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Hey all, Thanks to Todd "what would we do without him?" Lehman, the parts vote is back up and running. :-) (URL) to be safe, you should Refresh/Reload on your browser to make sure you don't use a cached copy of the voting page. If you think you have (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) get (...) find (...) I (...) completed, (...) update a (...) Oh I see your point now. No, I don't think there is a way to do this. I vaguely recall Zachary pointing this out when he first put the "Requested Parts Page" up. I agree this would (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 6542.dat? is that the one you mean? (...) Hopefully, Onyx will get these done. (...) I believe those are on the way. By Fredrik. He just submitted the Technic round piston, and is working on the other engine parts. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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does anyone have the folowing parts? 8880 supercar blue suspension arms 8880 supercar gear shift center pieces 8880 supercar gear shift dk grey gears 8880 supercar white suspension arms 8880 supercar gear stick and shift plate large shock absorbers (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, well, I know how to update a part on the Parts Tracker Page, but I can't find any way to remove a part from the "Requested Parts" Page. I'm asking because I would be happy to clean up the parts that I requested that have been completed, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) have (...) There is no automation - it is the author's responsibility to move a part to completed when it's submitted, and remove it when the update is released. Chris Dee (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I only get the one copy -- the one you e-mail to me (assuming it makes it to me OK, which is highly probable but not guaranteed). I also see a copy of the article you posted when I read via NNTP. If I were reading lugnet.cad.dev via e-mail (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thanks! I couldn't find it. Anyway, when does the requested parts list get updated? Isn't it supposed to automatically update "requested" parts that have been completed? --Karim (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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If I use Java 2 I can use the latest API's with it. Because of the Java plugin that Sun produces, a browser can have that installed and always have the most up to date Java implementation. This is especially important since Netscape is no longer (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've never authored lego parts for ldraw, but I did for pov-ray (at the time I was using Anton Raves library which is very good (a lot more detailed than ldraw, I haven't tried l3P so I don't know the quality of the output) but it was lacking some (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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let's just say that in France nothing comes to mind when you say soccer, it doesn't come close to any name which we use. I'm ready to bet that it is the same in Brazil (BTW we won the world cup :-P ) Todd Lehman a écrit dans le message ... (...) (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Well with at least one different the Aussi rules football is WAY more violent than rugby, more like american football (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Actually the 3D api is released, it works great and is fairly easy to use, I recomand it as far as parsing there are several parser generators for java out there. and the 3D api is hardware accelerated (it is written on top of opengl) Sproaticus a (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) (URL) in the FAQ. :-) I Fredrik (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Please before starting take a look at the java3D api, I know java 2 is not yet supported directly by most browsers but its just a question of time and then you have all the 3D done for you AND you get the benefice of 3D accelerations. Greg Williams (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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I recently lost my bookmarks file and now I can't find the Parts Tracker. I thought there would be a link to it from the memorial page, but I can't find one! Can somebody tel me the URL? Thanks. --Karim (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This sounds very familiar, yes. I was undoubtedly wrong. Fredrik (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've searched the web and discovered that in Australia what they call football looks like rugby. I've only seen one picture but it's a completely different game. (...) Go to your favorite search engine and type "australian footbal". Leonardo (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In the beginning of the century, some british came here and started playing football. At that time it was common to use words from other languages but as the time passed we changed those words to portuguese and now we call it "futebol". (...) (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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regarding boat mast primatives they are later going to be omdified to add the notches in the top (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) how (...) Almost any part which has convex curved surfaces will need type 5 lines. Obviously if you can make use of the circular primitives, then they already include the type 5 lines. For example take a look at the town/space helmet (2446) of (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I was referring to that long list of pieces. Not any one particular piece. But if the piece has some complex curves in it, there is a good chance it will need type 5 lines to do it properly. For an example off the top of my head, see part (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36d6fef8.20191570@l...et.com>... (...) doesn't (...) Six Red ones come in the Extreme Team: Drag Race Rally, 6568. And I know I have some from other sets. They're around.... How badly do you want them? A local Kmart (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i have just posted a fixed version of this piece to lugnet.cad.dat. let mw know if it is now fixed. the notches are still missing because i do not know how to adjuct the cylinders etc after i have inlined them. (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) complex (...) which parts need type 5 lines? i have done the boat mast base. get it from lugnet.cad.dat i am working on the notches at the top. (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good advice, Chris. I would like to also point out that many of the parts in that list have complex shapes that would require type 5 optional lines to have them look good. So Jonathan, you really need to have a good understanding of type 5 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Your method also makes the pattern show up in wire-frame mode. Ideally, all the current parts should be changed to use the same method! Anyone want to take the challenge? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i accually pulled the pattern straight of the 1 x 2 brick with black grille pattern because the patterened surfaces are the same size (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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thanks for the help. i will get onto the fixes asap (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) in australia they call the game that the soccer ball comes from soccer. (...) in australia the term football refers to the australin game aussie rules which is different. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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An impressive list - good luck. As I think you know (but for other's info) the Wizard's hat is done (see Tracked Parts Page) and will be in the next voting. Could I please ask three things - 1) please enter the parts into the tracked parts page, as (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) method > for other parts - parts that may well come in many colors. Then, using that (...) I > would prefer to have one basic version of the part, color being > user-selectable. (...) But it would be nice to at least have a .dat file for each (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Good work on this one, but I might suggest using quads instead of rect.dat for the black lines (does James' pattern use these?). Black rect.dat's have dark grey edge lines around them, and I don't thik there is any dark grey on this pattern. Here's (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) would (...) Jonathan, you are on the right track here, but as the notches are an important feature of the boat mast, you should work on adding them (I'll give you some hints later). Criticisms of part as it is: -You need to add 4-4edge.dat's (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are you sure about that? Surely, in England they use the term "football", and I would guess that they use the same word in Australia. (...) Sorry, I didn't understand this sentence. (...) This doesn't convince me. Fredrik (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Excellent! --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't know for sure if "soccer" is used in Australia or not, but in either case, isn't "soccer" guaranteed not to be ambiguous, unlike "football" or "fussball"? In Brasil, do you say "football" or "soccer"? If you don't say "soccer," what (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So _that's_ how you do it. I knew there had to be a better way. :) (...) Thanks, that makes sense to me. (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I concur. Part of the beauty and flexibility of LDraw is that you can model with parts in colors that those parts don't come in. Once we start down the road of having parts hard coded only in the color(s) they really exist in, we limit our (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[lugnet.cad removed from Newsgroups header] (...) Yes, it's fairly easy to write an HTTP daemon in Perl. Pre-forking and load balancing and shared memory for optimal usage is a little more difficult. But in either case, it's just a one-liner in the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Your output reflects this high standard. You are always willing to take criticism on your parts and try to improve them where needed. No one is offended, inspired, if anything. -John Van (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is it not possible to say in the definition of 410etc., like: top half yellow, lower half yellow underneath. That way, the only information in the 410etc file is the color, and which constituents parts there are. Then if anything needs to (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can use FastCGI ((URL) to have one process (or a fixed group of processes) serving CGI requests so you don't have the overhead of restarting the process (interpreter or otherwise) for each request. I used it for the Lego set database I (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Jonathan, I don't really want to get into the parts stuff, but could you possibly use proper capitalisation in your posts? Your posts are hard on the eyes, and that really isn't necessary. Thank you. Jasper (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) aren't FreeBSD and Linux nigh-on binary-compatible, let alone cross-compilable? Jasper (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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in australia they call it soccer. football refers to aussie rules. therefore soccer ball is the right name (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If we follow the standards set by James and use australian english, shouldn't we change the description ? I don't think the word "soccer" is used there. Leonardo (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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is anyone working on the folowing parts? minifig pirates hat with skull and crossbones boat rowboat boat oar boat rigging horse horse whip minifig crossbow flag 2 x 2 with skull and crossbone spattern flag 2 x 2 with wolfmen pattern minifig torso (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Isn't there something you can do to have just *one* perl interpreter running, that does all the CGIing, instead of starting up all these processes? Jasper "can't imagine at what PID that server is by now" Janssen (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) <snip> (...) Rightly or wrongly, I am definitely an "as good as we can possibly make them" person. I'm sorry if this offends others. Chris (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I second that. John has pretty succinctly summed up what is needed. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The problem with that solution is that we would then have the 4106548 hard coded as yellow. And when the tan version is released are we then going to have another 410xxxx for it - hard coded to tan? That may not seem like a big deal, until you (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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That would probably cut out the servlet possibility, then. There isn't a very good implementation of java for FreeBSD (no JIT), and I'm not sure about a Java Servlet implementation, either. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No, it runs FreeBSD. (Not that there's anything wrong with Linux.) --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Why (...) If I'm converting a physical model to Ldraw, its nice to be able to look at part, find its molded number, then add that number to my model. This of course only works for parts with numbers on them. This also argues for somehow (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There is a servlet program plugin for Apache on Linux or NT at (URL) We're using the IIS version of it on NT. It is nice and speedy for java servlets. I assume the lugnet server is Linux. (...) Hmm... how long does it take ldlite to render an (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) all (...) Oh, man, do I need your energy. Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Really? Another version change. I'm thinking we need to look a little closer for a list of these version changes over the ages. How about it? Anyone else out there have more examples in this line. Todd, as an (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) already (...) problem (...) Like crazy, man, now what part number do you want with your gravy. Anyone for 3068A? Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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At the risk of being flamed into lurk mode, I'm going to ask the following: Why do we need the official TLG part numbers? Why not just use a numbering system that makes sense? (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) on (...) in (...) i (...) never (...) That's gravy, man. The more the merrier. Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Try this ( actual method used at SVCC in 1974 ). Tape your thumb to the second joint of your index finger of your right hand. Now put your left hand in your pocket. Now count to count to 6 in octal with your (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) Thank you, John, you have boiled it all down to its component parts. I can think of no reason not to follow any of your points. That does include the "don't get personal" aside. Well done. Bravo Zulu Roy (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Grrr, where is my brain today. I meant that I wrote print "$_\015\010"; when I meant to write print "$_\015\012"; I always get octal wrong, durnit. (But ASCII octal values "\015\012" are more portable than writing "\r\n" in this case, because (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[Added lugnet.cad.dev & lugnet.cad to newsgroups list; followups set to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) Jonathan: Thank You for noticing this and reporting this!! Please let me know if the fix doesn't work for you (worked for me, but I only tested with LDLITE (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Then it's broken too. :) --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I just checked (using an actual copy of the element :) It's beautiful! -- it's actually a physical imprinted pattern in the plastic of hexagons and pentagons -- then all the pentagons are decorated black. --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think the grooves should *definitely* be added -- if someone is behooved to take the time to do the mods correctly. I just noticed the tile thing last night when I was toying around with some little chess pieces I made in LEdit which use a (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, fair enough. But I submit that someone who is modeling an element blind (without an actual copy of it to work from) is *not* doing the best they can. (...) OK, I probably shouldn't talk then. I haven't modeled any parts myself. :-/ --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[removed lugnet.cad from Newsgroups line] (...) I think the speed comparison depends on whether you use mod_perl or CGI+Perl or a specialized Perl HTTP daemon. Of course, if the code running on the server is Java, a Servlet is almost certainly the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i posted it to lugnet.cad.dat so you could see the fixes and therefore stop telling me that the 2 x 2 stud area is in the wrong plate etc etc. (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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the way i see it from the discussions on the group there are 4 main problems with my raied baseplate: 1.the small 2 x 2 studs area is in the wrong place. this has been fixed. 2.the layout of the studs in the pit is wrong. this has been fixed at last (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the canyon raised baseplate does not have the rounded edges. (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) my part dod not match the tlg part. (typo) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, definitely if as an app would you have all the files locally. I was talking about an applet that would not. You don't want to have to download the entire zip file every time because it would be fairly large. Having individually compressed (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Why not serve both compressed and uncompressed versions? (...) Amen to that! Say, Greg, how's about posting the URL of your Blacktron Galaxy Explorer over in the .build group? Probably a lot of new-timers there who haven't seen it yet. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) The curved edges are an essential part of the piece, especially when viewed in LDLite or POV-Ray. Not modeling them would be like leaving the curved edges off of the Windscreens - the edges are a highly recogizable feature of the part. --Bram (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ^^^ I avoided using this word in my posts on the subject for fear I would spell it just like this, which of course is another word for dirty :-) Good points in your post, though. -John Van (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Since I am not an LDraw part developer (although I did try my hand at one part), I will add my $0.02 to the fracas and be done with it. This outlook is based upon my knowledge of engineering documentation systems in the real world. With that said, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It seems to me that the only reason on TLG's part to have 2 seperate numbers and then one different aggregate number for a specific color is to provide for a situation in which the two pieces are different colors (ie: black top, yellow (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36d6f2f0.17111521@l...et.com>... (...) Is the soccer ball part spherical with printed pattern, or does the physical part consist of hexagons and pentagons like a real soccer ball? -John Van (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Accessory pack #5131. Steve (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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It's not an update. It's an A/B version thing--Tile 1x1 Old Style, Tile 1x1 New Style. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In this case, I say use the number stamped on the part. (...) Did we decide to move away from the xxxxPxx format? This sounds like a good reason to rethink that decision. Not that I expect this particular element to ever resurface in a (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Damn. They noticed. After the chrome antenna fiasco, I swore to keep my mouth shut, and not point out potential part-number mixups. Actually, I forgot all about that little trivial bit of part-numbering reality on the obviously (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think that this part is OK. I haven't done a detailed check. (...) It was. Richard actually went through some trouble to get that part correct. That's how I know what I know about the fix I suggested (in a different message): Richard went (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Someone (sorry, I totally don't remember who) suggested that you can generate an optional line between two poly's (pollies?) by using the center-points of the poly's as the test-points (points 3 and 4). I don't know how well this works, but (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No winky needed. It's a very valid point. I definitely thought about making the lettering raised for the coins. Then again, I was also thinking to myself "why am I wasting time on these useless, decoration-only parts when I could be doing some (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The best measurements are against other lego parts. The ruler is a fall-back for odd-sized bits. Steve (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I disagree with the first sentence (as I've said). I don't have this part, so I can't give any detailed feedback on the accuracy of the part-file; I must stick to generalities. An easy way to fix this part (enough to earn the coveted 'needs (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Perhaps this would be a good time to have a discussion of standards for authoring new parts--separate from any particular parts or authors. How realistic do you think parts ought to be in order to be considered for inclusion in the official L-CAD (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) oh yeah.. i just meant 10 minutes to do one and see how it looks... doing all of the tiles in our catalog would be at least an 11-minute job ;) J (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Red? COOL! I need I need I need gimme gimme gimme I need I need (1) Where can I get some? Cheers, - jsproat 1. Name *that* movie, I dare you! :-, (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've though a bit about this -- I think I would prefer uncompressed individual files, as this would make parts updates easier on the server end. Just copy the /P and /PARTS dirs to the Web server. (1) <DEVILS_ADVOCATE> However, the JDK now has (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) unfortunately because of our limitatiions here, i can't illustrate the problem... but if you take a 4-pointed chevron-type shape... sort of like a "V" and hand its points off to LDraw, it comes out as a triange... that's bad if you need the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I recently offered to do just this and apply it to the existing decorated tiles (more than 10 minutes work to do it properly, IMHO), (URL) since I do not own all the decorated tiles myself I need guidance on which ones use the tile with the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up) [DAT]
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(...) never (...) okay.. so here's a 3068 with the groove... any reason why we haven't already updated these??? (please feel free to let me know if i'm treading on some sacred ground or something here... but in all honesty, i don't see a problem (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) hmmm... i never noticed that before.. that the LDraw model of 3068 (as well as other tiles) doesn't have the fingernail groove around the edge... although i say that's BS.. in my opinion (looking at a couple stacked here on the desk, up (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Modeling without the real element -- bad
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(...) How could the TLG part be wrong? I'm not understanding this... (...) No, it isn't a good use of 'needs work'. You are talking about skipping half of the surface area. (...) No, it's not appropriate to use 'needs work' for this part. (...) Very (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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