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(...) <snip> (...) Wow. I was so flapped I forgot the spamcake. -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake has been known to cause memory loss in 68% of laboratory ocelots. (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Usually I only stop by this group every once in awhile, but I've noticed this was building. (...) You were designing ldraw parts without actual pieces present for reference? I wouldn't put any confidence in a system like that. I sure am glad others (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ROFL. For a long time. ROFL. :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not to rag on Jonathan any more, but since writing in all caps is considered shouting and therefore rude, is writing in all small letters considered whispering and therefore rude? If the connotation of the text is to grab attention, why would (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ok, I took a look at a few of your parts this morning. <flame> The reason people haven't said boo about your parts is because they know it will be wasting their breath. There is still a lot lacking in the parts I viewed. The incessant bugging (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you think some of the parts need more work, you should look at them yourself. Some things you can do are: 1. If you use LDAO, load the part-file into the LDAO Editor, turn on the Stop-At-Cursor option, and step through the file. 2. View the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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why is no-one saying anything about my parts? last time there was dicussion left right and center even before everyone found out i did not have any lego. now i do and no-one wants to comment. how am i to know which parts need fixing before the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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or wait untill whoever made the technic hose pieces submits them for voting. (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) You are right about the rotation point. It should lie on a major axis, to simplify rotating. However, I believe most window panes have been created in their 'default' orientation, not laying on their side. If you rotate this part 90-degrees (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can create a reasonable rendition of a Technic hose using John Van's Hose spreadsheet and replacing the 754.dats with 4-4cyli.dats of the correct length and diameter. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I realize that primitives which are sized to 1LDU are easier to use, but a set of primitives which don't all use the same sizing are *harder* to use overall, because the author has to remember which sizing to use for which primitives. Steve (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) But this piece is more akin to 3855 1x4x3 Window Glass than 3854 1x2x3 Window Pane. This piece and 3855 are akin in that, while they can be rotated, it is *much* less common than sitting vertical in the frame. Your piece, in its current form, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) what i meant to say is that the really large technic type flexable hoses cant go into a model yet because they have not been made (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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can someone please mkco-up the trap door piece and 6090 baseplate? i really need them for a model i am working on... i would make them but no-one i know of has them so... (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hmm... Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:379efb57.879462...net.com... (...) I'll do this, I guess it will save some time when being generated. (...) to (...) I don't know what YMMV stands for:) I'll check this out though. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) center and (...) can (...) The way this primitive is designed saves time for the part author (not a whole lot, but some). Once you have the dimensions you want you just plug those in directly without having to divide them by two. When you use (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hoses go in the model. End of discussion (unless a serious user comes up with a really good and logical reason otherwise). (...) When it becomes possible, they are required too. (...) Yes and no. Some parts, depending on where they are in the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Mirroring in LDraw (was: Re: what are the rules about hoses etc?)
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(...) It's not that much more complicated, as long as you want to mirror across the *model's* orientation, not the *part's* orientation. If you've got a part command: 1 15 x y z a b c d e f g h i part.dat And you want to mirror on X (switch right (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I think the box should conform to the same geometry as the other box* primitives -- it should range from -1 to +1, not -.5 to +.5. Steve (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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A few things I noticed/suggestions: 1. The way you use box4nl, you are drawing a bunch of quads which will never be seen. Drop the end-quads from box4nl. 2. On the outside frame, butted-construction is not the best way to put graphics primitives (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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