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(...) But for the less commonly used tools ... it does nothing. At this time, CMDLINE is really just a comment. Maybe someday, some renderer/editor will make use of it, but not yet. Steve (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LEdit Command line question
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(...) Most of the meta commands are used outside of the original LEdit program. ROTATION CENTER is currently only used in MLCad (I make use of it frequently). If you're not able to use MLCad (I don't see why not), then I suggest making a custom part (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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My ignorance of meta-commands is very nearly complete, so I throw myself on the mercy of my peers here in lugnet.cad.dev Is there a way to "set" the rotation point of a part that will work in LEdit? For example, if I'd like the 2x4 brick 3001.dat to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Command line commands in dat parts
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(...) I forgot to add that this link: (URL) my draft LDraw spec and it contains a list of all the known META commands and links to the website for the programs that use them -Orion (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Command line commands in dat parts
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(...) It's a LDLite META Command. Supposedly the command gives a default color for the part though I've never really seen it in action. For the most commonly used tools (MLCad, LeoCAD, L3P) this command does nothing. -Orion (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Command line commands in dat parts
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Can someone tell me what a "CMDLINE -C0" means? And if there is a website that explains what the other commands are and how they are used. Thank you, Paul (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) Well this problem my be out of our hands. We've been using SynEdit for our editing component and since this code is not written by us, fixing problems with it is difficult. (...) When code ocmponent that we used for the editor was swapped the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) [SNIP] (...) I’d like to move the triple 3, say, into position 1 or another line. I click and select the 3 numbers + spaceholders. once the triple is selected in 1.4 the cursor becomes an "arrow" and you can drag’n’drop the selection into the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) I don't know what he is using, but I do know that enabling and disabling menu animations can produce completely unexpected side-effects. Assuming your Windows version is recent enough to support menu animations, you might want to switch them (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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(...) That's right, Don. Please see (URL) continued: (...) Yes, it will. Tony said: (...) Good initiative! If the file gets too big or unhandy for POV, I will reconsider the L3PARTS mentioned in (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) I'm not sure what you mean by Drag 'N Drop. Could you elaborate more? (...) Again, I not sure what you mean. (...) Hmm... I have a look at it. I pretty much just ported the code from L3Check to Delphi. (...) I'll put this on the todo list. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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(...) hi, thx for making a great tool even better. I really like the winding button and the fakt that now you can select multiple lines and rewind them in one go! working with the old plug-in was a lot of clicking and mouse-hoovering (nontheless thx (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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To all those who downloaded and got an '.dll not found' error after install, I've uploaded the fix to this problem. -Orion (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | MBC 0.6.2 observations
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Changed model Pressed "command+s" (menu lit up) Pressed "command+q" I was greeted with a dialogue box that stated that the changes hadn't been saved and asked if I wanted to save them. I dismissed the dialogue box, and quit. I launched MBC 0.6.2 and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 0.6.2
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(...) QTVR works great now. The rotating parts is nice. I like the axis of rotation. Now we need it to snap to 10 or 15 degree rotations when dragging with the mouse. Multiple part rotation doesn't work. See my robot's left lower leg: (URL) kinda (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Mac Brick CAD 0.6.2
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Mac Brick CAD 0.6.2 (Carbon) is now available for download at <link (URL) Improvements include Improved model rendering 'Power User' shortcuts Improved QTVR exporting Additionally, the source code is also available in a seperate file at the above (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC Vote Results
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(...) Indeed. Congratulations! Thanks to all the candidates for being willing to be considered for this job, and a special thanks to you, Wayne, for taking on the tally job. Much appreciated! (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Steve, Tim: You are welcome. I'm looking forward to the output of the LSC. [snip rest] -Wayne (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LSC Vote Results
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(...) Same here!! I'm glad you posted this while I'm a bit tied up this week. I'll try to get some news on the site as soon as I can, but that might not be till tomorrow when I'm at home, or Saturday when I've unwound. Thanks, Wayne! (...) Yeah I'm (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | L3P Launcher v0.6
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(URL) think this version is alot more useful than the last. Even though not much is different. I added: All of the checkboxes remember their state. A user flags field, so that you can enter in camera and light values if you know the flag values. (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: rotating models in MBC 0.4.1d Cocoa
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(...) Chris, Unfortunately the answer isn't necessarily simple. In the parts files included with Brickdraw 3d, I found an error in part 590 (Train Engine). At least one of the Type-2 lines is corrupted. However, I didn't notice the error in the file (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LSC Vote Results
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(...) Wayne, Thanks for being the vote-tallier-person! I appreciate you handling it. (...) Looks like a good group, except maybe that last one. ;) I'm somewhat tied up right now, but I'll get with the LSC members and we'll get going in the next (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Config File (was: Edge line colors on img.lugnet.com)
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Cary Clark wrote: <snip> (...) It's 33,33,33 since these values make the color light enough to show up on a black backgrond when rendered but dark enough to be considered black. -Orion (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Config File (was: Edge line colors on img.lugnet.com)
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(...) As you pointed out, dithering is a historical artifact with LDraw. As I don't see it doing any harm, I'd rather leave it in for now, even if it is generally unused. Call me misguidedly sentimental. ;) (...) As to the order and format, I was (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Config File (was: Edge line colors on img.lugnet.com)
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(...) Not exactly, although kind of. The idea is this might become several things. Not in any particular order: - This can lead to a standard color-definition (meta-)statement for LDraw. Since LEGO seems to be releasing more and more colors, it (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Inline POV code in official parts?
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This is just my opinion since I started all this by suggesting to Lars to add POV support into L3P in the first place. By adding a few .dat primitives (not POV primitives) to the .dat definition, then you don't have to tie yourself to any renderer. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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(...) Now that would rock. For my personal use, this would almost entirely solve the problem. I could whip up a single file that contains all the parts I want to fix, run it through L3P, manually fix the parts in the resulting file, and then include (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LSC Vote Results
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All: Due to some technical difficulties, I was unable to tally the votes on Sunday as originally planned (I was in Boise Idaho at the time, and the rain storm the prior night had crippled the cable modem I was borrowing.) So I was not able to do the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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(...) I asked Lars a while back if he could wrap all the part definitions with IF NDEF statements so that someone could define the parts they wanted in an external include file and the rest would use the standard L3P code. Hopefully when a new (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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(...) Because parts with inline POV code work with the version of L3P that we have now. Why not start by building a library of modified official parts, but with the explicit goal of eventually converting them into POV only parts when L3P or some (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest? [DAT]
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(...) Here is my $0.01.... This is how I have started handling Ldraw/PoV parts: The 3626bp6f.dat is availabe on the parts tracker here: (URL) is some line wrapping happening here, I will need to fix it later) 0 Minifig Head with Female Eyes with Red (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inline POV code in official parts?
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(...) I agree with Steve on this issue: no POV code in offical parts with the possible exception of primitves. I feel this way for a few reasons: - It could be construed the POV is the Official rendering program of the LDraw.org library. This can (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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(...) Why not just a library of POV code only parts, ala LGEO/Raves, only compatible with the LDraw.org library? We could host this project on Sourceforge so anyone who was interested could develop. I think if we do it Pov only, LDraw.org is more (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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(...) Okay... then I'd like to open this up to a question for the community: Is anyone interested in working on a single shared repository of ldraw-compatible parts with inlined POV-Ray code? How many authors out there are comfortable with both (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Config File (was: Edge line colors on img.lugnet.com)
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(...) ... (...) ... I'm working on a Track Designer-like program; I'll be presenting it at BrickFest. My program, TrackDraw, can read and write LDraw files -- I've also created a color definition file (in XML) that is very much like Steve's -- so (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Config File (was: Edge line colors on img.lugnet.com)
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(...) hmm ... I suppose this will become a some sort of standard color chart for a handful of progs? are we sure that the ldraw colors are the right ones (makein' the devils advocate)? looking around I found at least three different values for (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDGLite outputting gobble-dee-goo to terminal window
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(...) Less that a second for my Mini, but it is mini :) About 4 seaconds for my black tank car, which has 284 (?) parts. About 8 seconds to draw my GP30. The dat for the GP30 has 817 lines (not all of them are parts). Redraw the model every time... (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | LDraw.org Config File (was: Edge line colors on img.lugnet.com)
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[XPFUT lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw] (...) A little more has happened on this: I emailed the authors of most of the LDraw-compatible software packages, and asked for buy-in on this idea. Basically, my thought was that we needed to have agreement about (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Inline POV code in official parts?
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(...) Yes, it's pretty much still the case. I would really prefer to not have any POV code in the parts library at all. But if there must be some, I think it should stay in the primitive files. (...) I think a better solution is to work on POV (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Inline POV code in official parts?
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What's the current plan for POV-Ray code in official parts? I have been out of the loop for a while, but my last understanding was that parts with inline POV-Ray code don't have any chance of getting certified on the parts tracker. Is this still the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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