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(...) Any chance of including a brief submission status code, like on the Parts list? Until/unless we implement a means of automatically mailing the author when a Hold is posted, this would give authors an easy way of finding their submitted parts (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) It's OK with me to use e.g. "0 IFDEF L3PPOV" The POV code is (or can be) L3P related. As an example of that see e.g. Chuck Sommerville's minifig head (URL) >Or is the current situation considered adequate (...) Right! We (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hey y'all - I just wanted to post a quick apology for some excessive moves and resubmits that I ran through today. Damien has created grooved versions for a bunch of the 2x2 tiles. Unfortunately, he posted his new versions before letting me know. So (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) I made some heads using inline POV code: (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Actually a cheap fix that *almost* works is to go into the printed head file (such as 3626bp05.dat) and rip out anything that's not color 0. ie. gut everything but the printing. Then paste in 3626.dat instead of s\3626bs01.dat. This will slap (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) It's not something that can, or needs to be, fixed. Only surfaces drawn with primitive files[1] can be curved in POV-Ray[2]. The patterned area of the minifig faces are not drawn with the cylinder primitives, so they come out faceted. Steve 1) (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:n6h77ug2idkrqil...4ax.com... (...) Yeah. Hey if we could solve the centering and rotation problem with a table, couldn't we run converters to Anton Raves' library? Would this project be too (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) Just a guess, but I don't think all the printed heads exist in the LGEO parts, so l3p can't substitute that way. And they probably don't use the cylinder primitives because of the printed faces, so once again l3p can't substitute. I suppose (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) Yes, there are plans for this. My current issue is with the syntax being used. I'd rather use general 0 IF ... 0 ELSE ... 0 ENDIF meta-statements, rather than the 0 L3P meta-statements. (...) It seems like LGEO is pretty static now. Lutz is (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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"Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com> wrote in message news:GrstMI.BB7@lugnet.com... (...) Brings me to a question about the minifig head. I had a high-res printout of Cale Leiphart's The Fight scene made for BricksWest, and there were some (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | New LDView screen saver mode
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I don't include instructions in the release, but LDView 1.9.2 can now be used as a screen saver. This is still in the verification stage, and as such may lock/crash/reboot your computer, etc. (Note that it does none of these things on my computer.) (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | *** LDView Version 1.9.2 Released ***
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LDView version 1.9.2 is now available, in both source and binary forms. You can download either from: (URL) of the highlights of version 1.9.2 include: Option to texture map LEGO logo onto studs. Wireframe Cutaway Faster lighting (on some cards (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) Yes, that's the info I'm looking for. Thanks, Travis (and Vincent, too). Related question (for the parts officials, I suppose): Are there any plans (even tentative) to move towards adding this sort of stuff to official parts? Or is the current (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) I don't know if any official parts do it, but it is possible. Based on an earlier lugnet.cad.ray message, you do this: 0 L3P IFNOTPOV (regular ldraw code goes here) 0 L3P ELSEPOV 0 (POV-Ray code goes here, commented-out) 0 L3P ENDPOV You can (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Tony Hafner <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:GrsoEF.Ips@lugnet.com... (...) any. (...) Read Steve Bliss' reply to my message titled "How to add own parts to LGEO?". He describes how to include POV-Ray code in .DAT files that can (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: File Check utility (was: Case of part filenames?)
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(...) OK, it's done. It will probably be a problem going forward, until I can clean up the code and combine it into one source. Anyone ever played with lex and perl? That would probably be a better way of doing this - the current code is pretty (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I seem to recall that some curved parts have separate definitions in the parts file itself for POV-Ray to render them better. But I can't find any. Is this actually possible? Do such parts exist? Is there a "better" way (ie through L3P) to get (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: File Check utility (was: Case of part filenames?)
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(...) Yep, I will do that. I think it should be pretty straightforward. Not quite as straightforward as it would be if they actually ran off the same source code, but close... Steve (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | File Check utility (was: Case of part filenames?)
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(...) Thanks! Now I know. One related thing- is there any way that you could add the new checks to the "File Check" utility as well? I had a number of parts that I had scanned with that tool and they came up OK. Then the submission form refused the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Case of part filenames?
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(...) You got it. It didn't use to matter, but now we're trying to move to lower case. Mostly. It didn't use to matter -- DOS's file system is 'case-insensitive'. But DOS always stores & returns filenames as all-caps, so most filenames were (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of ldglite 0.9.5 source on Mac ?
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(...) I have a pretty good idea where those problems might be. If you want, I could try and help you over the trouble spots one at a time like I did with James on OS X. Don (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Case of part filenames?
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What's the story with upper vs. lower case in part filenames? In my brief survey of my parts directory, it looks like all the files use all upper case where they use letters (".DAT" and the "P" for patterned elements). Additionally, many parts (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of ldglite 0.9.5 source on Mac ?
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I don't think anyone has tried. James (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Status of ldglite 0.9.5 source on Mac ?
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I have been attempting to compile the 0.9.5 source with CW-5 and have a variety of problems. Has anyone successfully compiled this for MacOS (8.x or 9.x) ? Ray (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | progress report (was "Re: Looking for DAT of Wedge Curved 2x6x1")
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(...) I've posted an almost-comlete version of 41765: "(URL) only things remaining for this one is encoding the sliced tubes (i.e., where the top-studs meet the sidewalls). Thanks, Franklin (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part 6588 Question
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(...) Heh, yeah. You're absolutely right. OK, I give up: what was the 7 for? Steve (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: glut conundrum
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(...) That would be me. Anywhere you see "NOTE" its probably a note to myself that I want to get back to something and do it right when I have more time. I don't always get around to revisiting things though, especially if the cheap fix works well (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Indeed, it is a very old bug, and it appears that someone ran into this more recently based on the following comment in the 0.9.5 code ... // NOTE: I dont understand the colortable stack used in translate_color() // so use the default (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: glut conundrum
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(...) Thats an affirmative, however, I have two development limitations: CW-5 and MacOS 8.6, which I do not believe has been attempted with the latest source code, so this may involve a bit of effort. Ray (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) That may be a very old bug. I remember there was a problem with the background color way back when. You can check the logs or browse the current (and old) source at the sourceforge to compare. (URL) the 0.5 code may actually predate the CVS (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: glut conundrum
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(...) Disregard please, I figured it out. I can now compile macLDGLite 0.5 with the OpenGL 1.2 SDK using CW-5. I also figured out how to supress the annoying SIOUX window, so I have a non-debug version that displays cleanly. Now to todays question.. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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If someone out there has the glut and glutdebug libraries which were modified and recompiled based on the OpenGL 1.2 SDK, could they please email them to me. I have the 1.2 SDK, but the projects are based on the later version of CW and I would (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Part 6588 Question
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(...) ????? By my calculation, 3 1/3 bricks = 10 plates ??????? ROSCO (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part 6588 Question
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(...) The height on this part name was given in plates. 3 1/3 bricks = 7 plates. And see (URL) for new developments. :) Steve (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | "www.ldraw.org" off-line
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Hi, I made some kind of mistake, when I moved "www.ldraw.org" to a new power supply this morning, so the machine is off-line for a while. I hope to have everything back in order soon. Play well, Jacob (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: A comprehensive LDraw object model
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"Bernd Broich" <bernd.broich@online.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GrF5JD.5zI@lugnet.com... (...) I found a free UML tool that works and made a class graph showing the classes, we talked about. The tool, Poseidon for UML, is java-based and (as (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Part 6588 Question
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There are many aspects of the art of piece nomenclature that continue to escape me, but this one has me completely stumped. I just came across what I think is ``Technic Gearbox 2 x 4 x 7'' (URL) doing an inventory of set 6775. I cannot for the life (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | I'd like to have a little word with Duncan Jardine - Winner of the SOTM September 2001 on Ldraw.org
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Hi Duncan, I'd like to ask you some question about your rendering. Unfortunately you haven't left any e-mail-address. Please contact me. Many thx. Willy (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.people)
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| | Volunteer(s) please!
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Hi all, I just finished chapter 3 to 7 of CONV101 and RNDR101. It covers all the camera options of L3P and explaining the globe, camera angle and very basic rendering (readers may only hit the “Run” button, he he). Could someone please proofread it (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Entries needed for LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM
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hi all, I suspect that the flood of entries for the current competition has probably scared away entries for next month. Don't let that happen. Its Valentines Day and so far I only have one entry for each category. Not good. If you've been thinking (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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