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(...) Hmm... I'd better get cracking. Franklin's about to pass me up. ;-) -Orion (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | PT File Queue has (minor) bug
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When I check the File Queue at the Parts Tracker: (URL) noticed that it does *not* weed out those files I've already reviewed... (... which is 390 files, so far, according to this): (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) For how long? A year? *Two*? I've *already* waited that long for some of the files on the PT. How much longer should I be asked to wait before others agree with me that there *is* a problem? Part of the reason I cannot let go of this, is (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I agree here. I own a bunch of "rare" parts and could compare the ldraw parts to the real thing. But I dont know anything about the technical stuff and cant say on those. Also, I could provide comments on part names, KEYWORDS etc (since I know (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Numbers Report - 1 October 2003
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Section Totals 048 certified files. 284 files need admin review. 436 files need more votes. 563 have uncertified subfiles. 161 held files. Total Files: 1,492 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2003-10-01 - 048 / 284 / 436 / 563 / 161 (1,492) 2003-09-26 - (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Postscript output
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(...) I'll second that. Moreover, the EPS and PDF output (in addition to 'plain' PostScript) apparently supported by gl2ps would also be very nice. --Tom (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) If we require (by informal convention at least) authors to have the part they author, I do think there's merit in requiring at least one (or two) reviewer(s) to have the part they author as well. So I think this is a good restriction although (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I agree that the way subfiles are handled is a bit klunky, but I can't think of a better way to handle them. (...) Yes, I think that we should shift away from holding unused primitives. A simple novote would suffice or maybe a "Certified but (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I like this, sort of. While I thinks it's a good idea, the overall effect would be to lower throughput since not everyone has an expansive LEGO collection. Isn't that part of the reason why some started using virtual LEGO in the first place? (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I can think if a few things that might help throughput (I'm sure that most of these have been discussed before): 1) Create a new review attribute "compared to physical part" (which could apply to an admin or regular review), which certifies (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I think something like this (or just releasing unused primitives) would be useful. There is a clear advantage to "locking in" primitives: they are designed to be used by multiple authors; if they are not properly examined and said to be good, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) I'm opposed to the [x] number of votes equals an admin vote for a couple of reasons: - I envision a group of reviewers getting together the push a few low quality or controversial parts through at the last minute. It really wouldn't be that (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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Thanks for the feedback. First of all, to my mind, the number of files processed and released has no bearing on the issue I raised, that there are *several* files that have been sitting on the Parts Tracker for *well* over a year (almost *two* (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) But how can you certify a part that uses subparts, if the subparts might change? Maybe the orientation of the file will change, and then the parent part would have to be modified? Or am I missing something? (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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In general, I agree with Orion that having the parts tracker is much better than not having it, and that the main problem is that there are too few active reviewers. Just as a reminder to those reviewers out there, look at the parts queue, which (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Mac Brick CAD 2.0b1
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Following some months of work I have now blaced Mac Brick CAD 2.0b1 on my .Mac site: (URL) 2.0b1 is the renaming of the Cocoa version so as to avoid confusion with the Carbon / Classic versions. Two seperate installations are available: For existing (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Postscript output
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(...) Wow, this looks very cool! I'd love to see it implemented in an LDraw-based program. :-) -Tim (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Postscript output
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I know the question of postscript output has been tossed around in the past a few times. Is it still something people want? Because it looks like someone has finally implemented a library that could do the trick for ldraw programs that render with (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Variants of Wheel Holder Brick (Wa: Rubber Colors Needed)
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(...) There is also white, clear, red/black (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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(...) snip (...) I couldn't agrre with this more. Having the parts tracker allows users access to a greater number of parts than ever before. Using these parts becomes stricly the user's decision and therefore risk. I'm sure there are those people (...) (21 years ago, 27-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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