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Since this was posted to .cad instead of .cad.dev, here it is again: (...) There is the word "LEGO" on the studs... we could orient pieces so that "LEGO" is right-side up when seen from the front 3/4 view (for pieces with studs up, of course) (...) (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) But in POV-Ray you can always add .000...0001 to the y value of the lower surface to make it render correctly (Which makes creating simple scenes much easier). --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In real life the joins between the curved surfaces are smoothed. I approximated this by drawing the cylinders, but missing out the junction lines you refer to. It is a tricky part to model accurately and has no possible use (IMHO) except (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I didn't vote yet, pending the authors responses to my comments. Chris (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Correcting positioning and rotational errors can be done when/if a part renumbered. Which doesn't really happen all that often (it just seems like it). Steve (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I can understand that -- those thin-wall parts with decoration drive me crazy, because the decoration isn't visible in the default view. (...) I thought about Electric, and I'd be OK with that. (...) I followed the naming precedent from #2625, (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wondered about that? Is it a problem if the surfaces are the same color? I'm asking because (a) I've used mono-colored coincident surfaces before, and (b) I'm working on one now. The O in the Octan logo is round on the outside, but oval'ed (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36d42e85.12776501@l...et.com>... (...) You are correct. I designed it this way so people could see the pack when viewed from the front, but for actually placing it on a minifig it should be turned around, like the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here are some notes on pieces I've looked at. I'll post more after I've looked at the others. I'm not claiming I've done a complete review of everything, just looked at some parts in different views, scanned the code for obvious anomolies. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oops, sorry. Steve (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have not yet finished reviewing the parts, so I haven't voted yet. Steve (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, very much. (...) Y,VM. Steve (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Uh-huh.. Converts capital I to capital I. How eville. Jasper (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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John VanZwieten explained excellently: (...) That's the way to do it! POV-Ray doesn't like coincident surfaces either. /Lars (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) tag? (...) You might be right about this one. It's a small part with rather oddly rounded surfaces. I'll take another look at it. (...) OK, and I'll also implement the use of sub-parts to separate the front face. If anyone has the triangle (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Wow. I at least keep Lego around the house so I can tell myself I play with Ldraw to make records of my son's and my creations :-) A suggestion: if there is a difficult pattern or part you want to work on, ask around here for someone willing to loan (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Chris Dee wrote in message ... (...) (425p01) (...) do (...) redefine (...) with, (...) An example: Adding a white rectangle to a color 16 surface: 1. Delete the color 16 surface from the part. 2. Add the white rectangle. 3. Fill in the area around (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I believe that all bricks, tiles, plates, and all parts with studs on top have y=0 just below the studs and above the "body"? /Lars (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) We already have a convention for this, I think. Parts with studs should have the top of the part (excluding the studs) in the X-Z-plane, and otherwise be centered. Of course, special parts need special rules. An example is the "joystick" (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It seems to be molded as two parts which have been glued or welded. I'm not going to pry mine apart to find a second number. If there is a different official number for this part, our standard would be to use that number.[1] (...) You mean the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 04:45:26 GMT, "onyx" <onyx@flash.net> wrote: [big snip] Good stuff, onyx. One further thought on wheels/tires: the Z-positioning should facilitate placing the wheel on axles. For most wheels, this is no big deal, the edge of the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello all, (...) Terry replied: (...) I second Terry´s remark, on my computer I loose about 80% of the green and white stripes when it renders the baseplates 606p33, 608p33 and 425p01. Chris Dee wrote: (...) Yes, I´m one of those. At home I have no (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Terry K wrote in message <36d3bf77.1968270@lu...et.com>... (...) server (...) votes (...) Terry, I voted yesterday and got a message about some changes going on there. It said something about a 48 hour delay, I think. Sorry I didn't read it that (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I searched all parts here and couldn't find any that uses the box3#8 primitive. Where it is used ? Leonardo (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i do not accually own any lego. i am excusivly ldraw. (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sorry for that. I did make that the wrong color, didn't I? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Jonathan, please reconsider. Perfecting your pattern skills on the existing parts would serve you well in making new parts. And keep in mind that the new parts you make should very closely match the actual physical part you are modeling. The (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You bet it does. (...) See above. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) How many of you have voted? I am having trouble with the CGI program server and wonder if any of you have had trouble. And I have not received any votes in the mail yet. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Do you think it is really required to inline it? I was under the impression that the next release of ldlite would address the 3#8 problem. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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check out belvill set 5845. the jetski has a part that has a pink body and light pink triangles. (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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My proposal for the standard orientation of all new elements being added to the parts catalog. LEdit/LDraw have a "standard" or "default" view that looks upon models/elements from the upper front left. The LEdit/LDraw axes are as follows in the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Wait, isn't pink one of the 16 defined LDraw colors? I t doesn't need to be dithered. From ldraw.doc: ... 9 Light Blue 10 Light Green 11 Cyan 12 Light Red 13 Pink <-- LDraw color #13 14 Yellow 15 White ... Or is this pink a different shade (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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regarding the patterns... i have no immediate plans to fix them as i am going to be making more new parts... ___...___ Get your free web-based email at (URL) OFFER: 250 Web Site Templates, Only $29.95! - (URL) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Just view them in LDraw (Over left front) at 50% and you should see (they do render OK in LDLite). Basically what has been done in the past is to redefine the entire part, missing out (fromn the colour 16 definitions) the area of surface which (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No problem. I'm going to be wrapping up the main zacktron.com interface and indroducing the new ring site, I will be happy to display the banner on the ring site as well. Also, I can add it to the ring's new resource links section, even though (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) These are mine. i have not had any rendering problems so tell me the positon and size of the problem. (...) i was not aware of this... thanks for the tip. (...) That was probobly my fault... but does it really matter? (...) does it really (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A big update - and welcome to some new names - great work. I have some comments on the new parts: Airport Runway baseplates (606p33, 608p33) and Crosswalk Baseplate (425p01) These appear to have been authored by concurrently defining the white (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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A note on the 9V Mini-motor: There is a box3#8.dat primitive which Ldlite is currently unable to draw. This primitive forms the wire notch on the top of the motor, but since the voting page is done with Ldlite, a hole exixts. Terry, maybe you could (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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One more for good measure :-) On all the pages, explicitly set the color of the visited link to something other than the background image. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here's just a couple of suggestions for the James Jessiman Memorial site, to raise some awareness: 1. Put it on the LEGO webring. 2. Be sure it is indexed on www.adequate.com's lego search engine. Basically, be sure it is promoted (in a positive (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Once again, sorry for the delay. :-( The first vote announced on lugnet.cad.dev: (URL) Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh. OK, then the '0'..'9' would be '0'..'7'. (Any idea why 8 & 9 aren't defined? Did LEGO forget to include them or has no one gotten around to DAT-ifying them yet?) (...) These are handled, and mapped into spaces (plain 3005.dat) brick by: my (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Garrgh! Monkey-florkin spelling checker always converts 'I' to 'I' and won't let me fix it! >%^( --Todd (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) '8' and '9' aren't currently defined. Also, don't forget to handle other undefined characters (maybe the above does this?) (...) Could {part number} and {author name} be turned into arguments, as well? Actually, if you have a generic app which (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is anyone working on a decorated element with the Octan logo (either the textual graphic Octan or the yin-yang symbol)? Has anyone done so? I'm experimenting with a technique of making higher-quality decorations for patterned elements. I using the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Cool -- that's a neat and extremely low-effort way to get labels! Here's one way to write the program in Perl (also handling spaces and Æ=>AE): $ cat datstart #!/usr/local/bin/perl5 -w my %brick = ( ' ' => "3005", 'Æ' => "3005-AE", map {$_ => (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah! Thanks, Paul. -John Van (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would include (some) synonyms in the KEYWORDS, but I'd also hope better (ie, lugnet-based) search systems would be able to do a certain amount of synonym-based searching. Frederick wrote: (...) I'd skip Support and Stand. Those are included (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It hasn't been modeled yet because I wanted to get the other parts released without waiting for the oilcan. Then I got distracted. It will be a bit more challenging than the other tools, but now that I've got the LDAO Lathe, and have some (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'll see what I can do to make Rename not mess with non-standard headers. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Thanks for reporting this. I'll get it taken care of. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [NEWPART] - 2871 (?) Electric Train Motor Sides
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Hello all, I've started working on decorative bearing mockups you clip on the sides of the 9V Electric Train Motor. I believe the part number is 2871, does someone know it for certain ? I've put an entry in the Tracked Parts List also. (URL) M. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I asked: (...) Jacob Sparre Andersen answered: (...) ...... (...) What is your reason of excluding the "category -like" words Airport, Boat, Crane, Harbour, Train and Stadium ? I thought the keyword provision was to catch people looking for my part (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Until now, the News-by-Mail gateway to the lugnet newsgroups has only supported instantaneous message delivery: one e-mail message sent to you for each article appearing in your newsgroups. I am pleased to announce that the gateway now supports (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad.dev)
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okay.. time for the first release.. anyone using 3DSMAX to model elements should be able to get some nice use out of this util... (URL) requires the use of a freeware ASCII export plugin which can also be found at the page... check it out... and, as (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Yes, MPD will be available for LDLite on the March 31 release (v. 1.7). I've done some behind-the-scenes restructuring of how files get loaded and parsed in support of some other stuff, and the MPD support will happen easily. However, you will need (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh. OK, no, it doesn't. Is there a spec somewhere on what characters are legal? There regex there should be m/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.~#]/ to include ~ and #, but any other characters would need to be scrutinized very carefully to look for shell (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are you sure this handles all the legal LDraw file names? I think both tildes (~) and hashed (#) are legal as well. Sorry if this comment is out of place, as I'm not too familiar with Perl. Other than that, your programs look useful. Fredrik (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I want to make sure I understand this MPD file format. I wrote two Perl programs, one for slurping up a nested tree of DAT's and producing an MPD, and one for splitting up an MPD back into DAT's. I'm not sure how useful these will be in future (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I just noticed that the oilcan is missing from the 6246 group: (URL) this because it hasn't been modeled yet (maybe due to its complexity?) or is it just located elsewhere for some historical reason? Anyway, presumably it would go in as 6246F when (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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You are both right I actually meant that, since the date expressed in the example (ISO) was year month day I wasn't carefull enough when I read the other message. I don't know of a country which uses year day month. By the way I so what your talking (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sorry cancel that I didn't read it carefully enough Japan uses Year Month Day Benoit a écrit dans le message ... (...) are (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) can (...) I've noticed this too. Updating the parts does the same thing and also tries to force the LDAO header format onto the model, even if there is a different header present. A fix would be great! Thanks. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) None that I know of. If we can all agree on a general definition of these two meta-commands, I will add support for them to LDAO. My current definition for the meta-commands are (note: I've violated at least some of these rules): 0 CATEGORY (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'll try. I haven't looked through my L-CAD archive so the answers will be slightly vague. (...) None that I know of, but I expect it to be added to the parts searcher soon. (...) I think CATEGORY was intended for things that belonged in (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hey Steve, i've noticed over the last couple of days, while modeling all these wheels/tires that LDAO is doing something evil to my header lines... my max2dat export proggy automatically puts these lines in after the standard part/filename/author (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello all, I'm thinking of adding a keywords line to my (updated) part files, but I don't know much about the functionality of this feature. A look in the FAQ didn't help me either. Could someone answer these questions I have ? 1. What programs use (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Any hope for LDLite and MPD together?
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(...) Oops, sorry. Didn't read your post closely enough... Steve (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36cc614e.2128629@lu...et.com>... (...) was (...) Why not Mac users? If LDLite was on the LUGNET server, it could just send the output as a .gif file or such. It would be slower, of course, but wouldn't require a local (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Any hope for LDLite and MPD together?
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(...) Except Mac users... Steve (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Any hope for LDLite and MPD together?
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Paul, do you have plans to make LDLite compatable with the MPD format? I was reminded of this by the tyre posts to lugnet.cad. I think this would be a major improvement as far as the usefulness of lugnet.cad.dat. Of course the other major (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [makelist] - Re: mklist v1.0 ready for testing
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Hello Lars, I've been able to run mklist.exe on my MS-DOS 6.2 based machine at home, and also on a Windows NT 4.00 based machine at work. Your program works fine on both of them. If you are able to make it sub-sort the identical descriptions on (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts Maintenance Idea
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(...) I can speak on this. Japan uses either y-d-m or d-m-y in modern forms. Traditionally (and still in some traditional circles) the Year is expressed in reference to the current ruling emperor, so the year that I was there (1996) was actually (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Benoit: (...) I have always believed that Japan uses a year-month-day date format. Are you sure? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- LDraw FAQ: <URL:(URL) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: castle parts
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i mean the one used in knights castle where the face grille can't be moved. it has a single plume in the top. and vertical bars over the face area. (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Here, XXXX was to represent 6645 <blush>. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Yes, the spear should be in the next vote. The arrow quiver is in my to do bag, but it's not top priority. -John Van Chris Dee wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In lugnet.cad.dev, chris_w_dee@hotmail.com (Chris Dee) writes: (...) They are quite different. I didn't know that both had the same number, though. CHRIS: Are you certain that the housing from set XXXX has 2578 molded into it? The original, (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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(...) Duh, yes. 11.25 is just wishful thinking. Never mind. Well one teeny downside to your switch proposal is the new geometries that would result. worth it though, to be free from the tyranny the current geometry imposes. (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Still getting cad.dev through e-mail
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Todd, Last week, I unsubscribed myself from all the groups in favor of getting them via nntp. The e-mail subscription page indicates that I am not subscribed to any groups now. However, I still seem to be getting lugnet.cad.dev by e-mail. What can I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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(...) No, curves are 22.5 degrees. If you give Track Designer bitmaps at 0, 22.5, 45 and 67.5 degrees it can generate all the other possible rotations. However, the existing registry only has track at all these rotations, road plates, monorail[1] (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: castle parts
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(...) Most of these are on my todo list, esp. helmet, torsos and saddle, but I've resisted bagging them on the parts tracker until I actually start work. There are several non-modelled helmets - do you mean the one with the vertical bars across the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts Maintenance Idea
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(...) Since Japan uses y-d-m, then the TLA month would be better. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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(...) Yep. I'm still (when I have time) playing with this in Wise. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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By the way I took a look of what takes that much space in ldao and it happens that it is mostly the vb6 virtual machine and the comctl.ocx. Since those are already correctly installed in the system of all those who used the previous install you (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes Japan does, However since it is always confusing when numbered dates are used I would suggest 1999-jan-01 which is unmistakable. (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I forgot to say that Magenta was the color I picked to be the "transparent" color because I did not use any magenta or anything remotely close to Magenta, in my bitmap image. This may well be a "MS Paint" thing, I forget where I was working at (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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(...) Oops. Forgot the bit about the viewpoint. That can be passed to LDraw as well. It's the -a parameter. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) But rotations in 22.5 degree increments would be better, of course, and 11.25 might even be best, as we are then at the resolution of a curve segment, no? Since that requires rather complex calculations, it's more natural to have a rendering (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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has anyone made these parts? minifig torso with black falcon flag 2 x 2 with black falcon castle shield with black falcon castle wall corner with scattered stones pattern spear longbow arrow quivver horse saddle knights helment with fixed face grill (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Further discussion on ldraw.org
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Ok, everyone, I'm this close > < to getting the ring site done and uploaded... and so that means that I will start design sketches on the graphic part of the site which I will complete before HTML coding. Does anyone have further thoughts or issues (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36c978b2.2064646@lu...et.com>... (...) I think I'll table that question for now and work on developing a version of the old element. It appears that the element in LDRAW is of the newer type. Once we have that we'll (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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(...) Yep. Pass in a .DAT filename, and include the -MS parameter (for Mode Save). A bitmap will be created in the ldraw\bitmaps directory. It will have the same filename. If there are step commands in the DAT file, several bitmaps will be created, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks Jacob, I had wondered where it went. I've updated it with new primitives since July, so will eMail you separately. I'm not sure what amendments you made, but if they're not in my new version , please let me know. Chris (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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(...) I'm not too familiar with LDraw, can I call it with a design (.DAT file) and a viewpoint and get back a bitmap somehow? Matt (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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(...) A stand-alone utility could call LDraw (or LDLite) to produce the images, but extract the (port) information directly from the .DAT file. Calling into LDraw/LDLite is pretty easy -- both programs are command-line driven. The utility would have (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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(...) Track Designer can already automatically rotate [1] and scale any new bitmap that you give it. I'm not sure why you would want to do this in an image editor? What are the weird artifacts that you are referring to when using magenta as the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and the Track Designer (Was: Next show)
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This sounds like an excellent idea, however I'm not sure how to implement it. If it were a built in feature of Track Designer it would require that the entire rendering engine of LDraw be built into TD. A bit daunting! If it were built into LDraw, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Bug: 6540 Technic Steering Arm Large
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The Steering Arms I have are clearly marked '6540'. So this is one of those cases where we ought to have an 'A' and a 'B' part? (That is, if anyone ever models the part with the pin socket connection?) Kim Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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