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(...) mookie suggested this recently... and, as i explained to her, the thing to keep in mind is that L3PAO doesn't govern these things... she passed her suggestion on to Lars, who would be the one to implement this feature into L3P itself... all (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Problems with LDAO, L3PAO
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I'm having a minor problem with LDAO... I can't get it to make a VEC catalog with new pieces. It says "Creating Visual Catalog Images" in a dialog box, then disappears, not having done anything. I'm running version 1.4.5 Also, I can't seem to get (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I have a suggestion for something that ought to be added to L3PAO. Since it is possible to choose a background color, you ought to be able to choose an .inc file as a background(stars, grass, etc.). Would this be possible?? Ryan (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is anybody working on this part? I need it desperately for a model. If someone *is* working on it, could you email a copy (even if it i a work in progress), so that i can leave an appropriate space for it in my model? --Karim (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic (Throwbot) Leg with Ball Joints
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(...) I would disagree. I would call them Technic, as they are obviously technic compatible. I am also pleased to hear the someone is working on them :) I have a really cool Pallas Spaceworks model built out of those pieces :) --Karim (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic (Throwbot) Leg with Ball Joints
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(...) I'm really happy to see that! Anyway, I just wanted to comment on the name of the parts: I understand that the theme called "Throwbot" in the US is called "Slizer" in Australia. Hence, perhaps we should use the "Slizer" name in LDraw, rather (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic (Throwbot) Leg with Ball Joints
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I'm starting to work on the Throwbot/Slizer parts. If anyone wants to help, I can send DXF meshes of the parts as I start working on them. My goal is to get some medium-quality parts going first, then go back and add all the tiny details. -gyug (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | small ufo saucer hulls
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is there any chance someone out there is working on the small ufo saucer sections as an ldraw part? please let me know...i need them (even in draft form) for a possible future project thanks ..joseph g (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is wrong with my parts?
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i don't know how else to put this, so i'll be blunt... in a word: Quality. it is apparent to me that you are trying for quantity in the amount of elements you have been churning out and throwing to the community... that isn't what we're after.. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2 [DAT]
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(...) Yes, that would be useful. It's also absurd that an application would need to worry about that, since Linux can do that at the OS level. But, I havn't ported to Linux yet, so I don't have much room to complain. (...) A meta command to change (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is wrong with my parts?
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Jonathan, Don't get discouraged, get better! You have the basic skill for creating parts, and as you continue to accept constructive criticism you will master the more difficult skills. My first patterned parts were rejected, too, for the same (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: real hard part
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There are many very hard-to-render parts. I'd love to make those trees and bushes from the sixties... (Not the single-coloured Samsonite version, but the two- or threecolored European). But I guess that's just a dream. I get less and less spare time (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | real hard part
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i have discovered what i believe to be the hardest part to render in ldraw. it is the raised baselpate from 3117 scala fun at the pool. it iwould be very hard because it has such difficult curves. (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is wrong with my parts?
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(...) I didn't want to get into the discussion about why your parts were not accepted because I don't even know which files were rejected but I think that people here are looking too much at the details. If you take a look at some of the Technic (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Earls HouseHold wrote in message ... (...) Oh, yes, before I forget. Did anyone see which way harm went? I need to go there. Bravo Zulu Roy (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is wrong with my parts?
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jonathan wilson wrote in message ... (...) switching (...) There are some of us who do appreciate your efforts. Where your parts fall short is that very lack of detail that the people who have been with LDraw from the beginning want and they (not (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | what is wrong with my parts?
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i just got word from terry that most of my parts did not get in... i can understand that my method of making patterned parts is wrong... BUT regarding my non patterned parts: i think that we should re-affrm the central purpose of ldraw: it is a (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDLite 1.6 problem
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nothing massive... but it appears that i am unable to enter a negative value in the X/Y offset settings texboxes... it will allow me to enter positive values, but it won't take a "-" sign (from either the numpad or the QWERTY number row.. if i enter (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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(...) Good idea. To solve the 2d problem, you could have it hold down the primary (generally left) mouse button to move the piece left, right, forward, and back, and then hold the secondary (generally right) button to move it up and down in a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: internal lighting(on lightsaber)
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John Bauman skrev i meddelandet ... (...) tried (...) Yes, but you will probably have to fiddle a bit with the transparency and such. I made some lights for my Christmas Tree, you're welcome to take a look: (URL) me if you want the POV-file. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Star Wars Elements
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36e41df1.21257934@l...et.com>... (...) Plow ahead. We're modelling the lego parts, not the exact pieces from the movies. Besides, they're not making any program to model the lego starwars rights. (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is it possible to make something internally lighted with pov + l3p? I tried putting a light.dat in the lightsaber blade(colored 34), but it didn't work . (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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A few more ideas... 1. A little more rendering, so the parts look more realistic(not pov-ray quality, but so it looks great) 2. parts that automatically move(such as a continuosly waving hand on a mimifig) Basically, I'm trying to make this like (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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Here are 5 ideas of mine (although I don't claim to be the first to have thought of them) for an upcoming LDraw/LEdit package, in what is most likely to be increasing order of difficulty to implement. 1) Support for a "virtual filesystem" such as (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | complete set of ice planet 2002 .dat files
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i have put ldraw .dat files of every TLG ice planet 2002 set on my site, (URL) will need the raised baseplate from the update to view the ice station odyssey model there are also a large number of unofficial parts, ranging from fake elements to (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | vote 9902
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terry is it too late to send you fixes to my raised baseplate and light brick? i have also fixed the problem with the signal holder mentioned on cad.dat. also could you please change the name (are they going in?) of my black castle walls from for (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | micromotor top piece wanted
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can someone please do the top piece for the micromotor? (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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is anyone working on the base piece for the witch flying ship? i believe it is also in neptune discovery lab. (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can't update the parts tracker
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your wheels would be good. have you done the 8880 supercar wheels? can you do them? :) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) Yup. The 2853.DAT Technic Crankshaft can be made more realistically if the axles are shortened/given a rounded end. Otherwise the axle end and the surface of the 2853 becomes coincident, which gives some problems, obviously. Of we are to (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | MAX2DAT 2.0 is up
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New Features: -Automatic detection of concave quads, they are now output as two triangles -Threshold settings for determinants used in detection of coplanar triangles and concave quads. This allows the user some finesse control over the "mating" of (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) At this point, after this much time, I consider the canoe to be a time-honored joke. To be used at every available opportunity. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) Yes, I use it often. It's Extremely Wonderful. (...) That would be great. I'm planning on adding support for KEYWORDS and CATEGORY to LDAO, but haven't had the time yet... Steve (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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Hi! Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <36e6742d.1574130@lu...et.com>... (...) will (...) Have You tried my search program? Version 3.4 of LDLIST is available for download at (URL) Summary: Ldlist is a little Windows program made for searching the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) Yarp. That's my database telling me that a) there's no name on the box, b) that the set wasn't available to me retail in the U.S., and c) that other name fields need to be checked for the full story. The "U.S. Name" is entered as Deep Sea (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | can't update the parts tracker
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doh! unfortunately, when i created the listings for the 6 wheels/tyres i just created, i copied their descriptions from Lutz' page... quotes and all... this means that i can't update the status of the parts... (the server cuts off the part name at (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lightsaber
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(...) Do you *live* on the Parts Tracker? ;) I'll post them to lugnet.cad.dat. Steve (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) Besides what Karim said, Fredrik (was it you, Fredrik?) reported a similar problem with a technic piece which was designed to fit closely with axles, and depended on the rounded edges on the ends. As long as the centers of the axles are (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) [Interesting. That's the North American / US S@H name on an item tagged as European.] (...) You are correct, sir. The only caveats on that are the smallest subs don't have arms, so no grasps. These subs appear in Divers sets 6557 Treasure (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) ...I might disagree with that point... (...) And on then at 05:14:29 GMT, Joshua Delahunty <dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote: (...) :-P, yourself. (...) Wow. Blows my theory. Do we know if, in these examples, the numbers are color-specific? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) LDAO could be set up to ignore any unique marker in the descriptive name. At this time, any user can do it themselves, by editing the ldraw.ini. The default settings ignore moved files, 'delete me' files, and light.dat. (...) I'm assuming (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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steve, can i have your lightsaber .dat files? (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) Well then; Surprise! :-P The following 7xxxx numbers are embossed on elements: 70163 Metal Counter-Weight Wedge 70942 1x2 Tile, Top Center Ball: Chrome 70969 Mini-Figure Exhaust Pipe, Right: Chrome 70972 Mini-Figure Exhaust Pipe, Left: Chrome (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) You rang? :-P The pink raft (dinghy is too much typing :-) can be seen here: (URL) Now the canoe is a different matter....... Oh gawd. :-P When even *I* get the joke, it's old news Terry. -- joshua (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36e52d27.5283445@lu...et.com>... (...) Not that I think this should affect the outcome of this discussion or anything, but there is at least one part that has a 7xxxx number stamped on it. The gold insectoid eye (i.e. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) Again, confusion (<g>): The question on the table is whether the BALL has a hole in it, NOT the stud... (All of mine have always had a hole through the stud). Of course, you did write "hole in the tow ball" earlier, so I'm presuming that this (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) No. I am very distinctly talking about the older item. I'm not sure what the new item you are talking about, but both of the elements that I described were in my collection years before Dk Grey became available, and both have a ball and a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) I've actually run into a problem once with the axle being too long. I was trying to model a craft that I built, and I ended up fudging the virtual model by pushing the axle into the motor, because otherwise it popped through the radar dish on (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) There's one hole through the stud and the base where it is placed. Leonardo (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) True. As the best way to keep everyone at least somewhat happy. (...) I don't want to over-use 3-digit numbers. Only where necessary and unavoidable. For instance; The complete yellow dinghy does have the correct number. So we can make a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) We could go that route, just have the two halves and no shortcut. The important thing is this would still be an accurate use of the numbers, but without carring it to the logical extreme and having the complete part. (...) True. Note that in (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) Won't changing the length change the ease of modeling? Currently, you can line parts up (such as connectors or bushings) to the end of the axle because when lined up corectly, they share a common plane. If you make the axles shorter, this (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) Holes through the stud, or holes through the ball? Steve (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) hehe.. i can always count on you to be a pain, steve... :) every morning i come in here and check this thread and i can see everyone's point with equal value... i started in on this convo from the standpoint of "2 #16 parts, then aggregate (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) The axles are shorter than bricks. Comparing the 2L axle to a 2x brick, the axle comes up about 1.5 LDU short. I haven't checked the other axles, for now I'm guessing they are also 1.5LDU short. (...) I posted one a few days ago. It was the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) I'm not confusing them. But I can't speak for other people. Once we've got part-files created, we'll have firmer ground to talk from. Steve (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) I wonder -- are there color-specific part numbers for the dinghy, because it is a compound element? So if we publish two sub-files, and no shortcut, we skip the whole issue. But not publishing a shortcut seems really lame. The "part" is final (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) Just to be a pain: there are existing 'glued-together' parts in LDraw with sub-files for each component part and a main short-cut file for the whole thing. Two that spring to mind are the 2x2x11 pillar and the classic 2x4 plate hinge. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) If you're talking about the yellow hands from the large people, than I'm sure that they have holes. I'm looking at one of those parts right now and it has a hole in it. Maybe there are 2 versions of this part, with and without holes. I'll (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) I vote in favour of solution #1 By the way, The pink Belville dinghy exists, it was part of set #5841 As seen from the pictures in my Dutch 1988 catalogue, it's identical to the yellow dinghy . Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) Are you sure about this? I mean, I don't doubt that the length of the axles is LDraw is a bit to large, but doesn't this apply to nearly all parts? Surely a 1x1 brick is smaller than 20LDUx20LDU in real life, to leave some gap between the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: patents
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(...) I say go forth blindly. Just do it. If they get upset, then we worry about it. I would be more concerned if we were talking about Star TREK elements, since Paramount is well known for trying to squash anything they can't profit from. -- Terry (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Vote 99-02: Page 3900
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(...) Good point. All I have is ones as you described it - no holes/one stud. Somebody speak up on this so we can get it straightened out. Until I get a good answer, this part is on hold. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) The problem is a bit more narrow than that. Basic pieces, like the 1x2 brick, are not affected by all this numbering/coloring controversy. Those pieces had a simple part number that is common to all the colors. So we would NOT be having (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) 1. Understood. 2. That's a given. I don't really expect to see detail. It is not something that would be a requirement, IMO. (...) No idea. It was news to me. Joshua might know something about it, but he never mentioned that one to me. (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) that (...) possibility (...) question (...) great point.. and well thought-out... hmmmm... okay... so then as i see it we have two options.. #1 (my preference, since this is how we handle two halves of every hinge, wheel-tyre combo, etc.. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: patents
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(...) 1) TLG knows about LDraw. 2) One or more LEGO employees read this newsgroup/mailing list. Steve (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) you're (...) don't (...) the (...) that (...) basic (...) to (...) LDraw (...) that (...) i (...) You've got my support here. I don't care to use LDraw as a TLG reference ...just wanna model. We need to follow the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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be verry careful about making TLG aware of ldraw because they have probobly patented lego (or at least parts of it) and if you tell them about ldraw then they may find a way to get you for patent ifringement. (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) I agree wholeheartedly... The point I tried to make earlier, was that it seems that by giveing seperate part numbers to the part, TLG is leaveing open the possibility in the future to release a part that is in two SEPARATE colors. So, my (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Vote 99-02: Page 3900
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Ah, I see what caused my problems and confusion. For some strange reason, it's not considering this below as part of the header, and therefore thinks it should reply back to you ... Now all I need is a better mail client. :) I've CC'ed this to the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) I've never seen holes, though that doesn't mean they're not there. :-P (I'm 99% certain that the original, used-for-hands elements, didn't have the hole). FWIW, the instruction scans on kl.net are very high quality, well enough to see that the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Who's got the Y-wing?
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Well I'll be darned. Based on the pics, I was certain these were going to be a shorter version of the axle with end connectors. -John Van Steve Bliss wrote in message <36e416ba.19410902@l...et.com>... (...) engines (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36e41df1.21257934@l...et.com>... (...) Let's see, I did the 1X4 tile with red stripes, that should be close to 100% accurate. I did the outer shell of the x-wing windscreen, and the new wing piece is about 90% complete. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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A general question, and some comments: Question: what parts, new in the SW sets, are people working on? Do you have the Parts Tracker updated? I know JVZ has some worked up. I'm not finding anything noted as Star Wars in the parts tracker, but if (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) John- These are not new. They are well-known, well-loved and somewhat rare 16L axles with end-connectors. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) in all honesty, all i use LDraw for... to document my creations so that i have a record before i tear them apart... the only reason i model specific elements for the catalog is because i want/need them to document a RL model (well, sometimes (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) i disagree.. i say go for it... create the end caps (i thought about doing this myself when the crankshaft discussion came up) and let's have a primitive axle cross section without end faces... then i say we integrate the primitive+end caps (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) With or without threading holes in the towball? Steve (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) I'm only alright with hard-coded colors, IF they are somehow marked as not being primary parts. I would not want them all listed in as being available for building, just because it would eventually lead to parts-overload. You'd get about a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) I'll look into it. The main problems are (1) I'm not sure it can be done without rewriting the existing code, which I don't *really* feel like doing. And (2) I'm not planning on cutting a dinghy open to see what the inside looks like. So any (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, having new axle primitives would make the process go much easier. Perhaps the axle.dat file could be separated into two files: one with the end-lines, and the other with everything else. the "everything else" file would be one of the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I was looking at this part some more, and wondering: are there two different versions of this piece, are does this part-file contain some serious design errors? All the RL examples of this element in my possession have a technic-stud on one side and (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I like it. Are you suggesting we add two new axle primitives? The axle end and an axle segment without the end edges? This will surely make the process of reworking all the old axle-related parts easier. Introducing this much details will make (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I do. The parts I use the most (Technic axles, cross blocks, bushings, pins and so on), I also remember the number for. But I'm helpless without a list which can be used to look up the ones I can't remember, obviously. Fredrik (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Me too. If we stick to "3873.DAT Technic Chain Tread" now, we can always add "0.6 x 2.6" later if there appears a new tread link later, can we not? (...) Out of the three, I prefer 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with End Connectors because the part (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, This might be a little off-topic but I'm working on a terrain generator for LeoCAD so this still has to do with Lego and CAD. I'd like to know if anyone here have experience with bezier curves because I'd like to improve the way I'm calculating (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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according to the parts tracker page the technic threaded axle parts are done. can i please have them? (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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onyx skrev i meddelandet ... (...) organize/search (...) If we didn't have to have compatibility with the original programs, LDRAW/LEDIT, the obvious step would be to make a database of all the parts, which would mean more effective use of the hard (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Terry K wrote in message <36e0b4c1.2353492@lu...et.com>... (...) The problem with "Holes" is that it is used for many things and is only marginally descriptive. How about something like one of the following: 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with End Pin (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree with that. It would be a lot more sensible. And I like the original names for the Link Chain/Tread pieces. So, what do we like? with End Links / Holes / End Connectors? Or is there a nomenclature even more apt out there? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) For now, that would be a good solution. Of course, Steve would need to split the pieces first. (...) I finally just released it as 104.dat in color 16. A compromise of sorts. The problem is, other pieces will (do) have the same problem. The (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) library (...) possible... a (...) organize/search (...) Here you miss the point that some of us don't care a flip for TLG's nomemclature. TLG has its own reason for using it that doesn't make any sense for what we (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) Grey came in (at least): Segmented Arm 'Hand', Ball Joint, M Set U.S. Set Name Year Theme ---- ---...--- ---- ---...--- 6901 Mobile Lab 1980 LEGOLAND Space 6339 Shuttle Launch Pad 1995 Launch Command 6544 Shuttle Transcon 2 1995 Launch Command (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) have (...) slim (...) That's interesting -- the one I found was grey, and no towball-hole. I don't have any bendy-arm people, and I don't think they had grey hands. Steve (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) i agree completely... i say we handle our parts/sub parts in the same way TLG does... if glued-parts have 2 separate numbers, then lets model both halves separately, then use any conglomerate numbers for complete elements.. if they are (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have two different versions of this part... one is (in my collection) always molded in yellow, and was used as hands in the large bendy-arm figures. This one does not have a hole in the towball. The second is always molded in grey, and does (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ah, I understand :) (...) In this case, it seems that a use-specific name such as: "Technic Tie Rod" might be appropriate, since even if one doesn't use this part as a steering linkage, the "specific" term "tie-rod" is actually generic enough (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Terry K (legoverse@geocities.com) comments Karim's "30086.dat" and "30087.dat" in colour 16, and "4106548.dat" in yellow/yellow suggestion (which I support): (...) Yes. The problem is that this is a multi-mold part which is likely to appear in (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I ran across one of the 'hands' for old bendy-arm people the other day, and it reminded me of a discussion (which I can't locate now) in these parts about this element, and whether it had a thread-hole in the towball or not.[1] The one I have (ok, I (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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