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(...) The 'dedicating ourselves to one tool' aspect is why I'd rather not allow POV-Ray code to be embedded in official LDraw part files. What I was suggesting was a separate library of POV-Ray parts that was designed from the start to be fully (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: POV in Part
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(...) Are there any significant differences between the two libraries? I assume they both use solid modeling, not surface modeling. I don't think either library offers rounded edges on bricks (something I still miss from the L3G0 library). I've only (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Are any of these parts available as .dat files?
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(...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) These ones haven't been made yet as far as I can tell. Plese note that the two files I did reference have hold votes on them and will change before being made official. --Orion (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Are any of these parts available as .dat files?
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Hello, I would like to make instructions for a recent MOC of mine, but I'm not sure if .dat files exist for a few of the pieces that I need. If these are available as either official or unofficial files, would someone be kind enough to point me in (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | New part variant: Slope Brick 45 1 x 2 Double / Inverted Type I [DAT]
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An old mold variant of part 3049 of which I do have at least one copy in the pre ABS-material (Cellulose Acetate, is that the name of the first used material? And for the dutch fellows, how is that material called in dutch?) 0 Slope Brick 45 1 x 2 (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New part: Train Single Buffer [DAT]
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0 Train Single Buffer 0 Name: x.dat 0 Author: Niels Karsdorp 0 BFC CERTIFY CCW 2 24 -10 0 -28 -10 0 20 2 24 -10 0 20 -10 4 20 2 24 -10 4 20 -10 8 12 2 24 -10 8 12 -10 8 -20 2 24 -10 8 -20 -10 23 -20 2 24 -10 23 -20 -10 23 -28 2 24 -10 23 -28 -10 0 (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns as subparts?
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(...) Some patterns are like this already (the fire logo comes to mind immediately). However, finding these patterns can be difficult, as they're generally named after the first part that uses them. Could a file naming convention be setup so that (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Patterns as subparts?
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I was thinking that certain patterns that are used often on many diferent pieces could be made into subparts. Something like the clasic space pattern (p90?) could be turned into a subpart and given a name coresponding to the pattern number. (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: POV in Part
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Could folks please trim lugnet.admin.suggestions from this thread? Frank (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: POV in Part
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(...) Yes, L3P would automatically support new LGEO parts if they were added to the binary l2p_elmt.tab. (...) You can use the -d option to L3P to see the contents of LGEO's *.TAB files: l3p -d -lgeo somefile.dat | more (mentioned a couple of years (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Here's a small program to dump the file out as text so we can examine the unknown 8 bit value. It looks to me like it contains some flag bits. Only 3 bits seem to be used (0x01, 0x02, and 0x80). From the output it appears as if bit 0x80 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: POV in Part
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(...) I agree to that, but since POV-code will be between IFPOV and IFNOTPOV codes will it matter that much? (...) There I disagree: the reason I ask is because of the macaroni-brick. I tried (fairly succesfull) to write the main part as POV-code (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Since L3P already supports the LGEO part library, is it possible to just add new LGEO parts and have L3P automatically use them? The only problem I see with this is that the .tab files in the LGEO library are binary files, but the format of (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I'm not too keen on this idea. While POV-Ray is a nice tool and freeware, I'd like to avoid dedicating ourselves to one tool, not to mention the size increase on all the files. If all you want is nice looking parts for POV try a combo of (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@earthlink.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:70ncevsg5a3ulag...4ax.com... (...) I think we could, but where can I find the POV-code expressions? CU Bernd (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New parts - Aquanaut Door and Door Frame
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(...) Sorry, I missed it. :/ (...) That is correct. (...) My general rule is to always double-space before a single-digit dimension. I can't think of any situations where we've got three-digit dimensions, so the double-space rule should work. Steve (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I'd rather not. But I might be outvoted. If people are really hot on POV-code parts, could we start working on a fully LDraw-compatible POV-Ray library of parts? Steve (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Primitive part file reviewing on the Parts Tracker
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Hello all parts authors, Here is a note to say that I have been studying Primitives in detail lately. I will be making some changes on the primitive reviews I have made recently. So some parts will probably come off the certified list until the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: 30104 Chain - Generate it!
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Thanks, guys, but I'm looking to more physical realism in my renderings than a formulaic (synthesis) approach will deliver. 2 chains will be securing a stack of logs (made of 9 2x2 round bricks) on a train car. Not only do the chain ends attach (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 30104 Chain - Does it exist?
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Thanks, Thomas! No wonder I couldn't find it. the 208/209 parts designator threw me. Now for the tedious task of manipulating each link by hand. If only there were a "drape" function in MLCad! ;) ---Will (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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