 | | OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Jason S. Mantor
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| | | I know it's off topic, but for those that didn't know, one can use LDRAW or MLCAD to make models using Knex(R) pieces, LEGO(R), and Sploids(R). Sploids let one build with and interconnect LEGO and Knex. I just ordered some Sploids, but I noticed (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) written in 1999, so it's apparent that the project has been underway for some time. This may be bad news for Ryan Farrington, who not so long ago went to considerable trouble to write some very cool DAT files for K'nex parts, too: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Gary Blessing
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| | | | | | | Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gt3AIn.6MA@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) Hey thanks for providing this link, I've been wanting to make some Mega Block parts in LDraw,and now I don't have to. Gary <snip> (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thanks for your interest! Keep your eye on O.T.Clones for another update around the end of the month. And if you want to make some parts, please do! Dave! FUT OT.Clones only (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Gary Blessing
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| | | | | | | | Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gt6BIq.117@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) update (...) do! (...) Yeah, I think I'll try making a couple parts.this is the most I've ever been interested in part creation.I'll wait till after the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | (...) That could be an issue, but Steve should tackle that one. I don't know how your MegaBlok parts unzip (and you know me, the anti-clone, good luck getting me to download them) ;-) Are your parts named with a prefix that distinguishes them from (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Daniel Crichton
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| | | | | | | | | "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:Gt4pAx.Dzq@lugnet.com... (...) How about using LDR instead of LCAD - after all, that's the new file extension and so it still indicates the contents of the update file, and it's the first 3 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) I have a little Tim Courtney voodoo doll on my desk happily surrounded by MegaBloks and TYCO Superblocks--eventually, the spell will take hold... In the meantime, the clone.dats unzip to the appropriate sub-directories, following the example (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Jason S. Mantor
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| | | | | | This single directory zip file doesn't seem to be a problem for MLCAD at least. I just made a new sub-directories under /PARTS and called them KNex & Sploids. I didn't want them to show up in the parts listing so this works well for me. I can't (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD —Steve Bliss
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| | | | [trimmed .cad.mlcad from newsgroup list] (...) Those DAT files are kind of a mess. Besides all going into one directory, they aren't marked as to what files are usable parts, and which are subfiles. Even worse, they're buggy. :( In a different (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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