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When I vote for MOTM, I consider both the rendering and the model. However, if there are enough POV gurus out there that can submit fairly good models with superb scenes, they could possibly take all votes away from people who make incredible models (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: June 2001 MOTM contest
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GE0K6s.Ew@lugnet.com... (...) For an LDraw.org run contest, I would restrict entries to models which have been generated with DAT utilities. (...) I wouldn't restrict model entries to bare (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: June 2001 MOTM contest
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(...) But what would be an allowable entry in 'LDRAWn'? A bmp. output of the actual original LDraw? Or include outputs or screenshots of LDLite, MLCad, LDView, BlockCAD, and others? Perhaps restrict model entries to a basic rendered output available (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: June 2001 MOTM contest
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GDyo23.666@lugnet.com... (...) rendered. I mean, there are many modelers that maybe haven't mastered POVRay (or other renderers) yet, but might still have good models. MOTM is more and more (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | June 2001 MOTM contest
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That time again, A very interesting mix of entries. Vote now through the end of the month... (URL) Terry K -- (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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I just noticed #30414 (Brick 1x4 with studs on side) is named "_3010-8.dat" in this unofficial update. Clearly the partnumber is 30414. Greetingz... Sjaacko (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there any benefit...
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(...) Yeah, I wasn't thinking of a large-scale rewrite, but I was curious. (...) I'm not at all code-savvy, but I'd help where possible. Dave! (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> To: <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:54 AM Subject: Re: Is there any benefit... (...) most (...) recursing (...) But (...) It's not worth the trouble: (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The main advantage would be saving a few bytes of file space. Which is most significant to the download process, since we've got about 3MB of data, between ldraw.exe and complete.exe. The rendering time would be *mostly* unaffected. On the on (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've noticed that a number of older DAT files could be steamlined (that is, rendered using far fewer lines) by application of box.dat and rect.dat primitives rather than a series of linetypes 2 and 4. Is there any merit in doing this, such as (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Jessiman family to attend Brickfest 2001
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(...) ...I second that and hope that we can show them how much their son's achievement means to our community. I think they'll be impressed! :-) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat www.wildlink.com <-- the (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hey Kyle, I guess the "petition" thing was a bit misleading, but it's no big deal really. It's just a holdover from the previous incarnation of the LDMC site, which James Reynolds and I are trying to get updated as time allows. What was really meant (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I read the article and caught the mention of some kind of petition. I went to the LDMC site and couldn't find one. What's it about? The reason I ask is I thought it funny that there was a petition about something produced with volunteer (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "33" Slope Shocker... Possible name change?
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Nice response time here on my behalf :] Oops (...) Yeah, I didn't like these two either, mostly the first one. It could be confusing. (...) ARRrrgh!! Hehe, got it :] To me, either of the angle method or the rise-run methods could work, and I can (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oops, sorry about that. Really all this info should be added to the FAQ on www.ldraw.org. All the FAQ says about submitting is "When you have finished the part, you should check it for technical mistakes with l3p -check, and then send it to (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Jessiman family to attend Brickfest 2001
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(...) This is wonderful news. I'm elated to hear that they will be honoring their son's work and achievements, and us with their attendance. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (My views do not necessarily (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Jessiman family to attend Brickfest 2001
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I am pleased to announce that Don and Robyn Jessiman, the parents of late LDraw creator James Jessiman, will be attending Brickfest 2001. For more info, read: (URL) LDraw users and contributors are invited to attend Brickfest 2001, where there will (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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(...) At Y=0. Just make sure the light source doesn't move. Steve (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Some submission guidelines (was: Re: 6002 mpd version, now I think I got it.)
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote something that triggered me to write at length: (...) Posting to lugnet.cad.dat.parts as an MPD is cool. It's better than the alternative (posting several messages, possibly pointing links to (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:GD4pME.Bz2@lugnet.com... (...) could (...) But where would the shadow be drawn, if there is no absolute minimum elevation? (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:GD4oE6.82s@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) the (...) it. Yes, I'm planning to allow at the very minimum, the ability to view any of the eight potential isometric views (if you made a model of a (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GD4nu6.6KI@lugnet.com... (...) Yes. (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The only suggestion I have is to keep drawing the brick's shadow when the brick goes underground. Steve (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I like it! Ultimately I suppose you'd have a toggle for finer-detail motion, but as a demo I think it's quite cool. Would it be possible in the final product to rotate the scene, or even to change the centerpoint of the view? In any case, I'll (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Will this new program have the ability to move objects both in the iso.. view and other views that MLCAD currenlty allows. This would be best! (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:qk5lftsl7dvnao4...4ax.com... (...) OK, don't let us stop you. Must be a nightmare trying to get the automatic parts release system written. Dan (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Thanks for the feedback, Dan. I'll see what I can do about straightening these parts out. Now, on to the next step: managing feedback and updates to files. :) Steve (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is exactly how LeoCAD handles moving parts around by default, but there is an option to change it. I personally find LeoCAD awkward to use and have gotten used to the quirks of MLCad. Dan (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'll make it a little easier - here's the problems I've found so far: No s\ in subpart reference: 3070a.dat (references 3070new.dat) 3069a.dat (references 3069new.dat) 2431b.dat (references 2431new.dat) 6366b.dat (references 6636new.dat) (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello again (long time no post). I'm in the process of developing my own DAT-based CAD program. One of the things that frustrates me about MLCAD is the apparent inability to drag parts around inside the isometric view--you're forced to use an (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Re: Unofficial parts at (URL) FYI, there are a few more new files out there. I'm not going to continue announcing updates; they should continue to occur on an ongoing basis, nearly daily. I'm going to modify the format of the page a bit, to include (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, there's a lot of little stuff. I'll check around about those primitives; it's likely I just missed including them. Steve (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:GD1Cwq.16D@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) first (...) Now I can see how much you end up having to do to sort out the release of parts - there are quite a few parts with reference subparts (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Domain Name Renewal - Donations Needed
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"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:GD20DG.n9@lugnet.com... (...) to me (perhaps in private email) that some of the cheaper nameservers might be a bit less reliable for DNS resolution than Network Solutions, and with (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Domain Name Renewal - Donations Needed
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Hey Tim, I know this is late, but I just caught this on TechTV (ScreenSavers): (URL) Year...$8.95 /yr * 2 Years...8.75 /yr * 3 Years...8.55 /yr * 4 Years...8.25 /yr * 5 Years...8.05 /yr * 6 Years...7.85 /yr * 7 Years...7.65 /yr * 8 Years...7.45 /yr (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) OK. I took care of these two very minor issues. ;) I won't vouch for the quality of any of the linked data, though! The first part I pulled down had a half-dozen lines with syntax errors. :O Remember, that URL is (URL) Steve (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe. I guess I'd rather not depend on programs treating the title line as fixed-format, instead of delimited. My code tends to strip extra whitespace around the 0 and the title. (...) We are already using the first format. Unless someone (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm jumping in late here, so I may have missed a vital point, but wouldn't a blank space at the beginning of the part description force-sort the part to the beginning of parts.lst? I mean, could we have: 9999.dat Unofficial Part: Brick 2 x 7 (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I just want to say Thanks Steve! for doing this. Maybe all the links don't work, but at least you can download all the parts in the zip file at the bottom. -Chuck (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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