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(...) That beats out my first. My first LDraw creation was an Autobot I made when I was about 11. Although I don't have a decal to complement him, My Fortress Maximus model stands at about 11-14 bricks tall. Since I built the thing, now I have a big (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) OK... I tried this. It didn't work. :-( My existing file is called "A.DAT", and i'll call the new, LDraw-friendly file "B.DAT". From the MS-DOS prompt, I typed in: LDLITE -RB.DAT A.DAT and LDLite created a one-line file for B.DAT, shown here (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello Dave, My name is Don Jessiman. James Jessiman, the author of LDraw, was my son. As you may be aware, James died in July 1997 at the age of 26 years. James' mother and I follow the communications on Lugnet with great interest. We are both (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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[ Still discussing (URL) ] Steve: (...) That makes sense. (...) I'll reuse the notation. ---...--- (...) # Fine. (...) # I'll try a complete reformulation: 4 INVERTNEXT J This option is used to swap the definitions of "inside" and "outside" (i.e. J (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes first learn Perl <grin> next beat head with pipe wrench until the characters @_ makes sense to you <grin>. Actually it is not that bad, Just add the paths and the filenames into the script where comments say and run it. (see below tho) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) right.. LDLite supports the new META command language.. but it was invented after LDraw... to convert the model to standard LDraw format you need to run LDLite on the model with the -R switch.. you have to do this at the DOS command line.. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) ps, MLCAD _also_ squishes the mini-fig, BTW. . . . . Thanks. Franklin (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, Jeff. I've got LDAO loaded, and I just now used the Mini-fig Modeller feature to create a DAT file. :-) Now I've got a _different_ problem. . . . :-/ The DAT file created by LDAO has a whole bunch of ROTATE and TRANSLATE comments in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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Michael Horvath <mikehorvath@juno.com> wrote in message news:FMr0L7.98@lugnet.com... (...) but (...) or (...) don't (...) I highly recommend LDAO (LDraw Add-On). It's the "home base" for all my LCAD activities. It has lots of functionality, and is (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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I've noticed something peculiar, though it may just be a factor of my own stunted 3D visualization skills. I seem to have become noticeably better at planning Lego projects in my head. I don't mean simple buildings like basic Freestyle houses, but (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help with M-Peedy utility
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(...) .DAT (...) The error occurs when I try to launch the program. Mike (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) hmmm.. i just DL'd the .zip, unzipped it into a directory and ran it... the proggy has never been installed on this machine (i'm at work) and it came up just fine... are you getting error when you launch M-Peedy, or when you try to select a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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What is the recommended package of utilities I should use when creating/displaying LDraw files. I have LDraw, L3P, MLCAD, and POV-Ray, but I've noticede a lot of references to LDAO, LDLite, etc. as being required or necessary for running other (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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I've downloaded and installed both the M-Peedy Software, as well as the required Microsoft utilites. Yet, when I try to load the M-Peedy file I receive an error saying "Cannot Load from File". (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: **** MLCAD V1.6 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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Thanks for the new MLCad. I like the new move-mode better than the sliders. There is still a fault in save picture. On almost all off the pics off the model I just tried, there is missing surfaces in some off the bricks. I can E-mail you one off the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) are you using Steve Bliss' LDraw Add On??? specifially the MiniFig modeller allows for easy manipulation of .DAT minifigs. Makes it very easy to rotate any/all of their joints and the kinematic chain is kept intact automatically check it out (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've got a rendered image of my model at www.geocities.com/Ar...4/lego.htm Also try going to www.ldraw.org where you'll find lots of rendered images Good Luck! Mike (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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I'm trying to accomplish two separate effects: #1) I'm trying to pose the arms of a mini-fig "DAT" file so that its arms are "straight out (forward)" instead of "hanging normally", such that a rod/antenna being held in either of its hands would be (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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Bram Lambrecht <BramL@JUNO.com> wrote in message news:FMpB0D.6wv@lugnet.com... (...) best (...) the (...) in (...) created (...) Bram, could you please describe how to map an image to a rectangle in POV? Maybe a bit of pov-code as an example? -John (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Comments on models
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I'm not a CAD modeller. Are these models rendered somewhere for the casual observer to see? A revised version of this post with links to a rendered image of each model would be most, *most* appreciated =) ... if that's not too much trouble. Or (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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