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(...) This sounds like a very good idea. It will also make it easier to include the Technic Linkage part which comes with the Y-wing. (8 of them in every Y-wing, don't know just how long they are.) Here's one more suggestion as to the title: (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Karim (knassar@mindspring.com) wrote: [...] (...) I am aware of the problems with using a different number for the part file than the one (visibly) stamped on the part, but I think it would be sufficient if a comment in the dinghy bottom (and top) (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 2637 should be renamed to something like 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with End Links 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with Holes 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with End Connectors Steve (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I replaced the multiline label from symantec with a textarea with editing turned off to get similar functionality. That worked. Quite a few models cause out of memory exceptions if run using the default heap size in java. The default heap is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't think you understood what part we were talking about. These are the three parts we do _not_ want to group together: 2637.DAT Technic Link 16L 3711.DAT Technic Link Chain 3873.DAT Technic Link Tread Don't worry, I originally thought the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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This is great, Mookie. Now if you added a sound file that says something like "Who's there" when the lights come on it would really rock! Roy (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) come (...) Actually, you could consider some of the digressions as idle chatter until something more interesting comes up. Unless the idle chatter IS more interesting. (...) None the less, speculation as to why TLG (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) wow tamy!! looks sweet!! (is that what all the L3PAO help was for??? :) you did a great job! J (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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(...) I disagree completely! The Links and the Tread Links are virtually the same, except that the tread has an additional component. They are completely compatible, and are often used (by me, anyway) in concert to achieve various design goals. I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sproaticus wrote in message <36DDBF56.3E0556A@ge...es.com>... (...) Too many! The z buffering doesn't seem to be working quite the way I want, the quad code is just totally hacked together, I'm being way inefficient with memory, I know that I'm (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Ah hah! The Xoom server is sending the wrong content-type for the jar file durring the HTTP conversation. The jar is not corrupted, but when downloading with a browser that doesn't know not to trust that content-type, it DOES get corrupted. I made a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think there are probably a lot of patterned elements with this problem. But we know there's a better way of doing things. Steve (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is a good point, yes. I did not consider this. I originally thought it would be a good idea to use "Technic Link" as the first two words in the description, to make them sort next to each other, then add "Chain" and "Tread" respectively (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) We were just pondering TLG's motivation for their part-numbering system. (...) I look at the minifig shortcuts more as helper files. They are meant to be copied and modified. (...) Only some of the parts. Not most. At least, that's where I am. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) The changes in the 1x1 cylinder brick are functional -- with the bottom lip, the cylinder will fit between 4 studs, and with the hole-y stud, you can put an antenna rod through the cylinder. Another functional (but less important) varied (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I believe the only proprietary Symantec stuff (compiled versions of which should be in the jar, which I don't know why isn't working yet) is in a stupid error dialog, Dialog1.java, feel free to hack it to pieces. All of Symantec's components leaked (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ^^^^^ O.K. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The problem I see with this name is that the tread pieces are in no way similar to the current Technic Link. I think Technic Tread should be the first two words the description, then add whatever will best identify the two parts. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the .pov file? I'd love to render a nice 1280x1024 AA version of that for my wallpaper! (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree with you if you add the word "Tread" in front of the dimensions. That way, it is more clear that the dimensions refer to the tread plate and not the overall size of the link. So how about this: "Technic Link Tread 0.6 x 2.6"? ^^^^^ (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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could someone PLEASE create 1 or more of the castle patterned torsos so that i then have at lease 2 so that i can finish my siege scene. preferably old classic castle torsos e.g. black falcon but any would do. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the castle shield with pattern also exhibits this problem. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Fredrik Glöckner answered: .... (...) .... (...) I believe that the numbers should reflect the dimensions of the plate. That is 12 LDU x 52 LDU so make it 0.6 x 2.6 instead of 1 x 2.5 Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Is Ldraw FAQ mistaken...?
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(...) Yes. I would also replace the second "between" with "through". /Lars (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19990302.220734.509...no.com>... (...) Don't go that far, even regular rectangular bricks has several different versions. My oldest ones has slits through under side tubes...And there are the other ones without (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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Earls HouseHold wrote in message ... (...) Those numbers are handy, because there is no standardized name scheme. And in most common part dictionary, (I mean ldraw part name library) this part is named as " ....with handles." Selçuk (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sometimes I really can't understand the exact point that people want to come up with those type of conclusions, because, simply checking out the prior examples of same kind, which are already implemented with the ongoing system, just show the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I got the source code and tried to compile it using Sun's Java. Unfortunately, the code is using proprietary Symantec widgets, so it won't compile. I wasn't able to get it to run using jre, either, Todd. You didn't do anything wrong. Using the JDK (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've created a Temp page on my server, I haven't decided exactly what I'm going to do with this pic yet, other than maybe as an intro page to my Lego site. Check it out if you want and let me know what you think, Like a said the page is pretty bare (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) No, sorry, wrong word, I didn't mean part authors are lazy! Because POV is a ray tracer, it needs to calculate transformations backwards and therefore it calculates inverse matrices. If a matrix is singular it cannot be inverted, so POV won't (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I think I'm 98% there -- I downloaded and installed the JRE and I have local copies of the jldraw.jar as you suggested, but when I do C:\LDRAW>"\program files\javasoft\jre\1.1\bin\jre" -cp jldraw.jar izzy.graphics.Tester I get the error (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've got the file you want it, I believe it's a pretty big .dll file though.. I'll check quick, nope.. it's one of the smaller ones.. it's only 704K if you want me to send it to you, LMK Tamy (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) problems are you having with it? Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's MS's Visual Basic 4.0 32-bit run-time library. I always grabbed acopy from Simtel, though Winfiles should have a copy as well. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I just downloaded this program, and I get an "Error Starting Program" window. It says, "A required .DLL file, VB40032.DLL, was not found." Any help, folx? --Karim (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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Hmm... I went back to the site and downloaded it, had no problems, but I was planning to put up the source code anyway. When it gets there, it'll be under (URL) wrote in message <36DDB71A.B1E74334@g...es.com>... (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) Could you possibly post the source code? Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Talk is cheep. I spent the last couple of days trying to pound out a quick Java Ldraw program. Check out the results: (URL) as an Applet is way too slow. Its best to download jre and try it with that: (URL) that this is terribly buggy right now and (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) I doubt it's laziness, since a default insertion has a 1 in the yy column. There was talk in the primitives group about using the discs and rings for cones. Since we would have to go through and "fix" any parts which put a 1 in the yy column, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) (I didn't claim it would be easy) Of course, the more information stored in a translation, the harder it is to customize. And load into a program to use the information. (...) (BTW, I meant 'mistake' as in a typo or a sub-optimal approach to (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) That is wrong? Gee, I had no idea. I've used lines like that a lot, because I've seen them used in other part files, and they seemed to be more elegant than "1 16 x y z 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 4-4disc.dat" when the primitive is flat in y-direction (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) I agree. (...) It's not that simple. Together with the POV substitution string I also have other data like the BoundingBox of the primitive, which is used e.g. in the automatic camera positioning. I think it is troublesome to have this kind of (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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[Cross-posted to original newsgroups, and lugnet.cad.dev. Followup-To set to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) It's probably easier to make high-quality parts in LGEO, but it should be possible to make them in LDraw, run them through L3P, and get equivalent (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) Let me first say that I reversed the order of the description (i.e. chain link -> link chain) to make sure they sorted correctly. When it comes to your question, it's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure I like it too much. The length of a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) Yes. (...) I don't think so. (...) Yes. (...) Here's another: 3062 brick 1 x 1 round 3 versions- no lip at the bottom, closed stud, and open stud. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think I'd center the stud on y=0. (...) That would work, too. But black doesn't work. (...) The Technic micro-motor is all one file. Which is fine -- isn't its shaft circular? The Technic Electric 9V Motor (2937A.dat) is done in three (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) Would you do the same for the 2574 Pull-Back Motor ? It should be possible to rotated the wheels. Leonardo (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) I will put it on hold. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) Yep, it is ARJ. Specifically ARJ version 2.30. I don't recall anything about launching another program from the extractor in this version (which is pretty old) A quick search of the docs didn't turn up anything either. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Indeed! Full-on :-( (...) Oh. Sorry, it probably wasn't a GPF. After all these years I'm still in the habit of saying something "GPF'd on me." I don't even think that's what MS calls it anymore. Well anyhow, the screen flashed and then LDLITE (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36dc5cd4.12366728@l...et.com>... (...) This really should be fixed before the update. The center of the shaft should be at x=0, z=0. I would put the bottom of the shaft at y=0, too. (...) Why do you say this? I think (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here are my comments on the remainder of the parts in the vote. The "I don't have this part" comments are there so y'all'll know I couldn't verify the accuracy of this part, I only looked for obvious problems. I believe all of the patterned parts (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) That would be a challenge -- there's no master list of all DATs on the system, so it would be a matter of searching the hard-drive, but only updating valid LDraw DAT files. Blech. There should (and may be) a utility that can clean up all files (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) That's me. (...) This only works for models in ldraw\models, but not for any in sub-directories. I'm not sure how one would go about automating the update of models in arbitrary directories. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) The big problem is someone has to notice the new color, and then someone has to make the change in the next part update. Why subject ourselves to this headache? (...) But we aren't zipped, and there are plenty of people with Win95/FAT16 hard (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) Part #3945, the 1x2 plate with two side handles. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The editors I know of (LEdit and LDAO) don't automatically update moved parts. But it is a good idea that they should do so. I'm adding it to my list of suggestions. (...) It seems like someone (Lars? Tore? Leo?) wrote a program that would (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) 3945.DAT Plate 1 x 2 with Handles (URL) don't know about this part nowadays, but I remember back in the days of classic space that this part came in _many_ versions. At least I can remember three different. Some has 2 unit long handles with (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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Earls HouseHold wrote in message ... (...) I've always thought it was pretty stupid to reply to your own post. So, call me stupid. Here the list of changed parts I've been able to come with. It is in no way complete or do I say it is correct. Any (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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Paul Gyugyi wrote in message <36DB9CF5.6A730D96@g...yi.com>... (...) Now here is a good example of how TLG/LDraw part numbers come in handy. Paul, I'm unsure as to what part is a 1x2 plate with laser prongs. Has it been modeled in LDraw? If not, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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On my PPro150, LDLite has the following benchmarks: syntax example: ldlite_1_6.exe -MC -V3 car.dat Model Time ----- ---- car.dat 3.6 seconds wood4.dat 5.0 seconds (new syntax) bwing.dat 14.2 seconds (-S0.5) m928.dat 23.0 seconds (clipped) m928.dat (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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My favorite part change is the 1x2 plate with laser prongs. The height of the prongs in relation to the 1x2 plate has changed, and the two versions do not line up. -gyug (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Modeling without the real element -- bad
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Any Saturday Night Live fans out there? "Welcome to the, how do you say? Ah Yes, Anal Retentive Show, and I am your host Antonio Baldaraz." "See senior, you are the anal one, my friend, har ahr" <guitar> 'Is something misaligned in here?" "Oh no! (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LF vs. CRLF in server .DAT script
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Re: CR/LF, what a waste of bandwidth! 1/2 :) Re: \010: Was it really a GPF? LDLite should have hit the characters, recognized them as garbage, and ignored the line, and maybe exit-ed without doing anything. If it was a GPF, I'll try and duplicate (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | castle parts wanted
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has anyone made the corner turret top piece? what about the large corner wall with the window? what about the 6090 porticullis holder with the groove? (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) Why's that such a big problem? I mean... it's not like a 20 byte part file, or 10000 of them, will take up a significant amount of space. Especially zipped, when you don't have to worry about cluster sizes. By the time there are so many (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) What happens when a part is move, with a moved_to file, and a model is loaded and edited? Does the editor save the _new_ part number, or the old? If you have it automatically saving the _new_ part number, you could make a ~moved_to file for (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Is Ldraw FAQ mistaken...?
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(...) Umm, I dunno. Lemme check a second... Without actually running data through the logic, you appear to be correct. The code is comparing the second two points to the line through the first two points. (...) Could be. How tired and hungry are (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: VOTING now working
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I use the same voting policy as Steve, and there were lots I had to abstain on (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Is Ldraw FAQ mistaken...?
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(URL) states: Optional-Line command. Draws a line between the first two points, if the projections of both points onto the screen are on the same side of an imaginary line between the projections of the last two points onto the screen. Shouldn't it (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) True, you wouldn't be able to use the related part numbers as parts, but you could search for them (especially once some software uses the KEYWORDS and CATEGORY meta-commands) (...) That would be the problem. Are these real parts, or not? If (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: VOTING now working
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BTW, does everyone use the Abstain option? I will generally abstain on any piece I don't have, unless there are obvious problems with a part. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts wanted
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(...) Ah. That clears it up. I'll dig up one of these pieces when I get home, to be sure I understand. Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) about (...) part (...) That still wouldn't make it possible in Ldraw to (I)nsert a new piece, change the (P)art number, then type the part number of the part which is in your hand, and have it inserted. Multi-part parts are a problem, of (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts wanted
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(...) I probably did a bad job at explaining what is wrong. Looking at the 2853 part with the grey axle pointing towards you, you'll see a round hole in the grey surface next to the axle which sticks out. (This hole is rectangular on some versions (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: part: panel 1 x 2 x 1 with black grille pattern
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(...) I think it is a bad tendency if we are going to speculate in specific rendering programs: adding extra drawing commands, so that at least some of them will show under certain circumstances. Hints for specific rendering techniques should be (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts wanted
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(...) I'm not following the problem, here. It may because I don't have one of these pieces to look at, but I'm not seeing what shows through, and if something did show through, how having rounded-end axles would help. I modified your code to use a (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: VOTING now working
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Terry, I have a suggestion. I just voted like a senator again :-, abstaining from about half the votes. I don't know what the typical vote turnout is like, but in my method of voting, it would be pretty cool if all the votes default to "Abstain". As (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: part: panel 1 x 2 x 1 with black grille pattern [DAT]
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(...) Actually I sent Terry an update to 3004P06.DAT some weeks ago using quads rather than rect.dat. It is going to be in the next parts update. Also mine stripes are more accurate when you put two bricks on top of each other with one of them (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36daaf01.8075147@lu...et.com>... (...) I'd say you're most certainly right here since their numbering system would be for premarket tracking and not as we would use it in the post-market. Does anyone know if TLG sells (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts i plan to do
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(...) But don't dump all the parts into the parts tracker -- wait until you are reasonably close to working on a part before adding it. Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Quality of authored parts
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(...) Sometimes 'gripping extrusions' are drawn, sometimes not. Depends on the size of the extrusion. I agree about the lips. Why don't you try one, and see how it looks? Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm certainly not offended. OTOH, I'm going to keep with the standard LDraw simplifications, at least to the extent of not including the dimples beneath the studs on plates and bricks. Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) Why don't we reference these part numbers as comments in the part-file, perhaps on a 0 KEYWORDS line? Although that would be a headache to deal with, making sure that all new parts get all the appropriate part numbers... Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's not much better, because a new part-file is still required whenever a new color is released. Steve "I should probably keep these responses in the outbox until after I've read all 60 incoming messages" Bliss (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) I think TLG's numbering always boils down to manufacturing and inventory control. A part number is needed for each molded part, so each subpart needs its own number. And the aggregate, post-gluing part needs a number to track its insertion (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You've just hit on my pet peeve with the approach of using the most official numbers for LDraw parts -- often, the most official number is *not* the one you find stamped on the part. This will be true if: - You are looking at a multi-part (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT voting page up
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(...) Now, if they were going backwards, they'd really be moonwalking[1] Steve [1] A dance move made popular by Michael Jackson, where the dancer walks backward, but makes it look like they are walking forward. (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) True, but it's also a precedent. I'd rather have the bottom surface than curved edges. I'd consider a part with all surfaces more accurate than a part with closely-modeled upper surfaces, but the underside completely missing. Maybe I'm just (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Soccer ball pattern
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(...) Seems like there should be a soccer-ball tessalation[1] somewhere on the web, which could be ported to LDraw relatively easily. Steve [1] May be a mis-use of the term -- not sure of the limits on tessalations. (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, but you didn't have a LEGO set for your team. :-P Unless those unconfirmed rumors were true. Nah, Matt would have had some by now... Steve (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In this case, all the tile elements probably have new, 5-digit part numbers. It would be appropriate to use these numbers for new versions of the tile. In general, if TLG modifies a part but retains the original part number, appending a letter (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) An online database isn't going to completely address your two issues -- missing parts and parts which haven't been created. Typically, parts will be missing from a model either because (a) the parts aren't made yet (and it's actually problem (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, as I said, there's a draft at (URL) specifically, here's the DAT-file, and a GIF image (2 URLs) not finished, but I may or may not finish it in some time. Also, I'm not too sure that I have used the best orientation. The orientation of (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i do not have 8880. i d/led the instructions from kl.net. also fredric can you please make the dk grey offset crank? a placeholder would do but i realy want this part. (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Where is the Parts Tracker?
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(...) Maybe you could add an option to move a part from the request list to the parts tracker. When someone starts to work on a part from the request list instead of adding a new entry, the person would just modify the existing entry and the script (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is already done: "6540.DAT Technic Steering Arm Large" Note that the version drawn has a cross axle hole, while your 8880 may have a normal Technic hole in this part. This part came in two versions, where the first one had the cross axle (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, I'm working on those. But work progress is slow. I have drafts for 2852 Technic Connecting Rod 2853 Technic Crankshaft 2854 Technic Crankshaft Centre at the website (URL) planning to finish off these by some time, but don't hold your (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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