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Subject: 
Re: CyberMaster building
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:20:40 GMT
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On Tue, 5 Jan 1999 11:00:14 GMT, Laurentino Martins
<lau@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:

> 
> Has anyone drawn the CyberMaster unit or is working on it (to avoid
> duplication of efforts) ?

No and I don't know.  No one has indicated their intent to work on this
part at the L-Draw Parts Tracker,
<http://www3.hmc.edu/~zbenz/parttracker/partlist.shtml>.

> By the way, what's a good way to create a new part?

Depends on your background and skills.  I mostly use a text editor.
Some people use a spreadsheet.  Some people use CAD tools (when they
have something to export to DAT format).

> I'm imagining using LEdit to build the part from other parts and going
> to some CAD program and merge all those parts into one.

While it is possible to do that, it's usually more trouble than it's
worth.  Because it's a pain to figure out which primitives must be
removed.

> What's the usual method for doing this?

Use LDAO (<http://home.att.net/~blisses/ldaddon.html>).  It has a text
editor which includes LDraw-specific tools.

The couple of times I tried to create new parts by combining other
parts, it was a real mess.  I'd suggest you copy each of the 'source'
parts to new, individual files.  Then delete the stuff you don't need
from these files.  Then inline (or copy-n-paste) everything into a
single file.

> Another question, is there any tutorial that teaches how to use LEdit
> (or other tool) with TECHNIC parts? I mean, they are much more difficult
> to work with that standard LEGO.

I don't think so.  That's a good idea, though.

Steve



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Has anyone drawn the CyberMaster unit or is working on it (to avoid duplication of efforts) ? By the way, what's a good way to create a new part? I'm imagining using LEdit to build the part from other parts and going to some CAD program and merge (...) (28 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)

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