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(...) Seems OK to me, but I don't like "circular" too much. Rounded, perhaps? Philo (15 years ago, 2-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Hmm.. maybe I should really think another three dozen times more about what I propose. 32174.dat - Technic Ball Socket Single 3 x 2 Circular 47296.dat - Technic Ball Socket Single 3 x 2 Rectangular 47296.dat - Technic Ball Socket Double 5 x 2 (...) (15 years ago, 2-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Not being a part author, I can't comment on the utility, but to me the naming is confusing. The base cylinder primitives are already open at both ends; they just don't have edges there. So to me, cyle would make more since in the filename, and (...) (15 years ago, 2-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I think it's a bad idea to have the double-socket parts be named so similarly to the single-socket parts. The double-socket parts are beams with sockets on either end, whereas the single socket parts are sockets with connectors out the (...) (15 years ago, 2-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(URL) Hi all - I'm currently working on the rectangular ball joint sockets and the naming issue (which I have tried to rise up a couple of times) is to me becoming a little critical. What I'd like is to unify the titles of all seven variants: the (...) (15 years ago, 2-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Open cylinder primitives, any demand? [DAT]
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Is there any demand for this type of cylinder primitive that's open at both ends? 0 Cylinder open 1.0 0 Name: 4-4cylo.dat 0 Author: Mark Kennedy [mkennedy] 0 !LDRAW_ORG Unofficial_Primitive 0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see (...) (15 years ago, 1-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Ah, basically the infamous texture mapping... I've seen a POC applied to LDRAW, and it's quite impressive. It'd be nice if we could move forward on that issue. Creating decorated parts the way it's done now is onerous to the extreme, IMHO. -- (...) (15 years ago, 31-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Of course, it would be most awesome to have a single part that could assume either configuration. But that is outside the scope of LDraw... Steve (15 years ago, 30-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) The flat version can be applied on other bricks, or be used for bill of materials... Philo (15 years ago, 30-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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At part (URL) there is mentioned a hint that this number should be used for the plain version of the sticker an 56711gc01.dat for the formed version. On first sight this seemed logical to me. On the second sight I wonder why we should make also a (...) (15 years ago, 30-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 4721 - Tyre Minifig Bicycle has wrong part number
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(...) 4721.dat is a brazen cheat from me. I'm surprised that it has no hold votes. 8-) I wouldn't mind it being replaced by a more accurate version - when available. Like Michael correctly writes, I found the part # in Peeron. Changing the part # is (...) (15 years ago, 24-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 4721 - Tyre Minifig Bicycle has wrong part number
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(...) Tore writes from where he has the number: Peeron. As this is now 6 years ago I fear we never know from where this part no. is from at the beginning. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 23-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Folks, Going through the L(EGO)Draw parts at picture 3 (URL) came across 2807. The LEGO database says: MINI CYCLE, TYRE 14 X 2 [1996-01] Use Design: 2807 which is also the number on BL. Peeron and LDdraw uses 4721 instead: (URL) a shrunken 70162 - (...) (15 years ago, 23-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi folks, the LEGO Universe Team has shared another batch of part shapes with the community, with the purpose to make them fit for the LDraw Parts Tracker. This time things are a bit different. The package we've got contains also shapes which are (...) (15 years ago, 15-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: Official Parts using MLCad colors
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(...) Let me stop this before it gets started... It's not an offense, Tore, nor were you wrong at the time. There is no witch hunt, finger pointing, or conspiracy. We are not on a crusade against you or anyone else. We simply want to upgrade the (...) (15 years ago, 2-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It appears so, even if I wish it was just the opposite. I still haven't been convinced why it is so wrong to use the backwards compatible color number range when possible. I used color 462 for the orange part of the German flag because number (...) (15 years ago, 1-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hi, All these colors are in the 'dithered' range, if the actual dither color is wanted by the part author it has nothing to do with mlcad or has it? And isn't declaring new colors in the LDConfig using the dithered range breaking some kind of (...) (15 years ago, 1-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) There may be problems matching these colors. As you note, these are patterned parts and the colors Lego uses for the printing on patterned parts do not necessarily match the colors used for the plastic brick. -Orion (15 years ago, 1-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) When we updated the LDConfig.ldr 462 was already defined as Medium_Orange #FE9F06 and has therefore been kept. If Medium_Orange is appropriate for the German Flag is another story. The chart only list colors which are used in parts but are not (...) (15 years ago, 1-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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