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I finally got everything running on my system again... I'm using the new L3Pb version, and I've noticed that on the bounding box line I sometimes get a lot of extranous crap on the line which causes POV to choke... it does a line wrap.. I can delete (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT files
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(...) First thing, you have to get LDraw. It is freely available: (URL) is quite a bit to download there, and you will need to make sure you get all required files. If you have a computer *faster* than 200mhz, you will need to run a patch on the (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I am new to LDraw, and I would like to know how to use the DAT files posted to these groups. Any response would be greatly appreciated!! D M Garcia (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [LDAO] Could a few people test something, please?
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(...) I get: ---...--- Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument ---...--- Could this be because I don't have a vec directory? I have a P166 with 32RAM. While you're fixig bugs, could you do something about the way LDAO screws up (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) One of my talents as a UI-guy is to be able to forget things like that and go into situations fresh. (Maybe I did too much LDS at Berkeley. ;-) (...) True, even with discussions in the .dat groups, there will still be the occasional need, to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Yup, I think that's the right idea*. Models can be posted to the groups and links can be made from outside the groups into the data inside the groups, and that's how the true repository can be built. At first glance, that sounds kind of gross, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: [LDAO] Could a few people test something, please?
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!!Additional Notes!! 1. VECCheck will leave two DOS windows hanging out. You should be able to safely close these. 2. The final two reported items, Outdated Parts and Outdated VEC, will always be reported as true. You can't check these, sorry. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [LDAO] Could a few people test something, please?
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Hi all LDAO users! I'm working on some new stuff for LDAO (usually true), and I need to know how well it runs on other people's machines (since I'm told not everyone has a PII-450 with 128MB). I've put together small test program for everyone to run (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Part] 3841.dat Minifig Tool Pickaxe
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(...) improving (...) the (...) lines (...) me (...) of (...) One (...) Thank you, John Van and Terry for the valuable comments. It seems to me that it worths to incorporate your suggestions into the part. I going to resubmit it with the suggested (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | (Was: "~moved to" files)
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I have not followed this thread so carefully (either) but I think if we ever move wheel- or tyre file, we should use one x~z direction, prefarably the current most commonly used. I find it quite frustration that wheels don't point the same way. Or (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) Sure do. I just did not make the mental connection between that idea and inlining parts during an "update parts" process. As I recall, updating of parts was the primary reason not to do this. Steve's idea for inlining the part would solve that (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) Ah..... Now I see your point. That would be a valuable feature, if we moved a part slightly using the ~moved to file. And it would have no affect on a part that has not been re-positioned in the ~moved to file. While an interestion conjecture, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Yes. I'm thinking that the safest & quickest (at runtime) approach will be to embed a special header into the NNTP article stream just as it's being injected by the newsserver (similar to the way the default Followup-To field is automatically (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Unofficial Part: 30357
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(...) OK, then before I finish this part, could we have a quick discussion on this among the Parts Authors? (1) (...) Big help. I get it now. Thanks :) --Karim [1] "I was not elected to watch my pieces suffer and DIE while you discuss this (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:MPG.11916e86f5f...net.com... (...) Once the LDLite/web interface thing got going, I stopped viewing models from the newsreader. The other day, I decided that was kinda dumb because it only (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: [Part] 3841.dat Minifig Tool Pickaxe
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(...) This is a line-wrap problem with the posting. When the lines are "unwrapped," the part is complete. Paul, is there any chance a future version of LDLite could accomodate this problem the way LDraw can? -John Van (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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This is an interesting discussion. I think it points out both the many different technologies and interfaces people are using to access the newsgroups, and the different viewing habits we have developed based on the interfaces we use and our (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: [Part] 3841.dat Minifig Tool Pickaxe
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(...) Hmmm. Someone didn't view in Ldlite or else my file is messed up because in Ldlite I only get color on the center of the handle. But other than that it is great. The shape looks perfect. Ryan "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Netscape has this feature. In the header section of a ng message window, there is a line called References, which has a comma-delimited list of links to messages previous to the current one. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Pretty strong. I have given up for now looking for real content on news://news.povray.o...cene-files because 95%+ of the messages are nothing but discussion, requests, and flames (not the POVRay kind, unfortunately). (...) Nope. Murphey's Law (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Netscape Communicator 4.5 handles it pretty well. (...) I open up .cad in a new window. (...) Good point. If I want instant gratification, I use the Web interface. Can you implement a way to make the messages with DAT content stand out on the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Working on Part 30357
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(...) The password is "modeling" (or "modeler", I get confused sometimes). Fortunately, MSIE5 stores the password for my, so I don't have to remember or type it anymore :-) -John Van (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Unofficial Part: 30357
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Karim <knassar@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3727B914.45C2B8...ing.com... (...) See discussion of optional lines below. (...) I think that as long as it accomodates studs where they need to go, which it appears to, and looks close enough, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Part] 3841.dat Minifig Tool Pickaxe [DAT]
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Alright! A new talent! Your part is well done and complete, congratulations. This part would easily be voted in, so my furthur suggestions are just that, suggestions for improving your "craft" as a part author. First, when posting you parts to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Because then .cad.dat would become too clogged with multiple types of discussions -- models, parts, primitives, ideas, etc. And people have different interests. There is great utility in having focused groups for each of these, which people (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Just as a side note, when I encounter the same situation, I just press "^" to see the original article, even if it is in a different newsgroup. Some readers (software) may not support this feature, which probably makes this practice annoying, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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Sproaticus skrev i meddelandet <372473FF.4BCB8A59@g...es.com>... (...) That is, (...) namely (...) frustrating (...) threads, (...) find the (...) ng. (...) OTOH, it would be easier to follow the discussion, if the model _and_ discussion is in the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | RE: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) ---...--- Imre Papp Geometria GIS Systems House email: ipapp@geometria.hu ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) How do you follow the threads across groups? What newsreader do you use? What do you do when you're in the .cad.dat group and you want to see if there are any followups yet to the post you're reading? When you do find a model in the .cad.dat (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Well, that would kind of bring things full-circle then, huh? :) The reason for dividing up .cad.dat, BTW, is (a) to help organize [at a very superficial first-order layer] postings about parts, models, ideas, etc., and (b) to help focus the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) How strongly do you really feel about that? It seems to me that all one has to do to find the source is to climb to the top of the thread tree, which can be done by looking for the absence of "Re:" in the Subject line, or by clicking the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Working on Part 30357
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I just had a sudden urge to do some part authoring again and decided to do 30357, the 3x3 plate w/ round corner that is in the SW Landspeeder set. I checked the parts tracker and its not there, but I can't remember the password to add it myself. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst [DAT]
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(...) Part #30079 is mis-positioned. It is not aligned for easy placement. I don't remember the exact numbers, maybe you have to move the piece up by -3LDU to 'click' it into a model, I don't remember. There was discussion about correcting the part, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst [DAT]
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-----Original message----- From: Terry K <legoverse@geocities.com> To: lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Date: woensdag 28 april 1999 8:18 Subject: Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst (...) Terry, do you remember this: (note: (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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(...) OK. It says it is successfully installed. But nothing happens when I try to use it with dat files. For that matter, I have MS Word for Win95 version 7.00, and it doesn't do anything like that for .doc files either. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) Me too. Numbers are not my strong point. Just ask Joshua. ;-) (...) Any time you feel like doing so. When it is ready, I will add it into an update. (...) OK. I will strive to ensure that all ~Moved to files continue to have that format. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst [DAT]
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(...) Something is just not clicking in my noggin. It seems to me that all you would want to replace would be the filename. Are you saying that the mover should grab the _entire_ line: 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5678.dat from the ~Moved to file, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Star Wars light sabre blade
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3725e722.337449...net.com... (...) matter (...) You could be right. I thought it was put there to help hold the blade in place in the hilt. but I could be wrong. -John Van (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Star Wars light sabre blade
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(...) I assumed it was a artifact from the molding process (like the two circles which are on the other side of the blade from the notch). I didn't really consider modeling it in. It wouldn't be hard to do, but I'm not seeing the benefit. Steve (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Star Wars light sabre blade
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Steve, Did you consider modeling the little notch near one end of the blade? I realize it's probably right at the 1ldu threshold and probably doesn't matter when using it, but... -John Van Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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(...) That would be nice. It'd be easier than making a separate file of the half-completed part, putting in a series of 0 CLEAR / upside-down view / 0 STEP / 0 CLEAR / right-side up view lines. (...) LDAO supports this, to one level (no (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst [DAT]
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(...) If part 1234.dat was ~Moved to 5678.dat, when LDAO updates 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1234.dat it shouldn't just cut out the 1234 and paste in 5678. It should inline this line (skipping any comment lines, of course). This would have the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) Sorry, forgot that. I have always wondered why people would sort by number (filename). (...) You tell me when. (...) Yes and Yes. I think that "~Moved to" is a keyword comparable to "STEP" and "ROTATE" and should be taken very literally. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) It would be very simple to do so. If you sort by filename, the ~Moved to parts are all intermingled with the rest of the parts. When you go to the parts.lst in LEdit, you don't even really need to pay a lot of attention to the descriptions - (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) (whew!) Glad my assumption was correct. :-) (...) Huh? What do you mean by inline operation? -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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(...) But this is very useful! Thank you. However, I often get too much information shown, apparently some text left over from the previous part if it had a longer description. E.g. for part 3001.dat: "Brick 2 x 4 with Black Grille Pattern" in stead (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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(...) I had forgoten about LeoCAD. That must be where I orignally saw this. (...) Very nice. Thanks again. Owen. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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(...) Have you ever tried the HTML export from LeoCAD ? It has an option to do exactly that. (...) You can do that too, take a look at the step 5 from the sample I've uploaded to (URL) (...) That's a little more complicated. (...) You can choose if (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) LeoCAD does import/export LDraw files and when you load any file (.lcd or .dat) in it, all pieces that had their numbers changed are updated automatically. There's a list of all moved files in the piece library. Leonardo (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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Hello! (...) Cool idea! When will start coding? (...) bye jp (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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(...) I've thought about adding this ability to LDAO's HTML Generator, but I've never done it. I think it would be a really great feature to have. Steve (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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Tore Eriksson skrev i meddelandet <3724BB4D.3E9ACDE8@m...net.se>... (...) it (...) Agreed! There is always a time-lag before I have updated BlockCAD:s conversion list, and then people are not always using the latest version. BTW, _is_ anyone using (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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Hello, I was wondering if there is any program that walks through an ldraw.dat file and generates parts lists for each step of the model? Currently when I find a model on the net I use LDLite to view the model. My LEGO however is not right in front (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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I think the real problem is programs that converts its own format to LDraw format, like BlockCAD, LeoCAD(?), and SimLego. (Sorry Leonardo, it was ages since I used your superb program, so I don't even know if it has a built-in LDraw converter). The (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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(...) That version was linked to ATL.DLL and you probably didn't have it in your system. I've uploaded another version that uses only files that are in the standard Windows installation (KERNEL32.dll, USER32.dll, ADVAPI32.dll, SHELL32.dll, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) I would smile upon that; but still, I do most of my reading through my nntp client. There has to be a way of separating the posted models from the discussions related to them. If there could be a "DAT file only" virtual ng to reflect just the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Urgle, y'all. Please disregard this comment. It was typed by my evil clone as I watched -- duct-taped to the carpet and helpless with a bundle of phone cable in my mouth -- and prayed for this Monday morning to be over soon. :-P What my evil (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Even if Todd implemented a "DAT file only" view of each of these groups on the web site? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Augh! How to make sure parts-stuff is current?
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Hey, y'all: I'm working on adding a feature to LDAO which verifies that parts.lst and the VEC directory are up-to-date. I started to write this post asking if it was worth the effort, but now I'm wondering what steps are even necessary. I think it (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) I'm inclined to say so, esp. since so much has been posted to this sub-tree already. (...) No, separate the discussions from these groups. It's extremely frustrating to find source when it's scattered amongst ten times more messages discussing (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | RE: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) I really doubt people choose a "~Moved to xxx.dat" part when browsing in LEdit! Why should they? It doesn't have a description, so how would you know what part it is? If people are using "~Moved to" parts, it must be because they thought they (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) I double-checked this, and what Terry says is true for LDAO. Which is good. The bad news is that LDAO simply replaces the old part number with the new part number. It should be doing an inline operation. Steve (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | three wheeler piece
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Has any one made the three wheeler peice (or a mockup, i just need the main part not the front forks) yet? I would check the parts tracker but I lost the link. The reason for the peice is this, I found a way to build them up into really cool (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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(...) Nope. Won't work. Same error. I placed everything in the zip file in my c:\windows\system\ directory. Went to the dos prompt, CD'd to system and ran the command c:\windows\system\regsvr32 shlext.dll -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) I like the above groups and follow-ups quite well. You might consider adding lugnet.cad.dat.models.alt (followup-to lugnet.cad). (...) Unless you wanted a lugnet.cad-dat.* heirarchy. Either way works. (...) IMHO the main reason for dividing up (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) Oo. That one gets a big "I don't remember" from me. I am in the middle of re-writing the way LDAO checks & maintains parts.lst & the VEC, so I could easily add some extra code for a moved-to list. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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(...) The error means "One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found". The best option to install the program is using the DOS prompt, here's what you need to type (you may need to change the folder names): 1- cd \downloads (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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Todd: (...) [...] I think this looks pretty good. It felt a bit wrong to leave out LDraw from the names, but since it isn't the only program handling DAT files this makes sense. (...) Assuming discussions and data are kept together. Would it be easy (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Welp, it feels nice to move around in, but it SURE feels disjointed from the rest of the CAD stuff, which makes it no fun at all in the final analysis. Cross-linkages could repair some of that, but that's just a band-aid, and it would just (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) I just took a few steps toward implementing the structure above, and while "ld" doesn't look too bad in the ng names, it looks *terrible* when it appears in a URL in the Location/Address boxes of NN & MSIE. :-( Compare: (2 URLs) it's because (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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(...) Useless? No, I think it sounds useful, at least to me. But I can't seem to get it to install. Could you expand slightly on the instructions? I tried various methods, such as using Windows Run program, making a shortcut for regsvr32 and (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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(...) We could. If Steve and Lars would be willing to code their respective list programs to do so. I am not sure of the need or utility of having it, though. Any thoughts on what it would be useful for? AFAIK, LDraw, LDLite, and LDAO's Part Updater (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Status/Help Needed
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(...) Ok, we can work it in. Now that I see there are more people interested, it is definitely an advantage to carry this language. Talk with Jacob for more translation info, he's heading up that department. Templates are going along well, Jacob and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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Leonardo Zide wrote in message <371F7FDB.F7CBD046@c...com.br>... (...) How about one that also works for ldraw files with the ldl extension (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sorry, but I don't think I could help much. I can read, speak, and understand Dutch, but I can't write it (never had any grammar/spelling instruction). I'd have to ask my mom to do it for me :) There are others who might be willing to help... (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I agree, but shouldn't we have a separate moved-to.lst file? /Tore (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, but I don't remember where to get it. You can use LDAO to update one model at a time. Steve (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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-----Original message----- From: Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> To: lugnet.announce@lugnet.com <lugnet.announce@lugnet.com>; lugnet.admin.general@lugnet.com <lugnet.admin.genera...gnet.com>; lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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-----Original message----- From: Terry K <legoverse@geocities.com> To: lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Date: donderdag 22 april 1999 2:43 Subject: "~moved to" files and parts.lst (...) I agree. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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some things ablut ldraw.org: 1.we should accept any language translation that someone wants to do, from austrailian aboribgine to eskimo (if there are people here who speak those). 2. can someone who has access please hyperlink the ldraw.org image (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) so (...) just saw a better pic of this piece: you would probobly also need a 4-4cyli.dat and a few bricks... but can someone please do it? (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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can someone please mock-up the tie canopy? it looks as though a mock-up could be made using a 4-8sphe.dat file. i would do it but i do not have this piece so i do not know the size. (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there any program to update all ~moved to references to regualar ones? webpage: (URL) GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 G! d- s--:- a---- C++ ULU++++ P+ L+ E W++ N++ o K- w+ O! M- V- PS PE+ Y+ PGP- t+@ 5 X R tv+ b++ DI++++ D- G e-- h! !r y- (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sure...there are kids who aren't fluent (even though they probably know some words/phrases). I started using LDraw at 13 (as soon as there were enough pieces to make building something possible), so there are other kids who can probably do the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh, I see. You're wondering about filenames for the individual .DAT files, if there were a way for someone surfing by to download a whole bunch of them in a ZIP file or a tarball or something like that for offline viewing. OK, gotcha. If you (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yup, it does! It is currently (but won't always be) using a suffix system that goes like this: xxxx-y where xxxx is the set number (not necessarily four numeric digits) and where y is a [re]issue number for the number of set (always numeric, (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) have the (...) this. (...) wishing to (...) I suggested naming it sorted by theme in directories, then the file name having the subtheme, number, and year it was released. For example, the M:Tron Particle Ionizer would read: mt-6923-90.dat (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've made a shell extension DLL to display some information about LeoCAD/LDraw files when you move the cursor over them in Windows Explorer (like what MS Word does). It will display the author & description of LeoCAD files or the comments from the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Todd, For the sets group, it would help if we had a standardized way of naming TLG sets. Just using the set number gets us in trouble when multiple sets have the same number. I assume Pause has some sort of coding system to deal with this. Would (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Are there any Dutch people who don't speak at least one of the other languages listed? When I visited 9 years ago, I didn't meet anyone who didn't speak 2 or 3 languages fluently. -John Van Bram Lambrecht wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would be up for this. I could easily add an option to LDAO's Make List to include/exclude ~moved parts. Or maybe an option to just include/exclude everything which matches the [Parts to Ignore] list from ldraw.ini. (...) More specifically, (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Mario: (...) You are very welcome to help us translate (some of) the ldraw.org site to Italian. The same to speakers of other languages Tim and I have forgotten to mention. You can find the list of phrases we need for the front page at <URL:(URL). (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually I'm not a user of LDRAW or other Lego CADS (at present moment), but rather a Mindstorm/robotics maniac. Anyway, I understand you CAD guys are doing a great job and I admire your perseverance and your results too. You didn't mention (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Osvaldo Fernandez has offered to work on the Spanish translation. People who want to help can start by downloading the file <URL:(URL), which contains the phrases Tim would like to have translated right now. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim: (...) I have suggested that the LDraw FAQ is incorporated in the planned Lugnet FAQ database. If I understood the ideas presented in lugnet.faq correctly we should be able to extract and format the LDraw FAQ automatically. I will look into (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.faq)
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Bram: [ Multiple languages ] (...) Tim says not yet, but whatever gets translated will be included (we can probably do it without Tim notices it :-). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A possibility. Right now I would like to keep it as simple as possible, but if there is enough interest in a Dutch version for the site I will be happy to have someone translate it. (...) Good idea. I was thinking about having that done as (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) [More likely the .cad.ld.* hierarchy, as .cad.dat is obsolescent.] (...) I can provide guidance, support, etc. for this area initially, but ultimately not a high personal level of focus on managing the collection. That is, I'll provide the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, I'll bump this up in priority. I think it's had enough airtime in the past week or so and no major problems in the paradigm were discovered. (...) It's more likely that things will be removed symbolically rather than literally -- by not (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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