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(...) Magnus Forsberg emailed me directly, since he does not have posting rights to LUGNET. I'd also like to thank him for bringing these facts to us. Here is an excerpt from his email: Back when it was possible to order parts in "Cool Silver, drum (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) Um, yeah, that would be me. The March version is missing the three new colors that TLG provided to us earlier in 2010. I thought that the July update was there on the website when I clicked on the link yesterday before Tim's post. Regardless, (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi everyone, Following a hard disk crash recently, I had trouble locating Rolf Redford's utility LdrDat2Dxf (a download link to LdrDat2Obj can still be found on the LDraw site). After contacting Rolf he kindly emailed me another copy of this (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, that exactly what I meant when I wrote: "So, how about a Color Tracker in the likeness of the PT at LDraw.org? But with the difference that everyone can comment and review, but not have the power to cast 'hold' votes? (As I fear that (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The LDraw.org wiki seems ideal for such a thing From the (URL) main page> The ldraw.org wiki is here to provide a user-editable resource for tutorials, questions, articles and other content relating to the LDraw system of tools. It is not (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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(...) No, I don't think so. The version from March is both in complete.zip and was what I downloaded from the direct link before starting this thread. I've spent a couple of hours working with that March version as basis since yesterday, believing (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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I don't think much harm is done about silver colors - afterall, correspondance with LEGO internal color numbers remain somewhat academic, what we need is to know which LDraw color to use in each case. If I understand well (correct me otherwise!): - (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr is still too hard to find IMO
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In lugnet.cad, Timothy Gould wrote: (URL) (...) Tim, I think you just over-wrote the latest version (from July) with the one from March. I think the only difference is that there are three or four new colors. I have a copy here: (URL) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, Tim! Simply because: 1. I didn't know that I have the authority/admin rights to do that. 2. I don't have the slightest idea how to do that. /Tore (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm curious why you didn't just add a link yourself. That's what I just did and now it is there. Why wait for someone else to do it for you if you feel so strongly about the problem? Tim --snip-- (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I can't see why that should change anything to what I wrote. /Tore (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How About a Color Tracker?
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(...) fact is, that it is nearly impossible to match one for one our colors to the colors that we hear about from TLG. LEGO is constantly changing their colors, adding new, taking away old, and even changing the color and still calling it the same (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Updates to ldconfig.ldr are distributed with parts updates. As such the latest version is always in the complete zip ((URL) in the complete windows install file, and if it changes, in the incremental update (e.g. (URL) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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In order to straighten out the mess I've caused among my many versions of LDConfig.ldr, I needed to download the latest official version from LDraw.org. Even though it is possible to find it, it is still anything but easy! First I tried Downloads (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks. :) Well, don't look at me, I'm not the one to set it up, I just came up with the suggestion. But yes, I like simple. /Tore (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How About a Color Tracker?
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Looks like a good idea! What about a simple wiki page? Philo (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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I have been tweaking around with the colors and trying out different unofficial LDConfig files. And, of course, I have lost track of which colors are official, which ones are my hacks, which ones are unofficially "approved" and just waiting to (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Ok, I've finished all work on 1.2, so unless anyone reports something in the next few days. I will release it in the weekend. Like I said before, this will be the last version for a while, because I'm going to spent my time on my new LDraw (...) (14 years ago, 6-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think in most cases it is to break down complexity at first point. At second thinking about reusage by other parts (maybe already official). Or in case of your first example (I am the author) just because it is a physical part from a special (...) (14 years ago, 3-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: I need insight/ideas for my new LDraw editor
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(...) Although I do like the mlcad approach, the biggest problem I use to have with it is obstruction. Especially with bigger models. I do plan to support multiple view ports in my new editor but those will all be 'perspective' in order to solve the (...) (14 years ago, 2-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)
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