or LDraw in any color chart I've seen. It may be too new; it only first appeared in sets from 2010. Their color 151, Speckle Black-Gold, also first (...) (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Updating LDConfig - Request for New Colors
 
I was recently informed that LDConfig does not have the proper colors for this part: (URL) anyone know of any more colors that may be missing or need to be added? I have also been asked to change a few colors in LDConfig that don't look quite right. (...) (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
 
(...) OK, but that rules out parts that were in before that have been removed. I recently opened an old LDD file which was complete, but is now incomplete due to lack of parts. Also correct models opened in free build mode give incorrect colors (...) (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
 
An estimation made by JC Tchang gives 2433 parts for LDD and 4506 for LDraw. These figures include patterned parts, but not the 550 LDraw shortcut parts. Philo (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
 
--snip-- (...) The newer versions have a free build mode with all parts available in all colours. I'd guess that LDraw has many more non-minifig parts but LDD may pip it now for total due to the proliferation of minifig parts. Tim (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
 
I am glad import function for LDraw in LDD has been restored. For me it didn't work a while. Pitty not all parts are in and parts that are in LDD get removed now and then. (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
 
(...) Hmm, and I am sure that LDraw has more though (correct me if I am wrong or prove otherwise). I mean, take all old parts that _are_ in LDraw and _not_ in LDD. Take the color availability in to account, and there you go. If I'd model my designs (...) (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) Thanks...I'll change them and upload them soon. Scott W. (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
 
(...) I'm pretty sure LDD has way more parts, patterns being a possible exception. Many LDraw parts that have been developed more recently were done so with the gracious help of the Lego Universe Team, who did us the favor of converting batches of (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
 
Hi all, I recently found this post on the Eurobricks website: (URL) you can find a huge list of Lego sets that are available in LDD format. It was interesting to note that many of the sets are missing certain pieces (mainly sticker parts and minifig (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
(...) I am the Larry behind MiltonTrainWorks.com ... and I think I have been the Larry you met in Germany way long ago. Was Ben there? (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)  
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
Hy Larry, I am also going to try this on friday, thx. BTW, are you THE Larry I have met years years years ago for one day in Germany (forgot the name of the boy you visited, I have been there with Dö (Ralph)) and built some cool stuff together? Some (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
(...) Cool, thx, will give it a try on friday (have no access to my Mac Mini with the Windows Installation at the moment) and tell you the results. Great, adrian (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) I think dark tan is so far wrong in the official file that it's in desperate need of a correction. It looks much closer to the color Bricklink refers to as medium dark flesh, which appeared in some of the Prince of Persia sets. That has a rich (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
(...) That might be a good idea, offer to abort if you find it, though, rather than just uninstalling silently. :) (...) Thanks... So that's a fairly good argument for taking a VMWare approach I guess. I DO have a new machine I need to get "render (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) OK, I'll keep you in mind if I find other color issues. The "rendered look" came out great!! (URL) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) Yeah, I use this LDConfig_alt for working in MLCAD. It makes it look a lot more fun / realistic than black edge lines. Its not good for making instructions, but I get an almost rendered look in MLCAD without having to run a separate rendering (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
(...) I had newbies in mind with little or no knowledge about LDraw who wanna give it a try when I set up the new AIOI. Therefore it will never carry LDDP, DatHeader or other part author stuff. I could code in checking for an existing installation (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) definition I use for rendering. It's running now. I also noticed that you used much different edge colors than the basic file. You used unique edge colors instead of #333333 for everything. Eric (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) Yeah, the LDConfig definition is wrong. Dark_Tan has been in the file for a long time, and I think those who can change it have chosen not to mess with colors that we did not add to the file. I'd be happy to change LDconfig in the next update. (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) lighting. However, I think that this screen capture from LDView looks totally different than the photographs issued by LEGO. (URL) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
(...) Color 28 looks right to me, see for example this color chart (done with LDView) (URL) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
 
I don't use dark tan (LDraw color 28) very often because I mostly only model Technic, but this week I was doing some renders of the modular buildings. I rendered the 10197 Fire House and it came out looking like this: (URL) bricks on the lower half (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  L3pGUI Project (Was: L3PAO Problems)
 
(...) Thanks for the support. I've been thinking some about this new project, also about Willy mentioned user friendliness. The fact that L3PAO has developed from one single page to four tags when introducing the new features in L3P 1.4 Beta, is in (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
(...) I am using virtual machines for such tasks. But lpub 4 does not work in a virtual machine (at least mine does not). Hope this helps, Saso (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
(...) (trimmed feature list) This sounds really nifty and I echo the praise others have heaped on you for taking this task on! I have a "mostly" working installation of many (but not all) of these tools that has accreted over a long time. It's not (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
(...) Another approach (not necessarily better, but if you have a mostly working installation already you may prefer it, especially if your directory layout is non standard) is to go get the LGEO libs and then hand modify your master POVRAY.ini file (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)  
 
  Re: MPD to LDR
 
(...) Hi Tore, That was indeed the word I was looking for ;). Miran (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.11
 
Hi, I have just released an updated version of the application. Again nothing really new. Just working hard to fix many problems of previous releases. This new version should be considerably more stable even if you will find some bugs for sure. (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: L3PAO Problems
 
(...) At some point all programs need to be updated to keep up with world evolution... if the original author can't or doesn't want to do so, then it's normal that someone steps in! (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: L3PAO Problems
 
(...) Go ahead! I'm not going to include L3P into the AIOI as long as there is no user friendly GUI that lowers the entrance bar for novice users. w. (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Top 30 LDraw parts authors
 
(...) Wow! I'm still on the 5th position, even though I don't author parts anymore. Well, it's only a matter of time before I'm on the 7th... But if I have had to guess, I may have said I'm at 15th or so. :) /Tore (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  L3PAO Problems
 
(...) As much as I hate the thought of "stealing" somebody else's idea, I am very much tempted to make my own frontend GUI to L3P. (I already copied the "Digest" into LDA.) There are too many problems with L3PAO, and if we can't contact Jeff, I'm (...) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: MPD to LDR
 
(...) Sounds like the word you're looking for is "inlined", if I got it right. :) /Tore (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: MPD to LDR
 
(...) Hi all, I've found the solution!! It can be done with MLCAD. I was looking in the menu Multipart and then Export Models... This gives the LDR files separately from the MPD-file. When you go to menu File and then Export... it gives you the main (...) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Top 30 LDraw parts authors
 
Well, OK, if you're going to limit your survey to just Lego parts :-) I have a library of 188 LDraw "Minibrix" parts that I maintain and publish to a wide and growing community. Seriously, though, I know how much time and effort it took to make my (...) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  MPD to LDR
 
Hi all, I have an MPD-file that consist of submodels. Is there an easy way to create an LDR file that contains all the parts, but is not branched? (all the parts of the submodels are integrated in the main file). Thanks in advance! Best regards, (...) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
(...) Your POV-Ray.ini file is missing the paths to the LGEO libraries. You might try the AIOI I have prepared: (URL) will do the job for you and I've got a new tester as well. w. (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Top 30 LDraw parts authors
 
(...) Looks so indeed. The only clearly female first name I found lower in the list is Heather ((URL) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Top 30 LDraw parts authors
 
(...) (snip) Interesting! Pretty much all male, it looks like to me, although maybe I missed someone? (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad)  
 
  POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
 
Hi, when using POVRay (Win) I always get following error: Parse Error cannot open include file lg_defs.inc Model built in MLCad (tried Win and Mac), prepared with LDView (tried Win and Mac), always same error. POVRay for Mac unfortunately doesn't (...) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Top 30 LDraw parts authors
 
I'm said to be a prolific parts author, so I wanted to verify the truth behind... A few find in files, some Excel work and a bit of manual cleaning gives the result below. This was done on the full collection of official LDraw parts + unofficial (...) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
(...) Hi Kevin, it uses 4.0.0.10 and links also to Jaco's brand new tutorial. BTW it would be helpful if you could take down this site: (URL) it is the very first hit that pops when googleing "LPub" and still hosts version 2.4.8.0. * LPub crashes (...) (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Modular Sets
 
Hi guys, Has anyone got the modular Lego sets (10182,10185,10190,10197,10211) as .ldr files? I need them all. If someone has the file(s) and would like to share, I would appreciate it very much! Best regards, Miran Pris (13 years ago, 16-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
 
  Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
(...) <snip> (...) Willy, Great job! I trust the installer is installing LPub4? Thanks, Kevin (13 years ago, 15-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  DatShine v2.01 - First Windows Version
 
Available at (URL) - - - Please note that this application will only work properly if... * Installed (ie just unpacked) in <LDrawBaseDir>\Apps\DatShine directory * The Attribute Files (L*.ldr) are in <LDrawBaseDir>\Apps\...Shine\Attr directory * The (...) (13 years ago, 14-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
(...) What absolutely perfect timing! Yesterday a colleague of mine asked how she could get started with the LDraw tools, and I was about to put together an explanation of the pros and cons of using the outdated AIOI versus letting a complete novice (...) (13 years ago, 14-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
 
Hi, since the old AIOI dates back to 2006 I thought that's high time to compile a new one: (URL) installer does all kind of things, which are listed below in detail. This is a 32-bit-only but it works great on my Win7 64bit. I would appreciate if (...) (13 years ago, 13-May-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) ! 
 
  fri13th.ldr - Plasteroid Team, Fri May 13th 2011 :)  [DAT]
 
0 FILE fri13th.ldr 0 Plasteroid Team, Fri May 13th 2011 :) 0 Name fri13th.ldr 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Model 0 // Baseplates with Craters 1 7 -320 0 10 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3947.dat 1 7 320 0 -630 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3947.dat 1 7 320 0 10 1 (...) (13 years ago, 13-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: mfspace.ldr - Minifig Classic Space - Adjusted Version  [DAT]
 
(...) I think you're right. And I adjusted it, but obviously had the unadjusted version in clipboard. Thanks for the heads up. Or tank down. :) 0 Minifig Classic Space 0 Name: mfspace.ldr 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Minifig Model 0 // Legs (...) (13 years ago, 12-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: mfspace.ldr - Minifig Classic Space
 
(...) I think the air tank is 2 LDU too high... Philo (13 years ago, 12-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  mfspace.ldr - Minifig Classic Space  [DAT]
 
Just because I think it's good to have this template also! :) 0 Minifig Classic Space 0 Name: mfspace.ldr 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Minifig Model 0 // Legs 1 16 0 -28 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3817.dat 1 16 0 -28 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3816.dat 0 (...) (13 years ago, 12-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Converting LDD parts to LDraw
 
(...) I figured that, but since these aren't part of one of the official releases as such, I wasn't sure if it would be appropriate to tag them the same way. For batch releases, it's customary to give them the date of the release. This is sort of (...) (13 years ago, 11-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Converting LDD parts to LDraw
 
(...) <snip> (...) I guess it's not clear that the LUT parts *are* LDD meshes already? An official LUT part release is also data from LDD. -- joshua (13 years ago, 11-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: LDView File Information Display?
 
(...) You're the first person to ask for that, but I can see how it makes sense. I'll add it to my list, but no guarantees of when it will get implemented. --Travis (13 years ago, 10-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  LDView File Information Display?
 
Is it possible to set LDView to display the information L3Lab offers? See (URL) don't find the file's Path very useful to know, compared to Description and Author. Or is it maybe that I'm just used to have it this way? :) /Tore (13 years ago, 9-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Converting LDD parts to LDraw
 
(...) Ah - yes, thanks for posting this. Indeed getting the right orientation is a bit tricky the first time. You can also get the orientation another way: a litle later in the 3dxml file you have several lines beginning with "Polyline vertices": (...) (13 years ago, 9-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Converting LDD parts to LDraw
 
(...) Thanks. I had forgotten about the LUT version of that part. With your instructions I've started on part 4505. I got the number from another post of yours, though everyone else seems to only know it as x79. I found that with your technique I (...) (13 years ago, 9-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Converting LDD parts to LDraw
 
(...) No need to do the conversion for this one, it was already done in LUT program (URL) (file at (URL) your cat, albeit a bit sketchy, was outstanding for a hand made job! Philo (13 years ago, 6-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) Yeah, noticed that _after_ the pdf was generated... could have been edited out like the left menu and search box! (...) I know, always the problem with such duplicated data, that's why I added file generation date in the name! I'll try to (...) (13 years ago, 6-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Converting LDD parts to LDraw
 
Thanks for posting this! I might give this a try at some point so we can finally have the farmer/blacksmith cowl and the cow in Ldraw. They probably also have an improved version of my first part, 6251.dat. (13 years ago, 6-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
Be aware that the site content is subjected to change and this PDF will not long (...) Thanks to all! Mine .pdf files were almost 30MB in size. Even if the site changes I am sure this guide will do its job for a while. And if it does not have an (...) (13 years ago, 5-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Converting LDD parts to LDraw
 
This method derives from this (URL) post on Eurobricks>. Many thanks to him! Download and install (URL) Dassault Systems 3DVIA Screenprint>. In order to control your screen captures in native 3D XML file format, it helps to install also the 3D XML (...) (13 years ago, 5-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) Thanks Philo and Tore. I will put this link in the site. The funny thing though is that on the bottom of every page there are the Google site links in French. Doesn't matter LOL. Be aware that the site content is subjected to change and this (...) (13 years ago, 5-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) Sure. Here's a direct link to a copy of it: (URL) strongly recommend using Dropbox. 2GB free, no ads, lots of advantages, no strings attached whatsoever. /Tore (13 years ago, 4-May-11, to lugnet.cad)  
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) I manage to do so (using PDFcreator after some html edition), it will be available during a limited time (at least 30 days, retriggered by each download) here: (URL) file is about 5Mb Anybody can pick up the file and give it a better hosting! (...) (13 years ago, 4-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) I managed to make one .pdf file for each page. But I just don't have the correct software to make one big .pdf file. Anyone managed to make one file? Saso (13 years ago, 3-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) Jaco, Thanks so much for writing this help web page. Its been needed since LPub4 first came out. It looks great! Kevin (13 years ago, 3-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) On the other hand, I might do that (make PDF of everypage) myself as a service and create 1 document of it. If I find some time do so... Be aware though that online pages are subjected to change. (13 years ago, 2-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Official LPub manual online
 
(...) There is no PDF version. You could print every page to PDF. There are no plans for an offline version. (13 years ago, 1-May-11, to lugnet.cad)


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