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As the site templates begin to take shape, we need to begin organizing volunteers for various aspects of the site. This is the current status of various site areas: 1. Multilanguage Support - Group Leader Jacob Sparre Andersen (Danish translation) (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How big is your VEC dir?
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(...) Oh! Check out Steve's LDAO pages, specifically this one: (URL) - jsproat (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How big is your VEC dir?
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(...) Oops! I guess I should have specified what I meant: How did you get LDLite to generate the VEC Images? I didn't think there was an option for it. Jeff (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How big is your VEC dir?
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(...) Go directly into LDLite, and make sure the Options -> Shading menu item is checked. This setting will be remembered, so the VEC images generated *should* have shading. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Mb, (...) So how did you do it? I'm clueless when it comes to any interaction between LDLite and LDAO. ;) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [ldraw.org] Update
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I am pleased to announce that the registration of www.ldraw.org has been confirmed by InterNIC and should be operational worldwide by mid-afternoon 4.21.99 Central US Daylight Time. I have recieved compensation for the cost and will promptly pay (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heck, yeah! I gotta have that shading, man! :-, I'm rendering at 100%, too. I tried 50% and 75% for a while, but I lost too much detail to be comfortable with it. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) What the heck ya got in there, man?? As of the latest update, mine is ~8 Mb, rendered in LDraw at 50%. Did you use LDLite to render the VEC? That's more than my entire LDraw directory! :) Jeff - Who can't believe anyone can actually get 79 Mb (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How big is your VEC dir?
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(...) I've just finished updating the source and sent the changes to Paul, hope he likes the way I've changed LDL :) (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) OK, they're done. Besides drawing the non-patterned areas, I also moved the original pattern-commands to z=-10. Steve (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] L3P Question
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(...) That makes sense. I will take a closer look at it. I have gotten into the habit of using LEdit coordinates as a reference for scene locations. Done right, it is a handy way of figuring out translation coordinates for various elements. -- Terry (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How big is your VEC dir?
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Ya gotta love that logic. :-) -- Terry K -- (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hmmm. A 6.4 GB drive is $124 at Fry's today, for a cost of roughly $0.01 USD per 0.5 MB. If we assume this option saves 22 MB for each of the 500 LDLite users, the net savings to the entire world will amount to $220, which is probably worth an hour (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) wrote: (...) 9326-4t.dat (...) is (...) Sure, go ahead if you have the time, or let me know if you'd prefer me to fix them. I didn't realise these were still in need of work - were these the early ones I did where I painted the decoration at (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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(...) Ah, cool. I hadn't noticed that application. Kind of wobbly, but it works. (...) I'm sure your meas-timates are at least as good as mine, so it's not worth re-doing all of your work. (...) That's how I would have done it. Not much fun. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <371a91f5.3600445@lu...et.com>... (...) Excellent, then I think the gap in the bottom should be drawn. I could be used to mount the cannon on an antenna or other 8 ldu width rod. (...) I meas-timated the radii as 4.5 (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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-----Original message----- From: jonathan wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> To: lugnet.cad@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad@lugnet.com>; lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Date: zaterdag 17 april 1999 1:18 Subject: Re: [Newpart] - #2871, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: [ldraw.org] L3P Question
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Terry Keller wrote on Saturday, April 17, 1999: (...) Well, it tells you the extent and position of the model, which I find indispensable when trying to place several models in a scene. /Lars (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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John VanZwieten wrote on Saturday, April 17, 1999: (...) I (...) the (...) All 3 cone primitives (4-4con12.dat, 1-4con3.dat, 1-4con4.dat) have POV equivalents in L3P. Unfortunately in v1.1 the 1-4 cones are clipped by a too small box, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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(...) I believe the newest L3P is totally up-to-date on primitive substitutions, but the previous did not substitute all cones. BTW, which cones did you use? I meas-timated the radii as 5 and 9, so the existing conic primitives don't fit very well. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) And I will take care of the back-sides as well. Chris, is it OK with you if I finish the detailing of the two torsos (dungarees and BT2, I think) that reference 9326.dat, instead of 9326-4t.dat? They both need to have the undecorated surface (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) I know it is, and I thought I already knew your answer. I just wanted to let you know I wasn't trying to be pushy, or expect something for nothing. Steve (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) Chris, Steve Bliss has volunteered to do all the labor. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 18-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) Yes, I agree, but this will mean more work to change the existing decorated torsos - adding three extra quads as well as changing the call to 9326-4t.dat and changing that subpart. I can do this, but it will take a little time - is that OK? (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: www.ldraw.org Registration Sent
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I'll follow up with Tim offline but I'm pleased to make the following offer: I'll contribute either whatever Tim's short for the initial registration, or match the amount that Tim's over up to a limit of 100... that is if everyone else contributes (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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(...) Right.. Now that the name is on its way to being registered, I'm starting to think more and more about the design. Choosing a font is tough, and I know some might give me flak for being so worried about astethics, but I want this site to be (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | www.ldraw.org Registration Sent
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This morning Jacob Sparre Andersen sent me the information for the hugin.risoe.dk server where ldraw.org will be hosted, along with the technical contact info for the administrator at the Risø National Research Centre where the server resides. This (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) That would be a wise idea. Chris? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw part library structure
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(...) You have been wiffling with him longer than I. I am _slowly_ learning that it is usually pointless to argue with Joshua over these subjects. Might need a few more bonks, though. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't. But it might be useful for some people. (what could it be used for?) Like I said, I always start changing camera coordinates around in a scene file. I do use the that final object line, so could this L3P option leave that, but comment (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Informal Opinion Poll: ldraw.org site name
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(...) In the spirit of brainstorming, I put in everything that's been suggested so far, regardless of how it was received. I wasn't taking notes as we went, so hopefully I didn't miss anything. Here is the URL: (URL) can select from any of 18 (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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(...) But no one else is going to snap up all of your supplier's paper from under your nose if you don't act immediately. And you're probably ordering a bit ahead, so that a delay in delivery of future supplies doesn't affect your ability to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw part library structure
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(...) I've been hit numerous times (upside the head, base of the neck, whammo to the ear, flat across the noggin, and more) by Joshua's wiffle bat over the past *5* years -- and I feel all the smarter for it. I've got my own bat, of course, for when (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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Well, the cone with cutout just happens to be what I've been working on. I used 3 1-4 cones around the top and sides. Does L3P substitute for all the cone primitives? In any case I'll post what I've got to cad.dat, probably tommorow. -John Van (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Whenever you'd like. If you think it would help you focus, or help collect LDAO ideas, thoughts, and issues together, or give people a more open forum to talk about LDAO, (or all of the above), then it's yours for the asking. Here is some data (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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i know that this part is unfinished. BUT when i downluaded it some parts that by all rights should have been there were not, probobly for the same reason as my roadplates???. (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Quad intersections
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(...) Here's what I use, it works for triangles but you can easily change it for a quad. The idea is to check the angles between the vectors formed by each vertex and the point you're testing. x,y,z: point p1,p2,p3: vertex (float[3]) double pa1[3], (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Abuse (was: Re: Non-TLG Parts)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3717595d.1405512@lu...et.com>... (...) Normally I would agree, but the situation has gotten to the point where I can't tell which side of the question is worse. JW certainly comes off as rough around the edges, but his (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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(...) I just need to make the cone at the base of the barrel. I was debating whether to include the cutout on the underside of the barrel or not. It would be a lot easier to make it a 4-4 cone. Also, it would look better in L3P/POV-Ray because then (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: suggestion for roadplate like parts
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(...) That's fine, I'm willing to make the parts, but I'm not highly motivated for it. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Using quad points Q0 - Q3, point of intersection I. For all lines QmQn, where I.X is between Qm.X and Qn.X, interpolate the point Jmn on QmQn where Jmn.X = I.X. If I.Z is between min(Jmn.Z) and max(Jmn.Z) then I lies within quad Q. If I.Z is (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Quad intersections
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Based on Dave's formulae, I have been able to calculate the intersection of a plane (given three points) and a line (given two points). How do I then determine whether the point of intersection falls within a quad (as in Dave's "exercise left for (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: suggestion for roadplate like parts
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(...) I don't have all of them, but I do have many. I'll see what I can do(1)! Jeff (1) I don't have constant access to a scanner, so it might take me a while. (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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Steve, Where are you on this one? I did part of it previously, but saw you were in progress on the part tracker. If you haven't done the sections I have done, I'd be happy to send you what I have (or vice-versa). -John Van (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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(...) Pretty small return on the investment of so many peoples' time and frustration. Then again, there's always the next key. (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: suggestion for roadplate like parts
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If you have all these parts, and you want LDraw part-files for them, I'd be willing to work on making the files. Scan at 64dpi (that's 'life size' for LDraw), and e-mail them to me. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Abuse (was: Re: Non-TLG Parts)
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(...) jw is being abused not because his parts stink, but because his attitude does. If someone else performed exactly the same actions jw has, but more appropriate language, they wouldn't be abused at all. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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(...) Actually, he already has made worthwhile contributions -- he has three files in the official parts library, he has identified unnoticed errors in part files, and he has validated the part-voting process by providing previously unavailable (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) If we're going to change all torsos, why not remove the faces from their back as well ? There are some minifigs that have patterns in the back (like the one from the xtreme team) and in the future someone will probably model them. Leonardo (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: [ldraw.org] L3P Question
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(...) Sure. BTW, do you use the Bounding Box and model center info at the end of the POV file ? /Lars (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) I absolutely agree to this. 9326-4t.dat does not belong in \parts. Hmm... how many are there? Little over a dozen? Yeah, I could do that. But I might be lazy and just leave it with the same file name. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Understood. :-) I usually hack the heck out of the resulting .pov file anyway. Which reminds me, would it be possible to add an option to L3P so that it produces just a basic model file, no camera or lights, to use as an include file in a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New LDAO - Temp Location
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I could give it a shot. Why not. Don't shoot me if I don't remember to do it. :-) But I will add it to the checklist. -- Terry K -- Guess I better actually _look_ at the date touching utility now. (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3715f8f5.7183451@lu...et.com>... (...) In this case, the difference can make a world of difference. (...) and (...) Again, Steve, I'm sorry when I wrote the above my mind was thinking about the problems I'm having (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: suggestion for roadplate like parts
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there are other plates with more than one pattern: e.g. the 7-stud straight roadplate (comes in shuttle landing pad,airport runway plate,road plate). (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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as far as heads go, chris the head i want most is the robot head. some SW and ice planet heads would also be good. (i am replying to the mention that the preference of the community will influence the order that you do heads in). (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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i converted it from mac ttf to windows ttf using a program i found. (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Utility Spreadsheet
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes: <snip> (...) Well actually ..... I have done the specific case of minifig heads in Excel, but the code is currently a bit too experimental to share. It requires that the flat image-DAT has already been split at (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Shockwave Flash
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(...) Hmmm.. Well, it does sound like an attractive option for file size, but IMO its too early since a lot of people still run 3.0 browsers. And IE5 hasn't been out that long. I just got it a couple weeks ago. If most IE users won't be able to see (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) Actually the minifig torsos are an atypical example, I think, since the "subpart" (9326-4t.dat) is still in the Parts directory. For more recent decorated parts we have utilised the \S subdirectory. Does anyone have any objections if we move (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: suggestion for roadplate like parts
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(...) 9-stud Straight Road Plate: --Green w/Airport Runway --Gray w/Road & Crosswalk --Gray w/Road, no Crosswalk 7-stud Straight Road Plate: --Green w/Airport Runway, 16 Stud width --Green w/Airport Runway, 18 Stud width --Gray w/Road & Sidewalk (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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The Dak head from the snowspeeder set? It's just a classic smiley :) Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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"Incorporated" is abbreviated "Inc." "Corporated" (I think) is abbreviated "Co." So why not abbreviate "LDraw Organization" as "LDraw Org." "organization" seems too long to say anyway. (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) I didn't intend it that way. I was just pointing out that "Foundation" doesn't have to mean a charitable organization. (...) I _definately_ didn't want to imply that. :) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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(...) This head appeared in Unitron, Exploriens, and some other stuff which is currently eluding me. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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(...) Dak is a plain smiley. :) Gold Leader is the SPII head (in my mind, it's the "generic space head"). Steve (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Utility Spreadsheet
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(...) No problem. I'm glad it was useful. I had to make a formatted spreadsheet for my own use. Until I had this thing, I would spend half an hour re-deriving the formulae, then typing it in, then making corrections to what I typed. I'd do this (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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(...) i agree completely... once again, i have had *enough* with this person.. can we *please* unify to purge him from the group(s)... i know Todd is aware of our dilemma and very much on our side... JW is in no way conforming to what i feel is the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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(...) Oh, I agree with most of what you said, and ultimately it is your money. I guess I just have a problem with spending more money than necessary. We put in an order for office supplies from this place we have a contract with, a place that will (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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(...) Not polluting at all, imo, but I'm removing it from the list. (...) Why did he cross-post it? Same reason he posted it in the first place - to whine and try to deflect criticism of his poor quality work and bad attitude. Does anyone really (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: suggestion for roadplate like parts
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(...) That's a good general suggestion for patterned parts. Some parts are already set up this way -- the minifig torsos are one example. I don't think there are any baseplates where there is more than one patterned element for any one basic (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Utility Spreadsheet
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Thanks a bunch for this. If I had a nickle for every time I've typed in formulas to interpolate a line . . . I especially like the plane/line intersection sheet. I used it to compute the edge lines for right-angle intersection of two different sized (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New LDAO - Temp Location
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Ooh, I like it! Would you do a separate date for the voting files? -John Van Terry K wrote in message <371537a8.6603130@lu...et.com>... (...) thought (...) version (...) easy (...) flag, (...) all (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Very cool! Heads and helmets are two things I dread trying to do. I did entertain momentary thoughts about trying R2-D2, though. Some easy heads to start with: Luke, Biggs, maybe Ben K. The Dak head is the same one used by SPII (others too?). (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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(...) I don't need the part, I just remember it was a part that came up during a discussion on whether part-variations were important or not. (...) To be perfectly serious, for this part, I'd copy the existing 4081.dat and modify it. The only change (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37159959.67882274@l...et.com>... (...) of (...) in (...) Sorry, Steve, I should have read the message more carefully, but I'm not functioning at 100% this morning. I haven't considered putting the 4081 "old version" up (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Terry Keller writes: <snip> (...) One (...) others. (...) <snip> Gee thanks - didn't expect that. I agree that bitmaps are only a starting point. For planer patterns, my technique is to draw up onto graph paper then transfer (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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----Original Message----- From: Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: lugnet.cad.dev (...) It's not complete in respect to Type 2 and 5 lines. The conversion program works, but the modeler I use refuses to output lines into a DXF or VSA (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: suggestion for roadplate like parts
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jonathan wilson wrote in message ... (...) Jonathan, could you do me a favor. Could you please proofread your messages just a small amount before you post? I normally can filter the message, but this morning I'm suffering from something that has my (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim Courtney (tcourtney@avenew.com) wrote: [...] (...) Netscape 4.* and MSIE5 supports PNG, but I am afraid it's only non-transparent images it handles correctly. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) good. (...) macs at (...) I grabbed that macintosh theme and took a look at Charcoal. It is a nice font, thanks for suggesting it. I am working with a font called Fudd right now for the text, it is sans-serif and works beautifully for what I (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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here is what i think we should have under lugnet.cad: lucnet.cad. leave as is. lugnet.cad.dev. create new groups: lugnet.cad.dev.parts for discussions related to parts and parts making. lugnet.cad.dev.page for discussions related to ldraw.org (both (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I do have the capability of using PNG, but I am wary about browser support for them. I do remember when you brought up the topic two years ago on the Minifig World Tour that there was little browser support for it. Does IE5 and Netscape 4.7 (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: [ldraw.org] L3P Question
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(...) Sorry, I didn't mean to jump at you. I just opposed to changing an existing pov file's camera data, since these are carefully computed taking the model into account. /Lars (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Terry K (legoverse@geocities.com) wrote a long but clear description of how part numbering and naming is going to be in the future. Good plan! Clear description! [...] (...) Yup! Thanks to Joshua, Steve, and Terry for working this out. Play well, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | suggestion for roadplate like parts
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i have a suggestion for patterned baseplates e.g. the roadplates. how about taking each plate and making a subpart with the studs and baseplate itself, just missing toe top surface and then have the main part reference that subpart. then any (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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i have a font that might be of use. it is called charcoal. it might look good. it is the mac system font from mac os 8.0 but i ripped it off from the macs at my school (where i no longer go because i am now at uni) and converted it to windows TTF (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts DESPERATLY wanted (steve: please read)
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also what the F**K is part 32059? where is it used? also if the part you have made is the one i said i think it is then are you planing to make the t-junction? (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts DESPERATLY wanted (steve: please read)
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is it from set 454 or 306? (check pause pictures). (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Usually I just use PNG instead of GIF which cuts roughly 20% of the file size (on average). If you want to improve the GIF compression of images you have to reduce the colour depth of the images. I use pnmdepth (from the netpbm/pbmplus (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Most likely true. Just trying to be cautious. (...) Good clarification. Thanks for pointing that out. (...) Only if they are as concise, well-ordered and logical as Todd's. Mine always seem to be a rambling monologue. :-/ (...) And those (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Roy, Did you ever finish that part? I dropped by your web-page, once upon a time, and it seemed like the file was there for downloading. If it's complete, you should submit for the next parts update. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm getting a mental image here... I'm holding Terry by the shoulders, and Joshua's using the bat. Seriously, Terry worked very hard to make this arrangement/agreement come about. I'm looking forward to seeing the results in up-coming parts (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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(...) I am wondering if there might be cases where a worthwhile approach would be to start with a raster DAT (that's the bitmap after 2DAT'ing it), and replace some or most (but not all) with vector commands. I think this approach may work on things (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Yep, that's pretty much where I'm at. Especially since I use my newsreader for scanning the groups, and I hop over to the web interface specifically to look at the postings in lugnet.cad.dat. Other than mixing DAT's with discussion, I'm pretty (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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(...) Could you? That would help get a good idea of what people want. Include options: www.ldraw.org ldraw.org LDraw LDraw Organization The LDraw Project (and the other one that people liked...plus any you feel will be appropriate) Thanks!! Keep (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ugh. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I could very easily set up an informal poll for you, if you want something like that to help gather information on opinions. --Todd (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw part library structure
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(...) You're welcome, Terry. A labor of love, it was. <big snip> (...) Don't even worry about this, Terry. Either we're going to have a 5-digit code for the entire assembly that we can use, or we're going to know the 4-digit codes even if they're (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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