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I did some work on LDLite this weekend. An image of an LDLite rendered town.mpd is at: (URL) image used the -fr option to turn off lines, and has ldlite shading turned on, so it looks a little different than the others. Rendering time was 828 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: September LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting ready
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(...) Thanks I hope to have a castle scene ready for next month. Cale (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting ready
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(...) Too much? Did you conserve space by interlocking pieces? And yes, Cale's scene is great. I would describe it as being bucolic. -- Terry K -- (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting ready
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(...) I won't even touch that one.. (...) Yawn... yep. I noticed (fairly late) that I had almost forgotten about the vote. So I sat myself down and dd it. -- Terry K -- (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting ready
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(...) much lego in the handbag...) Voting done, though. I must say Cale's "autumn" scene was amazing. If only lego did that... -Shiri (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: September LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting ready
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(...) Oh no... (...) library ;-D <grin, duck, & run> (...) BTW - noting when you posted this....I take it you're still awake from last night? I just got up.... Tim.NH (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | September LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting ready
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That time o' the month, Vote now or forever hold your pieces.... (URL) ya in a week, -- Terry K -- (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Error in Technic axle extender?
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(...) Yes. This has been discussed before. The original version of the part looks like the one in the library, while the new one is the way you describe. I have a few of the original axle extenders from 8857 Street Chopper. BTW, lugnet.cad.dat.parts (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Sorting parts by location
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Does anyone know if there exists a utility to sort parts in a model file by their "cut plane" location? I know I can sort by X Y or Z values but what I am actually interested in is sorting using a cut plane that is perpendicular to the eye vector in (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw FilTEr
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Currently I am _trying_ to make a microfig or nanofig model the "Defiant" from Star Trek Deep Space 9. I do it in MLCad, not for real. I started with the bridge and started building somewhere in the middle. Then I put parts on top and under the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: LDraw FilTEr
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(...) Yes, that's right. I forgot to remove the code that referred to box replacements. (...) It's about as far as I've reached. You can change color of the objects in all selected lines and save by overwriting the input file. (...) Yes, just (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw FilTEr
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Hi Tore, I get "Cannot open file C:\LDRAW\boxes.lst" when I start it. Then it runs but the only thing I can seem to do is selecting and unselecting lines. Is it possible to filter all parts out that share the same y coordinate? Greetingz... Sjaacko (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw FilTEr
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First version: A lot of features still grayed-out. But you can: * filter x, y, z, color, line type (URL) (200 Kb) Some feedback, please! Is it worth working on? /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw FilTEr
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interesting. Gary Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:3B813E9A.6D7C1F...pnet.se... (...) of if you watch this: (...) CheckBoxList. The boxes are not yet drawn. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Delphi and decimal signs.
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(...) screen (...) to (...) your (...) I would attack the problem thusly: Upon application startup, record the locale-specific decimal separator variable into a global variable named UIDecimalSeparator. Create wrappers for FloatToStr and StrToFloat (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Link vs Technic Rod
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(...) I agree. Also the newly created part 32293 should be renamed "Technic Rod 9 L" Marc Klein A Mindstorms fan. (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Delphi and decimal signs.
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"Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> skrev i meddelandet news:3B8154F2.D99058...pnet.se... (...) national settings? The problem is that numerical constants in the code must always adhere to the English notation (decimal point). (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Delphi and decimal signs.
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Careful manipulation? All I need to do is add the line DecimalSeparator := '.'; to FormCreate and all my problems are gone! Gary, you are a hero! I'll check out ThousandSeparator later. Thanks again! /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Delphi and decimal signs.
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(...) With careful manipulation of the DecimalSeparator and ThousandSeparator global variables, one could write a Delphi app that reads/writes periods (full stop symbols) from/to DAT files, but displays the locale-specific symbols to the user and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Delphi and decimal signs.
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Aah, that explains a lot. Thank you for your quick reply! /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Delphi and decimal signs.
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(...) national settings? f := 3.14; // correct f := 3,14; // error f := StrToFloat('3.14'); // correct f := StrToFloat('3,14'); // error s := FloatToStr(3.14); // s is assigned '3.14' -Gary (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Delphi and decimal signs.
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Look at following Delphi code: s: string; f: double; i: Integer; begin f := 3.14; // correct f := 3,14; // error (of course...) f := StrToFloat('3.14'); // error f := StrToFloat('3,14'); // correct s := FloatToStr(3.14); // s is assigned '3,14' Is (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw FilTEr
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I played around a little with an idea I had from working with ldboxer. No code is written yet, but you'll get a good idea of what I am thinking of if you watch this: (URL) (43 Kb) Just like in the ldboxer, the presentation of the Input File will be (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC revisited
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(...) I double-checked the primitives I had, to make sure they were OK. I zipped them up, and posted them on my Geocities site. You can grab a copy from (URL). Steve (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Technic Link vs Technic Rod
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The name of part 2637 "Technic Link 16L" is a bit problematic, because it interferes with the 3711 "Technic Link Chain" and 3873 "Technic Link Tread". Would it make sense to rename 2637 to "Technic Rod 16L"? That way, it would appear in it's own sub (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC revisited
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Gary Williams wrote... (...) Steve, please note that Gary pointed out that some parts are badly formatted... "l3p -check" doesn't complain, as "0 CERTIFY BFC CW" is a perfectly legal comment :-) I don't think l3p easily can be made to check this, "0 (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC revisited
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(...) Cool! (...) will do. (...) I'm not understanding the problem. I've made versions of the sloping cylinders that are bfc-compliant. (...) Do you mean the problem (not just with sloped cylinders) that sometimes primitives are used for the outside (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Getting started: On Linux
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Don: (...) :-) (...) Done. Jacob (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Getting started: On Linux
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(...) switching it to version 0_9_1d? That's probably going to be the current version for a while. It's got the part inliner and most of the goodies I wanted to add to the LEdit emulation mode. Anyways, I've stopped working on the LEdit mode for (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDGLite bug report (yes, one more)
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(...) I think it's gonna be a while before I can get organized enough to roll a new release, but this edge line option, as well as the camera and near/far clip plane controls, have been added to the sources if you want to try it out. You can get (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Getting started: On Linux
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message news:GI7M3y.E8n@lugnet.com... (...) Actually, the rating system never came into full effect. Right now, I leave it at whatever the author puts on it - which leaves it a bit skewed. Ideally, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: BFC revisited
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(...) I would appreciate that. -Gary (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Getting started: On Linux
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Great. I will have to take a look, because I still did not succeed to get things running on Linux :-( (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Getting started: On Linux
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Fredrik: (...) Yes. It was just slightly confusing for me to get it to work with non-wrapped lines. Does it look better now. (...) I think it is whatever mood Tim is in, that decides, but Tim will have to answer that himself. Play well, Jacob -- (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Getting started: On Linux
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(...) to be done to get started with LDrawing. Just one comment on the URLs: They appear to be line wrapped, e.g. in Step 1: user$ wget (URL) linux-ldraw-library.tar.gz Wouldn't this be somewhat confusing for the user? There's also a similar example (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Getting started: On Linux
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I have updated my installation guide for getting started drawing and viewing building instructions on Linux: (URL) has created a similar - somewhat more extensive - page for Windows users, and a MacOS specific page should also be on its way. Have a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Datsville Overview Map (Was: Boundary Box Utility)
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(...) I think realtime rendering qualifies as above statement (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC revisited
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I have printed the bfcspec file for review. Hopefully I will get a response back to you. I have been using BFC in most all my new parts for the last six months or so. Please send me the BFC compliant primitives, so that I can be sure I am using them (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC revisited
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I forgot to mention: if anyone is interested in looking at the most-recent version of the BFC proposal, it's still at: (URL). The first screen of text is meta-comments about the status of the proposal. The actual proposal starts at the line "LDraw (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC revisited
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There was never agreement on what the BFC standard should be. So there aren't very many parts that follow it in any way. I do have a set of primitives that are BFC-compliant. I didn't straighten out all the primitives, but I did a number of them. I (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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