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  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager nominate Tore Eriksson (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Candidates
 
Hi folks, did anybody notice that the nomination for the 2006 SteerCo closed at 11:59 PM GMT on 28 February 2006 as outlined in this post (URL) I didn't! Could a member of the still governing SteerCo enlight us what's going on right now? I composed (...) (19 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Harmonizing Syntax of TLAS, LMM, and LDA2006
 
(...) Thank you, Miguel. (...) As discussed earlier, I am now convinced of the animation potentials of MPDs. As a (not very active, but yet...) member of the LDraw Standards Commitee, I am also convinced of the benefits we all would enjoy if all (...) (19 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDA2006 Progress Report
 
(...) Hi Tore, Congrats on your recent work. As you know, I am working on a parallel animation app project. At this point, I've stopped development on the new version and plan to dedicate the next month or so to cleanup duties (anything from (...) (19 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Proposed new colour
 
Hi all, Not sure if this has been brought up before so sorry if it has. When looking at one of my renders today Ross Crawford commented that the tracks were to reflective. We worked out that this is because they use the chrome color (383) to define (...) (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
 
  Re: LDA2006 2006-02-25 Beta Release
 
(...) Oh, yes it works - given you spell the commands correctly... :| Please disregard my previous post. /Tore (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDA2006 2006-02-25 Beta Release
 
(...) Back to the drawing table! Tweening function doesn't function at all! :( /Tore (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  LDA2006 2006-02-25 Beta Release
 
Finally, I have released the first beta version of my LDraw Animation System that supports the three new standalone [sub]scripts! To give it a go, download either (URL) on what you think takes less time. Then download (URL) unpack all files into (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDA2006 Progress Report
 
(...) Thanks for the input, Tim. I agree. Exponential functions for acceleration or fall would be nice to have. Sinus and Cosinus functions will make smoother walks. The best would probably be support for splines or maps, but that's way beyond my (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDA2006 Progress Report
 
(...) --SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- (...) This all sounds very cool Tore. I may have to give it a go sometime. One suggestion to you is to allow for different tweening systems. Sometimes you may want something other than a linear tweening and it would be (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  LDA2006 Progress Report
 
I've changed priorities once again. The need of what I call standalone scripts have turned my todo-list upside-down. And the Tween command has made all the difference! After working all night, I finally made it work. That is, the first of the three (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Kevin Clague, accept this nomination. Thanks Rosco. Kev (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) many thx for the nomination, I accept. w. (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Tim Courtney (was Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) I second that! I know I'm not actively involved in the development side of the LDraw community, I use the tools extensively. Thanks Tim for your efforts! Dave K (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Tim Courtney (was Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) [...] (...) Oops -- I wrote this really quickly. Also thanks to Dan Boger and Rebecca Swartz who put forth TONS of effort on the current web site. Apologies! This should teach me to stop naming names, but I digress. Sincere apologies if I left (...) (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
 
  Re: Tim Courtney (was Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) Everyone: I gave Lar the green light to post this, because I felt coming out and saying it first would be a tad presumptuous. I'd just like to say that it's been wonderful working with the LDraw community for the last (wow) 8 years! Lots of (...) (19 years ago, 7-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)  
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
--SNIP- (...) I'm sorry to hear that Lar. Perhaps you will reconsider next year. Tim (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I would like to express my thanks to Chris and Tim for the nomination and second. I have given serious consideration to accepting, and campaigning vigorously. When I ran for reelection last year, it was on a platform highlighting what the 2004 (...) (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Tim Courtney (was Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
OK, this is a bit out of process, sorry... What I had HOPED to be writing here was a nomination for Tim Courtney. Instead, you get this. I have been in communication with Tim Courtney, after asking him if he wanted to be nominated to serve another (...) (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) ! 
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Timothy Gould, accept this nomination. Thanks guys. Tim (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Timothy Gould, second this nomination. Tim (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I accept this nomination, and acknowledge that if elected I am willing to serve on the LDraw Steering Committee for a third year. Thanks for not giving us too hard a time in 2005, Chris (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Chris Dee, nominate Larry Pieniazek. Chris (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Larry Pieniazek, second this nomination. ++Lar (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Larry Pieniazek, second the nomination. ++Lar (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)  
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I Ross Crawford nominate Tim Gould. ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I Ross Crawford accept this nomination. Thanks! ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I Ross Crawford second this nomination. ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I Ross Crawford second this nomination. ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I Ross Crawford second this nomination. ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Simple Maths Help Needed
 
(...) Rule #1: Never fix anything that's not broken! :) I need to make an if statement to take care of the exception where 'to' equals 'from', to avoid a division by zero crash anyway. Who knows what users can bring up... /Tore (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Simple Maths Help Needed
 
(...) There is another way ;) (Start_value*(to-Pro.../(to-from) Is nice and symmetric and more numerically stable. Tim (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Simple Maths Help Needed
 
(...) Oh, how close I was, and yet... Thanks a lot, Rosco! /Tore (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Simple Maths Help Needed
 
(...) I think what you want is: value = start_value + ((end_value - start_value) * (Progress - from) / (to - from)) HTH ROSCO (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Simple Maths Help Needed
 
I'm ashamed to admit, but I have got stuck in a quite simple Maths problem. It's all about an implementation of the basic formula y=kx+m, but somehow I have managed to think the wrong way. Luckily, I made problems like this in a glanse back in (...) (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Kevin Clague, nominate Orion Pobursky. (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Orion Pobursky, nominate Chris Dee. -Orion (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Orion Pobursky, nominate Kevin Clague. -Orion (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Travis Cobbs, second. --Travis (19 years ago, 29-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
Reinhard "Ben" Beneke schrieb: (...) I, Michael Heidemann second this nomination. (19 years ago, 29-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
Willy Tschager schrieb: (...) I, Michael Heidemann second this nomination. (19 years ago, 29-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
Willy Tschager schrieb: (...) I, Michael Heidemann second this nomination (19 years ago, 29-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Ross Crawford, second this nomination. (19 years ago, 28-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke nominate Willy Tschager. (19 years ago, 28-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
(...) I, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke second the nomination of Jaco van der Molen. (19 years ago, 28-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Bricksmith 1.3: Here's Looking at You, Kid
 
My latest update to Bricksmith for Macintosh is focused heavily on viewing-related enhancements. (2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.3> adds the following features: Multiple viewports Perspective in the 3D view Preset orthographic viewing angles (front, top, (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager nominate Don Heyse (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager nominate Jaco van der Molen (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager nominate Niels Karsdorp (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager nominate Guy Vivan (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager nominate Philippe "Philo" Hurbain (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
I, Willy Tschager nominate Ross Crawford (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
 
hmm ... no nominations so far??? Okay, I'll start with the nomination of some "youngsters" :-) I, Willy Tschager nominate Mike Heidemann (19 years ago, 26-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw File Repository version 1.0 released
 
(...) Hello, I am glad to see there is a place where one can quickly identify WHAT can be found, usually site promotion means i know WHERE to go, just to explore and discover nothing crosses my interests. Even if the list is far from exhaustive it (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  LDraw File Repository version 1.0 released
 
Version 1.0 of the LDraw File Repository is now available: (URL) repository currently has downloads of files by 5 authors, totaling 362 LDraw files, 10.7 MB. Most of the files are available on the authors' sites, but a few extras not on the authors' (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)  
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) That looks perfect. Thank you :) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) It's never too late - I only hope that I'll soon have some time for L3P again. The shortest and easiest to remember keywords I could think of is: 0 L3P CAMERA_CALC OFF ... 0 L3P CAMERA_CALC ON Note, however, that it will only work in the main (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) That's almost there but it still includes that part in the camera position calculations so doesn't really leave me better off. This would still require copying the camera data over. I'll have a look at doing two passes and copying it over (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) True, but IFNOTPOV produces "if(0)" statements that can very easily be replaced by "if(-1)" and all the commented out tracks will be uncommented again. I find that easier than copy and paste camera positions. /Tore (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) Everything inside IFNOTPOV won't show up in the POV file at all, so that would still require two passes (one with IFNOTPOV to generate the camera, and one without to have the correct scene). --Travis (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) It's not what you're asking for, but I have code in an (unreleased) version of LDView that will put a POV camera into the clipboard based on the current view in LDView. It then lets you compose your view in LDView and simply replace L3P's (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) Oh, I think I see now. What about using IFNOTPOV? (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
(...) Not quite. Currently, L3P uses the entire visible "model" to calculate the camera position (-cg? ) to fit it all in. I would like to keep this functionality, but be able to tell it to ignore certain parts, e.g. train tracks which will extend (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand  [DAT]
 
(...) If I understand you correctly, I may already have found a solution to your problem with my two ldraw objects "camera.dat" and "look_at.dat". Following camera will be seen in any LDraw renderer, but invisible in POV: 0 ~Camera Position 0 Name: (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  L3P "Skip" part metacommand
 
Is it too late to see a command for the new L3P to ignore a part/line when calculating the camera position/angle, but still render it in the final scene? Most of my renders are quite plane, but I'd prefer to have the railway track going beyond the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
(...) You can, of course, support both. The reason I say SMTP is less reliable on the client side is because you can't know if they even have an mail program, much less what it is or how it works. In an environment you're controlling (like work) (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
(...) I use HTTP POST to have my work computers talk to databases and it seems very unreliable because if there is a network problem, the request dies then and there. But if I use email, the server will keep retrying. But I agree, HTTP POST is easy (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDraw.org down?
 
(...) And we're back. Sorry for the outage. -Orion (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: LDraw.org down?
 
(...) This was my fault. I forgat to include a file in the update I sent. The matter should be fixed soon. -Orion (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
(...) I think HTTP is more reliable in unknown environments... From the server side, the HTTP method might be more complex, but keeping the complexity on the server side is better than making complex clients. (...) Right - the clients pushing data (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
(...) I find it easier to make a script dump an e-mail with some text in a mailbox than to hack a HTTP POST form. I might not care to implement such an announcement feature in my script, if it was too much work to do. Sending e-mail and posting to (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDraw.org down?
 
(...) Yes - a theme update was borken, and I don't know enough php to fix it. I have to wait for the maintainers to send me a correction. My apologies. Dan (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
(...) Using email for the transport here is just adding comlication - why not just have a web API that the remote repos use to notify of updates? Could be a fancy SOAP/REST interface, or a simple POST form. It's not hard to parse email, but it's (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  LDraw.org down?
 
Visiting LDraw.org at 2:20 pm CET gives: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: themes_get_language() in /usr/www/users/peero.../theme.php on line 49 (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
(...) I'm very lazy. ;) Any interest in a copy of the program that generates my overview file? (...) Definitely. Maybe we should take a few moments to think about how to announce the available LDraw files on a web site? Is the NNTP/SMTP header (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
And one more comment. It would be cool to have some automation for site owners as well. For example, Jacob wrote a script that auto-generates descriptions of the files on his site. All he does is move a file to his web folder, and a script runs (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Massive LDraw file repository
 
Ok, I'm going to try this again. :) I've learned a few things since my first post. I'm moving this to lugnet.cad.dev BTW. First of all, I know there is interest to in a Massive Ldraw file repository as I have gotten many private emails about the (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
Sven Moritz Hein schrieb: (...) I just tried ldglite_1_0_7 and I think it can work for you. Just give it a try. MikeHeide (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
Steve Bliss schrieb: (...) It seems that you need a viewer for MPD files but also a collector for all file in the MPD. And I mean really all parts. Please try my MPDCenter at www.michael-heidemann.de. It will collect unofficial files according to a (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) LDLite will do work, but it does bark at you when there's no setting for the LDraw directory. Clicking Cancel gets you past that prompt, and then LDLite draws the file as best it can. (...) I think your idea for a packager is very good. I'd be (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) I sure wish I knew how to recreate this...... Kev (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) Sven, What might be better than sending a viewer app each time awould be send a person an LDR/MPD file and a link to a server running a viewer, perhaps an pared-down version of the java app mentioned in this post: (URL) That would definitely (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) Ldglite wouldn't be a good choice (for a packaged solution) -- it needs glut32.dll along with the main ldglite.exe file. But it would be a good choice for a program someone could just grab, unzip, and run. If you pointed them at the download. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) Ldglite is still fairly primitive. For Windows, it's basically just an executable and a dll. If you don't give it an ldraw path, it should just look in the directory containing the model, and in the model file itself (if it's an MPD). Is that (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) Exactly this is my problem. It is hard to explain all this to someone who has never heard of LDRAW. What I imagine is something like a (*.zip?)package containing the model file, the parts and the viewer. You just have to send this package per (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Proposed new meta-command: !STANDALONE_LDR
 
(...) This is a bit of a problem for me too. I've written scripts to import and export ldraw data from Blender, and naturally I built a model in Blender following that.. but now I'm not allowed to share the original Blender model without removing (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Proposed new meta-command: !STANDALONE_LDR
 
(...) They will. We haven't quite decided on what it will be but it will be there. -Orion (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Proposed new meta-command: !STANDALONE_LDR
 
I'd like to propose the creation of a new meta-command. It is as follows: 0 !STANDALONE_LDR The zero at the beginning of this command MUST be the first byte of the model file. LDraw viewing programs can look for the presence of this command at the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) I forgot to mention that the above programs will of course only work if he creates a directory somewhere that contains P and PARTS sub-directories, and then sets that as his LDraw directory in MLCad and/or LDGLite. --Travis (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) I'd say your best bet for that is likely MLCAD or LDGLite. Not sure if LDGLite likes directories inside MPDs, but there's a reasonably good chance it will work. On a related note, have you tried using LDGLite or LDView as the renderer in LPub? (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: ldglite for Solaris 10 Install procedure
 
Yes one could do that. But as compilation is a one time thing and they would still have the distribution in case they mauled it, I didn't feel it necessary to do it that way. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: ldglite for Solaris 10 Install procedure
 
(...) You should probably instead create a copy called makefile.solaris and make the changes in that. ROSCO (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
Hi Orion, Thank you! So I just need a good viewer for step-by-step instructions! Leg Godt -Sven (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) Who said that? It's not specifically disallowed in the MPD spec and LDView/MLCad both work fine with s/ and 48/ in the file names. I just tested LDView by changing the LDRAW directory to an empty directory and used a self contained MPD file (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  LDRAW Package format?
 
Hi everybody, yesterday someone sent me an e-mail and asked for the instructions of one of my models. I asked myself: Shall I render all the steps of the instructions via LPub - which takes a long time? Or shall I just send him the mpd-file and a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  ldglite for Solaris 10 Install procedure
 
ldglite for Solaris 10. Download and install OpenGL from the Sun Website :(URL) and install Glut from the Sun Website: (URL) ldglite from (URL) root (or other priveleged user) unzip ldglite in the directory of your choice (I use /opt and have the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: ldglite Compilation concerns
 
(...) I'd say that <GL/osmesa.h> would normally be preferable, but "GL/osmesa.h" works fine, since double quotes in a #include statement search a full superset of the directories searched by angle brackets. So it should certainly not affect its (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: ldglite Compile fail
 
(...) Looks like gcc is getting pickier about function prototypes these days. Try adding this line near the top of hoser.c after the #include lines. void hoseout(void); (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Wanted: Linux LDraw Expertise
 
(...) Ok, I'm working on a rewrite and a write for Solaris 10 as well. LDGlite is at a new rev for starters and has more options available for OpenGL/Mesa etcetera. So this may take a week or so. (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
 
  ldglite Compile fail
 
Ok, I know UNIX, but to be honest, I'm no programmer by a long shot So This error stopped me. gcc -g -DUNIX -DUSE_OPENGL -DUSE_L3_PARSER -DUSE_BMP8 -DNEED_MIN_MAX -DUSE_PNG -DTILE_RENDER_OPTION -DTEST_MUI_GUI -I./mui/include -c -o hoser.o hoser.c (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)


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