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Hello again, For the Lego CAD program I'm developing, I got the idea for allowing users to load a set inventory file. Then the parts from that set would appear in a part bin window. As the user dragged parts out of this bin to build their model, the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bug Tracking
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Douwe Franssens: (...) This sounds like a good tool for the developers of the different LEGO CAD packages. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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(...) I've just done that, this will be available in the next version with some other editing helps (I still need to figure out a good way to add new bricks with the mouse). Leonardo (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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All, I work in Software QA and could make a 'simple' Access db available for bug tracking and reporting I would modify it so it could track multiple programs if that would be a requirement. And although not a web-interface guru, we possibly could (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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Paul Gyugyi: (...) Don't say that yet. My code appears to need some tweaking before it works. (...) :-) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: new Windows-based Lego CAD program
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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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| | Re: DAT line parsing (was: Re: Datsville: crane2 (exponents?))
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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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| | Re: DAT file cleanup tools? or: Zero by any other name
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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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| | Re: DAT file cleanup tools? or: Zero by any other name
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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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| | Re: DAT file cleanup tools? or: Zero by any other name
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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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| | DAT file cleanup tools? or: Zero by any other name
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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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| | DAT line parsing (was: Re: Datsville: crane2 (exponents?))
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(...) My bad. 'Twas a bug in the code in the ldraw.cgi script on the server which recognized DAT content. It wasn't expecting 'e' exponents in numbers. The old regex (just the non-type-0 portion): /^ \s* [1-5] (?: \s+ [0-9]+ ) (?: \s+ \-? [0-9]* \.? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: minifig ax
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(...) The pickaxe has been made but not the hand axe (that I know of) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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I have re-aligned it so that the origin is level with the bottom surface, and re-submitted it to Terry. Chris (...) - (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I redownloaded all of the Ldraw files from Ldraw.org last week and installed them, but I can't find the minifig ax(hatchet), and I know that I had it before. Has this part been made or not. If so why don't I have it now?? Thanks Ryan (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: POV render times etc.
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_Technically_, an acronym _is_ a word, so Steve was right in the first place. Since that's true, then technically, TLA is _not_ an acronym. :-) -- joshua (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | anyone else notice this?
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acording to the parts tracker manfred is working on the curved train track. did anyone else notive this and does anyone know any thing more about it? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Datsville
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(...) Well, my plans on the MOC archive on ldraw.org are pretty loose and open-ended. I have no set pattern for what should go up there, except maybe a say in the way it is laid out on the page itself. I was planning to base everything in the MOC (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: POV render times etc.
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Yes, I agree too, but my dad doesn't want my stuff on the newer family computer(I do have Lego cad stuff on though so I don't have to copy to disk and transfer to my computer stuff I get from LUGNET). That should change this weekend though as we are (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: POV render times etc.
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(...) Technically, that's either 4 words, or 1 word and one acronym. :-) But who's counting? I agree. RAM solves a lot of problems surprisingly well. (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: POV render times etc.
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(...) Two words: More RAM. ;) Steve (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Datsville
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Well there is no need to duplicate effort, so if someone else already had that idea I'll let them run with it. KL (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Datsville
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[ Crossposted to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw ] Kevin Loch: (...) I think you should discuss this with Tim Courtney. He has plans for a similar service at ldraw.org based on the lugnet.dat groups. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Datsville
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John VanZwieten: (...) Yes. (...) It could be done, but it would demand a bit of patience from the visitors. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Datsville
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John VanZwieten: [ ... ] (...) You send me a nice letter asking for an account on my server (remember to use my real address - "reply to author" will not work). (...) FTP. (...) It depends on what you mean by an HTML editor. There is no program that (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Datsville
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(...) Hey John, If you wanted a really quick & simple way to make updates, we could make you a special /cad/datsville/ area on www.lugnet.com and you could use the new page editing system. For example, I put together this demo page in about 10 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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