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It's in the title but what was eventually decided about formalising LDraw.org? I ask because I had a new meta command I wanted to submit and wanated to send it to the right person! (If nothing fixed yet let me know and i'll put up in cad.dev) Alex (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Looking for editors...
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Hey... I'm working on changing the LDraw.org download section by adding OS-specific sections, and download pages broken down from there. It will start off with Windows, Mac, and Linux sections. Currently, I have a Mac editor, and I would like a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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the L2P links on LDraw.org should be fixed now. (URL) Tim Courtney - tim@ldraw.org (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I have a half cylinder 6218 in front of me. It looks exactly like the partsref image for 6259. Partsref does not have an entry for 6218. The parts list from peeron.com identifies both as 'Cylinder 2 x 4 x 4'. Anyone know the difference between these (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | More programs for /download/software
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I would like to see a few more programs be added to the /download/software section. . LeoCAD (URL) Koen's bend thingie creator (URL) Jeff Boen's DatSort (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Part number for baseplate?
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(...) Like this (URL) ? As used in set 264 and others. Chris (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) your example is definitely the right idea. Thanks! Dave! (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This one? (URL) Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I haven't seen one in years, but I recall that the Homemaker sets included a mid-size blue baseplate with studs along the perimeter and a textured but non-studded central area. Does anyone know the part number for this? Does it exist in LCad? Dave! (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There is no defacto set, because the Pyy numbers only exist for LCAD purposes, and the numbers are not allocated until somebody goes to the trouble of authoring the part - so the "Master list" is, in effect, the current PARTS.LST file in your (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Understood. (...) Is the defacto set of Pyy numbers publicly visible on a web site anywhere ? What is the procedure for assigning a Pyy number when I come across a decorated part that I do not see listed (in any list I can find that is). To (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I (...) and (...) (xxxxPyy) (...) As has been mentioned several times in the group, the Pyy numbers are not part of the official TLC nomenclature and are allocated within this LCAD community. Numbers are not intended to be consecutive from 01 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Gads I hope so. After reading your post I checked out the peeron.com part list and noticed that the cat has part number "x91". I don't know if that's supposed to be 2546x91, or just x91. It's also possible--in fact likely--that the x numbers (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Has anyone taken on the task of building a master list of part numbers ? I've found several lists so far (dan boger's at peeron.com, lutz uhlmann's, lugnet partsref, etc). Each of these contains a large overlap, but none is complete (or as complete (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Excellent. Thanks for clearing that up! Dave! (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As long as the overlapping areas are coplanar and use the same color, this approach is valid. I frequently use this approach to draw rings, when there isn't a single ring primitive which fits my needs. Steve (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Wouldn't you know it--there was a minor bug in the code. The edger in its first version would sometimes lock up when checking for overlapping lines in certain cases. I've updated it again to get rid of that bug, so now it's on version 0.6. (URL) you (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: March 2001 ldraw.org MOTM winner
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"Ryan Dennett" <rdennett@firehousemail.com> wrote in message news:G9Jpyx.GwH@lugnet.com... (...) '...and uhh, I'd like to thank the Academy...' :-) Congrats, Ryan! -Tim (who also really liked the Star Wars rendering) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I just want to say thanks to everyone who voted for me and also to Tim Courtney who made some suggestions, that helped make this scene so cool. Thanks Tim. :) The Star Wars scene was also a great rendering, and I figured that that would be the one (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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For some of the more complicated designs on patterened elements, the path of least resistance suggests to me that a certain amount of overlap by two linetype statements of the same color might be the most efficient way of covering an area. As a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | March 2001 ldraw.org MOTM winner
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Ryan Dennett races to a win... A second win of the MOTM goes to Ryan and his "Corvette Country Road". And for the second month, the winner is an auto-themed entry - how interesting. (URL) Terry K -- (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New "calculator" for parts authors. ( for windows 95+, nt?)
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(...) Steve (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello Paul I for one am interested. I'll be along to your site shortly to download. Henrik (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw & TLC (was: Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts)
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[revisiting an old thread] (...) This is kinda what I meant: (URL) My sense is that they not only want to be able (...) Actually, I'm not entirely convinced that LEGO's own proprietary modeling format will necessarily be text-based. Naturally, I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New "calculator" for parts authors. ( for windows 95+, nt?)
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Hello, Anyone interested in a Lcad calculator? I have updated the one I made to now allow multiple point entry in the Tiangle/Line intersection area. I have also added a few more very minor enhancements, plus a few fixes. You may download it from my (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've developed a small utility in Java for adding conditional edge lines to parts. I thought this might be handy to Ldraw developers; it certainly has been for me. You can find it at: (URL) code and the Java class file are included. Usage is simple: (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Need part number for a dangerous predator
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"Lee Gaiteri" <LummoxJR@aol.com> wrote in message news:G9G8nL.GL8@lugnet.com... (...) discovered (...) shapes (...) triangle in (...) This could be of huge benefit to parts authors. Manually adding conditional lines on complex surfaces has to be (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) well, yea.. but i am using a computer for more then just cad. I also play games and such on it as well as since i am getting a cd burner and 60 gigabites.. MP3 time hehehhe since i have the basic LDRAW stuff on cd ill be usin it as soon as i (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks! I'm on the case! Dave! (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) AFAIK, no one's done it. Steve (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Thomas Burger" <tburger666@aol.com> skrev i meddelandet news:G9DHsM.MFq@lugnet.com... (...) I have made a program that can regenerate the .dat file from a .pov file made with L3P, but I suppose any .pov files disappeared in the crash too... -- (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There's always one in every bunch <sigh> Hehe :] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Has anyone done the half-octagonal sloped roof piece found in: (URL) elsewhere? I'd like to take a crack at it if no one else has done it. Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Wat's the 800 kHz ? Thomas Burger <tburger666@aol.com> schreef in berichtnieuws G9DHsM.MFq@lugnet.com... (...) both (...) may (...) is (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! Thanks. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: lost it! all of it.
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(...) You may want to spring for some more RAM. I recommend at least 256, especially if you're going to be raytracing. If you can't afford the extra RAM, then get a slightly slower processor...I doubt that'll make a difference. --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | lost it! all of it.
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hello gents im sad to say my pc hard drive crashed. it was making a loud clicking noise before it crashed. and i lost all my dat files including both the car wash brush holder and axle i did but didnot upload. some time in may ill have a new (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3P v1.3 20010120
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Sproaticus wrote... (...) "Download the Lgeo POV-Ray Library (548kB) containing 636 parts from all updates including #14. New users should get this. If you already have all stuff until including update#13, just get the update #14 below." But if you (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | March 2001 ldraw.org MOTM voting
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Here goes, (URL) out and vote.... -- Terry K -- (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Official model repository situation
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(...) to (...) That's an interesting point. Here's a variation on that: If someone with a good memory watched someone else build a Lego set, he could go home and build it himself. And if he had friends with good memories, he could then show them how (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Huh. I downloaded the complete set, but my L2P_ELMT.TAB is from 25-1-1999. The other timestamp is off too. I figured this could be an old LGEO install, but I tried again on a fresh machine and I still have the older files. Exactly which file (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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[disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.] (...) Well, I think it's tempting to look at it as a transformation when it's actually reverse-engineering. (...) If an artist hand-painted extremely detailed step-by-step instructions on how to build the model -- (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Official model repository situation
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Todd: (...) I think this is where our way of looking at things diverge. Assuming that somebody wrote this MPD-to-PostScript translater I asked for a few weeks ago we could get quite a bit closer to an automated transformation of a LDraw file into (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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[disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.] (...) Ahh, but it's nothing at all like the original work. You're not even translating the copyrighted building instruction booklet. You use the building instruction booklet to build the model, then you disassemble (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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[ I am still a scientist, not a lawyer ] Erik: (...) <quote src="Danish copyright law" translation="on-the-fly"> § 4. One, who translates, reworks or in another way adapts a work, including transforming it to another form of litterature or art, has (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Official model repository situation
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(...) I think the DAT file becomes a derivative work. You're just translating the original work into a new medium. It's like you've written down a scene-by-scene description of a film. If it's allowed under the Fair Play policy, then it's allowed. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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[disclaimer: I am not a lawyer] (...) It's very different. Copying instructions is copying instructions. Copying .DAT files is copying text files that list parts with x,y,z coordinates and orientations. (...) A copyright 20 years old may be as valid (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: L3P v1.3 20010120
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Sproaticus wrote... (...) Are you sure you have got ALL updates installed properly? My L2P_ELMT.TAB is from 31-12-99 and the latest part is lg_3873.inc from 23-09-99. BTW, you can use the -d option to L3P to see the contents of LGEO's *.TAB files: (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I see the situation this way. On set instructions, it may say (c)1999 LEGO Group. As many copyright disclaimers say something like this: No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Official model repository situation
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(...) What would that mean for Star Wars scenes? --Todd (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: next parts update ----> *when* ???
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(...) Hopefully, Partsref will be updated more frequently, with new parts being listed soon after they are added to the LDraw parts library. Optimally, an automatic feed would be set up, so the changes would occur in Partsref ASAP. Steve (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Ryan: (...) The whole idea of the OMR is very much in a grey area copyright-wise, so I suggest that those in charge of the OMR contact LEGO, explain the situation, and ask them what they find is reasonable. Jacob PS: You could also ask your own (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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And here's another issue. The Brickshelf has self-imposed restrictions to not have scans of instructions for sets from 1997 or later. Should the OMR have a similar restriction? --Ryan (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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How is this going to affect updates to the Partsref Database on LugNet? (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ok by me --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Official Model Repository Standards
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Good job Ryan, Thanks for summarizing the long awaited OMR guidelines. Two comments: 1. Having the error.dat file is a right place to declare the eventual incompleteness of the model (missing, yet unmodelled parts etc). I would require the modellers (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Official Model Repository Standards
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Ok, I've made some changes to the Standards. One thing I forgot to say in my post was that for more information on the repository and for previous posts see www.ldraw.org/repository Anyway, here is what I made for changes... Moved "Terms" to the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I don't quite understand what this means, probably because I've just been unaware as to what the OMR actually is. Is it a center where you download models into a standard directory, as is done with 'Parts'? And one question about sub-models (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Why not use the same naming convention as the LUGNET DB ? That way we can cross-reference easily, there could be an option to download the .dat file just like there is now a "download building instructions from brickshelf". Well, assuming Todd (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: Official model repository situation
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(...) My reasoning was that this would group all the files together and make them instantly recognizable in people's model folders. If the filename started with a number, it would get grouped with unofficial parts, for example. --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Ryan Dennett" <rdennett@firehousemail.com> wrote in message news:G8vs4v.K4s@lugnet.com... (...) I have some nitpicking to do, not too much though. :o) All of the meat of this post is fine the way I see it, but there needs to be some (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org Official Model Repository Standards
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Ok, I have made some changes to the OMR Standards based on the feedback that has been given. If there is no major objections than this is how the Standard will remain, but as always feedback is nescessary for things to work well. I think that most (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Official model repository situation
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3a8dab56.648880...net.com... (...) I remember you used those examples when we were originally hashing this - in fact, they're cited in a post of mine setting the current standard back then. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Ya, I totally agree on an (optional or maybe not optional) M part -- it's incredibly is helpful for sets with the same number that also came out in the same year -- for example 1974 Star Quest, 1974 Smuggler's Hayride, and 1974 Flyer Cracker (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Official model repository situation
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Ok, let me ask this then, do programs such as Ldlite, MLCad, etc accept ,mpd files and automatically split them or is there still the need to split the .mpd manually? I haven't used MLCad much basically because I've become so proficient in LEdit and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: L3P v1.3 20010120
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Lars, Awesome. I tip my hat to you and Lutz. :-, I don't mean to complain, in fact I am currently trying to figure out a solution anyways, but I thought I'd raise these issues and see if anyone else has figured it out already. Basically, some LGEO (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Official model repository situation
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(...) LDraw and LEdit can't read MPD files without first splitting them, so I see no reason to limit MPD filenames to 8.3. Long filenames will be much more readable and easier to organize, which is what we're looking for in filenames for OMR models. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Why *not* accept long filenames for model names? I think that the current generation of tools (LDLite, MLCad, etc.) are sufficiently good enough -- and we don't necessarily want to restrict Un*x and Mac users as well. I'm a die-hard LEdit (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Jacob, Will .mpd accept more than 8 characters? I don't use it much, but I was under the impression that we had to keep that in the 8+3 format as well. Please let me know As soon as possible so I can make any necessary changes to the standards. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Meeting in New York City, Sun Feb 11
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(...) I used to feel the same way. Then someone pushed to form MichLUG. So things are a little better now, in Michigan. A state-wide MichLUG is still too spread out to be practical for frequent activity, but it's good for doing things a few times (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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Heather: (...) I think it would help a bit. That way you are spared the time to look for the pieces. Jacob (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) as (...) to (...) drive (...) where (...) link (...) similar (...) Okay. Yeah, I forgot about the naming system in the annoucement. Cheers, --Ryan (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) news:G8t1yJ.1HG@lugnet.com... (...) Sounds good to me! Inlining an MPD for this purpose is not a problem - I've managed to convert inventories from all kinds of weird formats, and was figuring on the conversion being done by hand anyway, to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Ryan: (...) Please use four-digit numbers for years. I know that we will not get in serious trouble for the first forty or so years, but... Play well, Jacob (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Erik, I'll be posting the OMR Standards tonight. I was going to last night, but I had forgotten to add some things. This was my original idea, but we are actually not going to be using a number format except for the .mpd file which will be (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Where does a parts author go next?
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Tim: (...) It is <parts@ldraw.org>. Play well, Jacob (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G8u2Hw.H67@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm...not a bad idea. In fact, it might be in the original standard post. I'm just too tired. Oog. -Tim (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hey, I thought someone had used filenames that start with M for an official model? Besides, it's annoying to get filenames that resemble part names... m6040.dat is so obviously a model, not a part, that there won't be confusion when it's saved on (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Heather Patey" <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote in message news:G8t1yJ.1HG@lugnet.com... (...) generate (...) Hi Heather - Good idea! Yes, MLCad can put out an inventory (and I think LeoCAD can too). So, instead of looking up a set to inventory it, make a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Ryan Farrington" <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> wrote in message news:001401c0975c$38...dly.com... (...) Umm... Here are my thoughts. Given the standard header/hard drive storage system as posted at: (URL) say we index them by set number only. This will be (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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This is just a quick message to let you know that either later today or tomorrow I will be posting the information for the OMR, ie the headers, what to do about missing pieces, etc. I just need to type it up and have Tim edit to make sure everything (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hi CAD gang, Just poking my nose in from the inventory group next door. ML-CAD can generate a parts list from any DAT file, so the Repository could perhaps be a great source for inventories. Could I suggest that anyone making official models, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) to (...) thinking (...) a (...) into (...) at (...) Well, I was going to model most/all of my sets for the Repository...and I have some ideas for the directory structure... Tim Courtney wrote: (...) I would say regarding organizing them for (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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man all the good stuff happens in NYC, California and Orlando poor me in North VA never around anything (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) Unless you feel able to tackle a part that is "wanted", but not marked as "in progress". The Parts TRacker is not just a record of what has been done it should also identify target parts for authoring. (...) I believe from examination of the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Ryan Dennett" <rdennett@firehousemail.com> wrote in message news:G8rBuw.6Fz@lugnet.com... (...) Yeah kinda funny. Sheesh...I spent about an hour and a half in a car with you, and another hour and a half at a restaurant. ;-) (...) Very little, but (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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You, know, it's funny that you asked this, Ryan, because I meant to talk to Tim about it last night, but totally forgot. On the way home I was thinking about LDraw stuff when I remembered the OMR. I was getting ready to write a message to Tim, when (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G8pw4o.3Aw@lugnet.com... (...) I fixed the link now...thanks. -Tim (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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First, I'd like to thank everyone for their helpful replies to my post. Chris Dee wrote: [snip] (...) part (...) that (...) is a (...) Ah, yes. I hadn't thought to check out the parts tracker. I looked at it just now, and due to the large number of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Ryan Farrington" <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> wrote in message news:002f01c0968d$95...dly.com... (...) We're working on it :-) I did discuss this with Leonardo this weekend, and that's pretty low priority right now compared to other more important things (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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It's been some time since the Official Model Repository has been mentioned. What is the status of it? Regards, --Ryan (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) to (...) that (...) Seems it might be parts@ldraw.org (not partsref@ldraw.org as on the "Contact Us" page on www.ldraw.org), as email to partsref@ldraw.org does bounce. I've used partsref@home.com before today. Chris (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A couple of us mentioned talking to Steve and sharing the load of the parts update process for the 400 or so parts that are in the pipeline, because that's a very daunting task. More later, when we've discussed updates more. -Tim (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Will parts in the pipeline (already sent to Steve at partsref@home.com) be included, or should I resend these to partsref@ldraw.org ? Any chance of an update of what is in the pipeline, just to make sure you have everying from my "out-box"? (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) get heaps of praise or any comment there). If you don't get any criticism though, then parts for the next voting should be sent to partsref@ldraw.org. However, if you are concerned about wasting time, before authoring a new part please take a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Leonardo Zide" <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:3A89783B.671002....com.br... (...) Or is that parts@ldraw.org? I forget, I think one of them bounced.... Jacob? -Tim (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Leonardo Zide" <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:3A896578.DD4083....com.br... (...) That's pretty much it. We all gotta get back settled at home and organized and then we'll work on it more. The people handling the parts update are (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If that's your first part then it's a good idea to post it there for reviews and comments. After you think it's ready to be official, send it to partsref@ldraw.org. Leonardo (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I have just finished making Tile 1 x 2 with Ice Planet Controls Pattern and I need to know what I do with it now. Do I send the file to lugnet.cad.dat.parts for review? Thanks, --Ryan E-mail: ryanjf@ifriendly.com Website: (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm too tired to write a complete list of the subjects discussed now (10 hours flight from NY) but we basically talked about a license for the parts and how the LDraw.org organization will be formed. Leonardo (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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