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(...) Hmm, I see your point. Except that the desired orientation of a subfile may be known before that subfile is certified. Here's a (somewhat contrived) example: we've discussed defining the standard orientation of all primitive files to be (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Could you please inform me about it? We still don't have the real copy yet (still waiting for the license and the package to be posted us, while playing around with the initial educational copy so no manuals yet) By the way, your analogy for (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sorry for the delay on the MOTM May vote. While trying to assemble the page for it I received an entry with a link to an image. That site is down right now and I'm waiting for the entry to be emailed to me. When that is done I'll add the voting (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) I haven't experienced any crashes lately, can you describe in detail what you do, so I can recreate the situation. Did the previous L3Lab crash too? (...) Sorry not yet, I first have to get the polling menu fully (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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, (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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) > -- ---...--- (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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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. (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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 (...) (24 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 (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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. (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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. (24 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 (...) (24 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 ... *-+ | | | | (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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. (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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 (...) (24 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. (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Syntax error in official part 754.dat?
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(...) The 'strange' syntax will be fixed. Those lines will be deleted. Steve (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ... (...) which (...) If you create a shortcut for L3P (and start _that_ from MLCAD), you can set the 'Close Window on Exit' flag in the shortcut. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) The problem with such a thing would be that many parts have _many_ natural rotation points. Take, for example a simple thing as a 1×n plate. A user may very well want to rotate it by any of the studs, depending on how it is connected to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi to all, since I played arround with MLCad the last couple of days to test it, I realy learned there is a mess with the rotations. MLCad currently try to rotate the part by its absolute center which sometimes works and sometimes not. So I feel I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes: <SNIP> Thank you steve! Over the week-end I had more time, and found exactly the same way, just in C++. But (how should it be different) there is another problem ... This works fine for pov-ray, with L3P this (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Syntax error in official part 754.dat?
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(...) It is? Do you mean that the "strange" comment syntax I pointed out will be fixed? Or will you fix something else also? Fredrik (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: the parts 754.dat and 756.dat in the 8.5L hose
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(...) Thanks for your effort! I would be happy if you find the time to process it some time, be it before or after the next update. Fredrik (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hunt for missing primitives
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(...) migth (...) Thanks gentlemen, the fresh download helped a lot :-) Ampi ---...--- Imre Papp Geometria GIS Systems House email: ipapp@geometria.hu ---...--- (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of the OMR?
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(...) Can you finish this ASAP, so that people can start preparing their sets for the OMR? I would help but on something like this people probobly wouldnt value my input. (...) What is hte problem with the storage? (...) I can help if you tell me (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The OMR is on the back burner right now, becuase of 3 reasons: I haven't finished the guide to OMR submissions There is no real standard for storage, though it has been discussed a perfect solution has not been thought of I am really busy and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldglite is now homeless
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(...) Even without the CVS sourceforge is a much more appropriate place for ldglite than geocities. I could always open up a zip/tar/gz hosting section in brickshelf, but then again, sourceforge would still be a much more appropriate place for it. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) My mistake. It is the 3 point crystal that is being voted on. (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hunt for missing primitives
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(...) after (...) Steve memory is excelent, he has drawn the complete picture. My brand new computer(1)didn't have Ldraw on it jet, and I've just tested the Ldraw.exe and Complete.exe downloads on it. The 3 primitives BOX4-1.DAT, BOX4-4A.DAT and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I never said that CVS is a bad thing, it allows you to retrieve the source code for specific versions and have a backup in another place besides floppy disks. :) But it's not very useful if you're working alone. (...) I used to update the CVS (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Smoke-Clear color code
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(...) According to my understanding of the color codes, this would be "40" (that is, 8 for Dark-Grey, plus 32 for transparency). Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 20-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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(...) I believe that's why I have drawn "overdraw3.png" ! ;) (...) Damn, I missed that one, but just need to split the pentagon into a quad and a triangle. (...) As I said, the disc as only 8 slices to simplify, with the regular 16 you would save (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Hunt for missing primitives
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Imre, If I remember correctly, the 'BOX4_1.DAT' errors were noticed very shortly after the 98-07 update was released, and Terry replaced that update with a fixed version. I just downloaded LCAD9807.EXE and COMPLETE.EXE from www.ldraw.org, and both (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) No, it isn't. The color-16 version is also in the backlog: (...) Steve (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: the parts 754.dat and 756.dat in the 8.5L hose
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(...) That's correct. As long as I think it's ok, it goes into the update. I saw your message in my partsref inbox, but I haven't processed it yet. Steve (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've looked at your files, and they seem to be OK. But it was a manual review, I didn't calculate the determinants of the transform reference matrices. At this point, it looks like a bug in the MLCad code. We'll have to wait to see if Michael (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hunt for missing primitives
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(...) I don't think I have this one... (...) I *do* have these. In fact, I used box4_1.dat yesterday...should I have called it something different? (...) This isn't a good solution, as the problem probably exists on many machines using LDraw... (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldglite is now homeless
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(...) I have to disagree with you. I think a CVS repository on the internet will be a big help for me. I need a revision control system anyways to keep myself organized, even if nobody else uses it. Having it on the internet is a bonus since I can (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I moved my pages from Geocities a long time ago but I kept some files there to redirect users to my new page and to be a mirror site. And CVS is only good if you have more people helping you, to me it didn't help much. :) Leonardo (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi all, Reviewing the new parts of the Vote 2000-1 I noticed that some primitives are missing from my machine. e.g. 'box4-1.dat' I reinstalled 'ldraw.exe' and all James' and Terry's updates, but this primitive wasn't there. However, 'lcad9807.exe' (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I already replied with an apology, but I think I'm going to give the sourceforge a try. I think CVS will help me organize things a bit. Plus I had plenty of problems connecting to geocities when I wanted to update the site there. Don (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I was thinking the same thing. I already registered the project there and am currently waiting for the project to be approved. I can't wait to get access to the CVS. That's gonna make things soo much simpler. Don (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I got the same message a while ago, if you reply and say that you'll behave they will reopen your account. Leonardo (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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What is the current status of the OMR? How close it is to going live? What is the delay with it? (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) AFAIK steve this should go in update 2000-01, because the normal color #16 version is. (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Subparts for Black Falcon and Wolfpack Patterns ?
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(...) So this means that even if I had redone the torsos then they would have been wrong? (...) AFAIK yes. (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Help Desk/Reference
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(...) You are remembering right, but the help desk is not included in the under development area. In that area lies some basic parts tutorial information which needs to be edited into a formal tutorial, as well as my OMR guide stuff which needs to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldglite is now homeless
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(...) Why don't you set up an account at (URL) ? KL (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ldglite is now homeless
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(...) Apparently the quick links to the latest zip files that I published in lugnet violated the geocities Terms Of Service by bypassing the homepage with the advertisements (or something like that). Oops! Don (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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(...) There are a couple of ways around this. One is to write all the POV-Ray commands to a .BAT file, using the START command with its /WAIT option. After compiling all the needed files, run the .BAT file. Another way is to launch POV-Ray, then put (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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As requested, here is a list of part-files which are in the queue for the 2000-02 update. These are files which were intended for 2000-01, but I either didn't have a chance to review them, or there was some hold-up in the process. Files which were (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: open source & inventory ?
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unfortunately, both sites seem to be no longer available. :-( (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Hmm. There's a couple of problems with your examples. In overdraw2.png, you are having the quad intersect the circle exactly at two vertices. If the quad was a bit narrower, you would need to split the two original triangles, retaining the (...) (24 years ago, 19-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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(...) No, it's a good thing to have a program to identify these things. Even though edges-only primitives can't be BFC'ed, I'm guessing there could be other advantages to avoiding singular matrices, and few disadvantages. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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(...) OK, that sounds reasonable -- it's something that a clean-up program could look for, even though it's not practical for a rendering program to do the same. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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(...) Whew! Only one of those files is mine! :\ (...) True. (...) I don't think that's necessary. If a subfile is not certified, then the renderer will not apply BFC processing to the subfile. Besides, if having all subfiles certified was a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Smoke-Clear color code (was: Problem with 1-4con1.dat)
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(...) I don't think there is a sanctioned color-code yet ... checking ... checking ... nope, nothing in the color table in the FAQ. Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Unless someone complains otherwise, the proper LDraw color-code for 'smoked-transparent', AKA (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: next ldraw part update, space/minifig accessories?
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hi steve, and thanks for the response. i've been watching the voting thread. in your original announcement you said it would be a "fairly small update" of parts but that is one jam-packed update of great stuff! big thanks to you and all of the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: what is legos official view of ldraw?
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(...) I'd say it would be ok even then, imo. (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Help Desk/Reference
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Tim, I thought you once mentioned an 'under development' area on ldraw.org. Does this area exist, or am I mis-remembering? Steve (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: next ldraw part update, space/minifig accessories?
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(...) Yes. :) (...) At some point, the parts in the Castle, Town, and Space categories need to be reorganized, moved to other categories. Generally, the theme-based groups make parts harder to find. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Syntax error in official part 754.dat?
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(...) There was a discussion about this awhile ago. Since LDraw will interpret these lines as subfile commands, the lines are syntactically correct. Badly formed, but not invalid. And 754.dat is getting fixed in the 2000-01 update! Steve (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Syntax error in official part 754.dat?
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Hi, I just noticed that L3Lab interpreted the following lines as real lines, not as comments: 01 16 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ring3.dat 01 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ring3.dat I sent a mail to Lars to notify him of this small "bug", but then it (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Subparts for Black Falcon and Wolfpack Patterns ?
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(...) errors. (...) common (...) these (...) let (...) Having now looked in more detail at the torsos, I will probably modify this proposal. On the torsos the _shield_ is a very different shape and scale to the shield part. The actual wolf and black (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is legos official view of ldraw?
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(...) I get ya. It is ok to make any lego part untill or unless TLG says otherwise. (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: the parts 754.dat and 756.dat in the 8.5L hose
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(...) Thanks for clearing that up! In that case, I'll submit the 756.dat I just posted to lugnet.cad.dat.parts to Steve Bliss. Since it is an improvement of an existing part, it shouldn't require a vote, right? Fredrik (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: the parts 754.dat and 756.dat in the 8.5L hose
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrd7lduwl4w.fsf....uio.no... (...) I updated the 754.dat to make it more realistic, but obviously failed to do so for 756. Feel free to improve the 756.dat! -John Van (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is legos official view of ldraw?
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(...) AFAIK, TLG hasn't said anything officially regarding LDraw or its parts libraries. I believe LDraw as a freeware program is well within its rights to contain SW elements as well. They aren't making official statements about it (IMO) because (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I meant to say "no point _for_me_ to discuss anymore". Sorry for sounding harsh. (...) I still don't agree. But as I said (or rather meant to say, English isn't my primary language, so I sometimes goof) we probably don't need to discuss this (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I only used eight, to simplify the drawing, which was made by hand. (...) All I say is that the benefits from it overweight the extra effort. (...) Correct, Can't argue with that ! But this problem surfaces, due to the intrinsic polygonized (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with 1-4con1.dat
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(...) I am using the color definitions from Anton's Lego library and these are the closest to real Lego colors i have seen. The only exception is black and transparent black that should be <0.2,0.2,0.2> Georg (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | what is legos official view of ldraw?
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What is the official view of lego on the ldraw rendering program and parts library? Does TLG have anything to say about the library? Is there anything that TLG would like us not to make and put into the library (e.g. some of the "star wars (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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