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(...) I agree this looks like the January Page to me. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) caching, but it may be server caching somewhere between me or you. Why do I say that? because I got the january page. At least I think it is, it says voting is cut off Jan 24. But I voted anyway and it took it. So you may or may not want to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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The voting for the February ldraw.org Model of the Month competition is now online! Please stop by and vote on your favorite model. (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) There are two issues here. a) what resolution is appropriate to realistically render a part, b) how are the circular features of that a likely to connect/interact with other parts or feature of the same part. Issue b) is why we cannot (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Paul Easter wrote about Hi-Res primitives: (...) L3P will correctly render any DAT file. But it will not substitute any Hi-Res primitives until I release the next version. I did program Hi-Res support in June 1999, so I guess it's about time for a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) My opinion is that we do need high res circular primitives (edge, disc, cyli, etc) in cases where the part includes curves/surfaces with a significantly larger diameter than 'usual'. The good old STUD.dat (and its familiy) looks OK with 16 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Ok, Can some one tell me where we are heading with these Hi-Res primitives. Today I created the Hi-Res versions of several of the "normal" primitives. Then I edited the main "normal" ones to use the Hi-Res instead. WOW! There was about a 10-20% (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It should be 6 x 4. I'll update the file, so they match. (...) My bad. The number should be 43. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, it is. Those transmissions are really neat too... -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:388873F6.9A09BC...pnet.se... (...) look (...) been (...) doesn't (...) LDAO's Gridder works well for things like this, too. -John Van (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... (...) I tried a dummy part using 48\1-8disc.dat (the original) and it works fine on my system. Also, your most recent 2951.dat draws correctly on my system, both in LDLite and LDraw. I'm guessing there was a problem in the original (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ...[snip]... (...) ...[snip]... (...) Steve, I believe that the description of the first file listed above should read "Flag 4 x 6" (and not "6 x 4"). If not, then the description of the subfile should be changed to read "6 x 4" to match the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Lutz Uhlmann's New URL
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Greetings Lutz just emailed me and asked me to post information regarding his new url at his own domain: (URL) also says, "Anyway, my page now has moved officially and is up to date with an new LGEO package (adding 69 new parts) and the latest parts (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.people)
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| | Can anyone explain me why? [DAT]
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As some of you may have noticed, I have had some problems making my 2951 behave. Out of frustration I made some changes to the hi-res 1-8disc.dat, and lo and behold, suddenly everything worked. Now, the weird thing is that there was nothing wrong (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yup. I double-checked the two parts. Fredrick is correct, the new spring has fewer windings. And it is stiffer than the old spring. Other than the new spring, the pieces of the parts seem to be identical. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can someone please make me this part?
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(...) supercar as part of the transmission. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Don: (...) It wasn't quite clear what you need in addition to the distribution on <URL: (URL) >. Which libraries have you used for the Linux version? And could you make a plain zip OR tgz file? The mixture you use for the Linux source distribution (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Leonardo: (...) The most recent version does. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've never used mpdsplit, does it create the directories needed ? Leonardo (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd also like to say that I prefer lowercase names and, of course, we should keep the 8.3 filename convention to keep compatibility with DOS programs. (...) You could also explain how to create associations for most WM out there (KDE and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can someone please make me this part?
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Thats A new one on me. Are you sure it's a Lego? (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(URL) Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Are these parts in ldraw?
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I am unsure whether these are the same as the arm piece with pin and x fingers. Can someone confirm this and alo point me to the third item? (URL) Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Idea for making rubber bands.
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What you have is this: You have several part files for the ends, one for each of the sizes of pulley Then you have 1 or more part files for the length of the rubber band, which are just straight cylinders that can be placed next to each other and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) Yes. All hoses and such like should be in a submodel. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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One thing that I just thought of as I was making a set is that we also ought to have a submodel for hoses, just like we do for minifigs, that way all those hose sections are in their own file. We could name it hose1.dat, hose2.dat, etc. I think that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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Tim Courtney wrote in message <3889f55e.352898@lugnet.com>... (...) Thank you SO much! I have been waiting for this since November! I have not viewed any new models since then. ---D M Garcia (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Java .DAT file renderer redux
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(...) Like this!-- :^s (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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(...) Yeah, I did all those steps and LDLite launches now. But yeah, IE is too smart (dumb...) for this. I even tried moving the temporary internet files folder to one without spaces (you can move it in options), but it moved it to my folder and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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Here are some steps to get it working. Be advised that MSIE might use a temporary directory or file name which breaks version 1.6. 1) Run LDLite, set the LDRAW path and verify that it can display .dat files. 2) Left-click on "My Computer" and select (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks. I'll try to get the version 1.5 up on that page soon, I realized after that I overlooked making that available as well. And a quick question, how do you configure LDLite to launch from a browser, namely MSIE 5.0? -Tim (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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Thanks Tim! The screen shot looks really nice. -gyug (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | some problems finishing up on the 2951
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I'm having a few problems getting rid of a few bugs in the 2951 I've been working on. I posted the first version of it in the thread starting at: (URL) the second version, which takes care of a few mistakes, in the same thread, where you also will (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Java .DAT file renderer redux
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I just noticed that I have some data referring to this element... (URL) I think) as having an inverse-slope attribute. I suspect my data may be in err -- I don't remember any inverse-slope components of the element. But before deleting the attribute (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDLite Download Page Online!
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Since Paul Gyugyi's site crashed some time ago, LDLite has not been available on the web for download. Paul and I exchanged some email about a week ago and we set up the LDLite download page on ldraw.org, to make it available once again. The page is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Steve: (...) Now that I know it is possible to unpack ARJ files on Linux, I think it is better that we stick to that format, and don't start spending time on additional formats until it becomes neccesary. (...) No. (...) You are completely correct (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Leonardo: (...) I don't know what I have been doing earlier, because I just did as Leonardo told me to (and I thought I had tried already), and it worked very well. I can add the information that unarj on Red Hat Linux unpacks the LDraw archive with (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Lost mail at partsref
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(...) [ snip ] All my submissions appear to be in the list. Chris (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Lost mail at partsref
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Augh! I accidently deleted my inbox for partsref@worldnet.att.net.[1] This should not be more than an annoyance (and mostly just for me), because I save all the submitted part files to my hard drive. BUT, and just in case, here is a list of all DAT (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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OK, someone posts a significant improvement/expansion of ldLite, ported to gcc, running on Windows and Linux, and WHAT do you people talk about? DOS names? ZIP files? ldGLite is at an early stage, much like ldLite was at v0.3. Can those who know (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) The set is the blacksmiths shop. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) No, but infozipped is. Actually, InfoZip (executables are called zip and unzip) is pkzip compatable, and freely available on Unix, Win32, Mac, VMS, DOS, etc. It can zip / unzip through pipes, and has support for multi-volume or split archives. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Pardon me for my ignorance, but is gzipped at all like pkzipped? I'd go for MPD distribution, but that would require a two-step distribution: un-compress the file, then mpdsplit it. And unless there was a 'delete MPD archive' included as a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Can somone do me a favor
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I was wondering if one of you could do up just the pattern for a firefighter maltese cross that would fit on a 1x3x1 car door. Since that isn't a very large area there wouldn't be able to be much detail, so that should make it pretty easy. If you (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) Thanks Jeff. That is very interesting. I wonder why they did that with only one System set and not another? Funny that I didn't notice that when I briefly looked at that set on Brickshelf a couple of weeks ago. :) Ryan (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) 6040 Blacksmith Shop. Its a '84 set. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) a (...) maybe 1. Model Team slipped my mind 2. I don't have any train sets, so I don't know what the instructions are like 3. I don't have the castle set either(btw, would you mind providing the set# for it?) Ryan (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) Thanks for the tip. I just tried this. The files unpacked themselves in lowercase, so I vote for lowercase as the standard for files in the p and parts directories on case sensitive filesystems. This reverses my earlier vote for UPPERCASE, but (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Whats Happened to LDLITE and LGEO?
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(...) Oh...and I'm going to stick up LGEO on ldraw.org with Lutz's permission. ATM, Lutz is in the process of moving his site to his own domain, and didn't see the value in getting his own site set back up IIRC. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Whats Happened to LDLITE and LGEO?
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(...) Paul has sent me LDLite files to put up on ldraw.org in the form of a download page. They're almost ready to have online - all I need is to make an LDLite screenshot and it will be downloadable again. I should have it ready this afternoon. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Has anyone made any of the transmission parts for ldraw yet?
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(...) make my model) the driving ring the driving ring extenter the 8880 shift plate and gear stick OR the 8448 changeover catch and changeover plate the white knuckle arms from 8865 (for the suspension) the j-shaped piece with the towballs from (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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(...) The small shock absorber in 8448 is different from the one we already have in LDraw, as the spring has fewer coil windings. Fredrik (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I believe that it is the large shock absorber that is in progress. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can use the 3739/3740 combo, as they are the same diameter as the 8880 wheels. Drawn by Chris Moseley, these parts are really well done, I'd say. How are you going to design such a large vehicle without any LEGO bricks to build with? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Has anyone made any of the transmission parts for ldraw yet?
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Has anyone made any of the specialest 8880,8448 etc type transmission parts such as the driving ring? I really need some kind of gear shift setup for my 8880 scale ute that I am making. I have everything else I need except for some wheels. -- (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts
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(...) Documentation is not my strongest side. :o) (...) I know, that's why I spent so many hours developing it. Sad thing LDraw doesn't support some of the commands, like FOR - TO -NEXT. Imagine someone got this crazy idea of making the 50x50 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) Under Linux: "unarj x ldraw.exe", RedHat comes with the unarj utility but I'm sure you'll be able to find it easily if your system doesn't. Leonardo (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't understand what you mean by "Znap Axle". Du you mean the rubber like flexible axle-shaped "hoses" with 8 LDU diameter connector pins at each end? Are these really Znap originated? (Of course, living in Norway, I don't know the Znap (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Whats Happened to LDLITE and LGEO?
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When I link to the site for LDLITE I get nothing but a link back to a parent directory. When going up to the URL for the site all I get is a message saying that the ISP hard disks crashed. This has been the same for at least a month! I tired (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts
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(...) And the commands should go in the input file:) (took me a little time to figure that out:)) Nice tool! It was really helpful. I think you would agree, if you take a look on the 2951 i posted in cad.dat.parts, that the second bracket would have (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts
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(...) One way to do this with the tools you have at hand would be to put the portion you want to mirror in a subpart, mirror the reference to this manually, and then inline the subpart again to retrieve it mirrored. Fredrik (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is this the same as the one in the 8880? If so then I have a mock-up of it if anyone wants it. It uses a technic engine piston to simulate the towball socket and liftarms for the sides. (...) Thanks for the info (...) -- Jonathan Wilson (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Urgh. Just hit some key which seemed to reset the body of this reply to the default text. Blech. In lugnet.cad.dev, Jonathan Wilson writes: [before that, Steve wrote:] (...) It's a piece which fits between the driving ring and the freespinning 16(?) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts [DAT]
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(...) Boy, am I tired! Of course I mean: 2 24 100 24 12 200 24 12 2 24 -100 24 12 -200 24 12 (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts [DAT]
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Sure, if I understand your question correctly, that was one of the main reasons I started developing LDS. Have a look at this:. (URL) mirror x 2 24 100 24 12 200 24 12 mirror off gives: 2 24 10 24 12 20 24 12 2 24 -10 24 12 -20 24 12 and so on. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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(...) Which piece is this? (...) Is this similar to the other gear rack with holes pieces? (...) Is this the shock that has been "on hold" for about 6 months? (...) I take it this is the one that keeps breaking (...) What are these? Some missing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Has anyone got a tool, that can mirror a portion of a part? What I need to do is change the prefix (from positive (nothing) to negative (-)) of a whole bunch of "X" values, leaving the "Y" and "Z" values intact I don't feel like doing it by hand:) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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(...) Details, details. Do you expect me to remember everything...? ;o) (URL) interact correctly with LDS Shell, I had to make some small adjustments in LDS. Ver 0.22 is not an official version, but at least it has the PLOT function, though (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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(...) So where does one get a copy of this extremely useful LDS Shell? Don (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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I'm not quite sure where I left off in this discussion, so I suppose this is as good a place as any for an update. I just hooked up ldglite to Netscape in linux by adding the MIME type "application/x-ldraw" and setting the app to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: x786a.dat - electric motor with axle mockup
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(...) Actually 786 was one of my allocation of _unknown part numbers_, but no matter. If it gets released as x786, I'll strike it from my list. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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[X-posted to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.technic, follow-up set to lugnet.cad.dev] While building the way-cool #8448 SSS Super Car Mk II, I compiled a list of parts which have not been modeled in LDraw yet. I've included it below. I had two reactions to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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(...) Good. Then I hereby claim it. (...) I wasn't either, but then came LDS Shell, and I changed my mind. After the Redraw button is clicked on, the Editor re-reads the source file. (...) Correct, is there a better terminolgy? If those two (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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I believe PLOT is currently unused by all known LDRAW utilities. I'm not too keen on the compiler modifying the source file, but that's your decision. So <sectors> is how many points to generate, and <total_sectors> is the total number of sectors in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) At this point, I don't even know if the ARC program is DOS or Windows, so I can't say for sure if it's case-aware or not. I'll be finding out soon, after the 2000-01 voting process. Which is going to happen (relatively) soon, I promise. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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A new version of LDS is just about ready to be uploaded. I have added a new function that has no real name yet, but I think PLOT is a candidate. What it does is hard to explain, but I'll try: It plots the coordinates of a curve and creates an array (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) I agree. However, AFAIK, whenever LEdit creates a file, it creates it as all uppercase. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part number for crystal in Rock Raider sets?
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(...) Because TLG uses a different process to make the chrome piece and the transparent piece and we are using TLG's numbers. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) BZZT Wrong Answer. Don't forget model team, some train sets and there is even a castle set with alternate model instructions -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Don Heyse: (...) Sorry, I had forgotten that. (...) I am sure we can get the Jessimans to accept a repackaging of that kind (if we agree on it). (...) A very sensible strategy. (...) We would have to have it approved by the Jessimans. (...) I can't (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve: (...) Since I want to make a floppy sized distribution anyway, I definitely feel like taking the time to do it. (...) Since it also seems to work on Linux, I suspect that it does. Another thing is that I would prefer to use gzipped tar or MPD (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Exactly my point. 'Official' "alternate" models are the models that can be made using the pieces supplied in the set, and instructions are given in the instruction manual that comes with the set. this would include Technic sets and Technic (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) You should ask that to Lego. ;) We try to follow the Lego numbering scheme as far as known. As far as CAD is concerned there is no need for a different part, it's just a matter of changing the colour properties. Rui Martins (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | CASE style in filenames (was Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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I have given up on my CASE-SENSITIVE choice, and I now have a Summary of all this talk, with some taughs in the middle. Apart from visual aspect, all files should (not MUST) be UPPERCASE. for compatibility issues, because: - MSDOS keeps the files in (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you go way back to the beginning of this thread you'll see that my PERSONAL preference is also lower case, because it's easier to type, easier to read, etc. But I seem to recall a debate a while ago about the rights to distribute modified (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree, but my preference isn't so strong that I'd actually *want* to take the effort to repackage the distribution files. Also, I don't know if the ARC compression format/tool will allow lower-case filenames. (...) Yes, in LDraw code, the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Filenames were not changed to take advantage of the "force stud-drawing" "feature" of LEdit. The code inside of several files was changed to reference stud.dat or STUD.DAT. But the primitive file remained STUD.DAT. So this is not an issue for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the (...) the (...) Not knowing anything about LEGO cad, why would a transparent element need a different part number than the chrome version? -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Don Heyse: (...) My preference is all lower-case (mostly from an aesthetic point of view), which generally is more readable than upper-case. (...) I don't think it would be difficult to switch this to lower-case (if I can convince you guys to agree (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Rui: (...) That is not possible, since some DAT renderers work with case-insensitive file systems. (...) Because it is a matter of the file system and the rendering program has to live with that. (...) Most languages consider a word the same no (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmmm, tell me more about this. Do you mean the studs are fully drawn if the file MYBRICK.DAT includes STUD.DAT, but not if it includes stud.dat? Is there any other unusual behavior triggered by case inside the DAT files? Does someone have (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) *chromed* element. We don't have a number for the non-chromed version (like the various trans-crystals which appear in Rock Raiders. Steve (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I meant exactly CASE-SENSITIVE. and by case-sensitive I mean "model.dat" is different from "Model.dat". And why can't we choose between ? It's a lot easyer to convert from a case-sensitive complient filename to case-INsensitive than the other (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Rui: (...) ^^^...^^^ I presume you mean "mixed case". We can't choose between case-sensitive and case-insensitive. (...) I am not sure of that. There are many good reasons for working with case-insensitive file systems. (...) I don't get your point (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote... (...) Yes, I began modelling the 358 Rocket Base in LEdit two years ago, and almost finished, when I realized the top of the rocket was not in LDraw yet. Should of course have checked before I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) What I meant was this: normally ledit shoes studs as lines, right. Several files were changed to uppercase so that ledit would not do the substitution and show the studs. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So this is not a problem, just change the primitive file "stud.dat" to "stud.DAT" (according to what I have previously proposed), and if the user wants (or not) to draw the studs, he will change the "line for stud" option of Ledit. P.S. Just (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is a special LEdit feature, not related to DOS at all. If the STUD.DAT filename is uppercase, it is always displayed like a full stud in LEdit, even if the user chooses to have "line for stud" to save rendering time. Fredrik (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are you sure that was the problem, because Ledit runs on DOS, which doesn't care on filename case, it's case-insensitive, so it should always work in DOS. Rui Martins (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There is one problem. several files were "corrected" to have the stud.dat references uppercased so that ledit would show the studs. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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