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It's been a while since the last release, but ldglite 0.9.4 is now available. New stuff includes: The long awaited DOS version ;) and the 64bit Alpha Linux version. Fogging (AKA depth queuing) Some features imported from ldlite 2.3 Minor LEDIT mode (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | [Parts Tracker] Daily News
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A few notices for you to take note of: 1. I'm planning on cutting a new parts update by the end of the week. This will be the 2001-02 update. If you want to look the parts over now, while there's a chance to fix problems, take a look at the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Moving/Renumbering Parts
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(...) Umm, ok. Since the pattern for this part wasn't used anywhere else, and there have been very many patterns for 2408, this is fine. I won't generally commit to making LDraw parts match Brickbay, though. It's done. I also added a couple of (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Moving/Renumbering Parts
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(...) I wish my part 2408p03 is renumbered 2408p04 and renamed "Panel 10 x 6 x 11 with Futuron Stripes Pattern". This would equal the number and name at brickbay.com which can't be a bad thing. Damien (24 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [Parts Tracker] Moving/Renumbering Parts
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Authors, If you see a file that needs to be renumbered, just send me an email. Or post a message here (in lugnet.cad.dev), and I'll see it. The tools I've got for renumbering are smart enough to create ~Moved to files only when necessary, and to (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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Thanks for the reply. After some research and plowing thru the POV manual I experimented with adding simular lines to the main pov.ini file and got the results I was looking for. It would certainly be nice if Jeff Boen (of L3PAO fame) added the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: dome.dat (and a part authoring tool idea)
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Don Heyse wrote... (...) What a brilliant idea. I think I'll add an option to render the solids in background color without shading. I agree the effect would be the same, and it requires less coding right away rather than traversing the tree twice. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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steve barile wrote... (...) Try adding the follwing to QUICKRES.INI located in C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.1\renderer [320x240, No AA, 10 Frames] Width=320 Height=240 Antialias=Off Initial_Clock=1.0 Final_Clock=10.0 Final_Frame=10 Then (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: dome.dat (and a part authoring tool idea) [DAT]
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(...) Thanks for the thorough review. I think I finally fixed all of the type 2 and type 5 lines. Please let me know if you see any other problems. If you get a chance, please take a look at some of my other parts at: (URL) Technic Dome 6 x 6 x 5 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can LDAO do this? (was: anyone interested in rendering for me?)
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Well... I know it's been a while... Anyway, it seems that you guys picked up on it and now the answer is easy 'cause -sc "#if (clock > n)" has been added to L3PAO. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. However I'm having trouble with telling POV-Win to (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: dome.dat (and a part authoring tool idea)
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(...) You can see the missing upper dome lines here. (URL) there seem to be some type 2 lines that should perhaps be type 5 lines on the undersides of some of the technic pin sockets? You can see a few on the top left part of the picture. Don (24 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I have some questions?
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(...) I c I just to work with it thx for voting. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I have some questions?
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Currently, I vote for others which is DivX which is currently defacto new standard for high quality but low size movies. Regards, Michael "Eduardo Vazquez Harte" <eduvazhar@terra.es> wrote in message news:Gn0AGD.DEx@lugnet.com... (...) 24h (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Part: dome.dat (and a part authoring tool idea)
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(...) Well, now that you mention it, there are a few more missing type 5 lines around the top of the upper dome and the bottom of the lower dome. I wish there were better tools around to examine the lines. I've been experimenting with some new (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | I have some questions?
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Hi, I just made a poll vote and I would like to get some info. This poll vote is only for anyone that makes LEGO,LDRAW animations here is the poll vote if I get enough results I'll take it down tomorow 24h after today. (URL) this one the may be (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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"Farlie A" <alex_farlie@hotmail.com> skrev... (...) Well, 60MB (or 113 or whatever it was) is a bit steep for a slow modem connection, and anyway the CLX library is not included. And then you need Kylix... (...) couple (...) It's the same with most (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Quick Parts Authoring Questions
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(...) Necessary for all except the simplest parts. (...) No just squared paper. I find metric 2mm/10mm/20mm very useful, usually scaling at 4mm=1LDraw unit. Not sure how widely available this is in the US, but there must be an imperial equivalent. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Quick Parts Authoring Questions
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Hey Y'all: It seems to me that a lot of you work through a lot of stuff on paper first, given that I wondered what sort of tools you might use. 1. Do you use isometric grid paper (if it exists...)? 2. Do you use tools like calipers, what have you (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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(...) I thought Delphi 6 personal was a free download from borland's web-site? As for Linux..... PC Plus (A uk computer title) gives away a disto evrey couple of months on CD. (or evrey moth if you has a DVD drive, a CD writer, and some spare (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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(...) It starts up, and loads an example file fine (CarOLD.LGO). But then, when I try to drag and drop a part from the library, I get: "Access violation at address 0040318A in module 'Blockcad.exe'. Read of address 00000018", which won't go away. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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(...) Yes, quite well. (...) AMD Duron, Windows 98SE Nvidia TNT2 Video, 1280 x 1024, 32 bit color (...) I don't have a previous version of Blockcad, but this seems very fast. (...) Calvin (24 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> skrev i meddelandet news:3BED8D2A.DB8D0C...@nbi.dk... (...) It wouldn't help the linux community anyway as I'm using Delphi (Borland Pascal). Theoretically, it should be possible to develop in Delphi 6 and (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3) - addendum
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I wrote... (...) and (...) And I forgot to explicitly mention the fact that this program is Windows only, sorry linux/unix users... (...) I forgot the most important questions: Which video card, what screen resolution, number of colors? (...) your (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GMLq9z.5t1@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks for testing! I realize I forgot to ask the most important questions: Which video card? What screen resolution, number of colors? (...) If you can (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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(...) Yes. (...) Pentium 3 on Dell PC. Windows ME (...) No previous version. But seems quite fast. The user interface is both good and bad. There are some cool features to it, but there are several things that seem quite hard to get comfortable (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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Anders: (...) Yes. Although I actually hoped that you included source code. Jacob (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> skrev i meddelandet news:3BED811F.841859...@nbi.dk... (...) OK, trying to be funny just because I didn't say it was Windows only? Sorry, maybe I was thinking that only those who had tried previous versions (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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Anders: (...) No: $ ./Blockcad.exe ./Blockcad.exe: ./Blockcad.exe: cannot execute binary file $ (...) Linux on a Pentium II. Jacob (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Looking for beta-testers (BlockCAD 3)
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Hi all! I've made some major changes in the BlockCAD rendering code, drawing lines and polygons on my own instead of letting Windows do the work. The effect? On my computer there's a speed gain of 2-10 times (and about 150 times for nice (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw and LEdit source code?
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(...) Looks like I *was* wrong about the DOS mesa after all. Apparently the AllegroGL folks have picked up the slack. So If anyone is nutz enough to want a DOS version of ldglite you can get it at: (URL) limps along in DOS mode under Windows 95 with (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Net generator spreadsheet
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Nice! Only the links on your website are broken. See: (URL) the dot and wrong slashes. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Net generator spreadsheet
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Nice! (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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Terry: (...) I thought so too. And except for a short while (enough to catch three messages though), it seems to have worked. Jacob (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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(...) 449kb? I do? I thought that email was being forwarded to me. -- Terry K -- (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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(...) Shhh! Split-second makes the org sound more efficient. Besides, I didn't mention the time zone of the server. So anyone in the U.S. that waits until the stroke of midnight will be impressed when the pages are ready and waiting. :-) -- Terry K (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Missing part in update ?
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(...) These files are subparts - in the parts\s directory. Chris (24 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Missing part in update ?
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Was looking at the latest update (thanks Steve and everyone else), and I noticed on the text file: 973A101.DAT ~Moved to 973as1 Couldn't find any of those files on my computer. Is it because it's late and I should go to sleep or are they really (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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I think the new scheme looks great! Having the contestants up for a prolonged period makes the site more worth visiting at all times. Besides, seeing the wide variety of contestants probably makes it more encouraging for newbies to submit their (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Subpart Naming Conventions
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Are the subpart naming conventions documented anywhere? I am trying to model the LEGO Camera and I'm not sure how to name the subparts. My model will probably consist of the following subparts: Top Half (32561) Bottom Half (32562) Focus Ring (no (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.org Credits
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Quick request - could everyone who has contributed to LDraw.org in one way or another please check the credits page: www.ldraw.org/credits/ And let me know if your name is not on there and should be. Please email me (tim@ldraw.org) with a note to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw and LEdit source code?
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(...) Yeah, I looked DOS Mesa and if I recall, it was no longer being maintained. I could be wrong about that though, but the CVS logs on SourceForge seem to contain many references to removing "old and broken DOS build support". Don Don (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw and LEdit source code?
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Don: (...) Interest in the original LDraw and LEdit programs. ;-) (...) Mesa doesn't work on DOS?!? According to: (URL) is among the supported systems (through contributed drivers). Jacob (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw and LEdit source code?
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(...) Whoah! DOS version? Where did that come from? I think I asked about that once upon a time but there wasn't much interest. (URL) problem with a DOS version is finding decent opengl and glut support. I went as far as tracking down a possible (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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Rick: (...) There were some problems with the e-mail system on the LDraw.org server (mostly due to a damaged disk on our firewall), which should have been solved by now. Send a message to both <sparre@ldraw.org> and <sparre@sslug.dk>, if you suspect (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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Terry, I emailed you my entries almost two weeks ago. I sent another email, forward of the one on 10-21, today and it bounced back? What is up? Rick (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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In lugnet.cad.dev (and 1 other group), Bram Lambrecht wrote: \> > heh, yah - put it on the member page under activity, or (...) heh, yah - except there are a lot of other things that need doing more :) *grin* Dan (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) It's just a SMOP(1) after all. But where is it on the priority list? In fact, can we SEE the priority list? Or even dynamically change it by voting for what changes we think are important? That would be neat. (although that too would require (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: LDraw and LEdit source code?
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Mark: (...) No. :-( (...) I think LDGLite is fully LEdit compatible by now (and works on Linux/Alpha systems), so it is probably worthwhile to look into adding the (if any) missing features to LDGLite. I don't know if LDGLite is distributed in a DOS (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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Terry: (...) Don't worry. I didn't notice it myself anyway. It was much more worrying that you wrote "a split second after midnight", when it is actually a whole minute after midnight. ;-) Play well, Jacob (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw and LEdit source code?
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Is the source code for either LDraw or LEdit available? It would be nice if somebody updated them to be able to view .MPD files or made it so LEdit could handle type 5 lines. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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(...) DANG! I did it again. That's Jacob Sparre AnderSEN, not SON. My apologies Jacob. -- Terry K -- (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM for November
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Here goes. Thanks to our sys-admin Jacob Sparre Anderson, the new voting system for the Model/Scene Of The Month is up and running. It looks the same, but works differently (and much easier to manage). Details: Voting starts promptly at the turn of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) Hey, now that you're an admin, this is within your power, isn't it? :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | LDraw Demonstrations at LEGOWORLD 2001, Zwolle, Netherlands
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Hi everyone - I just posted Jaco van der Molen's account of the LEGOWORLD 2001 event and his LDraw demonstrations on LDraw.org. Check it out: (URL) Courtney - tim@ldraw.org (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (24 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) Priorities, man... priorities! (ref: .trains) Anyway, if there's one place I expect to see Larry posting, it's in a file called "Cad". Jason J Railton (24 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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You should have the script graph to a baseball diamond, or something. As people accumulate posts, little hats or baseballs (icons representing the individual) start rounding the bases. Just a tip. -Mike (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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Yeah, Then directly link it to the i,B.f. website, so that everyone knows. (oops, I shouldn't say that, or my Mail Bag will be patted). -Mike (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) Oops. What was I thinking? I really must start working instead of abusing my employer's time :) Dan (24 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) I'm not the biggest poster in .general either. I hardly every post there at all! (Grin, duck, run... repeat as needed) ++Lar (prolific but not profligate) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) <snip> How about for all of LUGNET? Isn't it time to see who's the chattiest of them all? (perhaps an annual thing around LUGNET's anniversary date?) -John (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) No, in general. I just left the post in cad.dev cause that's where it started. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) In cad.dev??? I am hardly a big time poster here. And yes I am slacking. Darn work is intruding again. (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) See if the regulars are slacking :) Don't think that's a problem for Lar though... --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) heh, yah - put it on the member page under activity, or profile, and you can see where someone spends his time, if he's active and cool stuff like that :) *grin* Dan (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) Have you run this script on all the groups, not just cad.*? Another idea for a fun, but pretty useless script...graph the number of posts per week/month/whatever for a certain poster over a certain time period. Follow this up wherever you (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) no page that I know of, but here's the current snapshot (as of last night, actually). Write to me if you want the full report, not just the top 10 :) (disclaimer - quick script, not really tested). in lugnet.cad, 6566 posts, 507 posters. Steve (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Top 10 posters in lugnet.cad.dev
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(...) Here's an _approximate_ top 20 for the period from January 22nd 2001 to October 28th: 86 Steve Bliss 36 Jacob Sparre Andersen 30 Tim Courtney 28 Tore Eriksson 28 Michael Horvath 27 Gary Williams 27 Chris Dee 26 Don Heyse 20 Jeremy H. Sproat 18 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there any page where I can see the today's score? :o) /Tore (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Parts Update 2001-01 Now Available
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Steve Bliss wrote: [snip] (...) AwwRIGHT! Minifig HAIR!! Cool! :-D This is better than Christmas! heh, heh.. Thanks Steve, for all your hard work with the parts and the new tracker! --an elated Ryan (24 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: castle minifig torsos?
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(...) How's this ? (URL)Thanks, (...) Chris (24 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.org Parts Update 2001-01 Now Available
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[FUT lugnet.cad] The LDraw.org parts update 2001-01 is now available! This is a landmark release, because it's the first one being handled almost completely by the new Parts Tracker system. There are than 117 files in this release, including over 20 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !!
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| | Re: Parts Tracker userid request
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(...) Sure thing. I'll send by email. Steve (24 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.org to hold sessions at BricksWest 2002 in February
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Today LDraw.org announces it will be holding several sessions at BricksWest 2002, the LEGO event designed for Adult Fans of LEGO, their families, and children of all ages. The event will be held in Carlsbad, CA, the home of LEGOLAND California. For (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | Re: Parts Tracker userid request
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William: (...) Everybody (except those working directly on the server) have problems sending e-mail to the "ldraw.org" domain at the moment. It is apparently due to a disk crash in a firewall (and possibly also my lack of Sendmail knowledge). Dan (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts Tracker userid request
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Is anyone else having problems sending E-mail to ldraw.org? I've tried several times over the past few days with two different ISPs and everything bounces back with the following error: Diagnostic-Code: smtp;550 <sbliss@ldraw.org>... Relaying denied (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Naming (was: Re: castle minifig torsos?)
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(...) S'alright. (...) Great! There will probably be a fair amount of work cleaning up names in the parts library, once we get through most of the backlogged new parts. The first two things (I think) will be sorting out the Castle and Space (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Naming (was: Re: castle minifig torsos?)
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(...) Steve That's exactly the sort of thing I was talking about. Sorry, I hadn't checked out the parts list on the Parts Tracker. I will let you know if I have any other suggestions Thanks Bob (24 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New Construction Toy In LDraw Format
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Here are a few very unofficial elements I've thrown together and posted at the request of a few clone-fans. (URL) for the LEGO Purist, I warn you. I pondered whether or not it was appropriate to list the link in .dev, but Ryan Farrington recently (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)
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This note is directly mostly at reviewers,[1] but Awhile ago, there was some discussion about the 'neck mark' on the minifig torso. I had mis-modeled this feature, including it on the blank part; it doesn't belong there. Also, I used color 24 for (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Part Naming (was: Re: castle minifig torsos?)
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(...) You might want to check the parts list on the Parts Tracker. Especially around the "Minifig" area. www.ldraw.org/librar.../list.html :) Steve (24 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: castle minifig torsos?
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(...) I believe there are numerous parts which could be re-named to put them into the proper place within the parts.lst file and MLcad's parts categories. The first ones that come to mind are the parts named "Town". Most if not all of these could be (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: castle minifig torsos?
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(...) <set:6009> (...) It is named precisely that - and is available as an unofficial part on the Parts Tracker at (URL) just added the missing subpart s/973p40a (...) There ia a lot of fine detail on this one - I'll see what I can do. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello all, I am finally getting around to finishing putting my Trojan horse model into LDraw -- I started LEditing it at least five years ago (really, it's a simple model; I've just been ignoring it) -- and I am almost done. All that's left to do is (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw History - here's one for the old timers in the group....
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(...) Some more dates: September, 1999 Datsville (at first LCADville) was born. Although Datsville never went as far as I (and others) would like to have seen it go, I think it made an important contribution to seeing what could be done with LCAD. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker - Using L3P-check to scan submitted files
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) No, they should be fine. If you use a line like 0 END ROTATE (upper- or lower-case), that would cause the error message. Maybe we should have specified (back in the day, too late now) that meta-commands all have to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Net generator spreadsheet
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If you want to model a curved net as used in some sets try my net generator. Take a look at www.sayce-jones.co.u...go\cad\net Right click on the small image to download the spreadsheet. Modify the map worksheet to generate the net shape you want and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "All zeros" warning (Was: Parts Tracker Activity Page)
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(...) Yes, I believe they are. I haven't rechecked lately to see if anything has changed. If I get a chance in the next few days I will recheck it. (...) I understand and agree. I will cease making any comments on them. (...) really? ok. (...) Paul (24 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker - Using L3P-check to scan submitted files
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(...) Looks good. (...) I have used the phrase "0 end of subpart", "0 end of file", etc in some of the parts I have made. Will these get rejected? I usually always try to keep them lowercase. (...) I'm not sure about this one. I feel that new parts (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker - Using L3P-check to scan submitted files
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Steve: (...) I assume that L3P reports the relevant lines, so it is trivial to remove one of the offending ones. (...) Right. Set a reasonably large threshold (0.1?) and reject based on it. Jacob (24 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker - Using L3P-check to scan submitted files
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(...) [snip areas of agreement] (...) Which is sloppy, but not a killer error. (...) I didn't list the non-coplanar message with the "reject" group is because the thresholds of coplanarity are variable, not fixed. So we need to agree on what level (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker - Using L3P-check to scan submitted files
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Steve: (...) [...] Seems okay. (...) [...] Seems okay. (...) I would say yes. The last two definitely should, since they indicate unneeded resource use. The first one should really be split in to two triangles, if it really is intended to be (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Parts Tracker - Using L3P-check to scan submitted files
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Hey y'all- I'm just sort of starting to get to adding L3P-check'ing to the Parts Tracker submit function. I took a look at the documented messages, and tried to sort them out according to whether or not any particular error was cause to reject a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: "All zeros" warning (Was: Parts Tracker Activity Page)
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(...) And I want to say "Thank You!" to Paul for doing this -- Lars Hassing has performed a similar service in the past, emailing the L3P messages to part authors. We[1] are in the process of incorporating L3P into the part submission function. I (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker Activity Page
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(...) I've taken some time away from the process of posting the backlog of parts to the tracker. I will get back to finish the job, but other tasks have higher priorities. Basically, I needed to finish developing the Parts Tracker.[1] It didn't make (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker Activity Page
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:GLBGz8.12E@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) Are you still going through the parts that had already been submitted prior to the new parts tracker too? Just wondering as the only part I've (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: "All zeros" warning (Was: Parts Tracker Activity Page)
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(...) Ok, I'm the guilty party who posted such notes on the tracker. :) I still pass a part with these errors. Some of my earler parts have these too. L3P issues several "warnings" many are not required to correct to get passed. What I am watching (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: "All zeros" warning (Was: Parts Tracker Activity Page)
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(...) Hmm. I interpret this like the lawyer's question, "Is that when you stopped beating your wife?" It's not really yes or no. The totally accurate answer is: there are no 2D objects in LDraw. The polygons we model are just the 2D surfaces of 3D (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw History - here's one for the old timers in the group....
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(...) I started working on it in June 96, at that time I had my own set of bricks all hardcoded into the program but a few months later (don't ask me when) I asked James if I could use his .DAT files in LeoCAD and converted them to my own format. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw History - here's one for the old timers in the group....
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:MABBIBJJFOJIOHD...wru.edu... (...) Heheh... (...) Added that you intro'ed the tutorial in Sept 98 (and I will link to it). Snipped cool history tidbits on LDraw/LEdit. (...) It would be neat if (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | "All zeros" warning (Was: Parts Tracker Activity Page)
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WARNING "6260.dat" Line 7: Row 1 all zeros: & 1 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4-4edge.dat Does this mean that we are forced to incorrectly turn 2D objects into quasi-3D to make them pass the tests? /Tore (24 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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