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Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> wrote in message news:FMr3pu.4DK@lugnet.com... (...) here's (...) as (...) choke, (...) successfully. (...) is: (...) This doesn't work in the most recent version of LDLite. You would have to get an earlier version. -John (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Welcome Don! I remember emailing James a couple times, and he was always very helpful. Thinking about his passing always has and always will put a lump in my throat. I look forward to learning more about his short life! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Renderings of my models can be found at: (URL) Viper is under the Space category, the copier is in the land category as part of the Office building. Enjoy! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) I would have to disagree here. I clearly see 'ldraw.org' as a website, since that's the name the website has been given. But the group of people is an organization, who uses the site as its central resource for LDraw materials. The (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think its a good idea. (...) In what way? Is it on the FAQ? Perhaps we could include some definitions on some other part of the site. (...) The only thing that's floating here is my brain. ;) (...) Since I haven't been following that thread (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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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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| | LDraw and spatial awareness
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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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(...) .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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