| | 2005 LDraw Steering Committee Election is open
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The 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the announcement on LDraw.org here: (URL) the Ballot link. You may vote for up to five candidates. Please cast (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: Internationalization of the part library?
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(...) Personally, I agree. That said, if the LSC decided that internationalization is not a goal then some consideration of how to proceed would be needed, but I would tend to want to follow their recommendation, it's their charter to own decisions (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | PT Browser: A client-side browser for the Parts List
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PTBrowser enables the user to create multiple views of the LDraw Parts Tracker Parts List. Each view can be filtered to include only parts meeting user-defined criteria and is displayed in a configurable hierarchy. Parts displayed in each view can (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX) !
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| | Re: Internationalization of the part library?
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(...) Personally I think this is well within the pervue of the LSC. I see no need for another organization. Kevin (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: TrueType font converter?
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(...) more like a whitepaper-with-actual-code rather than source-code-with-comments. Triangle seems to be a 2D utility, I don't remember it handling 3D curved surfaces. But that shouldn't be a problem in this case. Steve (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Internationalization of the part library?
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(...) I feel it falls more to the LSC than any other group currently in existence. Although, the SteerCo could appoint a new i18n group... (...) I am picking my way through (URL) there another source of a good summary? From what I've read, this (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: TrueType font converter?
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(...) Heh, all the answers are already on lugnet. Make an array of points from the bezier and apply this algorithm. (URL) 2. An algorithm for filling a closed curve with tris/quads This link has code. I believe Steve tried it, so you can ask him (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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(...) some links about this topic: (URL) I use paul's figures: 1 LDU = 0.015625 inch = 0.396875 mm (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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(...) Thank you very much! Can you also add similar text under linetype 3? Steve (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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(...) Hmm. Where did that figure come from? I've been using 1 LDU = .4mm for quite awhile now... (...) heh. Don't be *too* sure about that, I seem to remember seeing some early evidence about measurements in English units. But it's a vague memory, I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2005 Steering Committee Candidate Larry Pieniazek - backgrounder and position statement
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Last year, I outlined my background and positions in (URL) this post>. I am standing for election again, and I think it's useful to review that post and take stock. In that post I said that the key areas of focus for the steering committee ought to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Internationalization of the part library?
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(...) I don't think it is really the task of the LSC to define a standard for internationalization (i18n) of part names, but here is a sketch of how I believe it should be handled: + The names found in LDraw files (parts and models) are considered (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Reminder: 2005 Steering Committee Nominations closing soon
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As outlined here: (URL) nominations are about to close. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, and have accepted. as outlined, will be eligible for election. So if you are a candidate that has not yet accepted or declined, please (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Now that the dead-line is approaching, I have to make a decision. Looking at the candidates for this steering committee election and the decisions that are on the horizon, I trust the candidates who already have accepted their nominations to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: TrueType font converter?
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(...) Thanks Stefan, I have already written the basic code to export the glyph using the FreeType library. (...) Thanks for that info too - I have now found some refs on the net. (...) the hardest part of the problem, your references will help (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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(...) You're probably right. The strictest definition is 1 LDU equals 1/20 the width of a 1x1 brick (whatever that measurement turns out to be). -Orion (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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(...) I was wondering about this number in that otherwise very explanatory and very clear figure when I saw it in the Brickfest presentation. I would strongly argue that Lego, being a Danish creation, is in fact metric by design, and that 1 LDU is (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy (well, easier)
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(...) Thanks for the encouragement! Multiple meshes in a single 3DS or ASE file is now supported. I came across a nasty bug in the 3DS export from 3dsmax that took me a whole day to straighten out. It turs out that if any of the mesh objects (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: TrueType font converter?
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(...) Your best bet to get a quick result would probably be to look in some 3D graphics libraries for OpenGL and find working code to get a TT glyph out into a mesh model. Exporting a flat mesh model to LDraw format yourself is not very difficult, (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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