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this link seems to be broken: (URL) shown on the lugnet.cad.parts page: (URL) ) Didn't the parts tracker move to here: (URL) one is what the ldraw.org site links to. I wanted to see if some parts were being worked. ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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Franklin W. Cain skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Shouldn't that be: Minifig Gun Musket Pirate Minifig Gun Pistol Pirate Minifig Gun Revolver WW Minifig Gun Pistol WW to push the theme dependency to the least significant end? (Is WW an accepted (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) [sigh]... You've got a point. "modern" w/ respect to History != "modern" in mundane usage (...) Sorry, but once again, this opens up confusion. Which one of these is the pirate pistol? Which one is the pirate long-gun? (You see, not all (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Just as a casual LDraw user, I appreciate the effort to disambiguate the names by including "Archaic" vs. "Modern," but then again it wouldn't be obvious to me what "Archaic" meant and what "Modern" meant. If "Modern" applied to the Wild West (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | A little program I wrote
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I was looking through some old programs I've written or was working on and I came across my dat converter, basically it let you just copy the entire message from a newsgroup posting of the dat file and then it would either strip away all the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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Ok I do not have a problem with http ... so as it looks we are going to use http with some informational files ... just for my understanding ... what the matter with ldraw.org and ftp ? Have I missed something ? Michael Steve Bliss (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: eliminating polygons?
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(...) Thanks! I guess I'll have to get pretty involved in the in-to's and out's of part- making. I'm kind of lazy. I thought there might be an easy way of doing it. Anyway, I shouldn't infringe on the LDraw organization, since they're their parts, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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(...) We can always either: a. Enable directory listings for the appropriate directories. b. Supply a parts.dir file, containing the directory listing. BTW, unless something radical changes with the current situation, FTP is the wrong way to go for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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Yes I know, with Win32 it's easy no matter if it's http or ftp, but is it also under Unix? I would like to keep the source as portable as possible. In general it doesn't depend on the protocol, but getting directory listings from ftp servers is (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Command (1)
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Ok unless my new parsing-routine is ready I will replace the spaces by underlines as a work-arround since I found out the real problem is the space in the file-name. MLCad stops after reading the first word ... has the halfe file-name and cries that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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(...) There's a zip library at ftp.cdrom.com that is capable of extracting files (doh !) and has an example for creating a win32 program. I forgot the name but it should be very easy to find. (...) If you're going to do a win32 program then you can (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) Yes, this should be perfectly appropriate. Perl would be a good tool to do this. Of course, it makes more sense to do this conversion in L3P to start with... If we can persuade Lars to do it! On the other hand, I don't like using POV-Ray to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Command (1)
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(...) Absolutly! I couldn't agre more! -Chuck (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Great to see someone is in sink with me ! I have been planning this for a while too ! (...) I was thinking more on the line of an update for the Oficial DATs, but this can be easilly extended if a config file for each program/library can be (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Command (1)
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(...) I personally am agaist this ! DAT/MPD files SHOULD be Compatible (NOT MUST BE), because people may have no desire to keep it's compatibility, it's a choice up to the user. This offcourse is only related with peoples models, NOT oficial parts, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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Hy, after exchanging some mails with Tim Courtney, I'm planing to write a generic download-utility for LDraw/LEdit stuff. The basic idea behind is to have a utility which can be used to download a specific program and/or the part libraries. Also an (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) I've simply used the POV-Ray 3.1 manual, which has a tutorial on most major features, and a nice reference. It can be gotten from (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Category Statement
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But this also tells me that I will wait before implementing anything regarding this topic! Michael Manfred Moolhuysen <moom@nospamchello.nl> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: FxJL77.4oo@lugnet.com... (...) basis (...) instructions. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Ok, thanks - than I will restrict the possible file-names when entering for mpd to 8.3 notation to be compatible. Michael Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: i06pms8b3fjj71uns1jo...4ax.com... (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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(...) Which wouldn't explain an arquebus, the muzzle-loading precursor to the musket. I believe the difference between the two when both were used was that the musket had a longer barrel and fired a heavier ball (armor could be "proof" against an (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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(...) Not all muskets have a belled muzzle. Civil War era muskets were non-belled, making them much more accurate. I believe "musket" refers to muzzle loading, as a butt loading rifle was known as a carbine. Sorry, I'm a stickler for history. -John (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Live from Kidvention!!
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Hello everyone! I'm posting to you live from our LDraw and GMLTC train layout display at Legoland California for the Lego Maniac Kidvention. We're having a blast here with the displays talking to people and informing them about the online Lego (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.legoland) !
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) The main file for, say, SKETCH.DAT, shows up as a union block named sketch_dot_dat. I suppose that a post-l3p tool could just read in the POV output file and parse this union and insert the clock-checking logic. The same tool could also spit (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) Yeah, and the docs aren't the best, either. Do you know of any decent tutorials for the 3.1 language? Online or book would be great, but all I've seen is stuff for 3.0... Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) Yeah, you got it! I used the POV-Ray clock to make an animation a year ago, so I learned a bit about it. I'm sure you've all seen it before: (URL) I get the time, I'm planning to make another animation, but don't hold your breath! ;-) (...) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) I suppose some of you may want to try this out, so do something like this with your POV-Ray file, as generated by L3P. Identify the portion of the file where the "0 STEP" lines are present and add #if and #end statements like this: // [DAT (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) Selective rendering of parts based upon the animation clock value or something like that? Cool, I didn't know POVRay could do that. Is it a preprocessor macro thingy, or something else? I was thinking, however, more along the lines of being (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) It is much more sane to use POV-Ray's animation system to do this automatically. That way, you could issue one POV-Ray command and render all the instruction steps in one run, using only one POV-file. I have suggested this to Lars C Hassing, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) Sweet! Since POV renderings take a while, and that you'd need a POV for each step anyway, I'm wondering if all the L3P output could be saved, e.g. STEP0001.POV, STEP0002.POV, etc. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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(...) Hmm. Possibly. I thought a "musket" was a gun with a belled/flared muzzle (among other characteristics). Typical usage is for long-barrelled weapons. (...) I guess I'd be OK with that. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) Actually, it shouldn't take much change to LDAO. Just an additional loop to spit out a DAT file for each step, then use L3P to translate it, and POV-Ray to render it. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Command (1)
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(...) Like Rui said, LDraw only uses 8.3, and other programs (and part authors) should do the same. *Especially* for part-files. (...) Yes. Also, either format allows the inclusion of path information as part of the file name. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Partial list of parts for 2000-02 Update
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(...) Yep. (...) A. Because the barrel is a legitimate and common point for minifig to grip their muskets. B. Because it's a more standard orientation than going for the "grip". Maybe I forgot, but I meant to also ask you to insert a comment-line, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Command (1)
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(...) As far as I know, they should be compatible with Ldraw, which means compatible with DOS or more preciselly filenames must have a name like "8.3" ie, 8 characters for name, and 3 for the extension. Besides this, you can also use regular DOS (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Part Command (1)
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How should the file name in the part command be handled? Should it be one word only (e.g. xyz.dat) or can it included spaces (e.g. Special Part.dat)? Is this handling the same for dat and mpd files? Michael (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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(...) What would be better is if there were a utility to help automate POVRAY rendering of MOC instruction books, kinda like what LDraw Add-On does for LDLite instruction renderings. Steve, do you know how much change LDAO would need in order to do (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Category Statement
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(...) By all means! I was secretly hoping that my questions would lead to such a type of action. Feel free to rearange them into a clear set of instructions. You've earned my gratitude again, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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(...) Isn't "Musket Pistol" an oxymoron? Why not just name them Minifig Flintlock Pistol Minifig Flintlock Musket Minifig Revolver eric (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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(...) I'm fairly happy with keeping the names short, and introducing longer names when (if) it becomes necessary. Minifig Revolver is (currently) clear Minifig Rifle is clear Minifig Musket is not clear So Minifig Musket Longarm (or whatever other (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Partial list of parts for 2000-02 Update
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(...) No need. Now that I've gotten LDAO installed correctly (KNOCK ON WOOD), I can take care of the musket myself. It'll take a day or so, I'm foguring. Thanks, though. BTW: IIRC, you asked that I re-orient the musket so that the *barrel* is the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Category Statement
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Manfred Moolhuysen wrote: Moving this one to the top: (...) CATEGORY provides a method to place all parts in a comprehensive classification system. KEYWORDS provides a method to associate potential search-terms with a part. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Partial list of parts for 2000-02 Update
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(...) Sorry about the employment thing. I know what its like to be fired. If you want, I can reorient the longarm musket part. I'll do it the same way you would - with LDAO. Steve (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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(...) *either* the "Pirate Musket Pistol" *or* the "Wild West Pistol Revolver"... You *don't* know for *certain* just by looking at that name... (Continued below.) (...) By using "modern" and "archaic", there would be *no* ambiguity: an *archaic* (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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How about just minifig gun musket minifig gun pistol minifig gun revolver and minifig gun rifle (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | question on naming - pirate guns vs. modern guns
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OK, I've done DAT files for three of the four firearms that LegoCo produces for Lego minifigs (the pirate pistol, the pirate musket, and the wild west revolver), and I still have questions on how we should name these weapons. Both the wild west guns (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Partial list of parts for 2000-02 Update
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(...) Yeah, about that... I had LDAO loaded on my PC at the office. I just recently got internet access at home. Having been fired recently -- and thus no more access to my work PC with all the other programs loaded -- I've been uploading programs, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Partial list of parts for 2000-02 Update
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(...) Fair enough. I did only completely change the name. BTW, the word "Accessory" shouldn't be there. It should just be X59.DAT Minifig Sword Large (...) Not exactly, but that's a part of the big picture. Basically, the theme-based categories (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ldraw.org Vinyl Banner Arrived! :)
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Hey everybody... The vinyl banner for the ldraw.org Kidvention display just arrived, and it looks GREAT! :) Its something that we can keep around for a long time and reuse at future events - and I'm very happy with what we got. I'd like to take the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [somewhat of Topic] Connecting an Arm to a Gear [DAT]
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Since none replyed, maybe you didn't get the ideia ! So, here is my best setup so far, does anyone have any other usefull setup. 0 Untitled 0 Name: Arm.dat 1 0 0 -46 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 32073.DAT 1 7 0 -46 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3648.DAT 1 0 0 -36 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Category Statement
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(...) In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes: (...) I would like to add those headers to my part files. I remember I've asked this before, I did get an answer back then, but it wasn't very clear to me. I discontinued the thread, because I didn't have (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Category Statement
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I thought about a new feature in MLCad where the user can define his own groups to be show in the part preview and in the part tree. Each group will have a certain rule (search criteria) which assigns parts to this groups. The part assignment is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Partial list of parts for 2000-02 Update
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(...) I have a beef with this. The NAME I gave this was "Castle Greatsword" (not "Minifig Accessory Sword Large"). Now, if I understand correctly, you want to eventually migrate all minifig accessories *away* from the "Castle" (and "Pirate") (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Parts Category: Cockpit
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(...) Does anyone else see things the same way as Jonathan does? It's not what I had been thinking, but Cockpit could be defined to include both the base parts and the canopy parts. The only thing is this: Windscreen is a fairly cleanly- defined (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Parts Category: Cockpit
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Talking about the subject summarized at: (...) I think canopy pieces should probably stay in the Windscreen group. I can see putting the Space Nose and Space Cabin Base pieces in a Cockpit group. There's not really any other place to stick them, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Category Statement
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(...) I'd say there are no plans to add statements for all part files. The 'default value' for category is the first word in the partname. Since, 3001.dat doesn't have a 0 CATEGORY statement, its category comes from the part name, and the category (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Speaking of colors...
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(...) Silver looks more like brushed aluminum. (...) I think so -- it appears that the new silver is actually the color of the plastic, not a post-molding layer that's plated onto the parts. (...) suggestions being trans-black, 32, or trans-dark (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Category Statement
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I thought about making use of the category statement in MLCad. This would have allowed to group the parts by category rather than by name or something else .... ... but I did a quick check on the parts and found out that only arround 5% of the parts (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Speaking of colors...
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(...) I think it makes sense to use a special code for rubber, and 256 sounds like a good choice. (...) Let's see. In LDraw, if dithered color K is constructed out of solid colors I and J as 256 + I * 16 + J, I believe the edge-color of K will be (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Speaking of colors...
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Color 256 for Black Rubber was suggested by John VanZwieten one year ago, see eg. (URL) haven't received any suggestions for the POV setting for rubber, so I just turned off reflection. I announced the special treatment of color 256 three weeks ago: (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Speaking of colors...
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I noticed that the m6596a.dat file which comes with the new version of L3Lab uses color 256 (black + black) for the tires. These apparently display in L3Lab with a black edge color. In addition, Lars' renderings of this model on his L3P page appear (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Parts Category: Cockpit
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parts which I think should go into cockpit: 30299 6058 2337 2483 2620 30372 30384 4474 6084 6085 2507 and mabie 30037 551 2418 2443 2598 basicly I see the cockpit catogory as a place for those parts that are used as cockpits/canopies/etc (because I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Parts Category: Cockpit
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(...) Hello, This is a very good idea, I'm for it. On the web page referenced above, Here's how I see it, Parts that should go into the 'cockpit' aka canopy? group. 4597, 2336, 6084, 2507 octagonal "canopy" type pieces 2408 - Panel 10 x 6 x 11 2409 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New Parts Category: Cockpit
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This is for everyone who considers themselves to be an L-CAD'er. Two of the parts submitted for the next parts update are particularly hard to categorize. These are the large cockpit base from the Rock Raiders, and the windscreen base from Aquazone. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Whats the color # for "silver"
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(...) Maybe, but LDraw renderers typically aren't sophisticated enough to render a chromed surface, so the only possible differences are in the color. If you take away the shiny/reflective nature of the chromed parts, I think the color would be very (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [somewhat of Topic] Connecting an Arm to a Gear
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I would like to ask you guys, for your setup for connecting an arm (or whatever is similar to a robot arm) into a 24 tooth Gear. I'm searching especially for the smaller/sturdiest setup. Just have to take into account that the Gear is attached to an (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Whats the color # for "silver"
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(...) Right now (IIRC), L2P and L3P convert both 503 and 383 to chrome silver. I've used both color codes in my DAT files... (...) But since the colors look the same in LDraw/LEdit, this might cause some confusion. (...) I haven't seen the new (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Whats the color # for "silver"
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(...) Good question. This should have a different color code than the chrome silver (which is 383). 503 looks the same as 383, because it's dithered from the same colors (white and light gray). But with a different color code, it would be easy for (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Whats the color # for "silver"
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(...) Do you mean the LDraw colour? I think you'll find that answer to that in the LDraw FAQ. (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Whats the color # for "silver"
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As found on the hubs for the yellow race car and also on the new silver race car. (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: July MOTM
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(...) Yep :) (...) I finished correcting those errors, as well as some silly ones on the main MOTM page. I did that at 2am in a frantic hurry to get it out of the way, because I had a ton of stuff to do. Anyways....tonight it looks like 4h 45min (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: July MOTM
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(...) Nice Model ! Also, Noticed that the May and June 2000 links are incorrect at: (URL) they link to : (URL) they should link to : (URL) ya Rui Martins (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | July MOTM
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Hey everyone... You may have noticed this month's MOTM didn't have a vote. I ended up totally forgetting about it until too late. But, luckily there was only one submission this month, and might I add well deserving of this title. Here's Ryan (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Is anyone using my ldraw circle creator?
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Is anyone using my ldraw circle creator for anything? Is the any point doing more work on it? (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The parts tracker
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(...) Tore Eriksson has set up a temporary parts tracker, linked to from www.ldraw.org. We are considering having one written for ldraw.org and hosted there, so it is being taken care of. If you'd like to help us out, email Jacob Sparre Andersen at (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The parts tracker
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I am very much interested in a parts and set tracker being set up again. I did a serch for free web space with CGI at the search engine Google. (URL) thing you can find some good resources in this list. -Chuck (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) True, but having that functionality shouldn't be used as an excuse for not making a thoughtful design for the mappings in the first place. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) When I first tried LDraw, this was the results: (URL) When I saw how messed up it was, I just kind of gave up until I found MLCAD. Alan (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) the (...) menu. (...) Or even better do the short cut keys like Autocad where the user can customize which keys are assocated with what commands. (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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For true newbie-focusism, one of the first questions the site should answer is: "What do I need to do so I can just view LDraw models from the Web?". Steve (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hmm. Sounds like each command-keystroke should be duplicated, so there can be a set of left-hand keys, and a set of right-hand keys. That way, no matter which hand we mouse with, we can touch-type the command-keys! :) And no, I'm not *exactly* (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) A good idea. It won't be ready (read explanation below), but with sentiments I get from TLC, its their park and they probably don't want it sold *there.* That's how I feel at least. That doesn't go to say they're against the CD-ROM, either. If (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) buy (...) Ever since I got the LEGOLAND flyer in the mail two or three days ago and read about this Swap & Brag, I've been thinking THIS might be the answer as to where the LDRAW CD could be sold. What about it? If it can't be sold in the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Try dropping the 'old' and maybe even 'DOS'. Heck, replace 'old DOS' with 'LEdit'. If you didn't mean LEdit specifically, then 'DOS's Command Line' would be another possibility. Steve (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Interestingly enough, that is. I added the (r) symbols on LEGO and LEGO logo, and sent it off to the printer to add to the sign. The text will be 3/8" tall baseline to top, centered at the very bottom. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hmm, that sounds less negative to me, but since it still focuses on the negative aspects of the "old DOS interface" (which I actually think are positives rather than negatives -- go keyboard!), it seems like more of a 60 or 90 degree turn than (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Wow, is that the exact text sent to you? I'm surprised to see "LEGO Group" there after the name change last year. (...) Wow! :) --Todd (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad)
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(...) with (...) I guess I'm throw in my 2cents also. I think there can be a good middle area with use of the keyboard and pointing device. I know back when I was doing AutoCAD and 3D Studio work (in the pre-windows era) that I was the most efficent (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) And none taken. I use too many different pieces of software to be more than a beginning level user in a lot of them. Not because I don't use them over and over, but because I have too much stuff to remember. What scares me is that I'm starting (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Not speaking for Frederik, but I think it's simply a matter of levels of expertise. It's not necessarily true that the old DOS interface is more difficult or bothersome, but that it appeals more to an expert user. Conversely, the MLCad UI (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I've talked to a few people recently who do that, and I didn't realize actually how many of them there were. (...) Ok. (...) Would a more suitable phrase be 'Do you find the old DOS interface difficult to use, and would like to see something (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes. (...) Yep. That's the concensus which I gather from this thread - it needs a good balance between the new and the original, for both types of users. (...) Yeah. After Kidvention, when I start doing some changes to the site, I will (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yep. (...) :) (...) It will eventually make its way to the site. Pretty soon, as we work out some cleaning up of the smaller, thicker wireframe image for that purpose. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events)
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(...) I was happy to contribute.. I feel guilty that I haven't been more active in the LUGNET world for the last few months... I haven't had the time to author elements or help in discussions guiding the course of our CAD future, so this is the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad)
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[moved to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) There's no such utility for DAT. I know of a few utilities/test programs that are close to this ability, but that's not what they were written for. I don't know about DXF. For POV, you can't drop hidden polygons, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If TLC is OK with putting LEGO on the studs, I think that is great! :) We're not playing with MegaBloksDraw here. Is this new wireframe logo just for the sign, or will it eventually go on ldraw.org as well? Steve (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events)
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Travis Cobbs writes: <snip> Great thread. A few points off the top of my head, no order... <user hat on> Fred Gloeckner's comments aside (let's face it, he's way smarter than most of us at using these tools) LEdit is (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Is it official yet? Has it even been submitted for voting and if not why not? (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I use LEdit as my primary modeling tool, L3Lab for explorative viewing and LDLITE for final high quality rendering. I've never used a CAD style modeling tool because I sincerely believe that a keyboard interface is more efficient. Especially (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Well... In an interesting question and answer session I had originally with Brad Justus, it came to my attention that TLC did not approve of the 3D red brick ldraw.org logo. Brad checked with the corporate counsel about the logo, and relayed the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad) !
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw "Tom McDonald" (...) Yes. (...) Hmmm....good idea. For the CD-ROM artwork, I planned a similar chart, but this one outlining OS compatibility for the various programs offered on it. (...) Good idea(s). (...) Yeah. -Tim (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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