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(...) Well this is a problem. But it could occure to more "old" DAT-files. (...) I could live with that. And I also think a "go left/right" and a "go straight" Shortcut _is_ needed. CU bernd (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) At the least, 2880 and 2881 are used in James' parts list: (URL) apparently weren't changed in the Purge Of 1998-06. So if the numbers are incorrect, no one knew it back then. Steve (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Before renumbering we need to understand where these numbers came from. Being 4-digit numbers, we must assume that someone, at some time, thought they were correct. Nor is it beyond the bounds of possibility that LEGO used the same number more (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Hook Coupling 737c01.dat and 444.dat train wheel.
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(...) For the hooks I only found two versions, but I haven't yet finished the curved end. (URL) thanks for your historical overview of when the different types of hook couplings were used and in wich sets. Very interesting. Niels (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Sub-part numbers for Monorail Point/Switch Right
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(...) Hehe, did the same and here are the pics for it: (URL) inner parts has been made as DATs from me. So I'll take them to the tracker. Hmmm, the 2880 and 2881 are already given to two parts. 2880 - Hinge Bar 2 & 1/2 with 2 and 3 Fingers on Ends (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Hook Coupling 737c01.dat and 444.dat train wheel.
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Hi all, to draw a model, which I own for over 5 years, I have now done CAD files for the 60ies hook coupling and the 60ies 4.5 train waggon wheel with riffles. Now at last I was able to render the "Esso promotional set 121". The result can be seen (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sub-part numbers for Monorail Point/Switch Right
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(...) Pictures (URL) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Having just opened one of these up, thought I'd record the part numbers in case they come in useful in the future. 2880 R - top plate 2881 R - bottom plate 2882 - switch blades 2883 - slide switch 2884 - wheel 2890 - trigger shoe 2911 - connector (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LEGOfactory and LDraw
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Thanks Jaco. I had been following the same line of research. Where LDraw has a 3-digit number and LDD now gives us a 4- or 5-digit version, I think we can treat that as "official" and rename in LDraw. Where there is a different 4- (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Renumbering parts! (was LEGOfactory and LDraw)
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After some more research and thinking I found these parts too. They were (ofcourse) in the Excel file of Ildefonso! I should have thought of that before. 50950 Brick 1x3 with Bow (not yet in LDraw) 53480 Plate 8 x 8 with Road Straight (I made this (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LEGOfactory and LDraw
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Hi all, Here is an update for the LEGO Facotry MLCad Favorites list. I have discoverd that some parts were double in the list. Some parts have a different LDraw number than the one LEGO uses. They are: 44237 = Brick 2 x 6 (=2456) 30367 = Cylinder 2 (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Minifig hair and hats
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(...) How do you think most parts are made? On irregular parts, there's usually only so much measuring that can be done. In the end, (at least for me), things come down to eyeballing and a certain amount of adjusting things until they work. OTOH, if (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Minifig hair and hats
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Is anyone working on more basic minifig stuff? Seems like every other week there are new patterns available, but not some of the basics like hair and some hats. Right now I'm looking for 3898.dat, the cook's hat, and I'd like the minifig hair with (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Keeping track of temporary part numbers
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Is there any place where we can see temporary part numbers attributed to a part before official release? For example, Technic Liftarm 1 x 4 x 0.5 was called x200, then x137, and now 32449. It would be interesting to keep that information somewhere (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Set 622 (1978) Tipper Truck
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That is the one! I did not find it, because it does not have the word "Pattern" in it! Should it? If so, I suggest a description change to these parts: 3010P20B.DAT Brick 1 x 4 with Town Car Grille Black 3010P20C.DAT Brick 1 x 4 with Town Car Grille (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Don't you mean part 3010p20c ? greetings! jan folkersma (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi all, I think one brick in the inventory on Peeron of this set is wrong. See (URL) is this brick: 3010p08 Yellow Brick 1 x 4 with Basic Car Headlights Pattern shown here: (URL) you can see on the building instructions scan here: (URL) looking at (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: cylinders missing conditional lines?
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(...) I don't get that last thing with tangent lines (probably because english is not my native language). At the moment the official library contains 25 partial cylinder and cone primitives, out of which 21 have conditional lines at both ends and 4 (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: cylinders missing conditional lines?
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(...) Actually, if you use conditional lines that follow the red tangent lines, as in Travis' diagram, then you want them to overlap. You get partial coverage from each of them that adds up to the total coverage you'd get from the original style of (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: cylinders missing conditional lines?
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(...) I checked a few official parts that use the 2-4cyli primitive. And all the parts I have checked so far are missing the conditional line at one end of the cylinder. So I suspect that part authors expect that all partial cylinder primitives have (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: cylinders missing conditional lines?
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(...) This thread pops up from time to time and never seems to get resolved. (URL) think the problem is this: If you fix the all the primitives, then you really must check all the parts that use them. So we end up ignoring it and moving on. If (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | cylinders missing conditional lines?
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When using the 2-4cyli primitive I noticed one conditional line missing, so I compared all different cyli primitives. Some have conditional lines at both ends, some have not. 1-4cyli: conditional lines at both ends 1-8cyli: conditional line at one (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Click-Rotation Parts - Somebody else can finish my 48169.dat
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(...) I see somebody else is working on these parts. I'll give my part into anybodies hands. I haven't the time and the liveliness to have more than three parts unfinished. So sombody else can finish my 48169.dat. CU Bernd (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Click-Rotation Parts
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(...) Maybe the following parts will help you, they are on the parts tracker: x587.dat 41681.dat 41679.dat cu Michael (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Sir Bugge's lego page finally gone public! - Space, parts, sculpture and techniques!
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After a long delay while fighting my father’s webhost to get them to support statistics on subdomains (since January), here it is with crappy statistics from nedstat instead. At last! It’s a page about all the models, I’ve made since the early (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX) !
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| | Re: Click-Rotation Parts
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(...) Because there are 24 cogs. So a 48-segmented primitive is easier to modify than a 16-segmented one. (...) OK, I'll try that. CU Bernd (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Click-Rotation Parts
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(...) Why do high-res primitives make it easier to realize? Considering the size of this object, I'd lean toward needing to reduce it. Steve (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Click-Rotation Parts [DAT]
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And here is the primitive: CU Bernd 0 Click Rotation Socket Cogwheel Quarter 0 Name: 1-4crs.dat 0 Author: Bernd Broich 0 Unofficial Primitive 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 0 Inner Ring R = 11 LDU 0 Outer Ring R = 12 LDU 0 Upper Ring 2 24 0 0 11.2 0.5 0 11.35 2 (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Click-Rotation Parts [DAT]
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(...) Sorry but there is no finished part yet. (...) I could send you a nearly finished part (48169) where the bottom is open. But else it's finished. To Steve Bliss or Chris Dee: I've made the cylinder-thing with high-res- primitives because it was (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Clusters" of Studs?
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(...) Yeah, they'd be just the studs. (...) I'm not opposed to that; I don't see a compelling choice between stug* and stus*. Because I had files that used them, I went ahead and submitted stug3, stug4, stug6 and stug8 to the PT. If people want (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Just to clarify, would these include the surface between the studs, or just the studs? I think logically they should include just the studs but just wanted to make sure. (...) Maybe, if that is a future possibility, the square ones should be (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Are there any further news on the knight parts? I wanted to start building them and found this discussion. So it would be interesting how far the proceeding is come up to now. Michael Heidemann (mikeheide) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3036p01.dat - Plate 6 x 8 with Red Side
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(...) There have to be more parts like this for the set 310. I tried to model it in MLCad, but this both parts are not enought. Also why is this part not on the parts tracker? I cant find it there Michael Heidemann (mikeheide) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Clusters" of Studs?
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(...) ... Whoops; you're right. --Travis (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) From the way Steve explained it, it sounds like stug4 would be a 4x4 square, not a 2x2 square, in which case going from stugN to stugN+1 actually does give you another 2N+1 studs. When you think about it, by your reasoning, you'd never (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: "Clusters" of Studs?
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Since I haven't authored any parts, I'm not going to go into this too deeply, but I think that square groups is a good idea. One minor note. Going from one group size to the next gives you 2 * sqrt(N) + 1 new studs, not 2N + 1. --Travis (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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Steve, I say, "Go for it." ;) Franklin (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: magnet.dat
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The first question: I don't have the older trainsets. Have LEGO magnets always been the same size? (I think they have) Unless they've changed in size, we should all be using the same size magnet in LDraw. You are correct, s\magnet.dat is both the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I think I can not use magnet.dat for the old Plate 2 x 4 with Magnet Holder (x499.dat) for the following reason: 1) I assume, that the newly created parts should be like reality. 2) Magnet.dat looks to me like a subpart that should not be like it (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Wow! Has it really been 2 years since we had this discussion? Either that, or I missed something in my newsgroup searching... Since I'm not seeing any stug*.dat files in the parts library, I'd like to revive this topic. I'd also like to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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