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(...) Just generate the mesh once. The part-file would be static, with one rough/broken side. It's still a lot of work for just one element -- it'd be easier to take the existing part-file, and just break it in half. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I believe there have been two different supercars, with the different versions. Jasper (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Shouldn't give any problems. (...) If we just register the port information for the relevant parts (road plates, track, and monorail track), and inline all sub-files (not including parts) the inlined version of the model will contain indirect (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Yep, that was EXACTLY what I was thinking of. The convertor should create the needed views (all the rotations), and if it can handle the scaling too, so much the better. Just scaling bitmaps down in an image editor gives weird artifacts if you're (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is probably true. However, the "Technic Steering Arm Large" that came with the 8880 Supercar comes in two versions: The first year (or so) of production, the steering arm has a cross axle hole. Later versions had the technic pin socket, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Larry Pieniazek (lar@voyager.net) wrote: [...] (...) Sounds like a rather good idea. It would probably not be that difficult to create a LDraw to Track Designer converter. I presume that all sub-files (except for track parts) should be converted to (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It ended up at <URL:(URL) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- LDraw FAQ: <URL:(URL) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36c84429.9637535@lu...et.com>... (...) Since it would be a random function, wouldn't you need to generate the mesh each time the element is used? Seems like a lot of work for one part, but how would you interface with (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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The other day I was doing an inventory of my 8880 Super Car set and I came across an LDraw part inconsistency; The 6540 - Technic Steering Arm Large, seems to be modeled differently than the 6540's that came with my Super Car. In the LDraw part, the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Well, Terry mentioned it in an e-mail to me, which reminded me I wanted to snag a new copy of it, ... (...) Ultimately, it should end up at the JJM. Short term, it should still end up at the JJM -- we can review, enhance, and correct it (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you mean the HTML page I put together last June (that long ago !!), then I think I sent it to the L-CAD list hoping it would get added to the FAQ, or added to the Memorial some other way, since I don't have a Web Site as yet, and I'm happy (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'll bet. (...) I *think* having lines which are too long doesn't matter (much). Lines which are too short are evil, because LEdit doesn't clean up the display list, it just overwrites the contents of the screen. (...) Yes -- all the subparts (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Whatever happened to the write-up on the p\ primitives? Steve (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, the table is hard-coded into the Inliner. It uses just the low-nybble of the color value to look up the value for color 24: // iColorMain is the value for color code 16 // iEdgeColor will hold the value for color code 24 // Array is a (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You could generate a random height-grid, to represent the broken side of the neo-part. Use that information as a mesh, and convert it to LDraw code. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, it is supposed to by yyyy-mm-dd. No, it isn't supposed to be an/the ISO format. I'm glad it is, though. (...) Good -- then no one will be confused. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(URL) the name was the hardest part :-) Lines are (like James' makelist) restricted to 78 characters. However, it seems that LEdit is able handle 79 characters. Should I expand parts.lst from 78 to 79 characters? Should it be an option? Besides the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes. I presume it is supposed to be the ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd). (...) Not that I know of. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- LDraw FAQ: <URL:(URL) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Scott wrote in message <36C7347F.65378519@a...te.net>... (...) Hmmm. Ask and ye shall recieve. How did you implement the design. I've looked at it and have not decided how to handle the area between the loop and the plate. Do you remove the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I have sort of already modelled this piece in LDraw. I use it all the time as a connector for my fire houses(shoe lace and flexi rubber Lego ones). Ryan (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i also made this part the other day but as yours is better i will abandon it. (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have one of those. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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How does the inliner tool handle the colours 16 and 24 in parts that are inlined? Ok, 16 is pretty obvious, simply substitute 16 with the colour of the part to be inlined. But 24? Does the inliner need a table of the conversions? I'm just curious. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Strangely (since it is an easy part), noone has made the Technic Friction Peg with Towball yet. So I made a draft for that part (included below). However, I cannot find any number for it. Anybody know? Fredrik 0 Technic Friction Peg with Towball 0 (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Actually, I already have one of these. :/ Haven't modeled it in L-Draw though so maybe I'd better shut up before this thread gets sent to one o' them off-topic groups. Doug (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) made (...) Okay, Todd, point taken. Push the envelope too hard and its bound to burst ;-}. Don't you think milling the studs to .01" and microgrinding the excess would work better? Oh, and apply some toulene (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I feel a sudden urge coming on to take a batch of 1x10 plates to the belt sander and make 1x10 tiles. Then I'll shave off the stud on a classic smiley and have a realistic Jean-Luc Picard head. He'll need to sit in a comfy reclining chair, so (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Okay, I think I see the consensus on "home made" parts in LDraw. How about a slightly different twist? One of the messages in build group mentioned he used the loops off of broken 1 X 1 with side loops to get a female to female connection. Would it (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proper tiles (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
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(...) Actually, this adds weight to our recent use of subpart files for the non- decorated sections of parts which are frequently decorated. If this had been done from the start (no criticism implied) we would now only have to "fix" the subparts - (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A couple of occasions. Not much can be done about it. It requires that any person who had used that part in a model to go back and manually update it to the correct number. (...) As far as the 3-digit (or less) numbers in LDraw goes, I try to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DOS Makelist (was Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Si te Revamp))
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(...) And please remember to "pad" the right side out to the same width as the current parts.lst file has - it is fixed at 79 characters width. If you don't, the parts view in LEdit gets real messy. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You may want to consider switching to a real e-mail client. :) Just kidding mostly, but I'm using a little shareware program called Becky! Internet Mail that seems to handle the thousands of messages I have in my LCAD folder just fine. :) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Cmon, Todd, who ya sayin' cheated? (Roy hangs his head and shuffles his feet) Tell me it aint so, Todd. ( Small tear forming in the corner of his eye ) Snifff! (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That is unfortunate. It just has always seemed logical for the element to exist, but have never been able to reason out why it doesn't. I had hoped that it did exist and that I had somehow missed it along the line. Oh, well... Roy P. S. I'm (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The Internet thrives upon discussion. Without it, the net would be void and without substance. The multicast transfer of ideas causes the net to grow and become more coherent. In a sense, this also applies to us. (1) Nothing is lost from (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proper tiles (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
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(...) Sure, no problem, I'll get right on it. At the same time, I'll also shave the excess 1LDU off the ends of all the cross-axles, OK? ;) Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sorry I wasn't clear enough. 0 1999-12-31 SEB Minor corrections Is that better? :) Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The only problem with this for me is that I'm along for the ride because of the LDraw program and not necessarily for LEGO. I know they are pretty closly related now, but that may not be completely true in the future. James program is amazing (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If there are any other creations out I for one would like hear of them. (...) Hmm, I never mangle I improve :-). (...) I've tried a number of different methods, but none seemed to fit the bill. Roy (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Aside from the clone, other, and fictitious ( Is it fiction if its real? ) parts questions, I began reading to LCAD discussion mainly because of LDRAW. The fact that LDRAW and LEGO interests functioned together pleased me to no end, but I really (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, if the date format is yyyy-mm-dd. :) /Tore (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:16:53 GMT, "Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Sorry to follow-up on my own message, but would this format be acceptable to everyone: 0 1999-01-01 SEB Minor corrections I think that date format will be (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) BTW, I wouldn't call this re-using part numbers, I'd call it making new versions of the same part. A version-number would be good, though. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right. In the LDraw parts library, these multi-version parts are (typically) designated by appending a version-letter to the part's filename. The mini-figure heads are a good example of this. 3626A.dat is the original solid-stud head. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Proper tiles (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
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(...) Ya know, this has been one of my pet peeves with LDraw. But since I'm too lazy to learn how to create pieces, I haven't said anything about it until now. Would anyone have the time, inclination, and patience to "fix" the 4 dozen or so Tile (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That makes it less frustrating? (...) The list must go on and on... :-[p How different are the two sweet streeper brushes? --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ur. The last I paid attention to was makelst4, which didn't work for me because I have a different sort.exe (from MKS Toolkit). I started using my own after that point. (...) That would be way cool IMO. I would guess case-insensitivity would (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DOS Makelist (was Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Si te Revamp))
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(...) Yes. (...) Yes, please. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That was the opinion stated by Jacob, which I generally agree with, but it depends on the detail in question. Some common, details which are larger than 1LDU details and are skipped in LDraw parts: - the indentations on the undersides of (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, but I think only for _equivalent_ parts. I just discovered that there are two versions of the Street Sweeper Brush Holder (2578) - both have this number moulded on. Chris Dee (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Joshua relayed once to me some deductive evidence that TLG has recycled part numbers in at least a couple odd circumstances. For example, the 1x2 plate hinges numbered 4275 & 4276 originally had only 1 hinge finger on the male part and 2 hinge (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah... I was just being conservative/literal in my interpretation of the charter for the .cad.dat group. I think it really should be modified to say that it's for .DAT files based on LEGO-brand elements only. (Would this cause great unrest? I (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure the appropriate quality-level of MegaBloks could be modeled in LDraw. They'd fit together just as well as LEGO-based LDraw parts. :( Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I thought the expectation (and specification) was that the newsserver lugnet.com was to be used for LEGO-oriented discussion and communication. The *.off-topic hierarchy is just there because we occasionally get off-track. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's happened on at least one occasion. The problem is with the LDraw library, usually--a part was released with the wrong number, and there is a different part which actually should have that number. (...) AFAIK, TLG doesn't recycle numbers. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DOS Makelist (was Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Si te Revamp))
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(...) jsproat wrote: (...) ANSI (...) Don't we really have a working makelist? What about makelst2, makelst3, makelis4, makelisb, makelisc, ... If you would like me to, I can quickly make a small and fast makelist using my good old reliable (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'll admit, I'm something of a Lego fanatic myself. However, I have had some very good experiences building with Tente and Construx. I wish now that I had never gotten rid of my Tente pieces. :-( (...) Hmmm... I would suggest that a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts)
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(...) I think the standard mentioned on L-CAD was details >= 1 ldu get drawn, and the curved edges on DUPLO definitely have a radius > 1 ldu. -John Van (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) inferior (...) Right. I agree here, and I am also Lego-biased. If non-Lego parts are to be modelled, they should have their own completely seperated parts database to work off of so there is no confusion between the real thing and the cheap (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is this done? I guess I thought that once a number is used, it's used up. How does LDAO part update function deal with this? (By the way, yet another awesome addition to LDAO's usefulness. I've just been using it a bunch to fix models I did (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts)
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(...) DUPLO bricks have definitely more rounded edges than regular bricks. Would you want to model those edges or just make it look like a giant system brick with empty studs? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's both. Not that I'm closed-minded, but I really have a lot of trouble imagining a competitor ever coming out with a better product in the same category as LEGO. And even if one did -- and even if the product were totally LEGO compatible -- (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's Ldraw _+_ the dos tools. so the dos tools are 200k (...) same for this - 2.3 meg ldraw 'n' stuff, rest LDAO. Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) LOL :) Though I would support one of those (if necessary) and plaster the 'pure' image on my site if the condition of the clone parts sunk to that level.. *sigh* -- bad week.. [1] [2] [1] Not at all related to this list, but was a general sigh (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Which DOS tools are these? I don't remember any being particularly large... (...) Same for this... LDAO is 2.something Mb, right? What's the rest? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) I like Wise very much. I don't *think* I've used InstallShield, maybe I tried once. Anyway, I know I don't want to try it. I've mostly used Wise to package VB apps, but it works really well, and very easily. With the new version, I just point (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DOS Makelist (was Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp))
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(...) I'd guess the limitation is because James allocated a 1000-element array to hold the data lines. The problem I ran into when I tried a rewrite was I was using a shareware version of Basic, which wouldn't support the memory usage I needed, so I (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) I agree. (1) (...) You've done this before, haven't you? Man, what a headache. :-P This is why I don't write the install code at work. I have learned one thing: avoid avoid avoid InstallShield! How do you like the Wise install tool? Would it (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DOS Makelist (was Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp))
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(...) Why the limitation on 1000 parts? Have all the makelist implementations shelled out to call sort.exe? I'm sure there's a quicksort call in the ANSI C libraries, and stl has some great capabilities for those of the C++ persuasion... (...) Well, (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts Maintenance Idea
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(...) Hmm. Let's see: - Lets authors know a file has been altered after submission. - Helps people track down part number changes, especially if another part is now using the old number. - Reduces need to overload the Author tag to give proper (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Turning in LDAO editor (was: Re: [Unofficial Part] 3613 - Arm Piece with Towball Socket)
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Previously, John and I wrote stuff: (...) Yes, they could. (...) It's the "Erase and Redraw" command. It just redraws the current file. (...) It shouldn't be writing in that case -- in the Win/VB-world, click happens after you let up on the mouse (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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(...) Hmmm. "LDraw Purists Homepage", anyone? Steve (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) Just to create some facts & data to work from, I created zip files containing various parts of the whole LDraw family. Here's what I got: Original LDraw and all parts: 2.1MB +DOS tools: 2.3MB +Win32 tools: 4.8MB (not including L3PAO & its (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DOS Makelist (was Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp))
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(...) Umm, that would be really great if you did that. We never came up with a replacement for James' original makelist.exe (which can only handle 1000 parts). How big would a distributable of your Perl-makelist be? And how easy would it be for (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss (blisses@worldnet.att.net) wrote: [ about adding maintenance information to the parts files ] (...) I think it is a good idea. Information about which names the file has had in the past will be useful for updating old models, and the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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[ Moving to lugnet.publish ] (...) Apache: <URL:(URL) (...) I can't remember the details, but basically you just create a catalog for the new server and add a few lines to one of the configuration files that informs Apache of the relation between (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Mainly that I all of a sudden got flooded with ANOTHER pile of Emails when this was started up. I don't mind the CONTENT, but I prefer it in Digest form. I get anything I can in Digest form, unless it is something that I NEED realtime. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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[whoops, this time the Followup-To field is actually set to lugnet.admin.general; I forgot to do that last time.] (...) OK. People receiving duplicates won't disrupt the ng's any, so if duplicate messages aren't annoying to you, then they're not a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: News-by-Mail digests
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(...) I'd much prefer them on a per-group basis, even if it means some duplicates across several Digests. (...) I know of no client at all that can handle Digests in the way you want. It is up to the Digest owner to modify the Digest output to do (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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[Crossposted from lugnet.cad.dev; followups set to lugnet.admin.general] (...) glasnapd@db.erau.edu (Doug Glasnapp) writes: (...) Questions: Are any general-purpose (and free) mailing list services out there anywhere on the net which spool up (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Um, I wouldn't object either, as long as it is off-site and clearly marked as unofficial clone parts. We don't need to see "Keep Ldraw Pure" buttons popping up on people's sites.. ;) Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 New (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Only when the competition is (a) competent and (b) putting out superior or nearly superior stuff. If the competition puts out junk, is that an incentive to improve? Early LEGO Town and Castle sets were incredible, for example, and TLG created (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree with that. I would have no objections to linking to custom sites for non-lego parts. The more the merrier. I just think that LDraw should remain just that. Not MBDraw or TDraw. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think that was Linc (?) But he did that to represent TLG rubber bands, much the same as others have done to represent hoses. So that wasn't a case of "non-TLG" pieces. As far as message size goes, yes it does inflate things a bit, as do (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Turning in LDAO editor (was: Re: [Unofficial Part] 3613 - Arm Piece with Towball Socket)
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(...) Well I'll be. It sure does. (...) So could you use alt-c (or s) for center setting? (...) Using the mouse is about as fast as that typing all that. (...) I don't think I've ever used the E command. Does that reload the current model file or (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) I personally don't use these tools. Thus, I would be unlikely to want to download them if I were surfing via modem. Hmmm... I might be muddling things. My point is this: Let the main archive, parts updates, and separate tools be available (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the Site Revamp
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(...) + a batch file to run them all in sequence? Just as a minor convenience, I suppose, tho. If there's demand, you could possibly make a linux shell-script to do the same. I don't know - do linux DOS emulators have the ability to run DOS .EXEs, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts)
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(...) semi-bricks. (...) Mee too, three, and four :) (...) Tore - sorry for the double message, I sent it to you on accident and meant to send it to the list.. Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 New Lugnet Newsgroup? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts)
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Some time ago, I made some "plates", or, as I call them, 12 LDU high semi-bricks. I call them semi-bricks for two reasons: 1. They are exactly ½ the height of a Lego brick 2. They are clones, ie not real bricks I strongly oppose the idea to include (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I can't answer your question, because I don't have any of the snow-plows. But I can say that when I made those baseplates, color 10 was basically unassigned (I don't think a color-list had been added to the FAQ yet). It seemed like the right (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) And (potentially) splitmpd, l3p, and ldscript. Any others I'm forgetting? (...) Right, except why include the Win32 programs for people who can't use them? Most of the huge-o programs (LDAO) are 32-bit. It's not a big deal on CD distributions, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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What actual color are the patterned radar pieces in M:Tron and Blacktron I? I don't have them and so I guessed at neon yellow-green (298) for M:Tron and regular yellow (14) for BTI. But then I noticed that the space landing pad baseplates use light (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You know, I thought of this after I posted. A while ago, someone posted a Mindstorms "Rocker Boogie Rambler". (1)(2) It used MOC LDraw pieces to represent rubber bands, and those parts were inlined into the model. I wouldn't have any moral (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Optional, yes. Good point. (...) Which would basically be "download LDRAW.EXE and all the LCAD updates" (...) Using the right Win31 Program Manager API calls would do away with the need for a Win32 install; program folders and icons can be (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: helping making new pieces and .dat format
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Great! We love to see new people interested in Ldraw, and especially in creating parts. Always feel free to ask any questions about this. Titulaer Bart wrote in message ... (...) news- (...) many (...) Check out the Ldraw FAQ, which was just posted (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Agreed. I can't see it getting through the voting process, anyway. (...) view (...) Easy, boy. Non-TLG elements have their place in Ldraw. One of the uses of Ldraw is to share models, but another important use is to keep a record of your own (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts Maintenance Idea
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How do you see this information being used? -John Van Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) renamed (...) Update (...) is (...) never (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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(...) aliases... yes, I use that. or do you mean something else still? (...) Of course, I set _my_ sendmail up not to forward stuff. I dunno why I did that, but that's the default that came in the smtp .cf file and procmail is too much memory to (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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(...) Apache, or something commercial? I just hadn't thought of that. Teach me to speak on things I haven't tried to set up for myself yet :-/ Jasper (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | helping making new pieces and .dat format
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Hi there, I'm a 25 year old Technic Lego-player, but less fanatic with internet and news- groups, so I discovered LDraw just some weeks ago. It works rather well and I'm really enthousistic about it. If I want to help with making new pieces (Technic (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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