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As I promised in lugnet.cad, here are TWO unofficial files for Minifig Legs with a skirt shape. There are still things I have to do with them and hope to do soon--put in more lines for the corners and a couple more quads. But for now you can check (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Microscout part?
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Marc Klein created this part : (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Is there a microscout part available? Thanks, Kevin (22 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Bead torsos
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Franklin, Very useful parts for a vintage fan like myself. When I downloaded them into my MLCAD, the black paint was positioned well away from the neck on both pieces. Am I missing a subfile or perhaps a setting? Thanks, Clark (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: error...
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(...) Duplicate in the source. I forwarded the info. (...) Fixed. I've also made additional changes suggested by another author. (...) It does. Thanks, Clark (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: printed brick variants
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(...) I wrote it :-) Chris (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Horse parts in the parts tracker
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(...) How do we stand on this, so far? Are we there, yet? Thanks, Franklin (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: error... (minifig database)
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(...) material, but the torso you have listed as "973px7" ("(URL) is redundant. This torso is *actually* "973p70" ("(URL) the author of the LCAD file for 973p70...) Secondly, the torso "973p28" ("(URL) should be shown in Black, and not in Brown. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Minifig printing gallery (was: printed brick variants)
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(...) No, no- you answered my question quite nicely. That is what *I* was looking for, though I should have sent followups to the .build.minifig group because of course this group would expect an Ldraw point of view. Here are the references, spliced (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: printed brick variants
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(...) Now that's a useful link. How did you find out about that...? /Tore (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Chris, My minifig helper page was never meant to be an LDraw listing. It is linked to/representative of the Bricklink catalog. I appreciate your suggestions. I added the link in response to a secondary request by Tony. I didn't realize that his (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) That's excellent work - looks like a catalog of my LDraw work to date, with plenty to keep me occupied in the future :-) Hope you don't mind a few comments to improve the completeness and accuracy. The category labels - p10, p20 would would (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Tony, Answers below. (...) Those are exactly the kind of subtle variations that interested me when I started the page. I would appreciate pictures of any such print variations (including font, size, or color of print). (...) The vintage (before (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text
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(...) Hm, I've got at least 2 other versions of the white 2x3 with "police" printing in different fonts, plus a "police" 1x6 (or is it a 1x8?) And both varieties of 1x6 shell bricks I have use a different font from those as well. Looks like it's (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text
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(...) Shell icon pattern ID (60). When I originally looked, 59 seemed like a good ID number. I don't remember my logic for picking it, though (perhaps because it *was* being used elsewhere). Perhaps the icon/text combination needs a distinct number (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text
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(...) I could contribute with quite a lot of printed parts, since I collect them! I'll see what I can do. /Tore (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text
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Tony, Tore, The 2x4 shell brick came in set <set:325 Shell service station> . That's the rare European only one with the yellow doors. I also have that 2x4 Shell text brick, if you want more pictures/comparisons. Also, there is a single brick with 2 (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Han Solo "gunbelt" hips/legs (was "matching pattern numbers???")
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Hello! Man... i like these! Nice work! Play well Carsten (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text
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Found it. It's set #325. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text
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I don't know yet. Have a look at: (URL) quick, before seller removes pic. Maybe we should make a difference between the Shell logo pattern and the Shell text pattern? I think so. Don't we have the same issue with Octan and maybe Esso, too? /Tore (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text
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(...) Hey, cool! What set did this come in? Note that the 1x6 with Shell text on the tracker right now hasn't been certified yet. From talking to Steve, it seems that "with Shell text" isn't the ideal name. I'm going to rename it to "with Shell (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: 3001p59.dat - Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text [DAT]
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Just arrived to me from Denmark today. :o) /Tore 0 Brick 2 x 4 with Shell text 0 Name: 3001p59.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Element 0 CMDLINE -c15 1 16 20 4 0 1 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 1 stud4.dat 1 16 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 1 stud4.dat 1 16 -20 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Han Solo "gunbelt" hips/legs (was "matching pattern numbers???")
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(...) As promised: Minifig Hips & Legs with SW Gunbelt Pattern (Complete) (URL) Hips with SW Gunbelt Pattern (URL) Leg Right with SW Gunbelt Pattern (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) I stand corrected- I didn't realize that L3P did that. I just checked through the text file and found the reference to it. So yes, using primitives is a better way to go. Ugh, and now I have to rethink how I lay out some parts, as the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) Hi, I also don't know all of the primitives there are available. I want to make a list with pictures and description. Using the primitives is like using subparts, but with streching them in the right orientation. It's a little bit linear (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) Go to take a look at your ldraw/p/ directory. ;) More seriously, I've reposted the slightly-dated Primitives Reference page at (URL). That page gives you an outline of most of the 'types' of primitive files. Steve (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) I don't know if we understand each other. As I understood from de L3P manual, some primitives from the P-dir are substituted by L3P to POV primitives. If you take a look at (URL) (where the new panels are used) you will notice that the circels (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | String Segment [DAT]
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This is what I am using to model string. It's essentially a twisted 4 sided shape. I probably should have done it using 6 sides instead. I put two of these back to back with the grey pattern matching up, then replicated to get the length needed. LMK (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) The rings aren't actually for POV- they're for LDraw. They are simply sections of 16-sided "curves" (and yes- they are in the "p" directory). The rotation/scaling matrix turns them and scales them up to fit onto the panel's surface. You can do (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) Hi Bernd, Thanks for cooking this up, but erm... now I still don't know how it is done. Shure, I'm gonna have a closer look at it but all those disks and rings? I know L3P will replace them with proper POV primitives, but which one does what? (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated [DAT]
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(...) Hi Jeroen, This would be the better solution with primitives: 0 Panel 1 x 2 x 2 with round window v2 (needs work) 0 Name: 4864p??.dat 0 Use this as Subpart s\4864s01.dat 1 47 -10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 stud2.dat 1 47 0 44 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) If only I would know how... (...) That can be managed. I "only" made this part 'cos I wanted to make a complete 10020. It is the first part I did. Sadly there is no (not to my knowledge that is) documention about creating parts, the different (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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(...) I would suggest using ndiscs and ring primitives. Also you may want to make use of the 4864S subpart that is the panel 1X2X2 without front face. (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Tile with # 27 (for 10020) [DAT]
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Hi again, After reading a piece about a neat programm called BMP2Dat32 ( (URL) ) and tried to make a decorated part. It will never get official but again, it renders nice! (URL) Tile 1 x 2 with Groove and 27 Pattern 0 Name: 3069x027.dat 0 Author: (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | panel with round windows (for 10020) updated [DAT]
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Hi all, I updated he Santa Fe windows. It now has the silver (LDrwa chrome) and black borders. They are a bit out of proportion but it looks beautilful. Look at (URL) Panel 1 x 2 x 2 with round window v2 (needs work) 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 22 10 0 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 32087.dat - Train Track Cross
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(...) Thanks for the reply, but i'm no parts GOD at all ;-) ,if anyone's interested, the .dat files are posted to the parts tracker. I hope there aren't too many errors in it. For the curved track and points, you'll have to get a lot off patience. I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Fixed New Part: x194.dat ( formerly known as: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round)
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(...) I'd've just made the entire 'flat' surface of the shield's front from a single 4-4disc.dat. (...) MLCad (or maybe Word) decided to use scientific notation for some very small numbers. For example, "1.29e-005" = 0.0000129, which you probably (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Fixed New Part: x194.dat ( formerly known as: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round)
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(...) Dude -- it SO rocks! A cajillion thanks! I get closer and closer to a CAD Gherkin...all I need now are those new Alpha Team mecha arms (with ball hinges and technic style pins) and their 2x2x2 female socket counterpart bricks. Anyone working (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Fixed New Part: x194.dat ( formerly known as: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round) [DAT]
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here is the fixed and I hope unwrapped version of the minifig shield round. please notice that due to a request from ldraw.org the part number has changed from x192.dat to x194.dat I substituted the inlined stud with the stud2.dat primitive. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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Willy: Might you post a "cleaner" version of this file? Without the wrapping lines... Thanks, Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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(...) Hmm. That would look a little weird, to have LEGO floating slightly above the surface. It wouldn't *really* be noticeable, but still... I'd be inclined to ignore the slight indentation, and model the part as if the inside was the same height (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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(...) Sorry for the mess, I'll fix my settings before I post my next part. Willy (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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(...) I'm glad that you like it and get praise from a master author. Many thx. (...) primitive. Yes It does, but the problem is that I can't use a regular primitve 'cos the inner cylinder is 0,3 mm deeper than the cylinder on the outside. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: PT, part 2039 lamppost
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(...) I did have some (offline, I believe) discussion with other authors at the time I made this, and came to the conclusion that this hole is not functional. Chris (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | PT, part 2039 lamppost
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My two lampposts have small holes near the top, which aren't modelled in the current PT version (URL) They don't look like they're there (or big enough) for anything to be connected, so I'm not sure if they should be included in the part or not. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: KEYWOROD Meta-Command
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(...) Desired. Unless it would only include redundant words. It's assumed that any text in the part's descriptive title, CATEGORY, and file name (or anywhere in the header, really), would be considered useful for searches, and wouldn't need to be (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: KEYWOROD Meta-Command
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(...) It's an optional meta-command. Not all parts need keywords. Hope this helps. Franklin (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | KEYWOROD Meta-Command
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Is the KEYWORD Meta-Command required or desired? Also, we should put a reference to these commands and BFC along with the rest of the topics in the PT Reference section in the Specifications section of the Reference category header on the Ldraw (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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(...) Assuming some reasonable limit on the size of a number in digits (say 20 total including before and after the decimal place, that allows a very big and pretty precise number) isn't there sort of an upper bound on the line length likely to be (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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(...) It's a weakness of the posting method (the file came in via email). I believe the line-wrapping was performed by Willy's email software. I recommend that all DAT content be posted via LUGNET's web interface, to avoid this line-wrapping issue. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What about BFC-ing studs? (was: Two questions on primitives)
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(...) Sorry, I got distracted. I'll get back to BFC'ing and submitting those primitives. [snip] (...) You're working on an incorrect assumption here. Reflecting a subfile (ie, negating the multipliers for one dimension) will not invert the subfile. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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(...) This is not an easy piece to begin with. You have the right to be proud. Great job! (...) Does it say LEGO inside the stud? If so, you should use the stud2.dat primitive. /Tore (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round
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When I downloaded this part, I can see that Lugnet's DAT download truncated the lines to 80 characters. This totally mangled the part. Is this a weakness of the Lugnet interface, or is it enforcing a standard? In other words, are part file lines (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New Part: x192.dat - Minifig Shield Round [DAT]
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hi everyone, I proudly present my first part. I got the part-number from peeron.com. please let me know if I can use it or not. I'll submit the dat-file to the ldraw PT as soon as I get an userid. bye, willy 0 Minifig Shield Round 0 Name: x192.DAT 0 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | What about BFC-ing studs? (was: Two questions on primitives)
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(...) Okay... if this is the case, then what's the status on bringing the less-primitive primitives into BFC certification? Take studs for example. Studs strike me as a great candidate for getting BFC'd because of the potentially huge payoff. Of (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | high-res version of 3960 (4x4 radar dish) [DAT]
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This file uses these two subfiles: "(URL) not posting this to the Parts Tracker 'cuz someone else (Paul Easter?) has already been working on a high-res version. But, in the meantime, here's an interim version you can use. Thanks, Franklin 0 Space (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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(...) One other thing,[1] the primitives which are most commonly used with the INVERTNEXT flag/statement are the *-*cyli.dat files. All of these files (the regular cylinder primitives) have BFC'ed versions posted on the Parts Tracker. -- Steve 1) (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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Thanks guys. You cleared up my only question with BFC -Orion (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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(...) You've got it. When existing part files are made BFC-compliant, they have to be checked through completely. The main changes are fixing polygon wrapping and adding INVERTNEXT statements. Until a file is labeled BFC-compliant, renderers (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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(...) Is this a real issue? Parts can't be truly BFC compliant until all of their subparts are BFC compliant. So yes, you'll have to insert those INVERTNEXT commands. But the part wasn't BFC compliant before, and this is just another part of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Why aren't the technic gear teeth primitives?
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(...) If they were designed properly, the tooth profiles will be different between the 8t, 24t, etc. gears. The tooth profile of a gear follows an involute curve, which means the profile is the involute of a base circle slightly smaller than the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Why aren't the technic gear teeth primitives?
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(...) editing (...) The teeth on the small 8 tooth gear are slightly different from the larger ones(Though in the file they are pretty much drawn as trapezoidal boxes). But on the two beveled gears they apear practicly identical as far as I can (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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(...) I'm concerned that if we release those primitives that can be used as both inside and outside surfaces as BFC complient, we'll have to go back to all the other pieces that use them to insert the INVERTNEXT directive (where appropriate). (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Why aren't the technic gear teeth primitives?
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(...) Are the teeth the same between different parts? If they are different, it doesn't make much sense to have primitives for each one. Even if the teeth are different, it would be possible to make subfiles for the teeth. This could make sense for (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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(...) There's no 1-16cyli.dat primitive because it hasn't been needed/asked for. The general approach is to not introduce primitives until they're needed. Steve (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: New Part - 2587 Knights Armor
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GtnGow.LJJ@lugnet.com... (...) You are right, there is a difference. I would say that we could life with that. The head should be at -28 an the helmet at -29 LDU, so the difference (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Why aren't the technic gear teeth primitives?
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I was thinking that the teeth for the old technic gears (3647-1649) and the beveled ones (32270 and 32296) should be made into primitives. I tried editing the 3648 part in ldraw, but the file was too big to even load! (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Two questions on primitives
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(...) The INVERTNEXT directive takes care of this problem. Quoted from BFC proposal: "INVERTNEXT This option inverts a subfile. It may only be used immediately before a subfile command line, and it only influences the immediately following subfile (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Two questions on primitives
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Two questions (if these have already been discussed, just direct me to the appropriate LUGNET post): 1.) I've noticed the new BFC complient primitives on the Parts Tracker. How are we going to resolve the fact that the cylindar primitve can be used (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: New Part - 2587 Knights Armor
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(...) I tried this with real parts and find that there is a conflict in real life. If I put the head on the torso+armour first then add the helmet then the chin strap does not go as far below the grin as when I put the helmet on the head alone. If I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Liftarm width
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Thanks Steve, looks like a good project to recreate them with the correct width and BFC-compliants. Philo (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part : Was Re: 9V Track Crossing (32087.dat) [DAT]
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Ludo Soete writes: Hi, Here's the promissed Train Track 9V Crossing. It uses four subparts. Two of them are used in the Train Track 9V Straight, two are new. Those subfiles are: 2865s04.dat 2865s06.dat 32087s01.dat (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Liftarm width
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(...) Yes, liftarm parts should be 18 LDU wide. Skinny liftarms should be 10 LDU tall, full-liftarms (aka, smooth beams) should be 20 LDU tall. Steve (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part - 2587 Knights Armor [DAT]
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Hi all, I tested my armor in ensemble wtih a helmet and what I had to notice, there is a ovelapping with it. I looked at the real parts and I found that the helmet is in the bottom to sloping. Look here: 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2587.dat 1 1 0 0 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Rubber belts modelling utility
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Hi Kyle, (...) ... but I should have understood ! (...) (URL) I'll have a look at it if I find time (trigonometry is a little more tricky here...) (...) Yes, I think so too - though the two axis rotation of straight parts might not be so easy. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 9V Track Crossing (32087.dat)
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Hi, I updated my 'on the shellf' folder on Brickshellf with some new pictures from the 32087.dat part or better known as the Train Track 9V Crossing. (URL) have one question, before my first release. Go to this picture : (URL) see red ovals placed (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Rubber belts modelling utility
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(...) I was imprecise. I was thinking of pulleys that are rotated 90º in relation to each other. It would look something like this in plan. (sorry for this bad diagram) Ox- "O" = big pulley "x" = belt "-" = pulley rotated 90º Or here's a good (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Rubber belts modelling utility
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Hi Kyle, (...) ??? For pulleys in the horizontal plane it is easy to rotate the generated rubber belt 90°. Or do you mean something different ? Philo www.philohome.com (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Subpart 3811S02.DAT Island pattern for Baseplate 32 x 32 [DAT]
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Here's the subpart for the large Island baseplate. 0 ~Subpart for Baseplate 32 x 32 with Island Pattern 0 Name: 3811S02.DAT 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 4 1 318 0 -2 318 0 -52 274 0 -53 274 0 -2 4 1 274 0 -2 274 0 -53 256 0 -57 256 0 -2 4 1 256 0 -2 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part 3811 Baseplate 32 x 32 with Island pattern [DAT]
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Since I didn't have too much difficulty with the similar 16x16 baseplate, I've created the 32x32 Island baseplate from the Pirates line. Since there is already a pattern 01 for this part, I assumed this one could be 02, and named the sub-part (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 3867 Baseplate 16 x 16 with Island Pattern [DAT]
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I've updated the part to have the blue parts hard-coded blue, and the remainder of the piece (the sides & bottom) grey. Andy 0 Baseplate 16 x 16 with Island Pattern 0 Name: 3867P01.DAT 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 CATEGORY Baseplate (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Rubber belts modelling
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(...) That's real cool! Will you be considering the possibility of pulleys that are rotated 90º? (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Subfiles - Question
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(...) I think using subparts makes sense in this case. Steve (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 30621.dat - Brick 12 x 2 with lots of stuff
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(...) I noticed that -- I saw it on the Parts Tracker. :) Any chance you could rotate it 90 degrees? For a long time, we've had a mix of orientation for asymmetric(al?) parts -- some were placed longways on the X-axis, some along the Z-axis. Awhile (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Rubber belts modelling
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I just uploaded a Rubber Belt Generator utility, that creates DAT files for rubber belts taut between two pulleys. The rubber belt generated can have a square section or a round one, using cylinder primitive. This utility is available from (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Subfiles - Question
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(...) That's what i've done this evening. I splitted the main file into one new subfile (32087s02.dat witch re-use the 2865s04.dat file)and the mainfile (32087_mainfile.dat). I couldn't add the small center track pieces too the 32087s02.dat file due (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: Tile 2 x 2 with Pirate Map Pattern
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"Andrew Westrate" <loewe_29@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GtF1FA.Kus@lugnet.com... (...) Try color 409 insted of 11 'cyan' - I don't know which programs are using this, but MLCad and LDView do. Please make this part without bmp2dat, I know (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 3867 Baseplate 16 x 16 with Island Pattern
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(...) No, I mean my REAL part. I wanted to do, but now you have done. CU Bernd (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: 30621.dat - Brick 12 x 2 with lots of stuff
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(...) Never mind, I did it anyway. So, what are we going to call it? (URL) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Liftarm width
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Maybe this subject has been beaten to death, but I wonder why straight technic liftarms are 20 ldu wide and bent ones are 18 only ? In reality both are exactly the same width, which as I measured is close to 18 ldu. Philo www.philohome.com (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: Tile 2 x 2 with Pirate Map Pattern [DAT]
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Here's another piece from the Pirates line not yet in LDraw. Let me know what you think. I'm not sure about the color of the water; In MLCad, the light blue seems to dark, but the cyan seems too, well, cyan. Andy 0 Tile 2 x 2 with Pirate Map Pattern (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 3867 Baseplate 16 x 16 with Island Pattern
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(...) Hmmm, you mean you already made this part? I searched the newsgroup and the parts tracker before starting this, but didn't see it. You're right about the colors, it should be hardcoded blue. Andy (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Subfiles - Question [DAT]
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(...) Inlining is replacing a reference to a subfile with the code from that file. So if I had a part file, which had the line: 1 1 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 stud.dat and I "inlined" the stud.dat, my one line would be replaced with: 1 1 10 0 0 6 0 0 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Subfiles - Question
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(...) There's still download time, which continues to be an issue for many people. Smaller files = faster download. Fight Software Bloat! (says he, writing on a Win2K system). Steve (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Restrictions on color use in parts and subparts
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(...) Huh? It is? Where? I know there's some writeup about dithered colors, but I believe Damien is thinking of the 'extended colors', the color codes between 17 and 26 (excluding 24) that are defined in the LDraw.org color reference. The extended (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 27c01.dat [DAT]
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(...) That's right. I should have changed 81%... :o) (...) OK, here we go: 0 Window 1 x 2 x 1 with Glass 0 Name: 27c01.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 based on 27.dat by James Jessiman 0 Unofficial Element 1 16 0 24 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2-4edge.dat 1 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 27c01.dat
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Hello Tore, there is a gap inside upper left corner. (...) file? I think that's ok. Play well, Carsten (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Restrictions on color use in parts and subparts
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Hello Damien, (...) materials. It IS written down in the reviewers FAQ. Play well Carsten (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: 27c01.dat [DAT]
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Since I think I've had to change about 80% of the lines from the original file by James Jessiman, is it ok to claim that I'm the author of this file? /Tore 0 Window 1 x 2 x 1 with Glass 0 Name: 27c01.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 based on 27.dat by (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Restrictions on color use in parts and subparts
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Question 27 in Ldraw FAQ gives color codes but not restrictions in use. Where is reference info for color use in parts/subparts? This info should be included in ldraw specification and reviewer materials. Thanks, Damien (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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