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Subject: 
Re: How to make custom parts?
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date: 
Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:33:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Austin Dempewolff wrote:
First I'd like to say sorry for asking the question you guys probably get asked
more often then you like.  I searched and found a thread on it but the link to
the FAQ at ldraw.org was bad.

So my question is, does any one have a good link to an FAQ
(http://www.ldraw.org/memorial/archive/FAQ/ is bad), tutorial, site, etc.

Try here:
http://www.ldraw.org/article/58

I was also wondering if there is any way to make them in a CAD program and
convert them to ldraw parts, and if so how.

Yes, Stefan Gustavson recently released a good converter:
http://www.itn.liu.se/~stegu/lego/max2dat/

There are various other converters listed here:
http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=6

-Orion



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  How to make custom parts?
 
First I'd like to say sorry for asking the question you guys probably get asked more often then you like. I searched and found a thread on it but the link to the FAQ at ldraw.org was bad. So my question is, does any one have a good link to an FAQ (...) (20 years ago, 27-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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