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(...) I think that would be perfectly ok. At least as long as you do the same thing with discs that connect to either end of the cylinder. (I hope you understand what I mean by this. If not, ask more!) Of course, with this approach, there may be a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part 2951 [Off topic word usage]
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John Jensen write... (...) <Warning Type=Nitpick> I believe the word for 16 is Hex, thus a 16 edged (star?) would be named a Hexagon. Just thought I'd give you a name to use. Fredrik is much better in explaining what you asked for so I'll leave it (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part 2951, more questions, nearly done
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(...) (I corrected the above from 2-4cyli to 1-4 cyli:)) (...) In case this is legal (see below) I'll let a 1-4cyli connect to the back flat part and a 1-8 cyli connect to the front flat part and connect the two cylinders with a polygon. That way I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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(...) That sounds like a good plan. There are several resources regarding parts creation, including the post from John and a post earlier last week from Chris Dee. Also, you submitted to me your parts creation tutorial. If someone would like to work (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Anyone creating part 30157?
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone is or has started working on part number 30157. It is a 2 x 4 plate with axles on the x2 sides. It is in the set number 6470. I'm not sure where else it is used yet. Thanks, Paul (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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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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