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(...) LDraw code? With a circular shape having 16 segments, not eight as in your diagrams. If you think that is simpler for the parts authors (or that it requires a "tiny extra effort") as compared to superimposing a quad and a disc (two lines of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, I've been working a bit with flexible hoses lately, and I've noticed an odd thing about the parts which make up the bent version of the 8.5L flexible hose. The part 754.dat (URL) used as a hose segment, about 50 of them go into a single hose. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Auch, another error? Thank you, Lars, I'll fix it and send it to Steve Bliss, hopefully making it to the next update. Fredrik (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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(...) <SNIP> Thanks, this helps a lot, but now there is one problem left: MLCad first creates the dat file to be converted, than calls L3P to convert it into pov and than it executes pov-ray with the above statement. If you do that for multiple (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | L3Lab and BFC
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I have been very busy for the past weeks (tearing down a brick fireplace (real bricks :-) and a 20 feet chimney, painting ceilings and walls, the Sping has really put ideas into my wife's head :-), but last night I finally got some time for myself. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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Steve Bliss wrote on April 6th... (...) The program should refuse to certify a part if not all subfiles are certified. (...) Agreed! We should not put any constraints on the authors. They may scale/rotate/mirror primitives as they wish (not (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Performance Improvement
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Damien Duquennoy wrote... (...) L3Lab draws a quad as two triangles. You can see this yourself, when you turn off dither-transparency and use true transparency. Because the two triangles share a side, the quad-division line gets drawn twice and is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with BFC
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Damien Duquennoy wrote... (...) Your parts renders OK in L3Lab with BFC enabled. /Lars (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Chris Dee wrote... (...) "L3P -check" has always been able to spot singular matrices, simply because POV cannot handle them. L3Lab uses the same file parser as L3P (which BTW is public available in ldglite). However, L3Lab could easily render edge (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) Running "l3p -check" (checks all DAT's in P and PARTS) revals: SKIPPING "4285.DAT" Line 981: Singular matrix: 1 16 10 4 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1-4cyli.dat SKIPPING "6043.DAT" Line 17: Singular matrix: 1 16 0 20 -16 8 0 0 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: open source & inventory ?
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Jonathan Wilson wrote... (...) Don Heyse has published source for ldglite, an OpenGL extension of ldlite for Windows/Linux/Mac using L3 parser/viewer at (URL) Zide has published the source for LeoCAD, see (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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John VanZwieten wrote... (...) Yes, already made. I just need to update the colors. BTW, what is the LDraw color for the smoke-colored transparent SW cockpit (32?), and does anyone have a good POV color for it? /Lars (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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Thanks Steve for your great work. Beside the 476 bow-ties, the next L3P version would like to comment: WARNING "X44.DAT" Line 127: Identical to line 40: 5 24 0 -7 -6 0 -9 -7 2.68 -6.47 -6 -2.68 -6.47 -6 WARNING "X44.DAT" Line 142: Identical to line (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Which submitted parts have been put on hold ?
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Steve, in lugnet.cad.dev, you wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] I'm one of the unlucky victims who's parts didn't make it into this vote. Although I'm not happy with it, I respect your motivations. I'm sure putting up this voting round was complicated (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe he meant something like: (URL) or (URL) And as you can see, not more polygons, but actually less. as a rule of tumb, "less points implies less polys". NOTE: both examples could be even more simplified (less points) if we removed the disc (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) complete half disc: It would obviously be better to use a half disc in the first place. What John meant above was, if I understood him correctly, a disc with a diameter larger than the quad's height. That way, the problem is non-trivial, and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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You probably want something like : povengine /RENDER <filename> /NR /EXIT Here is a copy of the docs from POV3.1 concerning this: Special Command-Line Options POV-Ray for Windows supports several special command-line options not recognized by other (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This depends only on the actual part, the point of view and in which order the overlapping polys are given (also depends on view). (...) Not exactly, see what I mean in the following example image: (URL) points are marked in RED 1 - Quad and a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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Some more comments on parts ! Maybe I will repeat some other notes, I don't know, I haven't checked all the other mails to compare, so here goes nothing. - [2466p07.dat] This part as 2 bowtie quads in the front panel See the following image: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Help for povray needed!
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Hy, I'm currently writing an enhanced export function for MLCad and had the idea to include povray into the export process. My question: is there any way to start povray (for Windows 3.1) from the command-line to just generate a picture for an (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 2000-01 Voting Closing Soon
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The votes have been trickling in. If you want to make your opinion known, please vote soon! I will probably be taking the vote-page down tomorrow night. That's Tuesday, April 18th. If you have fixes for any of your parts that you want included in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Performance Improvement
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(...) Usually software Renderers internally use only triangles, because it simplifies the rendering algorythm, but in an hardware renderer, you can't be sure, it depends much on the hardware architecture. There a few hardware renderers which also (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Sorry, that's my fault -- I had started out adding the 'Official...' comment to some files, but then I figured I should probably wait until *after* the voting to add/change the tag. But 3461.dat is an old part, that accidently got overwritten (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Creating vector graphic files
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GREAT! I look forward to try it! Please let me know when you've finished? Greetingz... Sjaacko Guido Heunen <heunen@crys.chem.uva.nl> wrote in message news:Ft0q4s.5Mq@lugnet.com... (...) time. (...) that (...) from (...) in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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Dear Authors, Some comments on the parts: ---...--- 2717.dat Technic Seat 1. The vertical stud on the back raises backward beyond the plane of the box. Left or right view can clearly reveal it. 2. Holes are missing from bottom of the seat. My part (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CAD newbie suggestions?
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(...) There is an "LDRaw for the Macintosh Campaign" website. (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Help! Many part numbers missing
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Anybody has any fills? (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts voting - 2717
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(...) Thanks! (...) I think I corrected this issue. Maybe I never sent the updated file to Steve...? /Tore (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with BFC
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Hi Damien, I've downloaded your part and had a look at it using MLCad. When you look more exactly at the part e.g. zoom in to see details, you will see that not only that sub-parts are drawn wrong where the background is white and so we can see them (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Performance Improvement
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(...) Depends on the program. LDraw renders triangles by duplicating the final point, and rendering it as a quad. LDLite (I believe) splits quads into triangles. Steve (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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Steve Bliss wrote (...) It's quite long to correct done parts, but it's easy to make them BFC compliant when creating them. I work with l3lab, with test6 option always on. Try it, it's easy. Damien. (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Well, i think it's also possible to substitue some quads to the triangles. But i've made some tests with l3lab and there is no differences on rendering time between the triangle version and quad version of my disc. Does someone know how quads are (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts voting comments
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Hi everyone Here are some comments on the parts i have look at. x552 - 32199 On the new primitive axlehole8.dat 4 optional lines are missing. But they are already missing on axle.dat, axlehole3.dat primitives. And they are ok on Axle 2 notched. (Hey (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Problem with BFC [DAT]
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Hi everyone, I'm working correct a part i made before to make it BFC compatible. But i have a problem. The part is the Motorcycle tyre 81.6x15, also available in the Mindstorms set. To do this part, i've made a subfile, wich i reuse 48 times to get (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I think there are a few mistakes in that file. I posted a corrected version which looks good on my system. (...) Yeah, that's a good point. You'll do whatever you want on the issue of splitting the central part of the hose or not, I don't care (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 2
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(...) Oops, I ment to enquire how to do them, but forgot:) As my system is in a total mess at the time, I'm not able to make the corrections, if anyone else want to, it's fine by me, otherwise it'll have to wait until I get something running here. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Jaco, I am currently working on a .dat to .ps converter. But it will take some time. Greetings Guido (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I posted an updated TFA11 to (URL). Geez, I wish I could follow hyperlinks within my newsreader. There are some mistakes in the part, but the posting was mostly to look at how the main file was constructed, not the subfile details. (...) OK, I made (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Chris Dee <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fsx353.67B@lugnet.com... (...) This same criticism applies to: 4478p01.dat - Baseplate 32 x 32 With Driveway and Grey Pattern -John Van (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sure, I know. But that is what I use now. What I would like is a tool that can directly export Illustrator format or postscript, for that matter, from LDraw in 3D! Thus my story on MLCad (I hope ML reads this) that is allready printing in vector or (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) There is already a .DAT to .DXF converter available for download on the net. (URL) not sure if this is what you're looking for or not, but I hope it helps. -Duane (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi all! I posted this question on the 10th of December 1999 and had no reaction since, but I cannot imagine no one is interested in this... so here I go again, because I think this is one thing we must study! I would do it myself, but since I am no (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 30377.dat Battle Droid Arm
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(...) My mistake. Try minifig droid astromech. (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) It would probably be good enough to keep the "tip" in one, non-bendable part. Sure, I can think of situations where one would put only the outer part of the tip into something, causing the other part to bend. But that would probably be quite (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 30377.dat Battle Droid Arm
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(...) I'm not positive, but I think the R2-D2 may be part of a larger class of Astromech droids. (Not all R2 units have hemispherical heads like R2-D2.) C-3PO (and TC-14) are Protocol Droids, IIRC. [crossposted to .starwars for verification :-] (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) here's one solution: linetype 6 can be used multiple times in a row, with the x, y, and z set to where the curve must pass through, and the orientation to what the tube must look like in that position. hey, it *MIGHT* work. another, MUCH (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01 [DAT]
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(...) I could redo the part, slicing it into sections that are 4LDU long. To properly package, this, each distinct/unique section should be made into a subpart file, and the main part files would be a list of these subparts. Taking this approach, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No hassle felt on my end--I feel stupid that I went to all the work of figuring out the angles, and then didn't document them. (...) Good point. We should definitely try harder to document part-usage. (...) Now that you mention the complete (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Rui Martins <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote in message news:Pine.GSU.4.10.1...0@is-sv... (...) solution, (...) which (...) their (...) No argument here. (...) are (...) But the amount of superpositioning is generally small compared to the overall size (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 1
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(...) on (...) In fact is is worse than just singular matrices - there is an error in these lines which means the intersects between the bars are not be drawn as lines. Fixed and sent to Steve. Chris (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You are welcome, no need to thank me for it, we do this for the fun of it! (...) Well, I have used my program to find it, but the actual image is from ldglite or l3glite, I'm NOT sure which. I used this image, because you can clearlly (maybe (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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First I would like to point out, that some of the renderings I supplied specifically represent quads in GREY and tris in WHITE, and some have all the polys edge lines (the intrinsic edges) drawn, to be able to see the tesselation applyed. (...) Yes, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Rui Martins <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote in message news:Pine.GSU.4.10.1...0@is-sv... (...) Sorry, but I am unable to find the location where you pointed the missing quads. If the arrow intends to point to the conic surface between the handle and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 2
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(...) I've fixed these two points now. The updated dat file can be found at (URL) also sent the update to Steve Bliss. Fredrik (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ok, I have to check a couple of friends if they have the part :-) If yes I will do it. Marc Klein A Mindstorms fan. (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you are interested to see how I did it, you can view the DAT file for the model at: (URL) for the keyword "Bezier" to find the first occurence of the bent flexible axle. I used the following names for the various parts of the axle: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The problem with this approach is that there are many ways to draw a curve from one point to another, even given the angles at the end points. The user may have some preferences, for example that there should be a clip connected to the hose at (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) [snip] Hey. why not add a new linetype or two to the ldraw format? this would solve both problems simultaneously: platform, and detail. (e.g. now it's the renderer's problem, not ours!) can't you just add: 6 c x y z a b c d e f g h i x' y' z' (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: comments on parts up for vote- part jg1
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(...) Wrong, chris. There are at least 3 parts left to do. (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. That sounds workable. (...) Portable Java would be best... (...) I agree, I just don't see how flexible parts can be coded in LDraw. If you've got some ideas in this direction, I'd love to see them. The lack of flex in LDraw parts is a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 1
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(...) My comments (that have not already been mentioned) ... 2494p01.dat Does this exist as a printed part, or is this really a sticker? 2552.dat The edge lines on the underside do not seem to line up with the boundaries of the quads. 30044.dat (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: comments on parts up for vote- part jg1
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(...) [ detail snippped ] (...) Thanks a lot for tracking these down - I guess its clear how I generated all these from one master pattern (with the error)! I'll fix them all and send updates to Steve. The one remaining part is the 3x6 shallow slope (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 1
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(...) I'll fix the singular matrices - this was authored before L3Lab was publicly available. It was also done in the expectation that the matching door-frame would be sent in for the voting (don't remember who by). Maybe I'll put that on my work (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Rui Martins <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote in message news:Pine.GSU.4.10.1...0@is-sv... (...) Superimposed polys are allowed, AFAIK. Maybe not the most elegant solution, but they render fine. (...) petals, (...) better (...) aprxomiation (...) I've (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Another file - [3471.dat] This file has a lot of work on it, but still has some problems, specifically almost all the quads from the base are bowties. See the following image: (URL) there are a few (maybe many, but few as far as our yes can see) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I have been able to test only a few parts iet, but here are my findings: - [flowers.dat] This file shows superimposed polys (tris and quads) in the petals of the flower, this is a problem in the flower itself (3742.dat), not in the flowers.dat (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Anyone modeling the Battle Droid?
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Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message news:38F49719.9B288B...ail.com... (...) I'll (...) Nah, it's too much of a pain. Too many intersecting cylinders. The R2 body might be a good candidate for Marc with his real CAD program. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Anyone modeling the Battle Droid?
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(...) Please finish the r2 unit first, ok. (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Has anyone done any work on the battle droid fig parts? If not, I think I'll make an attempt. -John Van (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I haven't tried any of this but wouldn't Hermite curves work better ? Bezier curves don't need to go through the control points (except for the endpoints) and Hermite curves also have the advantage of letting you specify the tangent vector for (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: comments on parts up for vote- part jg1
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(...) OOps. My list should have read 3 x 6 & 3 x 4 not 1 x 6 & 1 x 4. (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: comments on parts up for vote- part jg1
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(...) I don't know about those 2 parts but I have a 3x6 slope with the classic space logo here. Leonardo (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 2
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(...) Thanks, I'll look into this. I also noticed one flaw myself. The cross axle hole does not have a bottom; you can see the internals of the part when looking down the axle hole. Adding a 1/2 disc at the end of the cross axle hole should fix (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I think I disagree with you. I've found the Bezier curves to be a good model for how the flexible axles bend in real life. But it is important to have a correct model for the flexible part in the first place. While the notched end parts are (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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WOW the millenium update? could it be? LOL good job steve! Tburger (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, this is fixed now. Steve (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, the zip file is there. It contains all parts, primitives, and subparts. Find it at: (URL) Steve (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3PAO incompatibliity with Win2k? (was:Re: l3p hates me)
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Ok, fixed this problem. After a better and more careful look at what NTFilemon told me, I decided to create another LDraw directory within my current LDraw directory. I also now seem to remember this problem happening originally as well. Thanks for (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: comments on parts up for vote- part jg1
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(...) There is also a 1 x 6 & a 1 x 4 slope with space logo, a flag with space logo & there is probobly more. (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | comments on parts up for vote- part jg1 [DAT]
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I found some minor problems with some parts up for vote (okay, just a few little ones which John Vanzwieten missed :) ) these problems revolve around the classic space logo's leftmost edge --973p90 there are two partially overlapping triangles, one (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 1
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(...) Erk. QA failure. Should be an MPD with the file and the subfile, but it appears to be an empty DAT. I'll fix this up tonight. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 1
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Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FsvF0L.F2I@lugnet.com... (...) No, I mean empty as in no lines of text in the file. This is downloading the individual .dat from the voting page. I can't get the zip file to download, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I must have been hallucinating. I'll fix it, and let y'all know. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 2 [DAT]
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30156.dat - Panel 4 x 6 x 6 Sloped: Needs two little edgelines: 2 24 60 72 0 56 72 0 2 24 -60 72 0 -56 72 0 4728.dat - Plant Flower 2 x 2: should have type 5 lines for the inside/underside surfaces--but it's probably not worth the work :) 2951.dat - (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Yep. I'd change the rename of the 'Technic Connector Locking' to 'Technic Connector Toggle Locking'. (...) I know what you mean about the angled connectors. I suppose they should be "Technic Connector Angled". I'll think on that some more (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 1
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(...) This part, like other "decorated" parts, has a subfile (for whenever I feel confident enough to tackle a *printed* 6x4 flag, like the Jolly Roger). If the DAT file is *just* the DAT file (for the undecorated/basic form), and not a MPD file (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Comments on parts up for vote- Pt 1
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I made it half way through the parts when MSOE crashed and lost my comments, so I'll do this one in rounds. 6199.dat - Belville Swing: missing edgelines where the uprights meet the crossbar. Since the bars are equal diameter, this can easily be (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Well, this kinda changes the situation! ;-) (...) : : (...) It depends on whatever the "4273.DAT Technic Connector Locking" gets named, but the important thing is that they are kept in the same sub-category, IMO. If the 4273 is renamed to fit (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: l3lab on linux
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(...) ldglite is a portable version of ldlite. I patched in an OpenGL/GLUT interface instead of the Windows proprietary interface. It currently runs on windows, linux, and Macs. It has most of the features of ldlite now. It does not have the nice (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Great work Steve. But has anyone managed to download the "all the DAT files" zip file. I get "Couldn't find the resource" for (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: l3lab on linux
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(...) doh, didn't occur to me that it might be that annoying case thing... though I do think i set up wine to ignore case... I'll check that... btw, what's ldglite? will it run on linux? ;) Dan (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: l3lab on linux
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Whoops, I hit the Post button a bit prematurely there... (...) files (...) This may be one of those Case sensitive filesystem issues. Do you have a case-insensitive filesystem (like fat32 or Samba) that you can put the DAT files on? I don't think (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: l3lab on linux
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(...) files (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | l3lab on linux
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Well, I wanted to participate in the part voting, so I decided to try and run l3lab on my RH linux, using wine. It did start up, and seems to work - but every time I try to open a file, I get messages "Could not fine xxxx.dat Referenced by ...." the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) It's probably a good idea to add the sizing information. (...) There's also a fix in this update to rename the old 'Technic Connector Locking' to 'Technic Toggle Joint Locking'. (...) There is precedence on using the part name to differentiate (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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(...) Ooo, I like it. We'd flag which files are always "right-side-out" and which ones might be mis-inverted by legacy part-files. That doesn't break the reference-chain dependency entirely, but it does allow us to specify where it must apply, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Part numbers wanted
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Can anyone tell me the part numbers for the following click-hinge pieces (they're all found in the little town digger set.) Hinge Brick 1 X 2 Locking Double Hinge Brick 1 X 4 Locking Double Hinge Brick 2 X 2 Locking w/ one Finger on Side Thanks for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Influencing what parts people work on
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:FsGCEz.42y@lugnet.com... (...) least (...) have (...) Is (...) mention (...) example (...) tread (...) those (...) odd.) (...) good (...) decision (...) a (...) time (...) But (...) a (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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