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(...) Jonathan, The best I can tell it seems to be dimensionally accurate. Here is a small test file. See if it matches how you are using it. Paul 0 Propeller-pin-housing test 0 Name: proptest.dat 0 Author: Paul Easter 0 Unofficial Model 1 7 0 0 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | **** MLCAD V1.6 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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MLCad V1.6 is available now! New features are: - Scrollbar less drawing and viewing areas - New Move-Mode for scrolling the model in the views - New Outline mode for fastest drawing - Enhanced Color Dialog for redefining colors or creating custom (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | **** MLCAD V1.6 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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MLCad V1.6 is available now! New features are: - Scrollbar less drawing and viewing areas - New Move-Mode for scrolling the model in the views - New Outline mode for fastest drawing - Enhanced Color Dialog for redefining colors or creating custom (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New dat file: 6041 Aquazone Propeller
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According the the instructions for say 6195, this part fits onto a technic axle pin and that in turn fits into a propellor housing piece. I was having trouble fitting the propellor ino the housing. whether I was not positioning it correctly or what (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MLCad wishlist
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(...) OK, I did this with MLCad. (...) They're all in the model dir. Launching ldlite on the main (.dat) model file correctly displays the whole thing. (...) OK, did this (...) What dialog? All I get is a box displaying the file with three buttons (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New dat file: 6041 Aquazone Propeller
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(...) How's that? Paul (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MLCad wishlist
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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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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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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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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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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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| | Re: Freestyle Polybag patterned 3x2 Slope Brick
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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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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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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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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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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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