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(...) Congratulations, Orion. That's nice to hear. (...) Thanks for at least trying it out. It is unfortunate you were unsatisfied, and you raise several valid points below. But you also lament about the "absence" of several features which are (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: New license for the LDraw All-In-One installer
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(...) I'm a little rusty with all these but I do believe you are MISSING POV-RAY 3.1g which is the ONLY one that will work with MEGAPOV 0.7 which is the way we get the "black" edge lines for making BIs. Does the current AIOI not include 3.1g? The (...) (17 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New LDraw part author tool and tutorial: Ytruder
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(...) Since we all have different tastes and different ways to approach problems, the more the alternatives the better. But are you aware of that tasks like this can be taken on using LDraw Script? (URL) example, You define the first, top, line (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Moving things manually a long distance is cumbersome, even with the coarse grid. The inspector does show the coordinates of the selected part or submodel, although I'm not sure if that's what you mean by cursor coordinates. Note that if you do (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yes, this is very annoying as using the arrow keys to move a part/assembly all the way across the model can be slow and painful, especially since Bricksmith doesn't seem to display cursor coordinates. (...) Ok, I see. I'd like functionality to (...) (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Bricksmith is certainly unlike MLCad, which is indeed a fine program. However, I'd like to humbly correct a few inaccuracies I perceive in your list of drawbacks. (...) True. That is a definite difference. (...) False. Keyboard controls for (...) (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I'm going to have to disagree. As a long time MLCad user and a recent Mac convert (Nov 2007), I feel that while Bricksmith is a very good program, it has some very definite drawbacks that makes it difficult to use. Here's a list from off the (...) (17 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | LDraw.org's January 2008 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the January 2008 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Hooklift Truck with Crane by Norbert Taxberger> (URL) SOTM, Performance by Owen Dive> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Minifig Accessory (...) (17 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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(...) I second that. I'm quite novice at virtual building, but Bricksmith has proven very straightforward to use (it's event better with two screens, too), and very convivial. MLcad is good to, of course, but I don't see why you'd go through all the (...) (17 years ago, 2-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I would recommend (URL) Bricksmith> in either case. Jim (17 years ago, 1-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) Unfortunately I must decline this nomination - I don't feel I can do the position justice at the moment. But thanks for the nomination :) Regards ROSCO (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks. I accept the nomination. Tim (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I, Tim Gould, nominate Jim DeVona (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(2 URLs) Ytruder> utility creates a sheet of triangle and quads from a set of lines. This is done by extrusion in the LDraw Y direction (hence the name). Though somewhat similar to (URL) Coverer> it has a few other possibilities, such as the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | New Tutorial - LDD->LDraw and LDraw->LDD conversion
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Hi folks, The LDraw and LDD libraries differ in color numbers, sometimes in part numbers, the fact that LDD parts are measured in millimeters while LDraw uses LDUs - LDraw Units, but most notably in the part's origin point. Learn how LEGO Digital (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Parts requests? (re: x136 and 50944px1)
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(...) Fantastic, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you... Hopefully Peeron will update their databases. (...) Any plans to complete the wheel? Cheers, Ryan (17 years ago, 26-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) part x136 has a different number 32294 on the PT. You are right, I did make the wheel for 50944px1, but did not start to model 50944px1. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 26-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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Hello, Just wondering what the protocol is for "requesting" LDraw parts... I've found two bits of particular interest to my projects that don't show in the Parts Tracker: x136 : profiled offset suspension wishbone used in the big Technic F1 cars (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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Hi folks, we’ve been granted all the permissions for the new All-In-One-Installer we’ve sought and based on these permissions a new license scheme for the installer has been chosen. The text for the new installer dialogs can be found at: (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Tutorial LDraw to LDD conversion updated
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hi folks, I started updating the LDraw-LDD tutorial at: (URL) free to comment or edit directly. Please note that this covers only the LDraw import into LDD. I'll add the LDD->LDraw in the following days. I'll move it over to the main site once it is (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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