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Thanks! BTW, I have a model of Tux I've been saving for a Linux release (Converted to LDRAW type-3 lines from a DXF file). -gyug (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Looks like a nice description! Can't wait to see it come out and get a chance to try it out :) Chances are, cool stuff like this probably will get a writeup on ldraw.org like MLCad did. Keep it up! :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Charles Seyferth wrote in message ... (...) photo-realistic (...) One step at a time. :) Initially, it'll be simple, but later the user will be able to select photo realism or even just wireframe with hidden line removal (which will be wicked fast, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Cool. Will the renderings be like in the LEGO instructions, or photo-realistic 3D? Charles (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37E1777A.81BA4C41@x...il.com>... (...) Yup. The first feature listed on the web page I mentioned is full DAT-file compatibility. (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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thomas Burger wrote in message ... (...) Yup. 24-bit color. I may have to use some funky color map to stay compatible with the other Lego CAD programs. (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I assume you are using the ldraw piece library? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) more then 15 solod colors.? change dithered to solids. aka mint, chrome, tan, ect.? (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Charles Seyferth wrote in message ... (...) My plotting engine draws lines at all edges of an element, so it's obvious where one brick ends and the next begins. (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sounds good. One thing that would be nice is to leave a small gap between pieces so that 2 2x2's don't look like a 2x4... Charles (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Gary Williams: (...) [...] It looks like there are lots of people writing LDraw renderers and editors at the moment. I would like to suggest that they also start releasing the source code[1] so we can get a bit of code reuse. I suppose I should show (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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David Eaton wrote in message ... (...) for a (...) off to (...) exists, (...) I'll include options so the user can define how he/she wants the mouse to behave when dragging parts around. Then nobody will be able to complain. :) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Of course, I really shouldn't post this because I haven't used anything other than LeoCad... I'm not sure how other CAD programs handle it, but here goes... For manual piece manipulation (I.E. with the mouse): -- For a left-button-mouse-drag, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm developing a new Windows-based Lego CAD program to overcome some of the shortcomings of similar programs, with emphasis being placed on ease of use while allowing a great deal of flexibility. Details are available at (URL) I welcome (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT file cleanup tools? or: Zero by any other name
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It is the previous version of ML-Cad that has this presentation of zero when a part has been rotated. In version 1.4, the problem has been fixed. I did point out the problem from version 1.3 in the message: (URL) suggest all upgrade to version 1.4, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) <Snipped Regex stuff> (...) Those numbers weren't generated by Turbo Pascal (LEdit). They were generated by MLCad, the recent Windows LDraw program. This is one of the reasons I haven't used it very extensively. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not in and of themselves, they don't. Only where there's a bug in interpreting them, which there was. (...) Did you read the "p.s."? :-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I haven't had any problem with MLcad in this respect. Possibly LeoCAD? Duane (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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They do hurt things. When viewing dat's in ldlite via the web interface parts with exponents do not render. They do render when you load them from a local file however. I think MLcad is generating them. KL (...) -3.33067e-015 1.10441e-029 32014.DAT (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Do any of the command-line DAT tools do cleanups on floating-point numbers? I've noticed lot of lines lately with very-near-zero floating-point numbers, like these lines, for example... (...) ...which certainly don't hurt anything, but they could (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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