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(...) Yah, that would be the thing to do: send it to partsref@home.com. (...) I'm planning on using it in the skeleton leg, and maybe retro-fitting it into the minifig torso.[1] (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) hiya! (...) I'm not sure if you mean you want to create the LEGO sets in MLCAD, or you're using pieces from those sets for your own creations. If it's the former, there's already a version of the 8448 posted to lugnet.cad.dat.models. Steve (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) There's a primitives group who decides if the primitive should be accepted or not (it's been a while since we last discussed anything so I don't know if it's still active). I don't have the list of members in this computer so I think the best (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You mean you've managed to add the type 5 lines ? [snip] (...) To me, it's a special kind of sphere, so what fo you all think of 1-8sph-c.dat (standing for 1/8 of a sphere, cut of to fit in a corner) Greatings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've finally put together an installation package for LDAO that should be safe. But it needs some more testing, before I publish it generally. Would someone be willing to try this out, and verify that it works? The test copy is at: (URL) Just (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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ACK!! Brain cramp, brain cramp! :-P I meant to say "6029a.dat" and "6029b.dat", respectively. That's "6", not "8". Really.... Thanks, Franklin (...) ===== Franklin Cain (and please do *not* call me "Frank" ;-) fwcain@yahoo.com | (URL) OR (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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OK, I've finished this primitive, but before I re-submit it, I need to know a couple of things... Just what do I call the DAT file? On my PC's hard drive, I'm calling it "RND-CRNR.DAT". Is that food enough? Also, what extra steps (if any) do I need (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(pulls out inventory of set) the "horn" piece is available as "plant tree palm body" the 4 pronged rotor piece doesnt exist at all the piece with the towballs exist but its only a mock-up the flexible axles do exist the ribbed tubing does exist the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) hehe...all the parts to build the sets... from the 8444, the odd parts that stand out in my mind are these - there's an odd shaped round one that is around the rotor, it is round like a wheel with two small spheres sticking out of it and an (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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all of the parts are available for the 8448 except for the wheels, I dont know about the other 2 sets, I think that all of the parts for the 8445 are available but I think there are some missing for the 8444. What parts in particular do you want? (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Posting notices about ldraw.org (and other website) inaccessability
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It seems to me that every so often someone posts about not being able to get to www.ldraw.org. I'm concerned with some problems that users of the site may have getting to it - its definitely frustrating every time a site goes down. One thing I'd (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general)
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hello i was thinking about doing my technic set up in mlcad...but i dont want to put that kind of effort into it if all the parts arent available so, my question is this do you know if all the parts are available for ldraw and mlcad for the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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According to this post "(URL) part number for the sprue containing the cattlehorns and Islander crest is 8029. Therefore, I want to rename the DAT file for the cattlehorn piece to "8029a.dat", and the name I'll be using for the Islander crest will (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Basically, the idea is that each new partfile would be carefully reviewed by a small number of people (between 1 and 3 reviewers per file, I think). Once the reviewers and the author agreed on the part, it would be released. As soon as I can, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:G0sn7p.M08@lugnet.com... (...) This sounds like an interesting idea. I'd like to hear more. Adam (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Travis Cobbs skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I have C-code at work to solve this, even if the lines are not co-planar. It calculates one point on each line (the 'nearest points'), and if they are the same, the lines are co-planar. Mail me at ai@cej.se (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Thanks to both of you. Given that this newsgroup covers both part development and cad program development (with part development getting more posts for obvious reasons), I probably should have specified that I needed to do this programatically. (On (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Ryan J Farrington" <ryanjf2@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000913.090209...uno.com... (...) Though you did certainly hit an appropriate group to gain the attention of web authors/designers, I think the question was a tad too off-topic. Why not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Well, thanks Steve. But you could easilly make it 3D couldn't you ?! 8) See ya (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can use the "Line Intersect" tab on my rotate.xls spreadsheet (get it from (URL)). It's only 2D, but you can do XY first, then XZ. The resulting XYZ values will be your intersection. Not as elegant as Rui's solution, but it works for me... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Skeleton Arm - part number?...
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(...) It's 6265. Steve (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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To all who have made their own websites: I am going to be building a website of my own, and I was curious which tools all of you have used to make yours. And does anyone write directly in HTML or JavaScript? Please respond to my personal e-mail (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) you just have to define the lines equation! as you now: Y = mX +b Z = nX +c defining a line as a function of X coord. Now, these lines probably are edges os something, or at least you have to points which belong to them, usint them, you can (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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If I have two co-planar lines in 3-space, does anyone know how I can determine their intersection? If it makes the equations easier, the plane that they are in is: Z = 1 - X - Y otherwise written X + Y + Z = 1 Anyone? --Travis Cobbs (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Skeleton Arm - part number?...
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(...) Well, I can't find one on it using my v1.0 Eyeball and Beaker ("Eeep!") accidentally installed MS Windows Y2K on the home-built electron microscope (powered by the surplus Soviet "Fusion Buddy" mini-reactor) so I obviously can't use THAT to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've been working on another one. The particular part I've been looking at was released in mid-1998, and it seems apparent that the tools available at the time had a big impact on the ability of the author to be thorough in modeling. Once the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wonder if it's possible to push the (initial?) vertices toward the center. I was playing around with fractaling from a simplest case (1 triangle in the mesh). I noticed the center area was made up of one type of triangle (nearly (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, but according to my, possibly unreliable recollection, those parts where rejected or withdrawn before voting (during submission time), or as a result of the discussion, but not as a result of a actual vote. And regardless why, like you've (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Skeleton Torso: Attn Steve Bliss
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(...) Go fer it. Let me know if you need the part number -- I don't remember if they were all posted or not. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) IIRC, several parts were rejected in one of the votes but that was the only time. Don't you remember the endless discussion about people being allowed to model parts that they don't have ? Leonardo (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I would like to bring under your attention that in the past year some "Needs Work" parts actualy have been fixed by authors other than original ones. And recently myself and other people did review some parts that didn't have the "Needs Work"-tag on (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:f5csrssq9rkotte...4ax.com... (...) 5 (...) points (...) Thanks for the info. The next thing I'm going to try will be similar, but iterative instead of recursive in order to allow for a set (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It was a fractal-thingy--it started with a 10-vertex triangular mesh (the three points on the axes, two points along each edge, and the point at the center of the surface of the hemi-demi-semi-sphere). Then it divided each triangle in the mesh (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Dennis Osborn" <osbodr01@holmes.ipfw.edu> wrote in message news:G0qCM2.AE4@lugnet.com... (...) rotation (...) I (...) No problem. Thanks for the "credit". One thing about writing a program which displays these models is that you tend to get a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You got me on that one 8) See ya Rui Martins (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Rui Martins" <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote in message news:Pine.GSU.4.10.1...0@is-sv... (...) ends (...) a (...) circumference (...) sphere, (...) it has (...) this (...) sphere, (...) Actually, I don't believe the existing one is quite a sphere. I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:ppnprssksi9anl3...4ax.com... (...) How did you generate this file? It certainly looks like it was algorithmically generated. Don't tell me you figured out all those points BY HAND? I did (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-02
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(...) I've corrected this now and sent the correction to Steve Bliss. Thanks again for your comment. Fredrik PS: A change of the motherboard fixed my computer. This was very easy to fix -- the difficult part was to find out which component was (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I posted the Skeleton Torso in lugnet.cad.dat.parts Dennis (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:qn1arso26cua6dm...4ax.com... (...) Like Chris, I spent probably an hour rotating, inverting, skewing the cyls.dat primitives before coming to the conclusion that I needed something else. I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Travis, I want to thank you for your help and the explaination on the rotation matrix. You can see the results in the Skeleton Torso I am about to post. I have documented your help in the file. Once again, Thanks. Dennis (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As far as I know, the sphere is incorrectly tesselated in Ldraw, because it has non-planar quads. So if there is ever going to be a matematical tesselation, which aproaches this form, it won't surelly be a sphere, more like "spheroid", similar (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Nope, sorry. (...) I don't think James used any particular algorithm when he selected points for the sphere p-files. At some point, I'd like to replace the sphere p-files with something better-looking. Something like the 48\1-8sphe.dat I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Does anyone know how to perform an arbitrary sphere tesselation which ends up with the tesselation used by the LDraw sphere primitives when set to a detail level of 16 (16 being the number of facets around the circumference at the equator). I'll (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Fanzine- CAD Page? (was Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work)
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(...) current (...) A feature of the fan-zine CAD page perhaps? If anyone was willing to write one? Other, items could include: Tool reviews and comparisons. How to - tutorials... MOC's in the CAD system- (Although I supsect most of the artwork for (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Not having actually created any parts, I can't guarantee that the information below is correct. However, my understanding of linetype 5 is that you will normally use adjacent points in your overall curved shape for the two extra points. This is easy (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So is the hyperlink to Tom Burger's Reference Materials on (URL) a phantom link also? Chris (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: HELP !!! Rotating a cylinder [DAT]
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OK, here is what I came up with: 2 24 14.8 -16.4 6.1 16.8 -5 6.1 4 16 14.8 -16.4 6.1 16.8 -5 6.1 16.8 -5 -6.1 14.8 -16.4 -6.1 1 14 21.2 -11.2 0 0.547 -3.102 0 3.102 0.547 0 0 0 3.15 8-8SPHE.DAT 1 14 21.2 -11.2 0 0.379 -5.909 0 2.147 1.044 0 0 0 2.18 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G0LAn3.KJt@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) below (...) No, I'm not sure....there probably isn't. But nothing there exists yet - that's all just made up URLs....the only place that does exist (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I get the same _Couldn't find the resource_ error with this URL as I do with (URL) Are you sure there is public access below www.ldraw.org/dev ? Chris (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G0Kq01.MKC@lugnet.com... (...) authors (...) to (...) the (...) What do you all think of a page like: (URL) resources could be gathered for parts and some sort of permanent parts tracker (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) current (...) Do you have a breakdown of "Needs work" parts, split between "active" authors and "non-active" authors, or even just categorised by author? Might help to identify which parts we have a realistic chance of getting completed by the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. I've been thinking about various things that need attention in the parts library, and how those things could be publicized. A "Things You Could Do" page might be a good thing. Then again, it could easily turn into an ever-growing laundry (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there a brief how-to available on the deployment of this linetype? I am endlessly befuddled in my efforts to use it successfully, and I feel like I'm missing something simple! Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 6216.dat (mock-up) - "brick 2x4x2 rounded triple"??? [DAT]
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(...) I made another version of this part back in June... /Tore 0 @Brick 2 x 4 x 2 with Curved Top (needs work) 0 Name: 6216.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Element 0 simplified bottom studs 1 16 30 34 0 1 0 0 0 -3.5 0 0 0 1 stud3a.dat 1 16 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | *** LDView v0.7.5 Released ***
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You can now download LDView v0.7.5 (both source and binaries) from: (URL) major improvement in this version is the addition of primitive substitution. This provides both higher quality and increased rendering speed (at least on my video card). The (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not sure... I do not think that deleting them is the answer. (...) Is there a way we could put these parts on a html "page" somewhere for current parts authors to offer to fix them? (...) Sounds good! Paul (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Voting Closing Soon for 2000-02 Update!!
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If you haven't yet voted, or need to finish voting, please do so soon! I will consider the polls closed if I don't receive any more votes in the next 48 hours. If I do receive more votes, I will hold voting open until next Friday, September 15. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Color problem with 4522 (Minifig Tool Mallet)
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(...) I've put this fix in for the 2000-02 update. Thanks for pointing it out! Steve (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't think that a time limit would work. What would we do, delete the files if time expires? (...) If they're the parts I'm thinking of, you're going to have a hard time getting the Original Author to work on them. (...) That might be very (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have it on good authority that the number for this sprue is 4502. Make your feather-part be 4502A.DAT. If you make more of the parts from this sprue, use 4502B, 4502C, etc. going clockwise around the ring. You decide which way is clockwise. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: September MOTM Winner :-)
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"Joseph Gonzalez" <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> wrote in message news:G0Iyo0.862@lugnet.com... (...) jump (...) Yeah I can understand. But you realize that that kind of advice would have been given to anyone - and it really does make the image a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts and Kits Reference Database
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(...) I have a feeling not even TLG has that... -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: September MOTM Winner :-)
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congrats, jonathan! (...) this kind of hurts, though, considering the hoops you guys suggested i jump through to improve the picture i originally submitted. oh well! ..joseph g (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: It's all clear now... (how to use 1-4cyls2.dat)
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:nbucrs4msgmalqf...4ax.com... (...) Nope. I think that one was my fault. I sent in a correction to the part, because the bottom row of faces had an incorrect vertex that caused a sawtooth type (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Any way to scale models/parts in ldraw? [DAT]
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(...) I don't know of an editor that will doing scaling operations (although LDAO's Editor *should*). I can think of two solutions: 1. Keep your image.dat as a separate file. Whenever you need to use it, reference it like a part-file. To scale, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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(...) On the off-chance that there's something odd about the DAT code you've written, could you post an example that shows the problem? Steve (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Does anyone know if there is a complete or somewhat complete list of parts and/or kits in database, comma delimited, or some other database style format available? Thanks! jake (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: cannot connect to site / lack of support from MediaOne.net - DAY THREE (KMM78820C0KM) [lego]
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"Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20000822183735....ail.com... (...) This indicates that there is no problem sending packets to www.ldraw.org, and that they are coming back to you, but if there is a routing problem and the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:FzMpLH.K8A@lugnet.com... (...) Jacob, there is a problem with your tracert - if you compare it to Frank's tracert and my own you'll see that the packets take different paths (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:G0GMuJ.JFL@lugnet.com... (...) No, definitely no proxy. I'm the admin for our firewall and internet connections and we don't have a proxy. Our firewall uses NAT and does not (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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We need to set some kind of time limit for parts that 'Need Work'. I was looking through the parts list and found one that was in a 97 update. And it still needs work. The flower parts are another example. When will these 'Needs Work' parts be (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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The version of L3Lab I have (1.2, which appears to be the current version) has a seams option in the View menu, as well as a toolbar button. My LDView program has a "Seam Width" option, inspired by L3P/L3Lab. Setting this width to 0 in LDView turns (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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(...) You're right of course, but I didn't have another example available to me here at work. You mentioned something I hadn't considered, though; does L3Lab have a "seams" function, other than "show color 24 as black"? I hadn't even considered the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I forgot to mention. If you are examining a piece, it is usually much easier to determine surface characteristics (or flaws) if it is opaque. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G0HFCH.Dz9@lugnet.com... (...) L3Lab, (...) an (...) occuring (...) it's (...) the (...) of a (...) You're right; it's hard to see. In fact, I can't see it at all, but I'll take your word for (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) D'OH!!! But I *checked* -- uhh, waitaminit... I checked for "30237", the *other* mock-up I did, I *forgot* to check for "6216". :-P Tore, I'm sorry. :-( "Mea culpa." Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) When Tore submitted this part for release, he called it "Brick 2 x 4 x 2 Curved". Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I suppose I could have been more specific in my explanation. The gaps aren't occuring between my approximate curve and a primitive; they're occuring at the joints between facets of the approximate curve. An example of the faceting can be seen (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad)
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(...) This is what I meant by nested textres.- sub-textures. (...) You are right, I was wrong. However a more complex texture could be built up from simpler ones.(I.E No top level texture The sub texture being made up from simpler 'bitmaps') - This (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Color problem with 4522 (Minifig Tool Mallet) [DAT]
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Part 4522 (Minifig Tool Mallet) has two 1-4cyls2 primitives which are set to be color 1(blue) instead of color 16, like so: 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0 -2 0 4 0 0 1-4cyls2.DAT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -2 0 4 0 0 1-4cyls2.DAT This isn't part of the current parts (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G0H8D0.n04@lugnet.com... (...) methods (...) "facets" of (...) even (...) curve; (...) I'm not sure I understand what you are saying completely, but I'll give an explanation based on what I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:4gvcrs8kb1v5s0n...4ax.com... (...) cope (...) I can't think of any reason to "nest" textures. The only reasons I know of to draw multiple textures over one another are to produce different (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Playing around with part-authoring, I've been trying a few different methods of generating pseudo-curved surfaces. I've noticed that different "facets" of such an approximate curve render with gaps between them in L3P and L3Lab, even when two (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) [DAT]
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(...) I orgot the Texture filename, so: 0 TEXTURE <texture_filename> <vector1> <vector2> <vector3> [<vector4>] So, Resuming again: 0 SET TEXTURE_WRAP on 0 MATRIX TEXTURE 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Load 0 TEXTURE my_texture1.png 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 16 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad)
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(...) :) I know what you mean. (...) Hmm. There shouldn't be any need for 'nested' textures. Or is 'nested texturing' an area of texture-mapping that I don't know about? Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You are right. My approach assumed to much and restricted too much. (...) Good point. (...) OK. (...) Right. But if START is required, then it might as well be omitted. My purpose in having an optional START was to allow TEXTUREs without the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) [DAT]
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(...) I second this ideia, and I would also like to add that extra directories never hurt backwards compatibility. I also have to say that you I would like to remember that we should try to follow the path of the more experienced, like the creators (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: It's all clear now...
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(...) I'm glad it was helpful and timely. :) Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: It's all clear now... (how to use 1-4cyls2.dat)
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(...) I kind of figured you had, but I totally didn't remember that you had. (...) Hmm. I wonder if the current 2447.dat was inlined at some point, because 1-4cyls2.dat hadn't been made official yet... (...) Yep. Or, you can copy the primitives to a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts-authoring FAQ? (Was: Hacked my first part -- 4349 Town Loudhailer)
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(...) OK. I've temporarily ZIPped it to (URL). I'll leave it there for a few days, so you can grab it. Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Are fixes automatically included?
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(...) Oops. My bad. The bottom of the visor is a slanted half-ring, with a 15inner/17outer radius. I constructed this by overlapping the 1-4rin10 p-files, and skewing the Y value to slant the rings downward toward the front. But I used the same (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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(...) Using "www.anonymiser.com", I was able to get to the LDraw site to vote on the parts update. However, I was *not* able to download the file, *nor* was I able to see all of the images (exceeded the limits for "free" use of the anonymiser, and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) True, this case isn't an example of coplanar, overlapping polygons. Good catch. But it is an example of what can happen when you take shortcuts that have no visible effect at the time. No offense meant to James--the number of parts he wrote (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad)
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(...) Sorry, Computing course at college showing through. (We were told try and specify EVERYTHING. Unfotunatly there is no concrete defintion of what EVREYTHING is.) (...) Agreed, but with the following questions? (Assuming simple rectangular (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I cannot connect to LDRAW.ORG - plz help!!!
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Daniel: (...) If your machine is behind a firewall, it is very likely that you are using a proxy without knowing it. It is not uncommon to put a "transparent proxy", which intercepts HTTP requests, in a firewall. Franklin: Did you get through to (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Making parts
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(...) Welcome - new part authors are always welcome. This is a frequently asked question, the following items on lugnet.cad.dev may help (and there are certainly other threads in this group with useful info) (URL) this helps. Is you have questions, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts-authoring FAQ? (Was: Hacked my first part -- 4349 Town Loudhailer)
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(...) No. Chris (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:FzMpLH.K8A@lugnet.com... (...) I have run a tracert from my machine here and there are 32 hops to www.ldraw.org, but I can pull the pages up fine. I don't have my browser using (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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