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(...) And here's the other file... (...) 0 Minifig Torso with Suspenders and Red Bowtie Pattern 0 Name: 973pa1.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 Unofficial File 0 CMDLINE -c15 0 KEYWORDS Adventurers, Dr. Kilroy, Prof. Kilroy, doctor, professor, old (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Prof. Kilroy, I presume?... [DAT]
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Here's one of the first two "pattern" files I've encoded that's specifically from the "Adventurers" theme. Here's an image showing what the files look like: "(URL) LMKWYT! ;-) Thanks, Franklin 0 Minifig Head with Glasses & White Muttonchops Pattern (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I've uploaded an image showing these two files rendered in the proper colors: "(URL) - Minifig Torso with SW Imp. Junior Officer Pattern "(URL) - Minifig Torso with SW Imp. Senior Officer Pattern "(URL) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Ice Planet Visor
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[sigh]... I just noticed that I forgot to copy the $@%^$%^#&# new cone primitive to my floppy disk. >:-/ I'll upload the primitive next chance I get. Franklin (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Ice Planet Visor [DAT]
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Here's my attempt... 0 Minifig Helmet Visor Ice Planet (needs work) 0 Name: visor-IP.dat 0 Name: x465.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain 0 Unofficial File 0 KEYWORDS Space, Ice Planet, shielded visor, blinder, microphone, radio, antenna 0 KEYWORDS (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Part needed; Jedi Star Fighter canopy
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Has anyone made The Jedi Star Fighter's canopy part yet? It also shows up on the Replublic Gunship and an Alpha Team set. (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: How to get UNOFFICIAL parts files to show up on LDRAW/MLCAD
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(...) This is my recommendation. 1. Create the following folders: \ldraw\models\Unoffical_Parts \ldraw\models\Unoffi...arts\InUse \ldraw\models\Unoffi...s\NotInUse 2. Now place the parts that you will be using into the \InUse folder and those that (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Part request [DAT]
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(...) In response to my own question here's a DAT that I whipped up real quick like. It may even be good enough to submit. Let me know what you think. -Orion P.S. Is there a primitive for intersecting cylinders? 0 Hndl1x3 0 Name: Handle 1x3.ldr 0 (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: How to get UNOFFICIAL parts files to show up on LDRAW/MLCAD
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(...) In MLCad under the File menu there is a command Scan Models. Click on that and the parts in your madel directory should appear under Models heading. You would use Scan Parts when you added to the Parts directory (i.e. when you install an (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Part request
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Has anyone made this part: (URL) searched on Lugnet and the Parts Tracker to no avail and the part number Peeron assigns it is a completely differnet part in LDraw library. If no one has made it I might take a crack at it. -Orion (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | How to get UNOFFICIAL parts files to show up on LDRAW/MLCAD
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OK, I downloaded the unofficial parts files from ldraw.org and placed them in my "models" directory (so I don't contaminate my "official" parts directory), but how do I get MLCAD to switch to look at them? Nothing is shown under my "models" tree in (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarrisBASSo@ISmath...urdue.edu> skrev i meddelandet news:Pine.GSO.4.44.0...due.edu... (...) I think this is a very important point! As soon as a part has the right orientation, zero point and outer dimensions, it can be _used_ for (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Creating Patterned Parts
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(...) I prefer either 32 (Trans-Black) or 40 (Trans-Dk.Grey)... Franklin (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: new "Star Wars" files...
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"Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gw4CoC.Jp0@lugnet.com... (...) No problem. I'll take a look tomorrow. (...) Good luck. Dan (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Creating Patterned Parts
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Now that my first part has been certified I'm going to continue on my quest to get all the part for the UCS Tie Fighter created. I've been working on the patterned windscreen (part 2598) for some time now but can't get the angles for some of the (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: new "Star Wars" files...
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(...) It's there now. (Sorry for the delay.) (URL) > that guy w/ the burn scars ;-) (...) It's called "unemployment"... :-( ('Though, I *did* have a good phone interview this afternoon...) (...) Thanks! :-D Franklin (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: why re-submit x-4disc files?...
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(...) See this message, (URL). Steve (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) version (...) It seams that the part has been deleted. What was the reason? I never got to see the comments? (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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(...) This relates to what I think is something important to consider for the future development of the LDraw library: rating parts. I see advantages to adopting a rating scale like, say: Not suitable -- not yet voted on, or with errors which make (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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(...) Good point and I would say "thanks" for resurrecting that. As a new reviewer and a non technical one at that my concern is more that I would inadvertantly let something through that was not up to the standards that others expect, because I (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Work-in-progress improved minifig arm
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Just a brief note to say that development has not stopped on this, but that regular work has gotten in the way !! Chris (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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(...) In my opinion, this may be a valid reason to put "(needs work)" on a part. Or perhaps that's even too harsh. However, I'd much rather have this version of the part than no version at all. The "error", if it is such, is "Slightly and only (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Suggest a group ...
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(...) Snipped the rest and FUT to admin.suggestions. More on the actual issue later. I would like to suggest that a group (groups?) be created for focused discussion of parts files so that cad.dat.parts can return to being a group that has dat files (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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(...) Based on the charter, cad.dat.parts would not be the right group (unless the tyre had been posted to cad.dat.parts, and you posted a follow-up to that posting). But there seems to be a need for group(s) for focus(s)ed discussion of part files, (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part Window Canopy with Ice Planet Pattern
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(...) Yes, I noticed this but it was to late, because it was posted. The patterned part is at the tracker, the other I sended to Steve for updating the tracker. CU Bernd PS: I'm working at the heads (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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(...) Yes I got what I needed, thanks. However I voted "hold" on the part. The reasons I gave in the hold had to do with the sidewall bead width, plus I found another "flaw" which I need advice on. What's the right group to discuss? cad.dat.parts? (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: why re-submit x-4disc files?...
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(...) Look at this log for 4-4disc.dat: (URL) It shows on May 7, the old votes were wiped out and a new version was submitted. Carsten then certified the new version, and Franklin held it. Steve (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: new "Star Wars" files...
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"Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gw0L9y.6yt@lugnet.com... (...) tracker. (...) time to sit down and start it. Looks good in POV. Dan (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Ice Planet Logo (for 2440pip.dat) [DAT]
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0 Ice Planet Logo 0 Taken from Tile 2 x 2 with Ice Planet Logo 0 Name: iplogo.dat 0 Author: Bernd Broich 0 Unofficial Element 0 Globe 3 0 -14 0 -2.3 -11.8 0 -0.5 -9.456 0 -0.5 3 0 -8.542 0 -0.5 -7.7 0 -0.5 -7.5 0 -1.232 3 0 -8.542 0 -0.5 -8.21 0 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Baseplate 32 x 32 Raised with Ramp and Ice Planet Pattern [DAT]
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Mockup created for use in the ice planet contest or whatever Basicly I recolored some studs and polygons to white and make the interior of the "pit" black 0 Baseplate 32 x 32 Raised with Ramp and Ice Planet Pattern 0 Name: 2552pip.dat 0 Author: (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Minifig Helmet Visor Ice Planet [DAT]
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Mockup for use in the ice planet contest or whatever 0 Minifig Helmet Visor Ice Planet 0 file: x125.dat 0 author: bram lambrecht 0 origonally pulled from some dat file of brams 0 unofficial element 1 44 0 -98 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2447.dat 1 44 0 -88 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Minifig Head with Messy Ice Planet Hair Pattern [DAT]
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Mockup created for use in the ice planet contest or whatever 0 Minifig Head with Messy Ice Planet Hair Pattern 0 Name: 3626bpi1.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> 0 Modified By: Jonathan Wilson 0 Unofficial Element 0 messy hair 3 15 0 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Minifig Head with Female Ice Planet Pattern [DAT]
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Mock-up created for use in the ice planet contest or whatever 0 Minifig Head with Female Ice Planet Pattern 0 Name: 3626bpi3.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> 0 Modified By: Jonathan Wilson 0 Unofficial Element 0 eyes 0 1 0 -3.5 10 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Minifig Head with Ice Planet Moustache Pattern [DAT]
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Mockup created for use in the ice planet contest or whatever. I know he is supposed to have eyebrows as well but hey, its only a mock-up :) 0 Minifig Head with Ice Planet Moustache Pattern 0 Name: 3626bpi2.dat 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 0 Hinge 6 x 3 Radar/Blade/Spoiler/Panel With Ice Planet Logo Pattern [DAT]
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mock-up created for people to use in the ice planet contest or whatever 0 Hinge 6 x 3 Radar/Blade/Spoiler/Panel With Ice Planet Logo Pattern 0 Name: 2440pip.dat 0 Author: John VanZwieten 0 Modified By: Jonathan Wilson 2 24 -60 0 -20 60 0 -20 2 24 60 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: help! need new copy of 973p17...
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(...) I see Damien already posted a copy, but you could have also gotten this from the official library: (URL) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | lowres 1-8 sphere with 5 lines at edges. [DAT]
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Ok, I added the type 5 lines to the edges as was sudgested. 0 1/8 Sphere 0 Name: 1-8sphe.dat 0 Author: Travis Cobbs 0 Type 5 lines added by Mark Kennedy. 0 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 0 3 16 1 0 0 0.924 0 0.383 0.924 0.383 0 3 16 0.924 0 0.383 0.784 0.439 (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: New Part Window Canopy with Ice Planet Pattern
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Thanks for your Ice Planet effort. Great parts that help the Ice Planet contest. I also noticed that interior slope quad has been corrected. It was misaligned in your previous 4474 dat post. Regards, Damien (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: help! need new copy of 973p17... [DAT]
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(...) A chance for me! This is the first time I have enough talents to help Franklin W. Cain. Thanks Franklin, Damien 0 Minifig Torso with Red V-Neck and Buttons Pattern 0 Name: 973p17.dat 0 Author: Chris Dee (chris_w_dee@hotmail.com) 0 LDRAW_ORG (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | help! need new copy of 973p17...
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I accidentally wiped out my copy of 973p17. Would someone please post a clean copy of this file for me? Thanks in advance. Franklin (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | new "Star Wars" files...
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astromech droids (URL) guy w/ the burn scars ;-) (URL) LMKWYT! Franklin (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part Window Canopy with Ice Planet Pattern
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Looks really good and nice timing. :-) Thanks, Jude (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part Window Canopy with Ice Planet Pattern [DAT]
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0 Windscreen 6 x 4 x 2 Canopy with Ice Planet Logo Pattern 0 Name: 4474p61.dat 0 Author: Bernd Broich 0 Unofficial Part 0 PART 0 Hinge End 1 16 -18 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2-4disc.dat 1 16 -18 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2-4edge.dat 1 16 -2 0 0 0 -16 0 4 0 (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Help needed with baseplate 30271 DAT file [DAT]
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Hi, I think I've just about completed the top surface of the DAT file for the 30271 baseplate (the one that comes in the castle set 6091/6098 and the amazon set 5986) but as I'm working only from the pictures on Peeron and Lugnet I need someone to (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: why re-submit x-4disc files?...
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(...) deleted (...) Actualy I checked them 2 days later and it still doesn't say that a new version of the part was submitted. Maybe it's because they are fixed versions of official parts? (22 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | New conditional lines in LDView 1.9.4
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If you use the just-released LDView 1.9.4 during part authoring, you might want to pay attention to the following two new command line options: -ShowAllType5 -ShowType5ControlPoints Look in the the new command line section of LDView's help.html file (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Updated version of 4474 [DAT]
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Hi all, I'm making the Windscreen with the Ice Planet pattern, and I found an error by the original part. The length of the upper plane was to small, so I corrected this. I copied the original orientation, so there shouldn't be any problems with the (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Low res 1-8 sphere primitve
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(...) 5's. (...) Yup, that's what I did. (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines
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(...) OK, it's there. (URL) Steve (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I'm an idiot, but I think I understand now. The larger *sphe.dat files must simply include of a bunch of 1-8sphe.dat instances as type 1 lines. So yes, you only need the type 5 edge lines in the 1-8sphe.dat file if it's made right. Don (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: why re-submit x-4disc files?...
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(...) Either: a) You rechecked the details pages too soon, before the PT had a chance to clear the votes, or b) You rechecked too late, after Carsten and Franklin had re-reviewed the files. Steve (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Low res 1-8 sphere primitve
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(...) He put in the type 5 lines at the joins between the eighth spheres in the n-8sphe files (where n > 1). So he put a set in the one join of the 2-8sphe.dat, 4 sets in the 4-8sphe.dat, and 12 sets in the 8-8sphe.dat. So instead of just being type (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Low res 1-8 sphere primitve
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(...) I'm not sure I understand why they'd be unnecessary for the larger versions. I thought the idea was that ALL these primitives would have type 5 lines at the edges, but they would be extended in the tangent plane and thus only do half the job, (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: why re-submit x-4disc files?...
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(...) I added the comments like you suggested, but the old hold votes weren't deleted when I resubmitted the parts. (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Low res 1-8 sphere primitve
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(...) 5 (...) from (...) of (...) Okay, I will add them back in. This will also make them unnecessarry for the larger versions. (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | 6002.dat (Was Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines) [DAT]
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(...) What's really, really fun is adding the new sphere to this part and spinning it around. Still needs a few type 5 lines around the notches on the bottom though... 0 FILE 6002.dat 0 part 6002 round Panel 6 x 6 x 9 with Spherous Top 0 by Mark (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Low res 1-8 sphere primitve
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(...) FWIW I also like the new one better. (...) I agree. The type 5 lines from the edges belong in the file. See here for my convoluted and poorly written reasoning. (URL) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Low res 1-8 sphere primitve
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(...) I have two comments. The first is that while I prefer my sphere tesselation to the standard one (and presumably you do also :-), a number of people prefer the standard one. I think that a vote of some sort might be in order before replacing (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines
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(...) Glad you like it. What's really fun is viewing a full sphere with the type 5 lines enabled, and then spinning it slowly. I had to do that a lot in order to verify that the lines were drawing correctly in LDView. Hopefully I'll have a release (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines
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(...) Very nice! It looks great -- I sat and stared at it for about five minutes. :) Did you want this posted on the Parts Tracker? Steve (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: New Part: 3596P90.dat - Flag on Flagpole with Classic Space Logo Pattern
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(...) You might also look at color 400 (light blue + black). Steve (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines
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(...) The edgepoints are the same in both flavors of the files. So long as you are just adjoining your polygons to the primitive, you should be fine. Steve (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: New Part: 3596P90.dat - Flag on Flagpole with Classic Space Logo Pattern
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(...) I'd suggest color 272 (blue + black). Notice that this is a dithered color, and so needs to go in a subfile. :\ Steve (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Models Under Review- 30044 & 30046
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(...) Hi Adam! (...) Yes, it has. (...) I saw that one, thanks! (...) You might need to email Sproaticus about this directly. I haven't seen posts from him in awhile; I'm not sure he still follows .cad. (...) Sorry about that. "Trouble reported" (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Low res 1-8 sphere primitve
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(...) of (...) Where (what part) has a (hemi)sphere against a torus? Also, wouldn't you *want* the edge lines to display in this case (when viewed at the proper angle)? ROSCO (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Low res 1-8 sphere primitve [DAT]
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Travis, here is a low res version of your sphere primitive. I moved the type 5 lines from the edge into the other sphere primitives, as to prevent them from showing up when it placed against a torus. I could move the edge lines back into the file if (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines
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(...) Yes. The standard sphere primitive has type 5 lines on all three edges. They are all necessary in order to work right (with the axis-aligned edge control points). My updated type 5 lines project along a different axis for each edge, of course. (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines [DAT]
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Well, here it is again, with 4 decimal places accuracy for the whole file this time, instead of 4 decimal places for the type 5 lines and 3 decimal places for the triangles. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com) 0 Hi-Res Sphere 0.125 0 Name: (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines
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(...) Excellent- thanks! Now I can submit my Primo parts to the tracker. Though the "same layout" warning makes me wonder if I'll have to rework them... -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines
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(...) Is that true for all three edges of the sphere? [snip] (...) [snip] I thought you were generating to 4 decimals? You know, like this: (...) [snip] Steve (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: duplicate primitives?
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(...) I'm not *against* such a change, but I'm not a big supporter of it. Maybe if we could revive the old primitives committee (you all know who you are), or if there was another admin for the PT who could oversee this project, that would be a good (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: ring 3 to 5
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(...) I wasn't thinking of either, really. I was wondering if maybe the part should be modeled without any primitives at all. I suppose the practical result of that would be primitive-inlining. (...) In the case of the lower arm (forearm), I don't (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Type 5 lines at the edge of primitives
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(...) Wow! This is so cool! These cooperating type 5 control points give us both first order continuity between the cylinder and the tangent plane, AND 2nd order continuity between adjacent cylinder parts. All with just a few small changes to a (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: SW Storm trooper and R2_D2 [DAT]
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(...) I got this from the UCS Xwing posted a while back. It's primitive but it's a start 0 FILE astromec.dat 0 Pitiful attempt at R2-D2 0 Name: astromec.dat 0 Author: Dirtman 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: high-res sphere primitive with type 5 lines [DAT]
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Well, based on comments in some other threads, I came to the conclusion that the type 5 lines I had around the edge of my original primitive where wrong. I have now updated them accordingly. This version is the same as the last other than that. The (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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Well, I know this discussion happened a while back, but I think I have solutions to all of the stated problems, thanks in part to an observation (...) same way as the quarter-cylinder primitive. Specifically, it is missing the final type 5 line. (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad)
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(...) OK, then someone needs to document that in the files... (For ex.: "0 2002-05-05 MK converted triangles to quads to save space") Thanks, Franklin (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I'm not sure about the R2 in that shot, but the storm trooper helmet doesn't look like it started out as a DAT. The curved surfaces all look smooth, which is impossible to do with DAT files (at least with free-form curves). --Travis Cobbs (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Does anybody know where I may find the DAT files for the storm trooper helmet and the R2-D2 body and head. They are pictured here: (URL) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Daniel (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Looks good to me. Just yesterday I added type 5 lines to your low res version and submitted them to the tracker. The diference in my version though that I moved the type 5 lines from the very edges of the sphere into the higher 2-8, 4-8, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: why re-submit x-4disc files?...
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(...) I combined the triangles into quads so they save a bit of disk space. It may not seam like much of a savings, but I try to cut out every last bit I possibly can. (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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Well, I finally got around to adding the line type 5 lines to my high-res sphere primitive. (This thanks to the fact that Don Heyse incorporated code from LDGLite to draw them in LDView; thanks Don!) My sphere primitive isn't the same layout as the (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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Steve, According to the header info for these files, they were released in the most recent update. And yet, you've uploaded new versions of them? What's up? (URL) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: ring 3 to 5
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(...) Well, it can matter, but isn't likely to in a LDraw renderer. It would matter if the program ever became fill-rate limited, but that usually won't happen, except with very simple models. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Update: 3939p91.dat - Slope Brick 33 3 x 6 with Classic Space Logo Pattern Large [DAT]
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0 Slope Brick 33 3 x 6 with Classic Space Logo Pattern Large 0 Name: 3939p91.dat 0 Author: Willy Tschager 0 Unofficial Element 0 CATEGORY Slope 0 KEYWORDS space, galaxy explorer, space cruiser, 0 Slope 33 3 x 6 2 24 56 24 6 44 24 6 2 24 44 24 6 44 (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: 3596P90.dat - Flag on Flagpole with Classic Space Logo Pattern [DAT]
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hi folks, I'll submit the part to the pt as soon as someone gives me a superhint for the following problem: as you can see on this pic. (URL) the original sticker in the 6970 Beta-1 Command Base is kept in a dark blue. it's definitely not the (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ring 3 to 5
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(...) have (...) Are you suggesting that there is (should be) a command to prevent primitive substitution, or that the primitive should be inlined? (...) Agreed. What I was more thinking of is the situation (in the minifig arm) where one region is (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: duplicate primitives?
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(...) I think we should move to using the 4-4ringX nomenclature. a) Copy RINGx.DAT (x=1,2,3,4,7) to 4-4RINGx and RING10.DAT to 4-4RIN10.DAT, replacing with ~moved-to files. b) Make the PT reject new submissions that use the old names? c) Automated (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) That makes me feel better, becuase I was the one who submitted those two primitves. We should probably come to some sort of FORMAL decision as to wether to use the old ringX name or move them all into 4-4ringX primitives. (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Sorry, it was a false alarm. There are no duplicated primitives. AFAIK. Steve (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Part x176
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(...) Shhhh! We don't [buy] want the masses to realise [more] that ldraw.org is really a [technic] front for a fearfully powerful [lego] money-making machine! (...) Well done! I don't think they suspect anything at all, do you? FUT: .o-t.fun ROSCO (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ????? Just out of curiousity, what are these two? Thanks, Franklin (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I understand that. But the question specified that the number of triangles (actually polygons, but feel free to assume triangles) is fixed. (...) So size of the polygons doesn't matter. Hmm. I'll have to remember that. Steve (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I don't know about all situations (POV, etc), but for real-time rendering in OpenGL, the fastest rendering generally occurs with the fewest number of triangles (assuming that the triangles specify the same final geometry). The fact is that (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Not necessarily. We usually stick with units of 1 because they're the most easily scaled, and most easily implied (ie, if every ring has a n:(n+1) ratio of radii, we don't need to state both radii in the filename). OTOH, boxes have side length (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: ring 3 to 5 [DAT]
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(...) Very true. In some cases (like the minifig arms), is it better to go with an all-polygon approach, or to use primitives as much as possible and fill in the rest with polygons? (...) When filling in around a hole in a flat surface, one should (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Models Under Review- 30044 & 30046
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Hi Everyone, Been a while since I've visited :) I noticed the two parts I submitted last year are still under review. I have fixed the duplicate line in 30046 'Window 1 x 2 x 2 & 2/3 Pane Lattice Diamond with Rounded Top'. I will resubmit that soon. (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Part x176
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(...) Argh! This is what comes of trying to run a world-wide subversive network single-handedly! Err, strike that. That was for some other newsgroups. Sorry about the bad suggestion. Your block of numbers is in the email. Steve (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ring 3 to 5
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(...) There are some complex curved parts (e.g. most of the minifig headwear, the minifig arm I'm working on right now, some wheels) where some regions can be represented by the regular cyli, disc, cyls, cyls2 primitives, but there will be regions (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: ring 3 to 5
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(...) Yes, otherwise you get anomalies like this one: (URL) the outer ring of the tile got high-quality-ified but the fill in (non primitive?) circle didn't, leaving gaps. Also the plate below it, since it has stud cutouts, isn't as "round" as the (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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