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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36ee61f9.2510929@lu...et.com>... (...) all (...) and (...) Oh, well, I can certainly understand that. I can't help you find them, but if you want to dump them to me I JUST LOVE to organize things. Hey I've got a whole (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36ee613a.2319642@lu...et.com>... (...) ACAD comes in several flavors. The industrial strength ACAD is a monster, but it can handle just about anything you can think of in a CAD. For those who may not need all the bells (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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(...) Going back to the question of new line-types in LDraw2, if we had all the curved-surface types, there would be little or no use for the Type-5 line, as long as we could specify that a specific object should be outlined/edged. Or have separate (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | OpenGL/Perl Modeller
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Okay, this is my second posting (the first was to lugnet.cad) about PerlLD which is my little Perl/Tk/OpenGL modeller. You can use it for creating & viewing complete models but my intent is to use it to make parts (loading gets slower as the size of (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Our Modeling Future (Was: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2)
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(...) i see the good *and* the bad in the .DAT format... i like the idea that the same parsing routines handle everything from the model down to the line type... all transformations can be uniformly applied to every sub element, element, part, and (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD format
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On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:24:08 GMT, Paul Gyugyi <paul@gyugyi.com> wrote: [snip] Just a short post, to say "I agree!" Steve (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: small ufo saucer hulls
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(...) I have way to much stuff, in various stages of abandonment, to just dump it all on the 'net. Even if that 'net is lugnet. Besides, I'd have to both find and organize it first. ;) Steve (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Technic "Throwbot" or "Slizer"?
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In Australia, I have some sets in the 1998 LEGO catalogue - I haven't received this year's catalogue yet - that are in a category known as Competition. In this catalogue, are listed numbers 8223, 8202, 8266, 8257, and 8245. All of these throw either (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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(to jump in, or to stay out. Decisions, decisions. Oh, what the heck.) Why wait for LDraw2 to come up with better ways to produce part-files? It would be *great* if LDraw2 can handle multiple source-file formats, but that's a different issue. I (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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(...) Yes. (...) And you still need a simple representation of a POV part to be able to use it in an modeler. /Lars (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Cam 6575
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(...) it "Catch Cross" in LDraw. How about: "Technic Connector with Axlehole" And how about the number? Do anybody know what it is? Fredrik (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD format
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(...) Yes, I agree. But MPD is not very parser-friendly. You read the file and half-way down it says: "Oh, by the way, I'm an MPD!" How are you supposed to avoid complaining about garbage lines before the first "0 FILE" without parsing each file (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite 1.7 suggestions
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(...) Great! I just ran into another problem. The "Continuous" checkbox in the Options does not work. I wanted to view Karim's AT-AT and have it auto-rotate, but quickly found that the continuous feature wouldn't work. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD format
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(...) While I appreciate the LDAO modeler, I find it awkward to use. It is a good effort at making an ad-hoc modelling tool, but leaves a lot to be desired. So I use it only occasionally. For large models, I prefer LEdit, imperfect as it is. -- (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problems with LDAO, L3PAO
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(...) If you are using LDAO 1.4..5 try this: Make a backup copy of your ldraw.ini file in /windows. Then open the primary ldraw.ini file and find the [Categories] section. Delete all entries in that section. Save the file and try running Make (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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The *strength* of LDRAW is the Type 2 and Type 5 lines. They are key to making rendered instruction sheet output look good. AC3D is a modeller that supports both triangles and lines, with POV and DXF output. I encourage you to check it out at: (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD format [DAT]
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I think valid drawing lines before the first "0 FILE" of an MPD file should not be allowed (comments and garbage lines are OK). Either it is an MPD file, or it is not. If valid drawing lines are encountered first, well, here's an example of what (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite 1.7 suggestions
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OK: Stop button is officially on the TODO list. A backwards redraw would be nice, but I don't see an easy way to handle it in the code. The LDAO modeler can be useful here: you can set it up to only draw lines that are highlighted in the editor, or (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Our Modeling Future. (Was:Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2)
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(...) it was paul gyugi who mentioned the shareware proggy i spoke of... here's his original post: (...) meshes in DXF format, as well as his writing the DAT2DXF converter)... so he will be a great source of information on what other avenues we may (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: To lugnet administrator.
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(...) Actually, there is a special group lugnet.off-topic.test for this sort of thing. :) (...) This is correct -- it's not a bug. If your e-mail program has a Reply-to-All feature, simply use that when replying to messages instead of the plain (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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