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I am making the 1x7 now (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I just mailed somethin about the Technic Liftarm 1 x 7 Straight. This is in it, right? So can anyone quickly make the 1x7 version? Greetingz... Sjaacko (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi all, Is this been done? It is in the Imperial AT-ST. I tried to making it from the Technic Liftarm 1 x 5 Straight, and getting there, but it is quite difficult. Can anyone do this? Greetingz... Sjaacko (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MiniBot Head Star Wars Battle Droid is complete
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(...) I know how that is. I've only made one piece and it took me so long that I haven't found the motivation yet to do another. Anyways, I was just trying to be helpful, but perhaps I should quit cad.dat.parts until I make another piece so can I (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Has anyone made the 1 x 4 x 6 door yet? It was made to match the 1 x 4 x 6 Window (3 sectioned), which has been used on later model sets, such as the Police and Res-Q HQs, bank (or should I say "branch office"), and the McDonald's set. ((URL) What (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MiniBot Head Star Wars Battle Droid is complete
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(...) Annoying isn't it? (...) It didn't take very long (only a couple of hours) to put all of the lines on it. Then I checked it in MLCAD and L3Lab (1200%), and I saw that a chunk of lines that would not show where they should and a few lines that (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) This piece is so cool. But some of the optional lines aren't quite right. A few appear when they shouldn't and some never seem to show at all. You can see this in l3glite. Load the piece and zoom in so it fills the window. Then spin it around (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MiniBot Head Star Wars Battle Droid is complete [DAT]
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(...) I now understand what optional lines are and how they work. So here is 30378x.dat with optional lines. Nathan 0 MiniBot Head SW Battle Droid 0 Name: 30378x.dat 0 Author: Nathan Wright (ldraw@overlordempire.com) 0 Unofficial Part 0 Constructed (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: containder door frame 1 x 4 x 3
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(...) The frame is a standard train window: (URL) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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am i not looking good enough or am i missing the frame for doors 1 x 4 x 3? they are used in containers (see: (URL) ). couldn't find it in the lugnet parts ref either... any ideas? TIA Jeroen (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: feedback wanted for parts 2912 & 2913
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(...) I believe this is a tightly wound coil around a iron core, its purpose is a radio disturbance filter. (...) At first glance it looks very good, I'll hope to give that green light soon. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: feedback wanted for parts 2912 & 2913
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(...) Oops, sorry. Manfred Moolhuysen submitted it awhile ago, but I guess he didn't post a copy. Look for a copy at (URL). (...) Yes, you're absolutely right. You can also make a separate file for each of the connectors, with just a stub wire(s), (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Medifig" - New scaling for minifig parts
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This one maybe? (She's called Tina, but she looks more like Pippi Longstocking to me...) (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Feel free to use this file or modify it as desired. As long as it's not too "creepy" for you ;). What are these juniorized "Creator" figs? Are they on file for viewing somewhere? Thanx for the feedback, Dirtman (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hi Steve, 1)Any idee where i can find the stub-file for the electrical wire? Can i find it in the Parts/S directory ? 2)I guess that with a complete shortcut file you mean *** one bottom part on top of the top part (creating one complete (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | RE: "Medifig" - New scaling for minifig parts
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(...) Wow, that's creepy looking! It would work fairly well with some of my vehicle designs, however. As much as I dislike the juniorized Creator figs, I wonder if they aren't more to scale than minifigs... --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | "Medifig" - New scaling for minifig parts [DAT]
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Hi, everyone! I've been working with LEGO's for a long time, and LDraw/MLCad for a while. Judging by some of the posts I've read, I'm not the only one dissatisfied with the overly "cute" juniorized minifigs. I do not own any of the technic figures, (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Another rev to the Explorien Logo
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Steve, I took a look at it and enjoyed the work that was put into this pattern. See if you can put it on a minifig torso (after changing the light blue to light gray, of course), so that we will at least have one of the 3 Explorien torsoes. James J. (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: feedback wanted for parts 2912 & 2913
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(...) Yes, a complete shortcut file should be created. A stub-file for the electrical wire has been submitted, you can use that in your shortcut. You should put the 'ferrit' (that's the electric leads, right?) in a separate file, and reference it in (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | feedback wanted for parts 2912 & 2913
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Hi, I posted 4 weeks ago 2 dat files from the 9v train track power connector. The top part as 2912.dat , the bottom part as 2912.dat. pictures of those parts can be seen on my home page at the following location: (URL) select the link to these (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002, similar to 6909?
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(...) I haven't seen this part yet, but I have 6059 which is a 3 x 3 x 6 round panel with a spherous top. the problem I discovered was that the top part wasn't a true sphere so I would not be able to use the sphere primitives and the file size would (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 6002, similar to 6909?
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Don and Mark, I recently aquired partn number 6909 which is a 4 x 4 x 6 (?) Round Panel with Spherous Top. I can't help but notice how similar it is to 6002 and was wondering if you two were going to try to make that part also. I tried a little, but (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 30086 (and 30087) 'Rubber' Dinghy
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(...) I had this same problem when I first put this mpd in my /parts directory. Apparently, MLCad does not like mpd files in the /parts directory. I had to separate the mpd into its subparts. Since I'm more picky than some, I put all the subparts (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Part Authoring FAQ (was Re:Some submission guidelines...)
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(...) Oops, sorry about that. Really all this info should be added to the FAQ on www.ldraw.org. All the FAQ says about submitting is "When you have finished the part, you should check it for technical mistakes with l3p -check, and then send it to (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Some submission guidelines (was: Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.)
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote something that triggered me to write at length: (...) Posting to lugnet.cad.dat.parts as an MPD is cool. It's better than the alternative (posting several messages, possibly pointing links to (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 30086 (and 30087) 'Rubber' Dinghy
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I'm having a little trouble loading this as a part in MLCAD. When I load it on its own it's okay but when you use it in a Model the bow moves away from the side ribs. Does anyone else have this problem. Other than that it looks good. (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.
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(...) I was under the impression that you can submit them all as one MPD file and then someone in charge takes it apart and puts the individual files in the right directories (as long as the MPD file contains the paths). After all, LEDIT doesn't (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.
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(...) Actualy I think it would be better to submit the primitives seperately so they can be used on other models as well, plus it makes the file smaller which was why I split the piece up in the first place. I'm somewhat of a byte miser trying to (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.
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(...) I don't *think* it has been submitted. Then again, new primitives are handled differently than new part files. Steve (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.
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(...) Sure, but if you're going to submit the hi-res version of 6002.dat then why don't you just submit the new primitives along with it in an MPD file? I think that's reasonable. By the way, do you happen to know if the hi-res sphere primitive has (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.
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(...) You might want to consider submitting those new hi-res primitives for inclusion in the next parts update, they could probably be used in other files as well. (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Another rev to the Explorien Logo [DAT]
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Just to prove I haven't been idling, here's another version of the Explorien symbol-and-planet logo. This one is an odd size (approx 10 times bigger than the logo on the 2x2 tile), and is in MPD form. I used a scanned image as the basis, putting it (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it. [DAT]
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Ok I dug up the hires ring generator program I made when I did 30056.dat and generated hires versions of 1-4rin18.dat 1-4ring9.dat so now it's all there in glorious hires with no ugly seams. 0 FILE 6002.dat 0 part 6002 round Panel 6 x 6 x 9 with (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MiniBot Head Star Wars Battle Droid is complete
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(...) I think you should. These are the only way to ensure that curved surfaces have a boundary when viewed at certain angles. Chris (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) as (...) I didn't know/forgot that LDraw did that, since I use MLCAD for part creation and model building (its been awhile since I've used LDraw). I will remember to correct that in later parts I create. Nathan (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MiniBot Head Star Wars Battle Droid is complete [DAT]
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(...) Actually, I don't use optional lines when creating a part. The .dat below is of mostly (what I was able to reconstruct from saves) of what I did when I made this part, but somethings are missing or different (the ears and eyes) from the (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it. [DAT]
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(...) Just to test this out I dug up Travis Cobbs' hires sphere from about 8 months ago in (URL) and pasted it in. I also substituted the other hires primitives from the p\48 subdirectory. I think it looks much better except of course for the (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Minifig Head with Darth Maul pattern - 3626bpDM.dat complete [DAT]
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This has been submitted to parts@ldraw.org. I've now added the optional lines - looking at other heads in the parts dir I could find no special handling of the optional lines depending no matter what the head pattern so I have used the same format. (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.
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Since I noticed this uses bits of the only piece I ever made, I felt compelled to check it out. Looks nice. One thing though. I used the hires primitives in the p\48 subdirectory for 30056.dat. These don't quite match up with the regular primitives. (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MiniBot Head Star Wars Battle Droid is complete
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(...) Very cool! Looks quite nice, even in purple. ;) But there is one little detail that c/should be changed: don't use WRITE statement. Comments are fine, just leave off the WRITE. LDraw sees 0 WRITE as a command, and displays the comments each (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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