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(...) I feel a sudden urge coming on to take a batch of 1x10 plates to the belt sander and make 1x10 tiles. Then I'll shave off the stud on a classic smiley and have a realistic Jean-Luc Picard head. He'll need to sit in a comfy reclining chair, so (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Okay, I think I see the consensus on "home made" parts in LDraw. How about a slightly different twist? One of the messages in build group mentioned he used the loops off of broken 1 X 1 with side loops to get a female to female connection. Would it (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually, this adds weight to our recent use of subpart files for the non- decorated sections of parts which are frequently decorated. If this had been done from the start (no criticism implied) we would now only have to "fix" the subparts - (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A couple of occasions. Not much can be done about it. It requires that any person who had used that part in a model to go back and manually update it to the correct number. (...) As far as the 3-digit (or less) numbers in LDraw goes, I try to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) And please remember to "pad" the right side out to the same width as the current parts.lst file has - it is fixed at 79 characters width. If you don't, the parts view in LEdit gets real messy. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You may want to consider switching to a real e-mail client. :) Just kidding mostly, but I'm using a little shareware program called Becky! Internet Mail that seems to handle the thousands of messages I have in my LCAD folder just fine. :) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Cmon, Todd, who ya sayin' cheated? (Roy hangs his head and shuffles his feet) Tell me it aint so, Todd. ( Small tear forming in the corner of his eye ) Snifff! (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That is unfortunate. It just has always seemed logical for the element to exist, but have never been able to reason out why it doesn't. I had hoped that it did exist and that I had somehow missed it along the line. Oh, well... Roy P. S. I'm (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The Internet thrives upon discussion. Without it, the net would be void and without substance. The multicast transfer of ideas causes the net to grow and become more coherent. In a sense, this also applies to us. (1) Nothing is lost from (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sure, no problem, I'll get right on it. At the same time, I'll also shave the excess 1LDU off the ends of all the cross-axles, OK? ;) Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sorry I wasn't clear enough. 0 1999-12-31 SEB Minor corrections Is that better? :) Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The only problem with this for me is that I'm along for the ride because of the LDraw program and not necessarily for LEGO. I know they are pretty closly related now, but that may not be completely true in the future. James program is amazing (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If there are any other creations out I for one would like hear of them. (...) Hmm, I never mangle I improve :-). (...) I've tried a number of different methods, but none seemed to fit the bill. Roy (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Aside from the clone, other, and fictitious ( Is it fiction if its real? ) parts questions, I began reading to LCAD discussion mainly because of LDRAW. The fact that LDRAW and LEGO interests functioned together pleased me to no end, but I really (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, if the date format is yyyy-mm-dd. :) /Tore (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:16:53 GMT, "Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Sorry to follow-up on my own message, but would this format be acceptable to everyone: 0 1999-01-01 SEB Minor corrections I think that date format will be (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) BTW, I wouldn't call this re-using part numbers, I'd call it making new versions of the same part. A version-number would be good, though. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right. In the LDraw parts library, these multi-version parts are (typically) designated by appending a version-letter to the part's filename. The mini-figure heads are a good example of this. 3626A.dat is the original solid-stud head. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ya know, this has been one of my pet peeves with LDraw. But since I'm too lazy to learn how to create pieces, I haven't said anything about it until now. Would anyone have the time, inclination, and patience to "fix" the 4 dozen or so Tile (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That makes it less frustrating? (...) The list must go on and on... :-[p How different are the two sweet streeper brushes? --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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