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(...) I actually saw the "ideal num threads" call in the QT 4 documentation when I was trying to figure out how to get the number of CPUs on a Linux box. However, even though the sysconf calls are in a QT-only section of LDView's code, I can't use (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I recently bought an AMD Phenom Quad core running vista 64 bit. I gladly do some tests if you want. I did some thread programming myself and discovered memory/disk bandwidth is the real bottleneck with modern cpu's, just can't get enough data (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi folks, For those interested, I thought I'd give you a peek at LPub 4.0's GUI. I started with and LPub free file well, except for PLI sub kind of metas. I converted the submodels to callouts, placed the callouts, added pointers to the calloutss, (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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(...) Hi Travis, Qt 4 provides threads. It can tell you how many ideal threads there are (presumably the number of hardware strands). Yes, the instruction set is SPARC, with 64 bit integer registers (31 of those), plus the usual 32, 64, 128 bit (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks. (...) Yowza! In theory it will run on Solaris as long as QT 3.3 is installed, but I'm not sure if anyone has tried that. Note also that it would have to be a 32 bit compile, which may or may not be easy on Solaris. The current source (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Travis, Congratulations on getting SMP working in LDView. If you can run on Solaris, I have an 8 core with 8 hardware thread box in my office I could try things on. Maybe you'll only use 32 given the above algorithm. I have access to a two (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm working on SMP support in LDView, and I'd like to have someone with a machine with 4 CPU cores test it to see if it works properly on machines with more than 2 CPU cores (my CPU is a dual-core). (SMP is symmetric multi processing: multiple CPUs, (...) (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks Philo! I've limited to dots per inch inch and dots per centimeter. This is nice from a formatting pespective because margins and sizes fall into smaller ranges than with inches and meters. Kevin (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) DPCM might be enough: Photoshop (which can be considered as a reference...) only has DPI and DPCM. Philo (17 years ago, 9-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree. It was inconsistent. I've provided DPM, DPCM, DPMM, and the values specified in meta commands are scaled appropriately. (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree. It was inconsistent. I've provided DPM, DPCM, DPMM, and the values specified in meta commands are scaled appropriately. (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm actually can provide all of the above and to the math, I just don't want to have units expressed in individual meta commands. I ony want one unit and to have it expressed in the resolution meta command. So I could even have DPDM..... (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The problem isn't displaying un-modified keys, the problem is having those menu items work reliably. Un-modified menu items are very far back in the responder chain; if there is a responder before them, the system will never even attempt to (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I'd say that DPM or DPMM make perfect sense. The thing is, your description said that units are all in CM or IN, and that M and MM aren't supported. And yet, you force the user to specify which units to use in either IN, M, or MM. That seems (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) When I looked around on the net I saw references to DPM and DPMM.... I didn't see DPCM.... it does make complete sense to use DPCM, but I wasn't sure people would think its a standard name. Kevin (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Shouldn't that be: 0 !LPUB RESOLUTION <value> (DPI|DPCM) Based on this: (...) --Travis (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) SNIP (...) Only one question is left! When can we get that? cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've got the math and implementation of resolution (dots per inch/meter/millimeter) as well as magnification for controlling model size relative to the page all worked out. Magnification 1.0 means a model that appears 8 inches wide will just fit in (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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(...) Hi Rosco, I'm going to make my font dialog, and default font picker only work with scalable fonts. They are perfect for this kind of situation. I guess that is why they were created by Adobe a long time ago (I read the Wiki!) Thanks, Kevin (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I learnt a fair bit fiddling with (URL) Freetype> in (URL) txt2dat>, which has to translate point size to ldraw units. Freetype makes it pretty easy, as it gives you a nice API that works for lots of scalable fonts. I chose not to support (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I just found the following in my VB description: 1440 Twips = 1 inch 1 Twips = 1/20 point (DTP) 1 cm = 567 Twips 1 point = 0,3515 cm (72 dpi) maybe this is also useful. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin L. Clague wrote: SNIP (...) Maybe the following link does help you a little bit: (URL) you use truetype fonts it should not be a problem to print them in the correct size. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Most of this feature is done. I had to identify every LPub meta-command that had something with the units of pixels, and treat them as a new class of "units", meaning known absolute distances (i.e. meters or inches.) Every time these values (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Remi, I'm working on DPM and DPI now. Here is what I plan on doing: You set the page size in either inches or centimeters. You define the resolution in terms of DPI or DPM. You control the magnification. For example, if I have a 1 inch page (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It applies it to everything that it considers to be a part, but not a sub-part. A sub-part is any sub-file (or sub-sub-file, etc) of something that is determined to be a part. Adding an unofficial part header is the easiest way to convince (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Travis. What does LDView apply the seam width settings to? When doing some part dev, I noticed it was "shrinking" a moved part, in this case, 3070.dat which includes 3070a.dat. I guess it is because it is missing an official part header? Thanks (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ask a friend, the webmasters, the steerco, the community - how should we know you were volunteering for the job? w. (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) No-one nominated me. (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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--snip-- (...) I'm very sorry to say that due almost entirely to my disorganisation it has been heavily delayed. With luck we should have an announcement soon. Tim (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) We were hoping you might volunteer, Al. Tim (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) -snip-> (...) Was there a James Jessiman Memorial Award presented for 2007? Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Excellent. Hopefully, it's only a matter of time before you realise the nominations are obsolete as well. (17 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi folks, since only the LDraw Steering Committee members already in charge are running for the election of the 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee[1] and have accept their nomination in response to this message: (URL) election itself has become (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) at least in april your parts will have to run against mine. w. (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Looks like I'm going to win POTM anyway! question is "for which part?"... Parts authors are welcome in this competition ;o) Philo (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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The voting for the March 2008 contests is now open. Visit the (URL) page> to cast your vote. Willy Tschager LDraw.org Administration Team (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) That's right. I also did the Mac port of ldglite before BrickDraw3D. (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Ahhh... Sorry for completely missing that. (...) In LDView, you zoom with either the scroll wheel, or by right (or control) clicking and dragging up and down. (On a Mac, Control click is almost always considered to be the equivalent of a right (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Yes, I just realized I have misunderstood the Selected state in HIToolbar - only one item can be selected at any time, so I cannot use it for showing the state of the many toggles in the toolbar. Guess I'll have to change the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Case shouldn't matter on the Mac. I don't check for P and PARTS. The prompt ("LDrawDir '%s' is not a valid directory", Path) comes if (stat(Path, &Stat) == 0 && (Stat.st_mode & S_IFDIR)) fails. So please check again... and remove the trailing (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) You might check the P and PARTS directories. I switched them to lower case in the plist. I didn't try with them upper case, so I don't know if that would have worked or not. I know the error message is complaining about the main LDraw (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I double checked and I mistyped the error above. The error displays a leading slash, and so does the config file. /Users/Tim/Applicati...ith/LDraw/ is a valid directory. I added a trailing slash after LDraw/ for gits and shiggles, doesn't work (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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DATHeader was first released on 28.09.2006 with Version no. 1.01 Last release was in 2007 on 05.12.2007 with Version no. 1.15 cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) * Official part library update on Dec 28. --Travis (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The LSC summary page that the above entries were taken from is in reverse chronological order. You'll want to put them back in chronological order to avoid confusion. Same thing for the 2007 LSC activity. --Travis (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I believe that Mac Brick CAD also preceded it, but that project's home page is now gone, so it's difficult to get a history. Also, ldglite was probably compiled on the Mac prior to BrickSmith's release, but I'm not sure how many people use (...) (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That's not actually true. BrickDraw3D ((URL) it. However, BrickDraw3D was last updated on Nov 23, 2002, so it seems to be a project that's no longer in development. --Travis (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Here are the LDView highlights for that time period (two of which are already on your list). It's up to you what level of detail to take from them: 2005-12-13: LDView 3.0 released with whole new rendering engine that is generally faster than LDView (...) (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi folks, as you might know LDraw's history: (URL) been updated for a long time. With permission from BrickJournal publisher Joe Meno I'm going to mirror an article published in BrickJournal, Spring 2006, Volume #1, Issue 4, which covers also the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Your toolbar checked/unchecked states are messed up (for mutually exclusive color mode buttons and the various other toggle buttons). Explode in English doesn't have an accent over the final e. On a Mac, you should really use Command+Drag (...) (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) You're missing a slash at the beginning. --Travis (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Hmmm .. looks cool. I followed the Readme and substituted my locations, but I get this error: LDrawDir 'Users/Tim/Applicati...ith/LDraw' is not a valid directory. I'm scratching my head, cause it is, and I checked capitalization. -Tim (17 years ago, 28-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I have been involved in a Carbon project at work, and when I recently got myself a very nice 24" iMac I couldn't resist making an L3Lab for the Mac. So here is the first shot: (URL) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Actually, I just checked, and you can in Cocoa. Just uncheck all the modifiers in IB, and the menu will just show the letter (capitalized). Check the Shift modifier, and the menu will show that along with the letter. Furthermore, the keys (...) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Oh, it's widely recognized that a disproportionate number of Mac users are insufferably smug and prone to making grating, snarky remarks. What seems far less understood is that most Mac zealots are really very nice people who try not to annoy (...) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) lol--listening to "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell"-- (URL) of the very funniest shows anywhere-- and lo and behold they reported a survey of 7500 mac an pc users and concluded that mac users were arrogant, felt superior in every way, and were much (...) (17 years ago, 24-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) Mike, Travis, thx for the nomination, I accept. w. (17 years ago, 24-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) LOL you're basing your Windoze "standards" off a Micro$oft program???? And here I thought you were bright. Interesting that PP2003 doesn't behave like PP2000 LOL. Anyway, the "standard" behaviour for mutiple selection is - shift-click usually (...) (17 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) You got me so curious I found a Windows machine and investigated PowerPoint 2003. At the least it is widely known; tragically, it's even probably the #1 drawing program on Windows. Both shift and control are used to select multiple (...) (17 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Thank you for the nomination. I decline. Jim (17 years ago, 22-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Nominations closing in 1 week
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Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) for the 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee election will close in a week, at 11:59 PM GMT on 29 February 2008 and elections will start the 1st of March. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, (...) (17 years ago, 22-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Actually, I think it should use color 16 and 24 for the canvas portion. LDraw is partially about allowing people to build computer models of real world creations, but it's also definitely about allowing them to build computer models that will (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Nice. (...) Doesn't part 522 (URL) the first official part from this family? Should it stand as an example for future such parts, or does it need to be revised after the LSC adopts some guidelines? (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I think as follow: As the "Canvas" is only useful in the fold version like the design of the part, it should not be modifyable like stickers (colors). Also we do not need an unfold version (mostly useless). Unpatterned versions are only (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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Hi folks, I'm currently working on the "Canvas Wagon Cover with Oval and Two Crossed Cutlasses Pattern" (URL) and before I start cleaning the part for PT-fitness I'd like to ask the LSC for some guidelines, since this is the first canvas part ever (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) I, Orion Pobursky, second this nomination (17 years ago, 15-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Nominations closing in 2 weeks
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Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) for the 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee election will close in 2 weeks, at 11:59 PM GMT on 29 February 2008 and elections will start the 1st of March. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, (...) (17 years ago, 15-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) As Travis remarked, many people install a program and then forget about the Read Me, myself included. (...) None what so ever. I often install open source (and even some commercial) programs that have less documentation than yours. (...) No, (...) (17 years ago, 15-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: New LDraw part author tool and tutorial: Ytruder
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(...) No, but I have had thoughts about a very similar tool. One that lists all (or at least the first one hundred) points mentioned in a dat-file. It shouldn't take that many minutes to rush together such a utility. But so far, I haven't taken the (...) (17 years ago, 14-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New LDraw part author tool and tutorial: Ytruder
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Hello Tore, You are right, I should look more closely at LDraw script. Certainly a flexible tool... Would you already have a utility that converts a ldraw file (say with a path of lines) into a set of points coordinates usable by LDS? Philo (17 years ago, 14-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New license for the LDraw All-In-One installer
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(...) thx for pointing. I'll add it. (...) Upps! Wasn't aware of this. Please do so and let me know. As a side note we also haven't got permission form Steve ... well ... I've got an email telling that he is fine with us using LDAdd On in the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'd suggest moving the Readme into the app wrapper and adding an item to the help menu that uses [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openFile:] to show it. I installed Bricksmith a long time ago, and had completely forgotten that it came with a (...) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Sigh...Nobody ever reads the Read Me. Though those tidbits are indeed documented, I admit documentation is not my strong suit. I generally hope that users will explore menu items and find them to be fairly self-explanatory. (...) I'm curious (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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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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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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| | Re: Parts requests? (re: x136 and 50944px1)
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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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| | Parts requests? (re: x136 and 50944px1)
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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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| | 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: List of candidates
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Hi folks, I have put together a summary of the LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) candidates for your reference. I’ll do my best to keep it up to date as new nominations or acceptances are coming in. You can find it at: (URL) are listed in (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org's December 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the December 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Technic Beam 5 with Two Ball Sockets by Michael Heidemann (mikeheide)> (URL) POTM – Most Desired Part, Minifig (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) I, Michael Heidemann, second this nomination. (17 years ago, 6-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) Thanks for the nomination. I graciously accept. Chris Dee (17 years ago, 6-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) Thank you for the nomination, but I'm going to have to decline. --Travis (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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I, William Howard, nominate Ross Crawford (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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