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I think there might be a (minor) error in 973p34.dat. I noticed in my "sort by number" parts list that 973p34 was titled "Minifg Torso with Open Jacket over Striped Vest". ("Minifg" should be "Minifig".) I wasn't certain if this is unique to my PC. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Monorail parts
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Hi, where can I find monorail parts like monorail motor, wheels, etc. ? Thanx. Norbi (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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(...) Hmm.. I guess I can understand the temptation to doctor the votes, considering the prize money involved.. oh, wait (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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(...) Perhaps your browser did not refresh the page and is showing you a cached copy of the page. Hit Refresh or Reload on your toolbar. (...) That would alter the fundamental order of the universe - likely leading to a complete collapse of time and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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(...) Here's my second dumb question for the day: How do you vote? I went through the MOTM link on Ldraw.org, but there didn't appear to be a sublink to a voting site. What am I missing? That said, what would prevent me, for instance, from asking 80 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Being Chad (was: Re: MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?)
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Scroll down, the payoff pitch is there... (...) This is entirely a tangent, but I wonder if in about 18 years we'll see a sudden spike in the Selective Service register of young men named 'Chad'... ...and isn't it the least bit puzzling that the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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(...) Hehe - I felt the same the week my site was first up for CLSOTW, I felt like Dave Eaton deserved the award more than I did. <grin> I still voted for me, though... horrible sportsmanship, but hey, who can help it. ;-) -Shiri XFUT .o-t.fun (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G4poL4.KA8@lugnet.com... (...) there. (...) But wait, you gotta make sure every vote counts. And you gotta count my votes twice, manually, even if they just pushed the radio button and didn't hit (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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That's funny, Since my model was up for voting, the thought of trying to stuff the votes did pop into the back of my head. I harnessed my morals though and registered my one and only vote (for my model). Actually, I kind of like the train model (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Monorail parts
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Hi, where can I find monorail parts like monorail wheels, etc. ? Thanx. Norbi (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi all, OK, listen up. This message is for a small percentage of people out there. Voting more than once for a model does not work. All IP addresses are logged and it is easy to spot duplicates. Duplicates are deducted from the score. Easy to spot, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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(...) Jeez Jeff, where have you been for the last month? Haven't you at least heard about the Debacle (or should I say Travesty? Farce?) in Florida? The year 2000 may well be known to future generations as the year of the chad. Sad, isn't it? -- (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Sorry, I explained myself poorly, I divide the curve in segments with only 2 points each. Bezier and Hermite curves are very similar, but I don't use Bezier curves because the control points are not very user-friendly, I'd rather have tangents (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite center offset problem?
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(...) It was probably Jeremy Sproat who did this interface, if my memory serves. He is apparently not active on LUGNET now. I don't have an environment for compiling programs under Windows myself, so I cannot make the needed changes to the source (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G4o0o5.AD8@lugnet.com... (...) :o) Very good entries this month, but Tom's and my Spamcake To Go didn't make it in :-\ Maybe I forgot to submit it...I'll make sure to for next time. -- Tim (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It's the little piece of paper left over when you punch out your vote on the ballot. Think of the "dot" left over when you use a three-hole punch. -Duane (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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(...) chads? (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDLite center offset problem?
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(...) Yep... I pointed this out to Gyug, and he said that the interface for the view options was actually provided by a 3rd party. He said that he would relay the info to said person and hopefully the problem would be fixed in the next version.. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite center offset problem?
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"James Wilson" <wilson.j.s@usa.net> wrote in message news:G4otrM.E8n@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) latest one (...) the (...) (numlock on (...) one (...) want, then (...) Using LDLite with LDAO also allows negative offsets. -John Van (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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I have a couple of models I'd like to submit, but I have no idea how to begint o render them. LDLite didn't work for me. I haven't installed POVRay in years. Is there a good program to do it quickly, a service that does it (a-la upload .dat to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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I have a couple of models I'd like to submit, but I have no idea how to begint o render them. LDLite didn't work for me. I haven't installed POVRay in years. Is there a good program to do it quickly, a service that does it (a-la upload .dat to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDLite center offset problem?
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Anyone else have this problem? I can't type in negative numbers into the center-offset boxes (X and Y offset) in LDLite (2.0b, I think -- the latest one on Paul Gyugyi's web site). It also doesn't work in 1.6. I tried on the upper row of keys on the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDLite center offset problem?
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Anyone else have this problem? I can't type in negative numbers into the center-offset boxes (X and Y offset) in LDLite (2.0b, I think -- the latest one on Paul Gyugyi's web site). It also doesn't work in 1.6. I tried on the upper row of keys on the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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Hi all, It is that time of the month again(1) - time to vote! And unlike Florida, I have no problem hand-counting votes. So shake off any excess chads and visit: (URL) real good entries this month - an excellent variety. Plus the winner will be the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
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I can't wait to get your optimization! The latest version of MLCAD is much faster than the previous one (since it tries not to redraw the entire model), but this sounds fantastic! Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Doesn't this complicate things a lot? It is possible easily draw a hundred beziercurves that make up 1 curve, but how do you make 1 equation that passes through a hundred points? (...) mean (...) segment (...) it (...) with (...) segment in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've thought about using bezier curves but I decided to choose another type of curve because it doesn't allow you to make the curve pass by a specific point (except the first and last points). (...) I'm using a different solution: I start with (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm using a simplified form of bezier curves, like you see in most drawing software like coreldraw etc.. this is also x = f(t), y = g(t) and z = h(t) with f, g and h being a*t^3 + b*t^2 +c*t + d . a, b , c and d can than simply be calculated (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes indeed! Would I simply change the reflectivity of the color? That seems pretty easy; I'll try it when I get home. Thanks! Dave! (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If I recall correctly, the FAQ says to use the same color code (#383). If ray-tracing (using POV-RAY), you can distinguish be encoding a variant of the translated color -- I'm assuming you'll be using L3P -- to have a non-reflective version of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there an LDraw color code for silvery metal other than bright chrome? I'm thinking something more along the lines of dull silver-grey, like the wheels on some Technic sets. Any guesses? Dave! (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: bend thingie creator.
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(...) It's very cool indeed, I've been trying to do something like this for LeoCAD but I'm using Hermite curves and the user is able to move the control points and direction vectors interactively. Everything works reasonably well but I'm having (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Light.dat Author?
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(...) IIRC, LIGHT.DAT was a collaborative effort between Lutz and James before Lars released L3P. Since few people other than James modeled parts before he passed away, my guess is that James wrote the actual code for the file (all 3 lines :) --Bram (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I feel really silly, but do any of you old-timers remember who wrote LIGHT.DAT? I don't have a clear recollection. I'm pretty sure it was either James, Lutz, or Lars. Anyone? Anyone? Steve (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: File Naming Protocol for Patterned Parts
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(...) We're working on more FAQ material. (...) If anyone wants Franklin's help (he's enthusiastic and prolific! :), be sure to drop him a line. Steve (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I started thinking about the potential conflict while I was composing the list. But I'd rather use (a, b, c, ...) suffixes (suffices? suffii?) for usage #1, to keep those ID numbers as short as possible--we're already seeing the effect of a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
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WOW ! If ML-CAD will be faster that will be really breakthrough ! ;) It will be SUPER ! Rene (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm very happy to get such a good reaction. Edgelines are coming later on because this requires some big changes, now i draw the axle and place cilinders over it, so edgelines would be crossing, this isn't good so I will have to change this method. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
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(...) Stop it, Michael! You're making me drool on myself! This sounds so good, I can hardly stand the wait. It's almost as bad as the wait for Christmas! When do you think you'll be able to incorporate this into an MLCad release? I don't want to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
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Anders Isaksson <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4DFH9.609@lugnet.com... (...) realy (...) too, (...) Sure I will tell you - but before I have to complete this work ... currently I'm trying to eleminate a side effect of (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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