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(...) How's that? Paul (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Larry Pieniazek wrote: [How do I convert an MPD model to a single-file DAT model?] There are two steps to this operation: first you've got to split your MPD, converting the single MPD to several DATs. Then you've got to inline (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hmm. that makes me wonder if the logic of turning of BFC clipping when a part's color is transparent will really work. Because a part may have the main color as 16, and some sections are hard-coded to a transparent color. In this case, the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I don't mold plastic for a living but I think when you design plastic parts you have to design what you want to actually get, to a very high tolerance, and then you have to design the mold, which will have DIFFERENT dimensions than the desired part, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Freestyle Polybag patterned 3x2 Slope Brick
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(...) Thanks for the tips and quite helpful suggestions! I'll alter the header and send the file. Dave! (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) You can do this in several ways: You could add a comment to the author line, such as: 0 Author: Dave Schuler! (based on 3298.dat by James Jessiman) You could add a second author line: 0 Author: James Jessiman (plain piece) 0 Author: Dave (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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[snipped other ng's from reply, although it was a toss-up between lcd and lcdol] (...) There are at least three different concepts to be differentiated-- "The Organization Formerly Known as L-CAD" "the LDraw suite of tools that JJ developed (as (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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[restricted reply to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) It's because LEdit supplies the .DAT when you type in a new part number. Parts.lst is only used to display the parts list when you press P<enter>. Similarly, we're stuck with leaving the ldraw directory (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[restricted reply to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) And if you type in a part number, LEdit adds the .DAT to make the file number. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New dat file: 6041 Aquazone Propeller
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This part does not seem to work for me. It does not fit the housing the way it probobly should. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) Remember BFC must be disabled for transparent parts. That's what If 32 <= Color And Color <= 47 Then AccumClip = FALSE takes care of. Frankly I can't think of any situations where double-sided sections are (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Creating Illustrator like files
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Hi all, With MLCad you can print out the models, right? It seems like the output is some postscript or vector drawing. Would it be possible to (directly!) convert the LDraw-file format in an Illustrator-like vector format? Now we would, or could, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Freestyle Polybag patterned 3x2 Slope Brick
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(...) **snip of DAT** By the way, this is fairly obviously a modification of the existing 3298.dat file, but I didn't know how to note that in the header... Dave! (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Freestyle Polybag patterned 3x2 Slope Brick [DAT]
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My first effort at an "official" contribution! I don't know if there's one in the works, or even already completed, but here's my 2 cents: 0 Slope Brick 33 3 x 2 with Freestyle Pattern 0 Name: 3298xxxx.dat 0 Author: Dave Schuler! 1 16 0 20 -10 1 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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(...) Correct. I like the phrase 'The LDraw System' identifying the original .dat format and the programs which use the 'System.' [1] (...) Obviously .dat files have become integrated with part files. I like .ldr or .ldm for 'LDraw Model.' .mpl for (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Because I finished my homework by 5:00 today, I decided to work on my PentWing fighter cockpit to go with the new wings. Here is the result. Please let me know what you like better and like less about this version of my fighter. I'm also open to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) OK, so how do I do it? when I press the inline button in LDAO with a model selected, I get a textbox with my file in it but I don't see any new file written, or any changes to the old file. So what am I doing wrong. Again, what I want to do is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Tim Courtney wrote: <Good questions. Which I snipped.> In my opinion: A name is needed to identify the concept of "formated to be compatible with LDraw and LEdit, as extended". This name needs to be separate from the concept of "the LDraw suite of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That would be great! I'm not sure if Jacob would want someone else's CGI running on the server, why not ask him. Here's the correct link: (URL) you'd like, just work with the fields (I believe they're commented in the HTML source) and we'll (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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(...) I could do a form and/or a cgi to go with it. I am an expert with cgi and html etc. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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