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(...) [snip] Your suggestions sounds like music to my ears, Steve. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It's the large fonts. I changed the window so that it is a static size, but it appears font sizes are causing a problem. Someone else mentioned this in a direct email. I guess I'll have to go back to using a sizable window. Any ideas, Stever (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That is exactly what I was thinking. You have full permission to use and modify the text. I asked: (...) Steve answered: It should be 66 characters -- the lines in parts.lst are limited to 80 characters, and the title starts in column 15. But (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) default size, half of the third column is cut off, as is the command line window and the title bar with Exit and Run L3P buttons. I can't resize it, so the only way I can get everything to show up is to maximize the window. For reference, my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually yes, and it's simple enough. Go into the .l3A (using notepad, ultra-edit, etc) and append: ",0,7" to the last line of the file. Save the file and it should work just fine. The first number is the on/off setting for the -c switch and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is OK for now, but long-term, let's make our own list. Partsref may not always conform *exactly* to the LCAD parts library. (...) When the FAQ is published, it might be better to put very short blurbs on the Submission Guidelines page, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Is there any way to hack^H^H^H^Hfix existing scene files? Steve (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sorry I didn't reply before -- I meant to! (...) Yes, and it should have a link on the main page of www.ldraw.org, and a link (maybe more than one) from the news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/ page. The link could say "Do your part!" (...) I've added (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) good (...) you (...) your (...) This is key information for the Authoring FAQ, and probably taken for granted by authors who have been around a while. Unless you object I'd like to use some of your text for the FAQ. Chris (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Here is some expantion of point 2: I've added sentence 3, 4 and 5 2- Format of the obligatory part header: 0 <part description> 0 <part number>.dat 0 <Author> 0 Un-Official Element Replace any <...> with the appropriate information. The length (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) :-) Pretty dramatic, I must say. I'm still alive and kicking. I see you've been busy - congrats on your CLSotW. I voted for you. Great site - very slick, I loved it. And it's good to see you're still tinkering with dat files - is your Datsort (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Version 1.2.5 is up. I added a (much-requested) command line textbox that shows the output before it is sent to L3P. This allows the user to see exactly what every switch and checkbox does as s/he changes settings. As always, here's the place: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) partsref@home.com (...) Thank you for submitting this important piece of information for us. I myself have several parts ready to submit. (Half of those ARE official, such as the 1980s solid minifig head and the Old 4 x 10 x 2/3 Car Base. (see (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) <snip> (...) Terry K!!!! As I live and breathe! Long time no see... good to see that name on a post again. J (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi all, The November entries are available for viewing and voting at: (URL) that the only "rollover" entry is the one that requested I do so. If you wish for your previous entry to be re-entered, you must let me know by email. I will not be (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Just remember, they're not "bugs," they're (pick one): "features," "negative enhancements," "experimental features designed to maximize your computing experience," or, my favorite, "debugging aids never intended for release." James Wilson (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It works on my system... Steve (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello all, I've completely forgotten what the maximum length of the part description was (including "0 " at the beginning of the line) Could someone please remind me ? I think there we should put up some submission info resource somewhere. I suspect (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) oh, haven't you picked up your copy of : "Windows: The Next Edition Version .999k beta (we really mean it this time it's the last one and there are no more bugs so it's safe for you to buy it and install it with confidence, signed Uncle Bill)" (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ack! You're right. How'd I/we miss that one? (...) Fixes & finds should be sent to partsref@home.com. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Good thing Microsoft doesn't hold its products to such a high standard. :-> In lugnet.cad.dev, Jeff Boen writes: <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) True, but since these are merely parts files and as such will reside in the LDRAW\PARTS directory, I think the *type* of file will be obvious. I agree this certainly feels like a "bad thing" at first, but it does give you a lot more characters (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd rather not encode file-nameish data into the file-extension. That feels like a bad thing to do -- extensions indicate the *type* of file, not the specific file. I realize that "DAT" is not the greatest extension in the world, as it's far (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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First sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. Anyway I think the description for this part is wrong. (URL) currently says: "Wedge 2 x 12 Triple" I believe it should be: "Wedge 2 x 16 Triple" Please let me know if I should have posted this (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes. As long as you specify the extension, LDraw doesn't care what it is. LEdit might be a different story, I don't know. (...) Don't use MAKELIST, it can't handle more than 1000 parts. Use MKLIST instead. And MKLIST indexes every file in the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Aha! I found them under Plate 1 x 2 with hinge. --Ryan Lugnet member #517 E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com Amateur radio call sign: kb1fob (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually you didn't steal anything, I had a different idea: (...) Which you refuted: (...) before explaining your completely different (and perhaps better) idea. However, I just tested my scheme in LEDIT and it worked. So there! ;^) If you (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ah, it was never my intention to "steal" anyone's idea. I just haven't had the time to read all the interesting LUGNET articles recently. Fredrik (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hey gang, For a while now I've wanted a way to sort the entries in a .DAT file according to X-Y-Z coordinates, that way after I build a file in MLCad I can sort the elements so they're in an order much like original LEGO instructions (bottom to top, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce) !
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Hello Fredrik, (...) IMHO this is the best and most compatible idea so far. I believe Don Heyse had the same idea too. Greetings, Carsten Schmitz -- Greetings, Carsten Schmitz "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sidestepping various landmines, two ideas that come to mind for addressing this issue: 1. Allow letters in pattern id's, to increase the number of 2-digit from 100 to 1296. This could work, but would make recognition of patterned element files (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) While not directly related, I've found that, while using subparts from the parts\s directory, the names will be truncated if they're more than 8 characters long and therefore won't render in LEdit or LDraw. For instance, a line like: 1 16 0 0 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh yeah! It's my fav modeling tool. I seem to remember that Jeremy Sproat also said he used LEdit. (...) But will that work in LEdit? I normally specify part names in LEdit by the base file name, i.e. everything before the ".DAT" and LEdit (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello Tore! (...) recall that Norton Commander 5.0 for DOS (...) No. FAT16 has only limitations in the root directory for maximum number of files. That NC was limited to 2000 files was a memory allocation problem. What I meant was: 1) The first (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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This is unbearable. I propose a potential solution to the problem (URL) and nobody bothers to comment on it. Instead everyone seems to prefer to rehash the tired old arguments on the merits of various operating systems. Who cares? This has been (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Manfred Moolhuysen writes: Please no emotionful 'rich people set the pace , poor people are starving' discussions. That is off-topic. I'm a technical consultant and a programmer. So of course I have a technical point of view. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh, you mean that a DOS directory is limited to a specific number of files? I recall that Norton Commander 5.0 for DOS is limited to, I think it was 2000 files... -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Yes, I run original LDraw.exe from Win 3.1/DOS 6.22 three times a year (in my 486/25 at my parents' home). I also use DOS versions of Arj.exe and PK[Un]Zip in batch procedures and when I want full control. I will probably use a DOS machine when (or (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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