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I am pleased to announce the new version of MPDCenter program. Now it is possible to import MPD files into an MPD. I hope you will enjoy this version. Any comments and wishes are welcome. Michael Heidemann (mikeheide) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Mock-up: 45301.dat - Wedge 4x16 Curved Triple [DAT]
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(...) I don't have the part in question, but here's a crude, hollow, non-curved mock-up I rushed together based on the two pics at peeron. Hope it's the correct height at least. 0 Wedge 4 x 16 Curved Triple (CRUDE Mock-up) 0 Name 45301.dat 0 (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Anybody working on the 45301 wedge 4x16 curved triple?
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Just wondering since I don't have the skills, nor the time to make it myself, but am going to need it soon. (URL) -NB PS: I'll be away from my computer for the rest of the easter, so I'll only be able to read for a while (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Minifig Chain Updated
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(...) For reference, the above pictures were generated using the following command line for LDView 3 Beta 1: "C:\Program Files\LDView\ldview" -cg30,45,120000 c:\users\cobbs\ldraw...208c01.dat -SaveSnapshot=snap.png -SaveWidth=320 -SaveHeight=240 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Minifig Chain Updated
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(...) The links were also not evenly spaced. (...) Here are two pictures with the same scale (new one on the right): (2 URLs) --Travis (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Minifig Chain Updated
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(...) Good catch Purple Dave! Thanks for the update Steve. I'll have to adjust some of my LSynth information based on the new part sizes I guess. Kevin (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Minifig Chain Updated
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Hi Steve, (...) Your eyeballs are quite precise! I measured a link at 8 x 4.6 x 1.2mm, translating to 20 x 11.5 x 3 LDU... Philo (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Minifig Chain Updated
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I just posted an update to the minifig chain (part 208c01.dat) to the Parts Tracker. The official file three problems: it was too long overall, there were too many links, and each link was too small. (URL) Compare: [LDrawPart 208c01:7] Current (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | RE: PT Browser: A client-side browser for the Parts List
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Many thanks. If you need any help with it, just ask, and I'll try and reply with concise instructions. One of the biggest problems I find in writing instructions is what to include - too little, and you can't get started, too much and you drown in (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: PT Browser: A client-side browser for the Parts List
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Dear William, I am surprised that none other has replied to this piece of work! Perhaps it is too difficult to understand how to even get it installed. However, I have succesfully got it to work quite easily. I am giving it a thorough look now and (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: PT Rendered Images ... updated when?
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(...) Ah-hah! Got it fixed now. s\2541s02.dat's image looks better now. Stupid greedy regexp's. Steve (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Work for Bricks?
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Hello, I am searching for skilled part author/s that would be willing to create requested parts. I am offering payment in Lego. There are some specific parts needed for creation of custom instuctions. Anyone interested please email me directly. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: PT Rendered Images ... updated when?
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(...) OK, thought I had it figured out. But the superfile's image still isn't being regened. I'll have to play with this some more, tonight. Steve (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: PT Rendered Images ... updated when?
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(...) (re)submitted. I'll see if I can easily tweak the code to regen images for superfiles as well. Shouldn't be too hard. Steve (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | PT Rendered Images ... updated when?
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When are the PT rendered images updated? Only when they are submitted or also when any sub-parts they contain are submitted? Reason I ask is that I re-sumitted a sub-part today to correct a problem (I'd left some quads in the colours I'd used during (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Gimme-five, actually 10
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(...) What software did you use to create the numbers? (Just curious, I'm currently doing some work with conversion back and forth between LDR and other 3D file formats.) Stefan (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Collinear vertices warning on very small triangels
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(...) Yes. /Lars (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Looking for parts
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(...) I tried with keyword text search, but I used the descriptions from the Peeron database. Apparently they have different descriptions here. That's why I couldn't find them. Thanks a lot!! Maarten (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for parts
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(...) (URL) (...) (2 URLs) (...) (URL) When you don't find parts from number (especially x.... numbers), make a keyword text search in (URL) part tracker list>. Before Ldraw certification of parts, Peeron and Ldraw temporary X... references are not (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Looking for parts
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I can't find unofficial files for the following parts: 33299 Technic 1 x 3 with 2 Axleholes and Pin x873cx1 Technic Steering Arm with 4 Ball Joints (Complete Assembly with Black Base) x1029 Technic Steering CV Joint I know that there must be an (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Collinear vertices warning on very small triangels
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(...) I based the error check code in LDDP on the L3P -check code you published a while ago. Since you have significantly updated this code are you planning on doing sharing again? If you you don't want to release this publically, would you consider (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Collinear vertices warning on very small triangels
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(...) Yes, reading and parsing files is common code. You can read more here: (URL) next version of L3P/L3Lab do accept your small triangles, see (URL) you set the warning level to 2 (-w2) you will see L3P's warnings (which should have been errors, (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Sub-parts that include sub-parts
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(...) Yep. The only thing that matters is where the file being referenced is located. LDraw looks for files in 4 places: in parts\, p\, models\, and relative to the current directory. In order to find any file in parts\s\, you have to include the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Sub-parts that include sub-parts
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If a sub-part includes a sub-part is the included sub-part preceeded by s\ in the filename? thanks William (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Collinear vertices warning on very small triangels [DAT]
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(...) thx for pointing. interesting thread. even after so many years I still find out something new (that's why I love LDraw :-) L3Lab and L3p share code ... hmmm ... L3Lab does not draw concave quads like this: 4 4 0.603 19.885 1.569 0.902 19.803 (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Gimme-five, actually 10
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(...) hmmm ... I checked them and they are working fine (...) sure :-) (...) w. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Minifig hair and hats
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Irregular pieces with limited need for subpart structure and primitives, like minfig accessories and headgear, strike me as the perfect thing to create with an interactive 3D modeling tool like 3dsmax, Maya, Rhino, Milkshape3D or whatever people (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Collinear vertices warning on very small triangels
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(...) Hi Willy, there was a thread about that recently, coincidentally someone else named Will :) (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Gimme-five, actually 10
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The links to the zip-files are dead? Can you mail me all helpers? Including the arrows and stuff? Thanks. Jaco "Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> schreef in bericht news:IC9H3F.1D7v@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Collinear vertices warning on very small triangels [DAT]
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hi lars, I get L3P collinear vertices warning on these very small triangels: 3 5 -0.8 1.98 -10 0 1.98 -10 -0.188 1.985 -10 3 11 10.262 16.35 -10 10.326 16.346 -10 10.246 16.504 -10 3 15 10.326 16.346 -10 10.369 16.314 -10 10.396 16.448 -10 3 2 (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Slope parts with patterns... [DAT]
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(...) I did the same for the TV-logo on the wedge 4x4. here is the code: 0 Wedge 4 x 4 with TV Logo Pattern 0 Name: 4858p1k.dat 0 Author: Willy Tschager 0 LDRAW_ORG Part UPDATE 2004-04 0 KEYWORDS News, Crisis, 6553, Television, Helicopter, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Slope parts with patterns... [DAT]
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(...) might find it easier to use a shear matrix. To shear a part, you basically decide which axes are effected, such as the part's Y value increases or decreases as the Z value increases, and then add a shearing factor to the matrix in the right (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) When importing from 3DS files into Max, you need to weld vertices for the model after import. 3DS files contain lots of coincident vertices for historic reasons. "max2dat" (my new name for ase2dat) now has native 3DS support, and handles (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Slope parts with patterns...
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Would making the pattern face of a slope (or wedge) a subpart to be used with the main piece (without face) subpart be ok? I'm thinking, that for slopes (and wedges), it would be easier to make the pattern a flat subpart, then rotate the subpart to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Gimme-five, actually 10
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hi folks, I've just added 10 new "helpers" to my website. (URL) place these numbers directly in your LDraw scene to number your steps without the usage of photo editing or desktop publishing progs and benefit from having total control over size, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) Wow, those are great. I can't touch that with the software-based converters.. At least not yet! Sorry - didn't know if I needed permission to post the DATs - didn't Ben already make them public? Oh well. I guess I can take them down if people (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) Bummer! Oh well. I have yet to get the OK from Ben to post the DATs, but my filesizes are: Ben's Mine fw176.dat 660k 39.7k fd304.dat 881k 50.1k bd304.dat 732k 50.2k (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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Er... Never mind. I did it for one part (URL) (original file size 661K) and came up with this one: (URL) - new file size 970K. So the added generations did something funky to the filesize. Oh well, worth a shot! Darrell (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) will post my efforts here (and send them to Ben) when complete. (...) Hi, I wonder what would happen if: I converted the BBB file back into 3DS format with 3DWin Opened it in MAX and exported as ASE Ran it through Stefan Gustavson's new (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) You're right, it was catually called freestyle at the time. I couldnt remeber the transitiional name between "basic" and "creator." The sets I am thinking of are ones like 3226 ((URL) Unfortunately the pictures for many of these sets are (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) According to Lugnet, the Creator line started in 2001: (URL) you give me a set number of one of the sets you are talking about? That'll help me narrow my search to a smaller neighborhood. Thanks, Clark (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) Thanks for the info. Were you thinking of this set? (URL) has a dark pink slope with white triangles, which may have been mistaken for pink: (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) It came it several of the creator sets in the late 90s. (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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(...) I *vaguely* remember it bieng in one of the Powerboat Marina or Jetski sets of ~94 and ~96 respectively... though I'm not sure. Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | What set did part 3298p66 appear in?
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What set did this part appear in? (URL) not currently inventoried in any set on Peeron or Bricklink. Thanks, Clark (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Contributor's Agreement (Was: New Part...)
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(...) What exactly is hard to understand. We tried to write the CA as clearly as possible without being ambiguous. Chris or I (or any other SteerCo member) would be more than happy to explain whatever part is confusing to you to your satisfaction. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Contributor's Agreement (Was: New Part...)
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(...) Oh dear. Then write the agreement in a little easier English so we have a chance to know what we sign. What is that agreement good for anyway? Is it something the Jessiman's wanted? And the security demands for passwords are way higher than my (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3067pt3.dat - Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern
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(...) Hold on there ! The reason that Tore does not currently have submit privileges is that we are waiting for his affirmation of the Contributor Agreement. (URL) of the date of this announcement, everyone's submission rights were revoked and only (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: 3067pt3.dat - Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern [DAT]
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(...) 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 s\3067s01.dat (...) Hi Tore, I just uploaded your file to the parts tracker. I had to adjust the entry for the subfile (slash converted to backslash) Michael Heidemann (mikeheide) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Part: 3067pt3.dat - Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern [DAT]
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Looks like I have lost my priviliges to submit parts to the Tracker... Could somebody please submit this before the part number is taken by somebody else. /Tore 0 Brick 1 x 6 without Center Studs with black STORE Pattern 0 Name: 3067pt3.dat 0 (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Part request: Propellor 3 Blade with 24t Gear Complete Assembly - 2740c01
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Well, I've done a request for this part more than a year ago, but to no avail.... Since I'm an airplanefreak I would really like to use it in some MOC's So if anyone is working on it or is planning to do so, please let us know! (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Part request : 30663 Large Steering wheel [DAT]
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(...) Here's a mockup. 0 FILE 30663.dat 0 Car Steering Wheel Large 0 Name: 30663.dat 0 Author: Andrew Westrate 0 Unofficial Part 0 BFC CERTIFY CCW 1 16 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 -8 0 1 0 4-4edge.dat 1 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -6 0 1 0 4-4edge.dat 1 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Part request: Propellor 3 Blade with 24t Gear Complete Assembly - 2740c01
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(...) I don't think Paul ever got it finished. ROSCO (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Part request : 30663 Large Steering wheel
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Hi, Is there someone out there who's busy with the large steering wheel (30663) as found in several Jack Stone sets and the Millennium Falcon (2004). I need it for some of my train car models. Thanks, Ludo (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Part request: Propellor 3 Blade with 24t Gear Complete Assembly - 2740c01
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Hello, I've been working on modeling set 8855 ('Prop Plane'), but there doesn't appear to be a dat for the propellor ((URL) finished the model, with an alternate propellor in it (see (URL) and (URL) but would of course like to have the actual part. (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Boat rigging and 3-way cylinder intersection
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Wondered when these (pn 6057 and pn 2541) would be pulled up! I suppose I should have asked back when I sub-parted the small rigging to make the large rigging, but I took the easy way out and just stuck with how the original official part had done (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) Just to clarify, yes they are usable, but at over 600K and 10000 lines each, they use some serious resources when rendering. I unfortunately don't have a computer with a huge amount of resources, and I don't think it's necessary. I assume they (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) I too have used them without any noticable problems. I don't know how efficiently modelled they are but they are quite a complicated (in terms of amount of faces) part. Tim (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ~Use and ~Moved
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(...) But I just don't think there is a need to some big changes. For example LEGO's internal taxonomy is simply horrid (AFAIK). (...) Hm, I don't think so. For example some set references 44237 and I don't have any 44237... Does that mean I can (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ~Use and ~Moved
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(...) No big deal. :) Peeron uses ~Use tags, LDraw doesn't. (...) I feel that it's unlikely that all fans are going to change their behaviour/data whenever TLC makes a switch. There are too many of us, and we all have different levels of access, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ~Use and ~Moved
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(...) Sorry, I didn't know that, I thought it was an LDraw issue. (...) It's also the id currently in use by TLC and I think it's easier to mimic their system as close as possible, than to reinvent a wheel. (...) Aliasing is the reply. 44237 and (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ~Use and ~Moved
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(...) I think this is a Peeron question more than an LDraw question. For me, it would be confusing to have two different numbers in use for what's a functionally identical part. It kind of depends on the direction you're coming from -- as far as (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ~Use and ~Moved
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(...) I think I'm missing something here. I downloaded 44237 from the PT and couldn't find "~Use" anywhere. In fact, I don't think I've seen "~Use" in official part files. -Orion (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | ~Use and ~Moved
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Hi, could anybody explain these? For example 44237 is valid mold number for 'new' Brick 2 x 6. I don't know what are differences to 2456 and I don't care much. For inventory purposes the number 44237 is important, I think. So why '~Use' - why it (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 71427c01update -- needs work?
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Hello, all. I'd hoped to get this out before leaving on christmas vacation -- I'll be back in front of a computer on Wensday (CET). This is an update for 71427c01, to get rid of the depreciated box3#8p, and BFC. (It also fixes minor things that (...) (20 years ago, 25-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | BBB wheels
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(...) I use the files provided on the web site of BBB, and haven't noticed any troubles. They, may be, are huge file ... I don't know, I'm not an expert in this domain. I simply use these files. By the way, the wheels are great stuff to play with. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BBB wheels
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(...) OK they're available on the BBB site (URL) but they're HUGE! Has anyone done a cut-down version? If not, I will attempt it. ROSCO (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: stud3 -- hollow vs filled
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(...) Since this question crops up at regular intervals, I've added an explanatory note to the Primitives Reference : (URL) Chris (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: stud3 -- hollow vs filled
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(...) Note that FWIW, BrickLink and Peeron and other inventory resources tend not to get to this level of detail either, they typically do not differentiate this. (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: stud3 -- hollow vs filled
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(...) Hello, James! [snip description of situation leading up to the question] (...) The standard in the LDraw library is to use stud3.dat for all stud3-type anti-studs, regardless of whether they are actually hollow or solid. The reason is that (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | stud3 -- hollow vs filled
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Hello, everyone. When I was working on 71427 (expect a post on l.c.d.parts soon), I noticed that the two small underside studs were modeled with a pair of cyli4-4s and a disk1. When looking for the proper primitive to replace that with, I noticed (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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(...) Thanks for the reminder about that! I always forget. Still, a quick "ya we're discussing it" followed by a "what do people think" here doesn't hurt. (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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(...) The LSC mailing list archives are public and a link to them can be found here: (URL) we're not completely out in the open (i.e. discussing policy on Lugnet), our discussions are available for any one who wants to follow along. -Orion (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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(...) Hopefully the latter. I did not intend to have any condescending tone in there at all! I'm talking about appropriate process. If you read it in there I must not have done a very good job of communicating and I apologise. Either that or you're (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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(...) Actually your (and any other non-LSC member's) input is not wothless and actually has a great influence on what decides. We decided when the LSC first formed that we wouldn't do anything without at least discussing the pros and cons with the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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(...) Yeah, I got the blinking error message in preview and still posted it. I couldn't figure out the problem. Sorry, It must be the .bmp thing. I didn't think of that because they were only 8k apiece, but I can see why you'd want to avoid the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote: (switched to plain text for clarity) Don, I don't think your FTX image embed worked. Did it work when you used preview (you DID use preview, I am sure)? If it did, there's a technical problem somewhere... (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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(...) Sorry I'm a bit late to the party (been on vacation) but I think you should submit it. It looks good enough for me. Actually I think it's too good not to submit. Compare your part (as seen in LDRAW): (URL) And this official part (as seen in (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Yes, yes it is. :) (...) Good to know. Maybe I should start a "free to a good home" list of links on the l.c.d.parts sidebar... (...) Heh. I thought about that, too. Give each piece a vector (speed and direction) based on the centerpoint of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Willy Tschager wrote: at RANDOM I've chosen: (...) Sure is a pretty part though, isn't it :-) The last thing I would want to do is keep such a beautiful, high-quality part from reaching its full potential and graduating to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Making posts like this is a good idea. More communication. :) (...) Definitely don't just update somebody's part without saying something. Emails only take a moment to send. (...) 3-4 months is a long time to wait for a reply to an email. How (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I think the method we currently use is good: Make all reasonable efforts to contact the author. If the author doesn't reply after a reasonable period of time (3-4 months is good) then make the fixes needed. Also, many held parts are known to (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Yes, I think that sounds like a good idea. The Contributor Agreement we are putting in place addresses taking over orphans inasmuch as authors agree that LDraw.org has: " - The right to create derivative works of the Work" That covers it I (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) If we have not done so already, I would say we make a 'ophaned parts clause' and display it on the parts tracker pages. I would say if there has been no author or last change author changes or notes for some period of time, the part would be (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) That's just too funny of a vision not to snicker at. Thanks. (although the Pepsi in my nose isn't going to leave a mark, is it?) (...) I would... although it might be worth dropping a note to the last known addy for John Van Z, after that, if (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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dear authors, I thought al lot about hold voted parts an orphans over the last couple of weeks. getting a hold vote at the PT to me is almost a slap in the face therefore I try to fix my parts as soon as I can. at the same time I'm also aware that (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Who Uses Original LDraw? (Was: ... Rocket Launch Pattern)
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(...) We're doing everything we can to secure that, behind the scenes, although we don't yet have it, it's only a communication issue, we're pretty sure. I'd rather not go into more detail than that for privacy reasons. (...) That's a key point. We (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Having an official reference implemention would put us in a better position in several ways. For the parts library, we could resolve a number of nagging issues, like the dithered-colors-have...e-subfiled restriction. For the rendering (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) You have some valid points here but I want to respond to this one specifically. The copyright decision has been made. It was finalized a month and a half ago. What are we waiting for? We're are waiting for consent from the Jessiman's to go (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I never knew James; I became aware of LDraw a long time after he has passed away. I have no idea what would be best for the file system, the prog, to honour his accomplishments ... actually I don't care about much. I'm not very good in this (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Excellent point. However there are a lot of (in some ways incompatible) dialects of C. There ARE reference implementations for things like all the Java components (the javac compiler, the java jvm, the jms messaging, jca, the rmi server, etc (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Why have a replacement at all? The file format stands by itself. There's no reference complier for C code, no reference viewer for the PNG format, and no reference CAD program for the DXF format, why should there be one for the LDraw system? (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) IIRC, the limit was only on the size of the root directory -- but I could well be wrong. I think there are two separate, and related, questions here: Do we want to keep supporting DOS as a platform? Do we want to keep supporting LDraw 0.27? (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Willy, You really got a good point here. I don't know if there is anyone that still uses original LDraw. And, I don't think the LDraw parts library is LDraw compatible anyway. At least not running under DOS - I think there was a limit of 2000 (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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Hi folks, I overhauled the Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern - 3754p90.dat. (URL) Although this is the re-engineering of an existing LEGO part, it will NOT be submitted to the LDraw Parts Tracker for certification. It would never make it (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: N-Fedge primitives
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(...) I missed responding to this one specific point. In general, aliases amongst the primitives would be a bad thing. They would primarily add more files to an already too-large list of primitives, and would only provide duplicate function. In this (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, FTX)
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(...) The consistency is in the basic four fractions: 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4. The other measures are (more or less) deliberate inconsistencies to name files that don't fit the basic standard. (...) Yes, that would be an incorrect consideration. Part (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, FTX)
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(...) It's not really that hard, but my mind recoils at a senseless inconsistency, and this, and the following, are it. Note that I suggested an alias, not move, and certainly not removing the existing names. (...) "0 Circle 1.0". 5-8edge should be (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, FTX)
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Scala Jewelery Rings set 4306 contained three different sized rings. Unfortunately I have only two of these rings, so I could not create all three. As my two rings have a 1 and 3 imprinted between the studs, I think I have ring #1 (the smallest) and (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Great - we are always looking for constructive help. (...) I don't see the benefit from this - the naming convention is well established and existing part authors know how to work with it. Is it that hard to learn? (...) Yes - as I have (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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