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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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| | Re: part number for "Animal Cattlehorn" and "Minifig Accessory Islander Crest"
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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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| | Re: Intersection of 2 3D lines?
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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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