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(...) -- Jindroush (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) (URL) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi, I'm looking for a kind soul with lots of free time to make part 2347 Excavator Bucket 3 x 5 with Teeth. ;) I'm trying to make instructions of my skid steer loader, and if I'm not mistaken, it's the last part I'm missing. For instructions, mockup (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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It seems to me that the tyre 6578 and 2993 at peeron are the same part. On Bricklink there is no part with the number 2993. Can somebody else give me his ok, that the parts are the same? cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Mike, Feel free to email me (or Travis) directly if you want to discuss the impact on DATHeader of the latest change to the !LDRAW_ORG meta-statement William (17 years ago, 7-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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mikeheide schrieb: (...) I forgot to mention that the version number has to be 1.1.3 or later. All version up to 1.1.2 can only write back to file 65.000 bytes. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 4-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Dean Earley schrieb: (...) Yes, you are right. The last step before writing to disc was to put all in a text box. So stupid. Fixing was easy and should have not rise other problems in this case. Many thanks for your hint. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 4-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad)
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The problem is fixed. Now it should be possible to process files with approx. size by 1.5 GByte. Sorry for the trouble that maybe caused this bug to you. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 4-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I found the Racers track straight as an LDRAW part, listed under "Sports Track 8 x 16 Straight", "parts/42936.dat": (URL) anyone have a file or work-in-progress for the curve, part 42938? See Bricklink's list of parts, under "Track System": (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 3-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I seem to recall it was written in VB? If so, the VB text box has a content size limit of 65K. The only way around this is to work on an in memory string buffer and not store (and read back) the result in the text box. (17 years ago, 2-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad)
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Please do not use DATHeader on files that exceed 64k because they will be cut at 64k. I will investigate that problem later. I fixed the problem that I had by mirrored subfiles. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 2-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad)
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(...) hi guys, sorry for the late reply ... I'm abroad until next week and unfortunately I lack a proper connection to the net. anyway ... I started distributing the first parts. please mail me directly if you wanna have parts for the file (...) (17 years ago, 29-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Oh, yeah, forgot about that. I think that was even brought up the last time I was involved in such a discussion. --Travis (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) But you should still see them on transparent parts, right? Don (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I see in the stl2dat release notes for version 1.12 an options -o5 (which isn't in the documented options list above) that makes it generate convex optional edges (I think it means concave). That's probably why the inner part isn't smooth in (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) The current public version (1.12) of stl2dat set the face color to green or blue when the face contains degenerated triangles (with 2 or 3 coincident points) in the original stl file. This information can be used to clean the result file. I (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) It looks like the program used to convert these was not perfect. I’m bet we just need to add the correct edge-color and main-color to the areas that are green and blue. Gallagher (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Digital Designer and the LDraw System Of Tools. This relationship has led (...) This is great news indeed. I am happy to see this collaboration between LDraw and LEGO (especially since I see (URL) parts> I have been (URL) looking for> in this (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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That's great news. Just out of curiosity, do the green and blue bits have any significance, or are they just random? Since LDView was used for the part images, and there are plenty of smooth curves, it appears that stl2dat did a reasonably good job (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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Hi folks, as announced in this thread: (URL) members of the Steering Committee (SteerCo) have been in contact with LEGO to look at ways of working together to ease the conversion between the LEGO Digital Designer and the LDraw System Of Tools. This (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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Thats is, thanks Manfred! (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Or are you looking for this kind of switches: (URL) friendly greetings, Manfred. (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Do you prehaps mean part 6551.DAT - Electric Technic Pole Reverser? It is in the official parts library. With friendly greetings, Manfred. (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Looking for 9V switch as a .DAT file
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Hi, does anyone has a 9V switch as a .DAT file, unfortunately can't find any on the LDRAW site, nor in official, nor in unofficial parts. Does anyone has it and may tell me the link or send it as file? Why do I am looking for that? I want to include (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: dat file for wedge piece 50955 and 50956
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(...) I too could use these pieces. I better start trying to author some parts myself. Jim (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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Has anyone attempted to model the (URL) Windscreen 9 x 3 x 1 2/3 Bubble Canopy>? I don't see it in the parts tracker or anywhere else, but just thought I'd check whether anyone has something approximate. It's basically (URL) 44567> with a spoon on (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | CATEGORY and KEYWORD extension ratified by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has ratified the CATEGORY and KEYWORD language extension. The most major change between the ratified specification and the de-facto standard is to officially move the creation of new part categories away from the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) submitted to the PT: (URL) monitoring the PT activities but it would be useful to drop me a line when submitting a re-written part so I can remove it from the list. w. (17 years ago, 2-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I don't understand your question. How would you go about doing what? And while you might not know what else the MLCad base path would be, your description of the problem makes it sound like MLCad has to be looking for parts in some other (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) My base path is C:\LDraw. I don't know what else it would be. As for your suggestion, how would I go about that? Thank you so much for your patience -Bill. (17 years ago, 27-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) It sounds like you've ended up with files in the wrong folders, and it doesn't matter how many times you run the Scan command, since MLCad has no idea which files should be where. It just assumes you placed them correctly, and updates its own (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) It sounds like maybe the LDraw directory you have selected in MLCad isn't your real LDraw directory. Go into MLCad and check where it thinks the LDraw directory is (Settings->General->......->LDraw base path). If that differs from where you (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Thanks Travis. I tried your first suggestion with no success. As for your second, I already have LDView. It seems like several people have had the same problem. What about uninstalling the whole LDraw package and then reinstalling? How do I go (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) a tutorial how to customize the MLCad.ini file with a spot on the scan of unofficial folders can be found here: (URL) w. (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) If you want it to find parts in the Models directory, the MLCad.ini in the following zip will probably make that work: (URL) the MLCad.ini file from the zip into your main MLCad directory (in Program Files by default). If you already have an (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I'm not exactly sure how to make sure the parts are in the correct directories. As for the "Scan Parts" command I have run that multiple times.What happens is that MLCAD will say a file can not be found but when I search the file is indeed in (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Attn: Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) should be added to the non-CA list. Steve (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Part 2494p01 done. -Matt :) (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) It doesn't look like it: (URL) Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk) irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/ web: (URL) +44 (0)780 8369596 (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | ATTN: Re: NonCA-parts in need of review
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--snip-- (...) If you don't feel you can make any of these parts you can also help out by reviewing those parts that are being replaced. I've included a list at (URL) so you can find the parts in need of review easily. Tim (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Technic action figure helmet as dat file available?
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Hi CAD folks, I am not much into MLCad and I am looking for a dat file of this element: (URL) name: Technic, Figure Accessory Helmet The element at peeron: (URL) Does anybody know if this part is available even as unofficial part? Thanks in advance, (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Attn: Re: NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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(...) I've also made a copy of this on the ldraw wiki so that people can edit themselves in for parts they want to do. (URL) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Trying to cope with 2994. Not so easy... Philo (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Part 2542 done. Philo (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I'll do 30407. I'll edit my name in myself though ;) Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) hi, I've updated the chart according to the offers I've already got: 2494p01.dat - Glass for Window 1 x 4 x 5 with 5 Stripes - Matthew J. Chiles 2714.dat - Bar 7.6L with Stop - Philo many thx to the volunteering authors, w. (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) LEGOs haven't been made of CA for decades, so wouldn't that be the vast majority of parts? Sorry... I know that in the LEGO CAD world "CA" must stand for something else, but I just couldn't resist ; ) David "Fuzzy" Gregory (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Part 2714 rewritten... Philo (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Legalities - observing Steve (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Wheel - re-inventing Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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--snip-- (...) What makes you think that? Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Sorry to sound negative, but this is just a waste of time. Tim (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi folks, At www.ldraw.org you will find a list of files in the official library, whose original author has not affirmed the CA and therefore need to be re-written by CA-authors. (URL) Howard and Guy Vivan have already put a lot of effort in this (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce) !!
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(...) Not long ago, I had the same problem. Try this: - Make sure that the downloaded subfiles are in the correct directories: some subparts belong to "\PARTS", while other subparts belong to "\PARTS\S" and so on. - After each download, run "Scan (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Hello William, Would you be using unofficial parts (or models using them)? In that case you are also missing unofficial primitives. One radical solution is to download the whole set of unofficial files here: (URL) doing so, be sure to read (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Well, I finished the model I was working on and tried your suggestion. After completing the manual download instructions I tried to download a part that I tried unsuccessfully to download a while back. Unfortunately I still have the same (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Thanks Steve. I'm not computer illiterate, but I'n not exactly computer fluent either. I'll try what you've suggested. One question before I do though: If parts from older versions are overwritten and I reinstall complete.exe, will it (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Take a look at the Manual Install directions on ldraw.org: (URL) ldraw027.exe will overwrite a number of parts with older versions, so after you install the ldraw027.exe file, you will need to re-install complete.exe. Steve (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Hi all. I have been having the same problem. I checked and the above mentioned file was indeed missing so I downloaded it, but it's just sitting there all lonely on my desktop. What do I do with it now? Thanks in advance. (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Snowmobile tread hubs?
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Yes I have just completed a first draft but have not submitted to LDraw yet. It still contains many error but is ready for use. Donald (17 years ago, 14-May-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Anybody working on these wheels? (URL) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Trapezoid flag 2 X 2 unknown part number
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(...) This is part 44676 and already on the Parts Tracker at : (URL) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Trapezoid flag 2 X 2 unknown part number [DAT]
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Here is a model for the trapezoidal flag 2 X 2. The part had no visible number so any idea what to name it? 0 Flag 2 x 2 trapezoid 0 Name: unknown? 0 Author: Mark Kennedy 0 BFC CERTIFY CW 1 16 0 10 30 0 0 2 10 1 0 20 0 0 rect.dat 1 16 0 20 10 2 0 0 (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Si, accosento that the "pipistrello" part is not the best to begin with as an unexperienced LDraw author. I had it in my LDraw todo-bucket before I sold my LEGO collection. I regret that I didn't withhold that bucket from the deal, or I could (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) ciao miriana, la creazione di parts (specialmente di un freeform come il pipistrello) richiede una certa esperienza CAD per raggiungere un risultato soddisfacente in breve tempo - e comunque prima che il tutto diventasse troppo frustrante. se (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi! I'm Miriana, from Italy. I'm a Lego fan and I need help to make own part. Now I'm making howgwarts castel and I noticed that some parts are not on database. Can I make them by my own? For example if I want make bat part (30103.dat) how can I (...) (17 years ago, 17-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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The part title for light.dat is as follows: Pov-RAY Light Source (useless to give a color to it) This title is wrong. Even the L3P that's been out for years pays attention to the color, and creates a light source that matches the given color. (...) (17 years ago, 6-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Getting rif off the 8.3 nomenclature???
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(...) I just don't want people confusing naming conventions in the part library with naming conventions in Linetype 1 part references. I was mostly replying to Kevin saying his applications choke on spaces in part references, which is something I'd (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) You should also consider stripping trailing whitespace from the end of the filename. I believe MLCad and most of the other programs do this. Whitespace in filenames has been supported by many Ldraw programs for quite a while, but it does not (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I very strongly support allowing the inclusion of whitespace in LDraw filenames, provided the first character is not whitespace. Bricksmith has always allowed users to do this. When parsing a line, I get all the matrix numbers, skip all (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Getting rif off the 8.3 nomenclature??? (scanf tricks)
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(...) That's a nifty scanf trick. But don't forget, you might still want to (URL) trim leading and trailing whitespace> (tabs and space characters) from the parsed filename (and maybe even surrounding quotes). Don (17 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hi Jim, Thanks! I'll use it. Kevin (17 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) misparse file names with blanks or tabs in them. (...) will be backward compatible and not cause problems (at least not for (...) I have no idea whether this could be worked into your sscanf usage, but it is possible to read whitespace into (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) OK, that makes a lot more sense. LDView had the same problem with whitespace in filenames until I specifically added support for that. (LDView now gives you a warning when it encounters whitespace in a filename.) --Travis (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Sorry for posting to my own post. In particular if the "longer file names" cannot have blanks in the names, then there is no problem for LPub or LSynth. 20.3 would require no changes at to LPub or LSynth. Given that sscanf splits things up by (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Travis it has to do with parsing. For type 1 lines and 8.3 I can simply use sscanf. Kevin (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Well, I still do ocasionally, when I'm using my remote MS-DOS based platform. And on my other platform, running on a Windows NT operating system, (URL) this nomenclature test> failed on the second line. (Although I do not fully understand the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) We are talking about official files in the parts library here. They're not going to have Unicode or special characters. If this isn't already explicitly in the spec for library filenames, we can certainly add it. As a side note, UTF-8 and (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Couldn't that be dealt with by restricting the filenames to alphanumerics + the usual suspects (_ etc.)? My understanding was those were unchanged in any character set. Tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Call me paranoid, but long filenames make me nervous because of the other worms packaged along with them (like unicode or UTF-8, blech!). Sure your filenames might look great on Windows, but try to bring them over to another filesystem, or (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Or, we should start by introducing the new standard, use it in a few (relatively obscure) instances, and give the various software authors a chance to sort it out. Considering the general pace of parts releases, a long-named file would be on (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) This suprises me. Can you elaborate on this? If we in the LSC are going to make an informed decision on this issue, understanding why this is the case with LPub/LSynth would help us greatly. I know all Win32 API calls work fine with long (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I'm personally undecided on the issue of long filenames. On the one hand Willy is entirely correct that we probably shouldn't disallow them purely because of ldraw.exe/ledit.exe. On the other hand, Kevin's post that LPub/LSynth would both have (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) To elaborate: Suppose you have a part abcdefg.dat with loads of subparts (Too many to name with the 8.3 restriction). Just make a new subdirectory LDRAW/PARTS/S/abcdefg/ and put the numbered subparts in there (like (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Darn! In that case I'd suggest making a short filename preparer as a backwards compatibility measure. Perhaps it would bring all longfilename parts into an MPD (with shortened names) or something similar (eg. creates short name versions (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) That's an interesting approach, but I don't know if it'll work for the subpart files that started this thread. I think mklist only handles files in the PARTS directory. The subpart filenames would be embedded in the part files that use them, (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Well I've just spent some time on another way. You can make a new version of mklist that works as follows: scan through the parts, if a filename is long then make a new copy of the file with a standardised short file name (possible assigned in (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Yeah, but there's always another way. One that preserves the precious backwards compatibility. In this case you could make more subdirectories in the official library. Like the LDRAW/P/48 directory that was created to avoid name conflicts (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Willy, I agree completely on this point. That is why the LSC created the LDraw file format specification 1.0.0. I have never used LDraw myself, but I know that for some very influential people in the LDraw community this is an issue. I did not (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hi Kevin, frankly I never understood how and why a program (I've never used BTW) can set a standard! I don't use Office progs from Redmond but I doubt that the file format for Word2007 has to be compatible with Word for DOS 5.5. Hang on! (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hi Willy, Nice explanation about naming. The issue of 8.3 nomenclature falls under the purvue of the Standards Committee. Before they can remove that constraint, they will have to work with the community of tool developers to understand the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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guys, I'm currently working on 004219b.dat - Sticker System with Australia Flag Pattern. unfortunately there is no rule for subparts in the sticker standard: (URL) to the PT references: (URL) are subparts numbered? A: Subparts, which are stored in (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Uh, oh, you may have an argument to model the underside of baseplates in LDraw: (URL) (It may not be obvious, but I'm being at least somewhat tongue-in-cheek here.) --Travis (17 years ago, 26-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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Orion Pobursky schrieb: (...) Thanks Orion, but I need not the instructions for the sets itself because I own all of them. I need the instructions for the extra models (combinations) that are shown on that picture. Those instructions are not in the (...) (17 years ago, 25-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic.roboriders, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) (URL) (17 years ago, 25-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic.roboriders, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Does anybody has instructions for these models of the roborider series? (URL) help is welcome. mikeheide (17 years ago, 25-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic.roboriders, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Mark Kennedy schrieb: (...) I think this is not necessary. The other stud groups are created mainly for the baseplates and there are no underside studs. mikeheide (17 years ago, 25-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Does anybody think that there should be stud groups for the undersides of plates made up of STUD4 type studs? Was wondering how much support there is for such primitives before submitting any to the tracker. (17 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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ludo soete schrieb: (...) This part is already an official part. Please download the the actual parts updates to install it on your system. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Is there an existing LDraw version of the 55981 "Wheel 30.4 x 14 with Holes on Both Sides" ((URL) I can't seem to find it in the parts tracker. On the other hand, LDD does have this wheel. Is it possible to convert LDD parts to LDraw format (not (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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