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(...) - snip - This is all good reference for a tutorial, but IMHO we should all get together for a tutorial based upon all our expiriance with creating parts. From there a tutorial can be written? This is an idea but it will take longer for that (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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Andrew Hull <taxihamster@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fo7G6D.oA@lugnet.com... (...) out (...) for (...) anyone (...) I started on a tutorial, but never finished it. Notably absent is an explanation of using primitives. Here's what I had (Tim, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 32184 Techinc Double Axle Joiner Perpendicular
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This looks good, except that the colors are hard coded black and grey. -John Van onyx <onyx@flash.net> wrote in message news:Fo3DIF.6I2@lugnet.com... (...) there.. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Unofficial Part : Minifig Cape
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Looks good! Chris Dee <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fo5323.J53@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw-Mode vs. BezGen... problems?
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(...) right... but first of all, i'm digging MLCad and think it's the app to center all future effort around... and second, the sorter i have in mind (contemplating throwing it together in VB myself) would allow the user to specify sorting along any (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part 2951, more questions, nearly done
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(...) ^^^^^^^ (...) Please replace "2-4cyli" with "1-4cyli" above. I goofed. :-) Fredrik (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad Plug-Ins
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(...) A 'hoser' plugin would be awesome for bendable pieces! Steve (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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(...) Definitely read the FAQ, concentrating on question #24: (URL) Besides the FAQ, check out message (URL). Chris posted some good information. Steve (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw-Mode vs. BezGen... problems?
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(...) Which can be solved by rotating the model before and after sorting, to switch left-right and front-back. I was thinking ONYX's request would be a good idea for adding to LDAO's sorter. Steve (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Datsville PD's newest car [DAT]
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here's a little ferrari based car I did about a week ago. PD figure not included 0 ferrari cop 0 Name: FER-Cop.dat 0 Author: thomas burger 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4212.DAT 1 0 0 8 -90 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3710.DAT 1 0 30 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Painted baseplates
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Hi folks, I'm starting to get into LDRAW (with ML-Cad, fantastic program!), using it mainly for documenting building ideas so I can take things apart again. I've noticed that there aren't any painted flat baseplates in the parts list, such as 6071 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | SUBPART for new (unofficial) part - 4x6 flag - "s\41s01.dat" [DAT]
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Here's the subpart for the 4x6 flag. Thanks. Franklin 0 ~Subpart Flag 4 x 6 without Front or Back 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com) 0 Unofficial Element 0 0 Used for plain and decorated 4x6 flags 0 included in older Lego Pirate and Lego (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | new (unofficial) part - 4x6 flag - "41.dat" [DAT]
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I've been working on the 4 by 6 Flag, the large plastic flag that LegoCo used in the Pirates and Castle sets before going to a fabric flag. As per the established procedure (as I understand it) within LDraw, as for any other piece which may be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: part 2951, more questions, nearly done
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(...) I believe the prefered solution when encountering problems like this is to use as many of the circle and disc primitives as possible in a non-overlapping fashion, and then fill out the rest with polygons. (So my initial 2951 sketch uses the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | part 2951, more questions, nearly done [DAT]
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I'm having a few questions regarding the 2951 (it's a bucket or scoop) The round part is created using two overlapping cylinders, but due to the not quite roundness of these (16agons? :) I'm having some problems making it look right. Now, should I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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(...) There used to be a rather large section in the LDraw FAQ on designing new parts for LDraw. This was of much help for me, and may be useful for you as well? (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: help - how to "squash" new DAT files
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(...) If you happen to be using the Emacs editor, you can use the LDraw-mode. This adds a function to "clear up" all lines simply by hitting "C-u C-c C-q" while editing. (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad Plug-Ins
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Sorry for the delayed reply. I agree that plug-ins should have more functionallity than just playing the roole of a format converter. What I could imagine is chaining the plug-in into the read processing of a dat/mpd file, that allowing the plug-in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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(...) Andrew, An LDraw parts creation tutorial is coming soon to ldraw.org. Its now in the revision process and should appear within a week or so. In the mean time, I reccommend asking a regular part author for some tips to get you started. -Tim (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Making Ldraw Parts
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Does anyone either (1) have a tutorial or (2) have time to write something out on how to make ldraw parts? I would like to learn. I have been using ldraw for many years, since i was eight or nine if it's been around that long. If anyone could do so, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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