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(...) Partly correct. I used an open source version of pascal to compile this program. Since it's not win specific, it's probably not as optimized to the win platform as Delphi is. -Orion (15 years ago, 20-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This is for Mac OS and windows OS at the same time. I think LDDP is only for WinOS. (15 years ago, 18-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I wonder why this windows execute is soooo large (12,6 MB!) and LDDP is only 1,9 MB?. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 17-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Current version of DATHeader checks this. (...) Please see the document what DATHeader is testing for at (URL) the POV code test I think it is a complete list of things that got a hold vote or at least not certified on the PT during the last (...) (15 years ago, 17-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That's only true if the polygons are the same color. If they're different colors, it's an error. I've seen official parts with overlapping polygons that are different colors. --Travis (15 years ago, 16-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'll look into this. The !LICENCE check is case sensitive so unless you have exactly what's in the spec, it will complain. (...) The Lib Spec says that 3 decimal places is enough in most cases (4 for scalable primitives). This would be a (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It complains with invalid !license on files that seem ok to me. (...) What do you mean? (...) I think it could be done. But is it really necessary? Thresholds would need to be defined too... Philo (15 years ago, 16-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Try out LDraw Validator: (URL) zip file contains both a Windows and OS X binary. I'll post the source once the program is complete. What it checks: - Compliance with header spec (mostly, see below) - Compliance with !CATEGORY and !KEYWORDS (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I suggest to use LDDP or Datheader instead. Both of them include the correct code to check for non-coplanar quads and are more convenient to use. Planarcheck should only be used by parts authors to automatically split non-flat quads. (...) (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'm half done with a validation program that I've whipped up from existing LDDP code. Stay tuned. -Orion (15 years ago, 12-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) IMHO the page is quiet useful giving you a guideline when to hold a part and when not. You cannot expect a reviewer flicking through several pages to find out if the error he has spotted is reason enough to hold the part. To kickstart I'm (...) (15 years ago, 10-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I just deleted these two sites: (URL) I kept this one: (URL) sites host building instructions but Sven's site adds much more than simply piling up bricks in a .ldr file. This should make clear what we are aiming for. w. (15 years ago, 6-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Willy Tschager wrote: ...snip... (...) Does not the 2nd paragraph contradict the first one? BI are people's work which help showcase what the LSOT can do yet in the 2nd paragrah you say they don't qualify for a link? (...) (15 years ago, 6-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Actually, this page should probably be removed. The official library standards are listed in one place: (URL) other documents are probably out of date. -Orion (15 years ago, 6-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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The LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) has elaborated a policy on what kind of links to external websites should be listed on LDraw.org. LDraw.org is a web site dedicated to virtual building with LEGO bricks, not LEGO in general. We focus on the (...) (15 years ago, 6-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This page definitely needs to be updated, if only to add text saying that planarcheck should be used instead for checking non-coplanar quads. I didn't see the lugnet post when that standard changed, and it's hard or impossible to find the new (...) (15 years ago, 2-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I think the best would be to make an upgrade to L3P for current standards, as it is the most used checking tool IMHO. Most of the technical hold reasons are already defined but not present at the mentioned page. I have tried to put all I saw (...) (15 years ago, 30-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi folks, it appears that thanks to the hard work of the LSC the LDraw specs have undergone considerably changes. Just to mention one the Colinear Tolerance for Concave Quads: (URL) the changes in the LDraw.org File Format Restrictions for Official (...) (15 years ago, 29-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Help working the Non-CA and L(EGO)Draw parts queue
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Hi folks, first of all a big "Thank you" to all the authores how have contributed re-writing Non-CA parts or get the so-called L(EGO)Draw parts (coming from the LEGO Group through the LEGO Universe team) fit for the PT. Some Non-CA parts still need (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw LEGO Ambassadors: Call for nominations
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(...) Hi Tim, looks like the job is yours. w. (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hi Tim, thx for the nomination but regretfully I'm going to decline. I do not believe that one person should occupy too many chairs within the community: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks Franklin, but right now, due to job constraints, I don't feel I could give this position my full effort. I regretfully decline. -Orion P.S. Maybe next year. (15 years ago, 12-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I nominate Orion Pobursky for this position. (15 years ago, 10-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | DATHeader version 2.0.5 (The Reviewer Tool)
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DATHeader is on the way not only to assist in getting a proper header for official DAT-files but also it is now a very useful tool for reviewers. You will have a listing of all tests with OK or ERROR message. Please note that not all errors that (...) (15 years ago, 9-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I am seeking nomination at TBB and maybe other places but I think I'd rather see someone in the LSC or LSteerCo be nominated for LDraw if possible. Should noone be accepted but I am I will, of course, take on the duty. Tim (15 years ago, 7-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I nominate Timothy Gould if he is willing to do this one more year. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 5-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) =( I delete them as well and I think that the current *old* AIOI also does not have them. Need to check.. -AHui (15 years ago, 4-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) --snip-- (...) I nominate Willy Tschager should he be interested. Tim (15 years ago, 5-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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In reference to this post (URL) the LDraw.org Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate/self- nominate individuals as candidates for the LDraw LEGO Ambassador. Please read the official announcement at (URL) first. Please post (...) (15 years ago, 4-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Ambassadors Cycle 7 now open
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Posted here for LDraw specific LA. ==== Hello LEGO Enthusiasts, We’re happy to announce that the nomination process for LEGO Ambassador Cycle 7 is now open. The LEGO Ambassador Program is designed to give the AFOL Community a direct line into the (...) (15 years ago, 4-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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(...) I don't know if you're the only one who does this, but doing so will also cause LDView's library update to fail, since those notes are the only files that allow LDView to know what has been installed. --Travis (15 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I usually delete these notes so I'm not sure checking for them would be correct (unless I'm the only one who does this). -Orion (15 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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(...) A good way would be to check for the presence of note*.txt files in the models directory. These show which updates have been installed. Prior to 2008-01 ths naming convention was NOTEyyrr.TXT, but now it is NOTEyyrrCA.TXT where yy is the (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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(...) Thanks, I think I'll check for the parts and p directories to determine if it's any kind of library, and issue a warning if ldconfig.ldr is missing when the official library is expected. ps: Sorry I responded slow, I'm having troubles posting (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DATHeader version 2.0.4 for WINDOWS, LINUX and MAC
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And here is the next release of DATHeader. The following happend: 1) Some more adjustments to recognize part type correctly 2) If EDIT commands used the current file will be unloaded. 3) Notify about wrong colors now without separate messages 4) (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) I use it sometimes in the middle of part design to make sure I have a valid part header and be able to get smooth shading with LDView. Philo (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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(...) I'd go with ldconfig.ldr. LDraw.exe is now legacy software (and is in fact not complaint with the current spec). Since ldconfig.ldr is per spec where color are defined, it should always be present in a 100% complaint distro. -Orion (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If I would make the "Old Header" and "New Header" larger it would not fit good to smaller desktops. I am thinking of make to whole window able to maximise. That would then help both of us. At present DATHeader is designed to output a file that (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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Hello, I would like to have larger components "Old Header" and "New Header". Often the header does not fit to them and you have to scroll down both lists. And, please, make replacing "0" comments by "0 //" as option. This feature kill mlcad hide (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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Hello all, I just downloaded the complete.zip and discovered LDraw.exe is no longer present. I take this is a step in creating the 100% CA distro? Anyhow, I always used LDraw.exe to validate (in LD4DStudio) if a folder is indeed the library's root. (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader version 2.0.3 for LINUX and MAC
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(...) I have just found an error in DATHeader. The test for partdescription at subparts was not correct. Please download the bugfix from (URL) that side I have now also listed all tests that are performed by DATHeader and also the specification on (...) (15 years ago, 24-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) Mike, I get a error on startup complaining about the xml file. I would also appriciate if you could add documentation for the new features (especially for the spaces in the title) explaining how it works and what's all about. Also some links (...) (15 years ago, 23-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DATHeader version 2.0.3 for LINUX and MAC
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I am proud to announce the release of DATHeader for the use on Linux and Mac machines. Windows machines are supported anyway. New feature in this version is the reviewer mode. You do not need to save the file to get the informations that DATHeader (...) (15 years ago, 23-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) I have just tested the changed DATHeader also on UBUNTU/Linux with MONO. IT WORKS!!! Now as I have realized that there are differences between some functions that do the same on windows enviroment, but totally different on linux machines I am (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) I have now found what happend. I use under windows the following code for a messagebox that gives an result back: answer = msgbox() But this does not work under MONO. Here I have to use: answer = messagebox.show(). So I have to check the (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) At present I have no idea why color and rotation is not removed, but I will investigate. I did not checked the hand for being under MONO or not, only the function itself as I have detected trouble with that function under MONO. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) Thank you very much for your respond. As I noted before I have done some checks with MONO, but under windows enviroment. Now that I have your feedback I will try to eliminate those errors. As my UBUNTU (in a virtual box) does not run DATHeader (...) (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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More (again on MONO): - Maybe turn the Option menu into a single Preferences button (like the ? button)? - Edit -> License Types -> Close closes DATHeader. Same for BFC Statements and Part Types - Edit -> Category brings up the popup box which asks (...) (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) Great job! Maybe one of the tools evolves so much that it becomes an all-in-one checker. :-) However for me it doesn't actually remove the COLOR definitions from files, nor the ROTATION definitions (it simply turns them into //-comments). (...) (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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Version 2.0.1 of DATHeader is now available for download at www.michael-heidemann.de as my other webspace is down :-( in the moment. There are now more tests performed. For example: - check for coplanarity (based on Philo's code) - check for double (...) (15 years ago, 17-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Indeed, the default font, being based on the font used on LEGO tiles, was created without any kerning information. (...) Cool, no big hurry, the person that requested it doesn't use a Mac ;) ROSCO (15 years ago, 16-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Update: kerning works fine with the "NASAlization" font on my site, so it's just a matter of using fonts that support the feature. Unfortunately it looks like the custom font upload feature is broken, so that's another thing to add to my list (...) (15 years ago, 16-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: txt2dat 0.2.2
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(...) I'm here! I'm catching up on LDraw developments. I updated txt2dat online to use the new version, so there is now a checkbox for the kerning option. I don't notice any difference with the default font, though, so either I haven't hooked it up (...) (15 years ago, 16-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | txt2dat 0.2.2
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A new version of txt2dat is available. The only major change in this version is the addition of the -k option to specify glyph pair kerning. If you don't know what that means then you probably don't need it :) Get it here: (URL) that the Mac version (...) (15 years ago, 16-May-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LETGUI new version 1.3.0.0
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I have just uploaded a new version of LETGUI package, that contains the new tool Edger2 (Version 1.1). Added support for changed Ytruder V1.3. BUGFIX: If your file is located in a folder with spaces you where not able to view it with the editor or (...) (15 years ago, 15-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | New LDraw Tool for Parts author: Edger2
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(URL) Lee Gaiteri's (URL) Edger> utility allows to create conditional lines between adjacent facets, and edge lines on outside (unmatched) facets. But it has a few drawbacks, such as requiring perfect match between facets (something hard to get (...) (15 years ago, 15-May-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Peeron_to_MLCad
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(...) Hi Scott If I decide to write a new version of Peeron_to_MLCad I will take note of your suggestions. I am writing to you in private on technical aspects related to programming. (15 years ago, 11-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Now that I've had a chance to use Peeron_to_MLCAD, I must say again, excellent work. After getting everything setup, it was fun 'building' the model in MLCAD. The tutorial was great and very necessary, as I was overwhelmed by all of the buttons and (...) (15 years ago, 9-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.org's April 2009 Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winner of the April 2009 Part Of The Month (POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Dish 4 x 4 Inverted with TIE Hatch Pattern by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM - Wheel 30.4 x 14 Hubcap Nine Spoke by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> The (...) (15 years ago, 6-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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That is pretty neat! It is kind of like getting a LEGO set in all digital form. All you need to do is put it together. I'll have to give this a try as soon as a I have some time. Thanks, Scott W. (15 years ago, 5-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Jetro (15 years ago, 4-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Peeron_to_MLCad
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Hi All I have developed a program called Peeron_to_MLCad. It's useful to simplify the initial phase of implementation of existing Lego sets. With Peeron_to_MLCad is possible to reduce drastically the time needed to select the parts and find the (...) (15 years ago, 4-May-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Still no zip file for 2008-01?
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(...) On further investigation, it is now clear why I did this. All three files are obsolete and not used by any official parts and as primitives/subparts should not be directly referenced in models. Because this update was a complete library (...) (15 years ago, 28-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Still no zip file for 2008-01?
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(...) On further investigation, it is now clear why I did this. All three files are obsolete and not used by any official parts and as primitives/subparts should not be directly referenced in models. Because this update was a complete library (...) (15 years ago, 27-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Still no zip file for 2008-01?
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(...) Thanks for pointing this out. I don't understand how those files got to become zero-length, but these will be restored in the next parts update (which is under development at present). Chris Dee (LDraw Parts Library Admin) (15 years ago, 27-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) Try: (URL) (15 years ago, 26-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) Yep. I created a minifig and imported the 3DS file into MeshLab. The improper BFC is very apparent. (You can see how part authors simply created one half of a part and then mirrored the primitives to create the other half.) -Mike (15 years ago, 14-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) Just to clarify, the above isn't quite accurate (on two points). First of all, LDView 4.0.1 (the latest release) doesn't support this at all. Secondly, LDView 4.1 (which is forthcoming, but hasn't had even a beta release yet) will have support (...) (15 years ago, 13-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) the program. Travis informed me that LDview can also convert to 3DS and OBJ, so I'll try that. -Mike (15 years ago, 13-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) Michael Heidemann's Inliner should do the job fine! (URL) Philo (15 years ago, 12-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) That's what I suspected. Do you know how to meake all the parts/primitives inline? -Mike (15 years ago, 12-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) Sorry about that, the program may only work with the geometry so all the parts/primitves would probably need to be inlined. It also may need to have a DAT extention rather than MPD. (15 years ago, 11-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) there are no error messages. here's the command line I'm using: 3dto3d minifig.mpd /if9 /of19 /dminifig.obj /ov /ip"J:\ProgsWin\LDraw\parts" /ip"J:\ProgsWin\LDraw\p" I'm assuming it has something to do with it not finding the parts/primitives. (...) (15 years ago, 11-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) Textures are more widely supported in programs where users actually interact/play with 3D models, though. So you are limited basically to rendering still images or animations. Stefan Garcia wrote: (...) animations, however. This is what I want (...) (15 years ago, 11-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Orion or Carsten: please contact me regarding LDDP
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(...) Thanks Willy. That explains a lot. I knew he was in the navy, but thought I'd seen more posts from him relatively recently. (...) That's OK. My suggestion requires coding, so my contacting Carsten won't be too useful if he's no longer coding (...) (15 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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The materials are imported properly into Blender, but whether they would be exported as .obj is a guess on my part. Materials are better in this case, not textures. As for Blender being a "pig" program, it's a 9MB download that is completely free, (...) (15 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Orion or Carsten: please contact me regarding LDDP
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(...) Orion is on duty. (...) No he doesn't - Orion is the only coder right now. I was able to contact Carsten to sign the Third Party Agreement for the AIOI though - let me know if you want his new address anyway. w. (15 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) I was hoping not to have to install another pig application package just to do a conversion. Also, are the materials imported properly? Ideally they would be converted to textures since they are more common. -Mike (15 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 3Dto3D bt Thomas Baier works pretty well as it has support for converting between LDraw DAT files to Wavefront OBJ as well as several other formats. You can get it at: h(URL) (15 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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You could import the files into Blender3D and export them to .obj format. It probably won't look very pretty though. -Stefan- (15 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there a free means of converting LDraw models to Wavefront object (*.obj) files? Thanks! -Mike (15 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I haven't gotten anything from Orion. Carsten, do you still work on LDDP? I seem to remember you don't, but if you do, send me an email, and I'll let you know what my suggestion is. --Travis (15 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I forgot the beginning of this thread, and misunderstood your "15% faster" comment. I see now that you're referring to the flattened mesh2 data for the part. I was mis-reading it to be that mesh2 is 15% faster than mesh (which I know you never (...) (15 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks for the info. I have implemented mesh2 support in LDView's export as part of my new curve smoothing support for POV exports, but haven't completely removed the mesh support (although it is currently hard-coded to use mesh2 whether or (...) (15 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Travis, I've finally picked up the povray export project again, You were right I needed to calculate the horizontal fov from the vertical one used in OpenGL. Also you may be interested in knowing that I now also have a basic "hierarchical (...) (15 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sorry for the personal post, but I've sent two emails to Orion without a response to either (the first sent months ago), so I'm concerned that my messages are being swallowed by a SPAM filter. Orion, I had a suggestion for improving the interaction (...) (15 years ago, 4-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.org's March 2009 Model and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the March 2009 Model/Part Of The Month (MOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Brabham BT46B the fan car by Luca Rusconi (aka RoscoPC)> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Minifig Accessory Satchel by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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Some month (or years?) ago I asked for somebody to make a dll that can be used by other software authors to write more easily applications for LDraw files. As there was nobody answering, I started to this myself. As I do not have experience with C (...) (15 years ago, 15-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Printing LPub instructions with Lulu.com
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(...) Yes, the binding is stapled. Lulu offers a few differing binding options (stapled, plastic coil, paperback-like "perfect" binding, etc.), but stapled is the only option available for a minimal number of pages (22, in this case). I was worried (...) (15 years ago, 13-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Very cool--I love it! To be honest, it would never have occurred to me to use Lulu; I got as far as "I should try Kinkos," and that's where I sort of stalled. I have to say that the end results look amazingly professional and high-quality. (...) (15 years ago, 13-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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Hi! I recently used (URL) Lulu.com> to publish (URL) LPub> instructions for a (URL) model> I created a few months ago. I have determined that I need to use higher resolution rendering settings and possibly avoid gradient backgrounds for optimal (...) (15 years ago, 13-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's February 2009 Part of the Month Winner
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(...) Woohoo! This is the closest I have ever been to winning anything because I asked Philo to model this part. OK, so I didn't have much to do with it, but thanks Philo! Eric Albrecht (15 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Result
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(...) Thanks guys for nominating me so I can be involved another year deeply in LDraw.org. It is everytime fun to work with all of you. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Result
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Hi folks, only five people have accept their nomination for the election of the 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee[1] in response to this message: (URL) election itself has therefore become obsolete. Congratulations to the new 2009/2010 members (...) (15 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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Congratulations to the winner of the February 2009 Part Of The Month (POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Technic Excavator Bucket 14 x 8 with 7 Teeth by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM - Most Desired Part, Technic Excavator Bucket 14 x 8 (...) (15 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) Tim, Mike, thx for the nomination, I accept. w. (15 years ago, 27-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thank you for the nomination. I decline - I would like to focus on contributing to the standards committee for now. Thanks, Jim (15 years ago, 22-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Nominations closing in 1 week
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Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) for the 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee election will close in a week, at 11:59 PM GMT on 28 February 2009 and elections will start the 1st of March. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, (...) (15 years ago, 21-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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(...) Someone has to do also this job. I accept. Thanks for nomination. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 20-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Move Datsville to LDraw.org
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(...) Nothing hinders from the POV of the webmasters. I'm forward this to the SteerCo. w. (15 years ago, 14-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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