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(...) I agree that it can be useful to have larger, less frequent updates, and I wasn't trying to suggest that we stop publishing the files in that way. What I was trying to say is this: as things are right now, all part-changes are released at the (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Library Posted to ldraw.org
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(...) I'm going to do that. (...) Terry Keller is working on cleaning up the original LDraw distribution. He is adding LCad-style headers to all of the parts and primitives. They will look similar to this: 0 Brick 2 x 4 0 Name: 3001.dat 0 Author: (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I really think that someone should contact the family about this. One thing we could do to make sure James is recognized for his efforts is to add the correct Author: tags to all the files. We could also include credits in a readme file (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hey, great idea! Having just entered LDLite into the www.sourceforge.net archive, I think CVS would be a good way to distribute and update parts files. It sure would be easier to make sure everything was up to date, and would make a nice clean way (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) There is however spomthing to be siad for having monolithic updates in that ensure consitency of part updates. Additonaly not all of us have acess to the Net on a regular basis. I understand what you are getting at but after I have spent 5 (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Good catch--I was making assumptions. I really wish the discussion you fired off a few months ago had gone through to completion. BUT, take a look at (URL). It plainly states that the terms around the original LDraw package: (...) The original (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) How do you know that? I've never seen any formal terms of use statement for the community created part files. With this lacking, wouldn't it be natural for parts authors to assume that submitted parts follow the same terms of use as the (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: reminder: bug in piece #2500c01
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----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> To: <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 7:23 AM Subject: Re: reminder: bug in piece #2500c01 (...) primitive? (...) I sent a fix to Terry a long time ago (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good point. I will check into this. In the meantime, don't anyone plan anything permanent around this function. If this is a problem, it would only apply to the parts in the original LDraw file library, not to additional work done by LCadders. (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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It is probably a good idea to serve parts directly from ldraw.org like this. However, I would like to know if this is consistent with the terms of use for the LDraw parts library. Specifically, I seem to remember from previous discussions that James (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Parts Library Posted to ldraw.org
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There has been some talk about serving LDraw parts directly from ldraw.org, mostly to allow rendering programs to fetch part-files over the internet. To get a start on such a service, the parts library has been made available via http (it's not (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw CD-ROM - Another Update
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Here's just an update since my last post here. We'll be adding these items to the CD: MLCAD Blockcad Povray (for various OS's, plus libraries) James' Models Ben Whytcross's Database Project (sample) (now all of you can stop emailing me and telling (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: Spring2dat an utility tool to create shock absorber springs
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(...) Hello Marc, Nice work. Would it be a good idea to extend your program in such a way that it is able to generate complete shortcuts for the different parts that contain a spring coil ? I imagine you could pick what type of part you want, and (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) WOW! How can you come up with all those shock absorber parts in such a short space of time. Your spring2dat tools looks like it would work for the pneumatic pump cylinders, which also have springs of this nature. Now finally I can delete the (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I have developped a new utility tool to help creating springs for shock absorber. It is specially usefull for springs that are outside the part like the 2909 Technic Big Shock absorber. The program is available here (URL) Klein A Mindstorms fan. (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw on Mac (Off Topic)
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(...) Unfortunately VPC is rather processor-intensive. I have a G3 Powerbook 266 and Windows 98 runs pretty dern slow. However it is liveable and I have also ran VPC on my Performa 6400/200 at about 486 speeds. Good luck! (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) What type of Mac do you have? I hope that VPC isn't too processor-intensive or anything, because I'm running on an older PowerBase 240. Thanks a lot for the help, though! I hope to install VPC either today or tomorrow. Sonny (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: reminder: bug in piece #2500c01
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(...) It should be 4-4con1.dat. I will make sure this is fixed. In the next update. (...) I haven't seen l3lab complain about 2-4edge. L3lab certainly doesn't like s\973s01.dat, the blank subpart for the minifig torso, because the printed rectangle (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw CD-ROM Update
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Hi, (...) It seems MLCad is missing in the list ... (...) Ciao, Joachim (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | reminder: bug in piece #2500c01
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I'd like to take this opportunity to note a persistent, unfixed bug: piece 2500c01.dat has a reference to 4-4cone1.dat, which doesn't exist. now, we have two seperate '4-4cone' primitives: 4-4con1.dat (originally 4-4con12.dat, renamed in august 99) (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can take any of my mocs modeled by LeoCAD from LeoCAD gallery page. They are in LeoCAD format but I can export them in Ldraw format if you want. Selçuk (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Now, that's strange. Anyway, it doesn't matter too much where you put it as long as it works and you don't have multiple copies of it. The latter would mess things up if you upgrade LDraw-mode. (...) This statement says that you want to colour (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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Fredrik: First of all, thanks for the help! (...) Earlier, I went through some of the "tutorial" that comes with emacs. I think I have the gist of how it works... (...) Heh, problem is I'm used to the Windows shortcuts for everything. (...) Hmm, (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | LCad Parts Update 2000-01 Now Available
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[FUT lugnet.cad] The LCad parts update 2000-01 is now available from ldraw.org. The first update for 2000 has arrived. Finally. :) Get it at (URL). Full details are available there. Steve (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce) !
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(...) Sure! The instructions on the web page are written for people who have some experience with Emacs already. This is not done to scare off people who are new to Emacs, but because I'm lazy and because I wasn't expecting people who are not into (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) experience with emacs whatsoever, I don't even know where to begin (how to I byte-compile ldraw-mode, for example?). Could you give me some advice? TIA, --Bram Bram Lambrecht.........Br...L@JUNO.com (URL) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Tim Courtney skrev i meddelandet <3914f579.14098842@l...et.com>... (...) Careful there! Including POVRay on the CD forces you to follow their price policy: "the total cost to the user is no more than $0.08 U.S. dollars per megabyte of data", or you (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Tim Courtney skrev i meddelandet <3914f579.14098842@l...et.com>... (...) You can get many examples of simple models by exporting the BlockCAD models as .dat files. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Tim Courtney skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Of course you're welcome to put BlockCAD on the LDRAW CD! No strings attached. BlockCAD is already available on CD from many sources (CD-magazines, educational etc.), but the LDRAW CD is a most welcome (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) When you say L2P, I suppose you've also included LGEO? I think L2P would be somewhat useless without the LGEO library... Other than that, you may include LDraw-mode, but I suppose there is only very narrow interest in that program, so it's not (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Here are some more things to look at: the hoser spreadsheet l3pao ldrawscript max2dat rotate.xls the datsville project (the .mpd file would be a good place to start) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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MLCad & PovRay! Michael Tim Courtney wrote in message <3914bd27.34219890@l...et.com>... (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Got MLCad, and thanks for reminding me to add Povray. (...) Check (just forgot to mention these) (...) Check (forgot these as well) (...) We'll get there... -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> schreef in berichtnieuws 3914bd27.34219890@lugnet.com... (...) MLcad Povray tutorials source codes and an awful lot of examples (like official lego sets,..) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hmm...somehow those got missed. I know we have permission on MLCad, but not sure on BlockCAD. Thanks. -Tim (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) What about MLCAD and BlockCAD? --Bram (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw CD-ROM Update
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Greetings I've been discussing LDraw CD-ROM issues with Don Heyse, Stephen Bissell, and Steve Bliss over the past couple weeks. Don just sent me a master CD-R in the mail of what we have so far. As of now, install files and HTML pages need to be (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.datfest) !
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| | Re: LDraw extended colors (for Paul Gyugyi)
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(...) I just now noticed the thread. (Thanks for the email). I'll add support for the 24-bit range, it is a good idea. I'll look into the documentation bug. The code is correct and I'll change the docs to match. For the scaling, multiplying by 17 (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | L-Draw for RISC-OS?
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Hi was wonering if anybody was working on a version of the folowing for RISCOS? L-Draw Engine (Prefer nice texturing in L3Lab). ML-CAD(But would prefer something like BlockCAD) LDS ( To ease part construction?)- RISC-OS is the operating system used (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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