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Hello all, Somehow I can't get into www.ldraw.org anymore. when I try I recieve an error message like: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /contact.html on this server. When I use the link from the lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw newsgroup page, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Is the LDraw parts database free?
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I know that the LDraw software remains the intellectual property of James Jessiman's immediate family. But what about the parts (primitives, parts) database as a whole? Is it the property of James Jessiman's immediate family as well? Or is it free (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) I think it is nice to have the winding state expressed explicitly. IMO part authors should be allowed to whatever winding they find most natural to work with (though you say CCW is desirable). It is perfectly (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) 0 WINDING (CW|CCW) as the 'certify statement', rather than 0 CLIPPING ON ? Winding is local. Certification is sort-of local -- only the local file is certified, but the local setting affects whether subfiles (in the same reference branch) are (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) Argh. You are correct, sir. Serves me right, trying to post quickly. Here's a correction: (...) Steve (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) No, WINDING is local! It does not affect subfiles, this is the very reason why we have invented the CLIPPING command. /Lars (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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Oops! Forget a few important details in the psuedo-code! (...) The last line above should be: (AccumClip and LocalClip and (Winding != UNKNOWN) and Certified), (...) And the line above should be: If AccumClip and LocalClip And Certified Then (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) But it's not used! (...) But it's not used! (...) But it's not used! Why would future extensions use the CERTIFY statement if we don't have a use for it today? I agree WINDING may not directly make you think about BFC, but (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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Steve Bliss wrote ... (...) I think your pseudo-code delivers a fine evidence why the CERTIFY is unnecessary ;-) /Lars (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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[ Still discussing (URL) ] Steve: (...) You=anyone (kind of - English is a very imprecise language - "on" in French, "man" in Danish, ...) (...) That depends on how the program is written. You could imagine that the variable "local_clipping" isn't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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