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| | | (...) WOW. From what I got a chance to read on this, Karim, your ideas are excellent. I didn't get past the screenshot, due to lack of time. I've been on the road the last two days and now I'm in Rumney, NH. (...) *well* - you wouldn't believe where (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) So, what did he say about MLCad / LDraw? Did he make any comments comparing TLC's software to LCAD? Does he do stuff in MLCad because he enjoys it, or just as a matter of keeping aware of what's going on? (...) Drat! One thing I like about (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | (...) Because of the nature of his job, I think that he does it cause he enjoys it. He didn't comment much on the software, I dunno if that's because TLC is skittish about releasing opinions or not (I recall a couple years ago either I talked to or (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Leonardo Zide
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| | | | | | | | (...) Actually they are aware of a lot of things, I know someone from TLC who tried LeoCAD. It's not a big surprise, if they know Lugnet then it's almost impossible not to know the CAD newsgroups too. (...) We could come up with a simple standard (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Jim Hughes
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| | | | | | | (...) was (...) I can absolutely confirm that Legos Danish-to-English part name translations dont usually come out very well from my work on the Technic parts registry. It used to be that I tried very hard to get "official" Lego names for all of the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thanks for the backhanded vote of confidence. ;) Heck, *I* don't always agree with the LDraw names. But at least I almost always know where to look for parts. Steve (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Terry Keller
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| | | | | | (...) worms) - (...) interfacing (...) have (...) I seriously doubt that TLC would ever adopt our naming conventions - even if Tim Courtney asked them to. :-) (inside joke there) And I agree with Steve that it is highly unlikely, given past (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | "Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FzvL6F.Lop@lugnet.com... (...) if (...) ROFL :) BTW - so you can rest at night, no bricks which weren't mine were removed from the model shop yesterday. I brought some of mine in, and all of mine (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Having their names would be good but even better would be having all of the part numbers for all of the parts, including those really small ones where we dont currently have part numbers (like the minifig torsos for example) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | (...) But it wouldn't be a 'two name' system -- it would be a multi-name system, because the 'official names' can change over time. The LDraw names can change occasionally, but it doesn't happen very often (there're usually a few with every part (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes, but what *form* did your bricks take before leaving? Nothing top-secret, I presume? ;-) LOL -- that would rock, James Bond passing coded messages as Lego models... Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Technically, there are a few ways we could approach it. But I don't have the time, or the interest, to really follow through on this right now. (...) I would not mind abandoning the current system -- if we were going to something better. But (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project) —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | (...) Wow. Somebody pinch me. This is about as close to unofficial endorsement as you can get! Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | | Re: Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project) —Tim Courtney
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| | | | (...) Well, its clear that the LCAD advancements are the BEST we've seen of any 3D Lego design program, with the exception of the illusive TLC instructions program (which, from what I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if it was VERY limited). So, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | | Re: Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project) —Karim Nassar
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| | | | (...) Well, Entirely possible, but not necessarily... I know of many Industrial Designers & Architects who use very state-of-the-art CAD/CAID software at work, but use very cheap & limited software at home for their personal creativity... Why? (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | | Re: Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project) —Tim Courtney
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| | | | (...) I believe their use of the software is cumbersome and limited, because even though they have state of the art CAD systems, they still print out LARGE sheets of brick graph paper (~6' wide plotter) with images on them and trace the studs. Plus, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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