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(...) Kinda hard to use AutoCAD after MicroStation, neh? ;-) I would rather use MicroStation on a Berkeley / UNIX Sys-5 box with a VAX in the network for mass storage (1) than a comparable version of AutoCAD on a PC any day. (...) This is kind of (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) But your horse doesn't poop all over the public parks. --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yep, In fact, Microstation is what I used at work also. (...) That's basically what I was trying to get across. I also had the same conclusion about the difficulties. (...) Hmmm, Yes, It would be nice to be able to "rotate" the coordinate (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tomorrow if all works out well I will be able to begin the creation of the images for ldraw.org and begin coding shortly thereafter. A few things need to be worked out between now and then, and in the near future when the methods for making the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Correct. I was just inquiring about it - not stating that I was going to make that a priority. (...) You are also correct here. I don't fully realize how it complicates it, and maybe that is in part the reason for my enthusiasm about it. I (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I apologize for this comment. I realize that it was completely uncalled for and terribly degrading and cheap in nature. Jonathan and all; please forgive me for my unnecessary comment. I will work to have my original post cancelled. Keep (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) to (...) Disagree. It is easier to use the carrot than the stick. When the LCAD moved to LUGNET it was discussed that this would open the group to a wider variety of persons. Now we have the first case of (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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There are part creation tips in the Ldraw FAQ, but a specific tutorial does not exist. To directly answer your question, a quad takes the form: 4 16 x1 y1 z1 x2 y2 z2 x3 y3 z3 x4 y4 z4 4 is the line type, 16 is the color, and then the 4 points (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Mike, you "absolutely" missed the point. Everything you wrote is reasonable, except for the last two, but to my knowledge there is not a consensus on what is reasonable. If I'm to believe that all parts in (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) is (...) parts, (...) AFAIK there isn't any right now, but you do bring up a good point. I think that a parts tutorial would be very appropriate for ldraw.org, if someone wants to write one. I will be able to start site design in Photoshop and (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Everybody! This my first Intentional post to this group, and I hope it is in the right place. I was wondering if there was an LDraw Part Creation Tutorial. I made some bitmaps of Starwars decorations, and I'd like to make them into actual parts, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I know the function you want; I've used it on InterGraph workstations in my high school job. It knew how to handle stright lines as well as arcs and other elliptical segments, as well as Bezier loops and other exotic stuff. For LDraw purposes, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is the issue I was trying to describe a while back concerning a hypothetical "Copy Parallel Surface" tool... I never was able to put it so concisely... (...) Hmmm, this strikes me a pretty cool way to do a basic "snap to" function... (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) side of (...) I do agree as well, Todd. Thanks again for taking this situation and calming it down and thanks for your patience in the matter. Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 You've seen their sites and read their (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sproaticus skrev i meddelandet <371256D6.4EEC8895@g...es.com>... (...) Yup, you caught me there... I'm mostly thinking in the BlockCAD universe, where the pieces _must_ be convex. (...) located on (...) But I should have thought of this anyhow :-( (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I guess I didn't fully state my intentions. I will create both a non-shockwave and shockwave versions, for the enjoyment of those who like a cool little animated site. I didn't intend on placing Shockwave as a priority over the non-shockwave (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) These only work for convex pieces. The hollow areas in a concave piece would not be handled properly, since at least one wall would actually move *closer* to the other piece. For example, consider a clip. If you scale its position by 1.01, the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Leonardo Zide skrev i meddelandet <3711E2FA.17EB08D@ce...com.br>... (...) to (...) - Scale the piece dimensions by 0.9 or something like that for comparisons - remember to use a _central_ point as origin for the scaling (hmm, sounds like heavy (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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