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(...) Right. LDraw can be used as the base for an LDLite rendering, a Povray image, VRML walkthrough, etc, ad infinitum. (...) Correct. As long as the text enhances the image and doesn't put some website name over it, go for it. (...) That's what I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Large is good, either way though. Whatever you feel is your best work and whatever you would like to see there. Povray would be best, but ldlite is acceptable. You can do artificial backdrops, see the nebula backdrop on the featured Explorien (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes. (...) Good plan. (...) Right. IMO a good rendering is a good rendering (Ldraw, ldlite, pov..), whether or not it contains a TLG model or an MOC. We would like to see MOC's, but still, some TLG models are very nicely done. Like the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Cover Model
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(...) Right. I see what you're saying. But obviously no 'mypage.com' or '(c) Jonh Doe' etc.. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 If someone tells you you're worth your weight in gold, fatten up. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring?
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(...) Actually, the plan with the Lego Maniac's Webring is to eventually have themed 'subrings' that operate either as a part of the whole ring or surfers can search categorized sites. So its its separate ring, but it can be in a sense integrated. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Cool! I don't see any real reason to join them, though, since they're conceptually different. There are those who are justifiably Lego Maniacs who don't use LDraw (Ed Boxer comes to mind). I'm sure that with a little homework, one could find a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Site Release!
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Hello! The site is so great! Even if I suspect I can learn the technic skills to do the same job, I am definitively missing the artistic/aestetic touch to reach the quality we can see here. Thanks for doing that, Tim bye jp (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Right. Identification and reference and browsing and all that. Massively cross-referenced within itself and to/from set inventories, MOC's, and the marketplace. So it's really a sub-database of the larger database. The "Brictionary" part is (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Steve, I totally agree what is needed is a complete classification/taxonomy system so you can find a part. The naming component is useful and interesting but this project should be a parts database not just a name database. If the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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(...) Personally I prefer Gary Istoc. ;-) [f-up set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake roping has just been outlawed by the Montana Rodeo Commission. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Cover Model
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(...) Certain texts are tacky. But some would be very cool. Anything that adds to the image would be good. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | New Palm Tree (was: Re: Another part variation)
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(...) Aren't they horrible? The new tree would be somewhat defensible if it held together. But it's more fragile than the old multi-part trees. One step backward, and two steps back. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Bricktionary project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) Great. I'd love to contribute to the Lugnet Bricktionary in any way possible. Of course, I'd love to contribute to just about any effort to establish a public db for part identification and reference. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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(...) Sounds good. Right place in the hierarchy. (...) And it's not actually part names, but a parts identification database, right? Having standard/prefered names is good, but it's the pictures (and maybe schematics) that actually identify the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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Doesn't seem like they were hidden to me. Just go to "www.lugnet.com", then click on the "Set Inventory Repository" link under "Links & Resources" at the left side of the page, and then select the "800 Town, Train, and other sets inventoried by Tim (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Newsgroup for this (was Re: The Bricktionary project)
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This seems like it is reaching critical mass (a good thing) and perhaps at this point a dedicated newsgroup should be created for this (i.e., efforts to standardize parts nomenclature). How does lugnet.db.brictionary sound? I wouldn't quite put it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring?
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(...) Good idea. I created the LDraw Webring, Webring id 'ldraw.' It will be a few days before I have it online though. It will be based out of ldraw.org, but there is a possibility in the future of integrating it with the Lego Maniac's Webring if (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: The Bricktionary project (Was: Idea: How starting ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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(...) Oops -- I think there has been a major misunderstanding; that's not what I meant at all. When I wrote: TSL> As they say in Canada, Minnesota, and Maine, "O-ya, it's been parta da TSL> plan since day one." :-) Lots of little prototypes and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring?
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(...) Why not create a ldraw.org Webring? Actually, why not do both? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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