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(...) Thanks for the insight Kyle. Here's my next question... I'm not looking to buy a Java IDE (I've already purchased Delphi and Visual Studio in the last year) so I went looking for a good, free IDE. I've found 2 that seem to be in wide use: (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh I should add, that while I haven't run my program on MacOS X, I have run the exact same code on Solaris, Linux, and Windows, and It was really impressive how it just worked. I didn't even have to recompile. :) -Kyle (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Orion. I've been lurking here awhile and I've seen the stuff you've done for LDraw. I'm glad I can finally answer a question or two. While I do work for Sun, I don't work in the group that does Java3D, however I do know some of the (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm going to try to learn Java3D regardless of portability if for no other reason than to do something new. I already have a fair working knowledge of OpenGL, I'm trying to expand my horizons. This is why I asked if there was anyone who has (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Read this. (URL) you want to consider using OpenGL instead since many implementations of java 3D are built on top of OpenGL. You can take any new OpenGL skills you learn with you to other languages. Don (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm considering learning Java and the Java3D API. The only official distros for Java3D I can find are for Windows and Solaris. My question is does anyone know how portable the Java3D extension is? Dos anyone have any experience with Java3D in a (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The sort url for the above is: (URL) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) (URL) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Very nice. It tells me when there are missing parts! (URL) it displays the Star Destroyer much better... meaning it displays more than 1 part, which is what 2.2b1 did. (URL) can get the dat here: (URL) op=modload&name=News...=0&thold=0 It slows my (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Well folks, I've been busy again and MBC2.3b1 is the result. This represents a fairly significant upgrade with new major features including: * Multiple Part Data (.mpd) files can be directly edited. * Exporting to instructions sequences is possible (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Stats for Unofficial Files 69 certified files. 177 files need admin review. 399 files need more votes. 421 have uncertified subfiles. 221 held files. Total Files: 1,287 Comparison with Prev. Report: 2004-05-11: 69 / 177 / 399 / 421 / 221 (1,287) (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The latest version of LDView lets you specify latitude and longitude coordinates for the camera on the command line (very similar to the L3P camera globe command line argument). So, for example, the default camera view would be like so: (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) As long as I can specify global camera coordinates (or something equivilent), I'd consider using LDView. -Orion (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) As I was the one asking last time, I suppose it's my turn to reveal the secret: www.ldraw.org click 'Contests' then select 'SOTM' :-) or direct link (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The Community menu use the Contests link. It under the "View the current month's contest submissions" heading: (URL) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Err, I forget. How do we look at them if we've already voted? Thanks, Don (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Being a broadband user, I tend to prefer bigger, but I can also understand that this would lead to an uncomfortably long page load time for people who don't have broadband. To be perfectly honest, all the models this month are big enough in (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hmm, I forgot to make the links and tables borderless. I'll make a mental note of that for next month's contest (...) I thought about this. I foresaw a potential problem with only one picture displayed: people who vote for a model who don't (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) IMO there's not much to criticize. But as you're asking ... Maybe ... ... the models should not go all the way to the edges of the thumbnails, now that there are black borders? ... the black border should be blue, just like all other links? (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Excellent. Nice clear views at a good angle. The orthographic camera is fine, although I wouldn't object to a little bit of perspective, and the outlining of the bricks gives a good indication of construction technique. All up, a big (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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