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(...) Good suggestion John. Something else for the QA process. I think I mentioned this before, but it would be real neat if there were a super-wireframe mode that rendered all optional lines. Any chance of this sometime in the future please, Paul ? (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Now that I think about it, it probably isn't necessary. I had a hard time positioning things on the end using John's mock-up, but I just realized it was probably because he was using one of the 'stud' primitives. So, Nevermind. ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hadn't thought about that. Is it that important to view a stud instead of a line in LEdit? Seems like this piece has a 'normal geometry', so that it wouldn't make sense to defeat the line-as-stud option. (...) Yes. Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Just thought I'd mention that the wireframe view in LDLite is a great tool for part authors to check the edge lines and conditional lines in their parts before submission. Edge line omissions are usually much more obvious in this view, so take a (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There's a Sort function, but it sorts by position, bottom-to-top, back-to-front. I put it there to help me transition models from the "adding pieces to the file when it's convenient" mode to the "present new pieces in order for other people to (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) fixed. (...) i concur.. i never could nail down *what* was causing this to happen.. i just would bring up LDLite during the modeling process and suddenly my type 5's were turned into quads (type 4)... so i'd fix them all manually, grimace and (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3741a938.209688...net.com... (...) some (...) fix (...) everyone.. (...) Inlining primitives with type 5 lines works fine. But at least sometimes inlining a subpart has turned the type 5 (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there already a button for this? It had odd results when I tried it long ago IIRC. -John Van Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3741a8a1.208175...net.com... (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. I don't remember hearing about this problem before. Probably did, and it fell out of my brain. I will look into the LDAO/inline code, and see what's up. Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've thought about writing a function in LDAO to sort a DAT file by line-type: first the 2 (edges) and 5 (conditionals), then the 1 (may be edges, surfaces, or both) then the 3 (triangles) and 4 (quads). Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I like Bar or support. Those, IMO, are the most-likely non-space use of it. (...) Will the 1x1 end of it use capitalization? (i.e. STUD.DAT) Also, a problem that I noticed with John's mock-up is that the end cylinder was *not* the same (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm finalizing the "Star Wars Ion Cannon" part, and neither John nor I can think of a decent name for it. Heck, what *category* should it be in? John has suggested one of the following categories: Bar Support Space And I've got the following (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Speaking as the author of this part, I like the idea of using the word "Bogie" in the description. But also I would like to express in the name that you normally clip this part on the side of the train motor. So I would prefer the following (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Either of these is fine with me. (...) The 'without corners' name follows the precedent of existing LDraw pieces: 2450.DAT Plate 3 x 3 without Corner 2419.DAT Plate 3 x 6 without Corners 6106.DAT Plate 6 x 6 without Corner 2401.DAT Plate 10 x (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can minimize the jagged appearance by using a 1-8cyli.dat around the hole. This leaves the minimum amount of surface around the holes to be jagged in POV-Ray. And if you rotate all the primitives to center your 1-8cyli parts on the (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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What happened to this part (used to be Hinge Plate 1 X 4 Bottom)? Part 146, Window 1 x 2 x 3 Pane Latticed, was move to this number (2429) in the last update, but I cannot find the original 2429. Does anyone have any answers, or did I just miss (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) i've had the "type 5 getting switched to type 4" problem here and there.. some say it's a problem in the LDAO inliner... i'll have to take a look at my original files again and see if they got corrupted during inlining.. i can fix them easy (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Chris Dee <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FBx2v9.BGI@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) What about using cone primitives for these surfaces. What is the inner and outer radius? (...) will (...) of (...) Yes. You want to make sure you (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is that so? I can't remember having read that in the FAQ. I'll make sure to sort the edges first, now that I know of this. Fredrik (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, at least it makes a difference if the lines are drawn before or after the surrounding/contrasting color quads. LDraw (and LDLite) favor the earlier-drawn object, when two objects occupy the same space. Always draw edge-lines first. Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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