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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) If a subfile is not certified, you cannot know whether to reference it using INVERTNEXT or not. You would have to turn clipping off, but why not certify the subfile first? I don't think it will be a problem anyway, because (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with 1-4con1.dat
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote... (...) The FAQ says: 32 Transparent dark grey but shouldn't it be 32 Transparent black (?!) 40 Transparent dark grey (as Franklin W. Cain suggested) The transparent X-Wing cockpit is a bit brownish, so perhaps 40 would (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: L3P and part no 30359
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John VanZwieten wrote... (...) Correct. The problem was discovered a long time ago, and I blame myself that I haven't released an official fix yet. Unfortunately in v1.1 the 1-4 cones are clipped by a too small box, {<0,-1,0>,<2,2,2>} rather than (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDS ver 0.31 - Added PIPE [DAT]
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(...) compile a file with this code: MIRROR +X +Z 2 24 -3 0 4 3 0 4 MIRROR OFF I expect to get: 2 24 -3 0 4 3 0 4 2 24 -3 0 -4 3 0 -4 2 24 4 0 3 4 0 -3 2 24 -4 0 3 -4 0 -3 But instead, I get: 2 24 -3 0 4 3 0 4 2 24 3 0 4 -3 0 4 2 24 -3 0 -4 3 0 -4 2 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Anyone modeling the Battle Droid? [DAT]
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(...) You mean like this? The effect is subtle, look in quadrant I of the XZ plane. 0 FILE stud6.dat 0 Stud Technic For Round 2x2 Parts 0 Name: stud6.dat 0 Author: Steve Bliss 0 Unofficial Primitive 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 -6 0 1 0 6 0 0 3-4edge.DAT 1 16 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I didn't intend not to. I don't have a particular aversion to duplicate names, although I realize that other people do. (...) I suppose. Either way, I don't really like it. :( (...) <grin> Might as well just leave it as Propellor Housing. Now, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for I-DEAS?
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(...) I still have my manuals at home, I can check out the file types tonight. I wish I still had access to that package. I-DEAS blows away AutoCAD in much the same way that AutoCAD blows away MS Paint. It's just too bad the the price tag increases (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with 1-4con1.dat
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Lars: (...) It's colour 32. (...) The FAQ suggests <0.4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.9>, but I don't know how well it works. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Ideas for I-DEAS?
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(...) When I bought a used SGI Indy a while back it came with a ton of manuals and cdroms for that package. I threw most of the manuals out, and probably the cdroms too. It looked interesting but far too complex for anything I'd want to do with it. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3Lab and BFC
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(...) Woo-hoo! This is great! :):):) Now, if L3Lab would just stop GPF'ing when I close the LDAO Editor windows... (...) That's good news. (...) Nifty. (...) Arrr, you're right. (...) Cool! (...) OK, you must be back from the cottage now. Is there (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Anyone modeling the Battle Droid?
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Marc Klein <marckl@easynet.fr> wrote in message news:lonags862sa0t65...4ax.com... (...) Very nice job, Marc! The only problem I see is that the studs on top stick out from the round body. This is common for at least the Brick 2 x 2 Round and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's been a couple of years since I touched the system. Does I-DEAS have the ability to export an .STL file? There is an .STL to .DAT translator out there somewhere, I just haven't had a chance to check it out yet. -Duane (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw DAT format standard questions
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(...) The only document I'm aware of is the LDraw FAQ. There must have been something else, somewhere, because I'm sure I didn't figure it out on my own. But it might have been e-mail communication with James, or on the original L-CAD mailing list. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3dcbgs44ugldbko...4ax.com... (...) You probably didn't intend to have identical names here. (...) Wouldn't that be "Brick 2 x 2 x 2/3 w/ Propellor Housing"? The Propellor category works (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some ideas about grid mode and rotation
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(...) That would be nice, *especially* if there is a button or context-menu function to reset the orientation of a part to <1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1>. Steve (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) Alrighty. Steve (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Here are the current parts from the Propellor and Rotor categories: 4745.DAT Propellor 2 Blade 6040.DAT Propellor Housing 3480.DAT Rotor 2 Blade Helicopter Tail 2421.DAT Rotor 3 Blade 2479.DAT Rotor 4 Blade 5 Diameter And the next update is (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Ideas for I-DEAS?
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Hi guys, Is there anyone who is familiar with I-DEAS package? I-DEAS is a very nice professional CAD software with very powerful surfacing features. I've just started using it and love it. If there would be any way to convert (one of) its output (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Anyone modeling the Battle Droid?
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(...) Done. Check (URL) Klein A Mindstorms fan. (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) On second thoughts, perhaps we should add even more info? How about adding "angled blade" or some info about the number of studs on the blades, if that applies? And another thing: The 6041 has a larger diameter than 1.5, right? It must be the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) try (...) and (...) would (...) <SNIP> (...) Ha, sorry for that, but you know what MLCad did first? It was rotating the part arround it's origin. But what happened? Example: (the star is the origin) +--+ | | *--+ now rotated ... *-+ | | | | (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some ideas about grid mode and rotation
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chuck Sommerville writes: <SNIP> (...) This sounds like a realy good idea which would solve my problem with the steps when the part is rotated along the x or z axle. I believe it's not to hard to implement, so I will give it a try (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw DAT format standard questions
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney writes: <SNIP> (...) I like this idea, I would also suggest to add some .dat and .mpd files to this with pictures how the thing should look like afterwoulds so that people writing renderes and editors have something to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw DAT format standard questions
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(...) Here is how this could work: you make special curved primitives and parts that use the new syntax or whatever, and place them in special folder (e.g. p\curved,parts\curved etc) & compatible renderers use these rarther than the normal parts. (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) Steve, these Two parts I am asking to have name/statis corrections. 2485 is the bottom (or top) of the springs, can the shortcut be 2485c? and x500 is not really ready yet. i still need to do some corrections to it. Thanks in advance! T (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw DAT format standard questions
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(...) .> (...) This is an execelent idea. Something like a bicubic patch or a NERB would be the most generic and flexible. For specialized elements, I think most parts could be defined with portions of spheres and portions of cones with the radius (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw DAT format standard questions
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Hey all... Just a couple questions on the .dat file format: Is there an official document somewhere which outlines the specifics of the .dat format for people as a reference? If there isn't, it probably would be a good idea to have one. Also, I was (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Status of the OMR?
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(...) As I think about it, I can bump that up in priority, because by the time the CD-ROM is ready to be pressed (hopefully in a month or so), I'd like to be able to put some OMR models in there. I'm very busy this week though unfortunately, so (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Some ideas about grid mode and rotation
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I have been reading some threads about how far to move an object in grid mode, and how this relates to rotations, and have come to the following conclusion. Since rotation is defined by a transformation matrix, and since the rotation portion of a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) While there is a strong difference in the real world, the difference if fairly small in the LEGO world. Take 6041.dat, for example, which is, like you said, a boat propellor. But you will find this one on many "aircraft" like official (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) Like Fredrik said, you should use the origin as the rotation point for parts and other subfiles. Most parts have been written with the idea that the part would be rotated around the origin. Also, rotating subfiles on the origin allows advanced (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3P and part no 30359
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GeoMan <geoman@ars.net.gr> wrote in message news:FtB03J.35v@lugnet.com... (...) L3P seems to have a problem with the 1-4con3.dat primitive. The missing outer conic area uses the primitive, while the inner conic area was inlined and so shows up (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Cool. I'll look at the other propellors (note LDraw-spelling) and rotors to see if their names can be adjusted to match. (...) True, but what category? The differences between propellors and rotors are small (for our purposes), but the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I learned all I needed to know about this from the comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ. Try to grab it, the subject is well covered there. Fredrik (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) <SNIP> Frederik, I think I confused you, because I mixed some things up it seems... I will check the thing with my rotations in MLCad maybe you are right and I don't rotate anlong the origin of the part ... at least that's the feeling I get (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) I don't understand this. What if the user wants to rotate by something which isn't a multiple of 90°? Say, 30°? If the rotation point is off by one (or even a half) stud, it isn't going to work to offset the part afterwards. Unless you offset (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Sounds good to me! (...) I think they should be combined. We don't have that many propellers/rotors anyway. Besides, it is probably better to put them in the same category, as the user will spend less time searching for individual parts. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) I believe the problem is not the rotation point itself if the center for rotations is set to a stud or between two studs every thing would work fine, since the default step width of MLCad is halve a stud. So after rotating you can place it (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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(...) about this trick. Michael (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) How about the following name-changes: 6041.DAT Propeller 3 Blade 1.5 Diameter 4617.DAT Propeller 3 Blade 5.5 Diameter The only other information morphological information would be connection-type, but I don't see a strong need for that. Here's (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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