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(...) There is still a 'primitives committee' which discusses new primitives before they are released. We decided awhile ago to not introduce new primitive files, until/unless they were actually used in a file. Which is why the ldraw/p/ directory (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 99-03 Voting: Quick Comments
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(...) Coz they didn't? The nut is a unique part, as far as I can tell. It is round, and ribbed on the outside (ribs parallel to the axle), and I've never seen a part that could be machined down to make it. (well, not easily, you could probably (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Torso number was Forestman Torso was Voting Page
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(...) Chris, you seem to by the "torso guy" around here, so if you have a good plan for those pieces, then go for it. And on another note, it has come to my attention that 9326 is NOT the torso number. I really hate to say this, but we need to move (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That is the same question I had about the construction. :-) And I liked Joshua's logic about the number. It groups them numerically very nicely, and saves using 3-digit #'s, so why not? (...) I would think so - without actually seeing the (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Discussion-Large Technic Shock 2909c01.dat
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(...) Why not post it to dat.parts? -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wish I knew for a _fact_ that this is (was) the case, but I can't say so with any certainty. I would suppose that using an existing mold to create an axle, and then cutting threads into the element, makes a lot more sense than trying to (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Working on Part 30384
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Ok, I've made significant progress on this part (Thanks John! Thanks Steve!). In the process, I have made 3 "new" primitives (actually modifications of existing ones): 1-4con1 1-4ring3 1-4ring10 These were necessary to maintain the geometry, though (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Ok, I've made significant progress on this part (Thanks John! Thanks Steve!). In the process, I have made 3 "new" primitives (actually modifications of existing ones): 1-4con1 1-4ring3 1-4ring10 These were necessary to maintain the geometry, though (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Cone primitives
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(...) without (...) too, (...) The 3 refers to the inner radius of the cone. All cone primitives (like ring primitives) are made with an outer radius which is 1 LDU greater than the inner radius. So a con3.dat would have inner-radius 3 and outer (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK. It's uploaded. Follow the links above. The "Rings" tab will help to pinpoint the best ring/cone primitives to use for a particular scale. It includes Y scaling, for those times when you have to overlap two primitives to make things fit. (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) What does the numeral at the end of the name signify? (1-4con'3') If I make a cone that matches the slop I need for the canopy, how would I determine what to call it? --Karim (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3739a571.374265...net.com... (...) slope (...) Well by all means, please do. When I finally get around to finishing my quad/line segment intersection worksheet, I'll send you that as well (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Rilly? Those axles were machined after they were molded, to add the threads? Cool. Steve (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) (URL), or go to (URL) and click the link. I don't think I uploaded the version with the cone-sizing page... (...) Especially in 1-4 and 1-8 versions. (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Forestman Torso was Voting Page
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(...) Yes, I have all four colors:) (...) Duh, that would be true. I guess we wouldn't have to worry about running out of numbers for at least another few years :) Oh, and you gonna work on any of the Star Wars torsos?? Ryan "Build or build not. (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks for that info - I assume you actually have one rather than intepreting the colour from instruction scans? (...) Thre must be more than 100 torso patterns now, but we can number up to 9326p999. Chris (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 99-03 Voting: Quick Comments
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(...) This was a numbers group suggestion. These only come in 7xxxx codes (and hence, only in black), but Terry really wanted to release them color-16. Rather than use 3-digit codes for this, we based them off the codes for the non-threaded version (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Optional lines should actually be called "conditional lines." They are used to model rounded surfaces so that the edge-lines only appear if they form the outer boundary of the rounded surface. If you think of a cylinder, you want edge-lines to show (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Karim <knassar@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3738A084.5D7527...ing.com... (...) in (...) Glad you asked. I just did this for the cone on the SW laser piece. You have the correct idea, using multiple cone primitives. Remeber it's OK if the (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm, I'm using the cone primitives in 30384... How do the cone primitives work? The geometry of the canopy doesn't match either the con3 or the con4 primitive... right now I am scaling 1-4con4 to create part of the half-cone, and then using it (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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