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(...) I have (almost) this as a printed part on white, except the stripes and gaps are transposed from the DAT file (i.e. red triangles in the corners and four red stripes). (...) Chris (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DirectX and .dat
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(...) One other option (that I just added to LDView in OpenGL) is to use two directional lights that face in opposite directions. This probably won't work for the specular component, as the specular calculation actually requires the normal to be the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) Well, I don't know about the other viewers, but you'd have to modify the registry to make it work for LDView (not that this is difficult). The LDView registry settings are stored in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\So...are\Travis Cobbs\LDView LDView (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) Which part of it aren't you keen about? Is it all the extra stuff in the dat file? If so, then perhaps this is a good time to dredge up my 0 INCLUDE suggestion yet again. ;) (URL) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Okay, I'm probably the only one here who really cares about Duplo parts (with the possible exception of Paul Easter). But I figure that some folks at least will appreciate having these added to the parts library. As part of modeling Duplo, I'm also (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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(...) OK. I'll write up a spec/reference page on 0 IFDEF. It will include the following metacommands: 0 IFDEF <code> 0 IFNDEF <code> 0 ELSE 0 ENDIF Should there be a 0 ELSEIFDEF and/or 0 ELSEIFNDEF? (...) Steve (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: DirectX and .dat
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(...) You're probably running into trouble with the random polygon winding direction in most of the LDRAW parts. This causes problems with lighting and culling since the normals often point into the part rather than out of it. In opengl you can (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DirectX and .dat
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(...) Of course you will have to convert this to a unit vector, by dividing each of the conponents by the length of the resulting vector. (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DirectX and .dat
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(...) It sounds like you need help finding the normal vector so that Direct X will prperly shade the triangle. you can find the normal vector for the vertex by calculating the cross product of two vectors taken from two sides of the triangle. I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 1.9.2 Released ***
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Hi, the program seems to be very good, seeing the screen caps, but... It's hanging on me, the other version 1.0 does also hang after selecting a model (simple 2x4 brick). PC Specs: Athlon TB 1400, Asus v3800 TNT2, 256MB win me OpenGL should be ok, I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | DirectX and .dat
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Hi all. Tim Courtney directed me to this forum on an issue that's bugging me. I am into the Virtual Lego for about a year now and being a programmer i started to mess around myself with the dat files etc. Just for the fun of it I started a little (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) LDraw-mode, running under Emacs, can be used to inline any parts, primitives and sub models. Emacs runs under virtually any OS, hence there has been the posibility to inline under "any" OS for a couple of years or so... Fredrik (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) I added an inliner to the LEDIT emulation mode of ldglite about 6 months ago, but I guess I must not have advertised it too well. I think it works pretty good, except for MPD files. It inlines them ok, but the LEDIT mode currently only saves (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) I forgot to mention that I have made a working inliner, but it's inside of LDA2001 and invisible, out of reach for general purpose inlining. I did have plans to break it out and make a standalone utility, but for some reason, I didn't. And now (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) I only know of one inliner, the one in LDAO. So now I know about 2 inliners. :) If there are other programs around that perform inlining, I'd *really* like to hear about them. Anyone? Steve (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) It is very exciting to me. I'm running the Swedish version of Win98 at home, and that means in LDAO I have to: 1. Replace all decimal points in the file to inline with commas. 2. Replace all decimal points in the type 1 line(s) I want to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm curious, what's so exciting about another inliner? I was under the impression that there were plenty of inliners around, especially for Windows. Or are you still using windows 3.1? (...) Yes. It would be nice to be able to specify (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) Me too. In a near future, I don't have to have a separate PC with Win95 or English Win98 to run LDAO on. :) (...) I had some problem with inlining disabled, too. I noticed that if I had two successive type 1 lines, inlining of the first one (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Will LMPL be Simulation-approach or Usage-approach ?
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DG> Do not forget to download Spiderbot.dat (in lugnet.cad.models) It came automatically via e-mail. :) DG> We embody two different well-known approaches. Both of LCD and LMPL embody these two approaches. DG> First : the Simulation approach. DG> And (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Re[4]: I have read the article about LCD
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Hi Damien! DG> Now you speak about layers. DG> That is precisely what I called "multiple syntax levels". DG> Software layers are known to be very bad for software engineering and design DG> in general. I don't think so. What about object oriented (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Re: elimination of theme categories - is it time?
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(...) Uhh, Franklin, we've had *four* releases with the Parts Tracker. :) (...) I've been working on this on and off. The Town parts are mostly already moved. We've just got to resolve issues with the walkie-talkie part. Castle will be easy to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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Looks promising! I'm pretty excited that there's another program that does inlining. :) I only played with it for a minute or two. I had a couple of problems: - The Inline option was always disabled. I only found Inline on the context menu. Is there (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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Hello! Thank you very much for all your praise and suggestions regarding LDDP! Expect a new version tomorrow ;). Play well! Carsten (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: video card
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(...) You could also try adding this: if ((!strcmp(verstr, "1.1 APPLE-1.1")) && (!strcmp(vendstr, "Apple")) && (!strcmp(rendstr, "Generic")) ) { printf("Stencil buffer disabled for XOR with Apple driver.\n"); // Generic Apple driver has problem with (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: elimination of theme categories - is it time?
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(...) Everyone knows the "Space laser gun" is actually a TV camera. Who would place a "Space laser gun" in official set 6659 ?? Space usage is just a space TV camera. Damien (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) Really great! I try it right now! May be authoring/reviewing/correcting Ldraw parts will be easier. Damien (URL) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Cool now I don't need M$ Notepad for viewing the line of my ldr and mpd files. (...) That's the first thing I'm going to do before going to bed. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) leave work early so I can run home to mess around with it. And when I went to your site, I found out about your BMP-2-LDraw32 converter--also awesome! From now on I demand that you make more noise when you release something so I can find out (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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Hello Tore, (...) Open, (...) it (...) Hmm. not here. Even after a restart it stays in that dir ( you have to have already opened a file from there). (...) colour (...) Ok.. I will change that. (...) I did that. ;.) Can you send me an example file (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | elimination of theme categories - is it time?
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A while ago, I posted a couple of messages: - "elimination of theme categories - Castle" ("(URL) - "elimination of theme categories - Space (pt. 1)" ("(URL) end result was, we wanted to wait until the new parts tracker was implemented. Well, the new (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) How about a user defined button or two? I did the same thing with ldglite.exe, but then I wanted to add a few commandline args and stick it into a batch file, but calling it LDView.bat didn't fool LDDesignPad. Just imagine allowing the user to (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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(...) Yes, as long as you run the program. But when I've restarted program, it's back to My Documents. About the inlining function: The colour 16 should be replaced by the colour code of the original line. Also, there is something wrong with the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Will LMPL be Simulation-approach or Usage-approach ?
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Hi Láng Attila D. Hi Kiss Attila Csongor, Do not forget to download Spiderbot.dat (in lugnet.cad.models) The debate becomes VERY interesting. We embody two different well-known approaches. First : the Simulation approach. Things are nothing but (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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Hello Tore, (...) Thank you very much! (...) Ok.. Next version there will be a button for this. ;) (...) browsed (...) It always is using the directory where you last opened a file. At least it does it here.. i will check on it. (...) you (...) I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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Hello Carsten, In deed a great program! Hassle-free installation, opens as fast as NotePad, drag-n-drop files into workspace. I miss an L3Lab button, but since I don't use LDView, I renamed a copy of L3Lab.exe to LDView.exe and thus fooled (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Re[2]: I have read the article about LCD
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(...) Hello Láng Attila D. Hello Kiss Attila Csongor, Now you speak about layers. That is precisely what I called "multiple syntax levels". Software layers are known to be very bad for software engineering and design in general. On the contrary, ALM (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Re: More on Stickers (was: Questions on Stickers and Certification)
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(...) Now that I look through my folder of parts, I'm thinking that maybe I was mistaken on this. Although a part that *I* have may use a sticker, that doesn't mean that the same part didn't also come printed. A long time ago, I noticed this part: (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It sound like a pile of features for a basic editor. Almost too good to be true. I hope I can find some time to try it out. -Chuck (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi all, hello Damien! DG> This thread is not very frequented now. DG> May be because the debate has to become much more technical. Yes, there is not so many traffic here nowadays. We knew this will be a long project because it's a big project with (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | New tool: LDDesignPad 0.3 for LDraw
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Hello! I just 'released' a new tool I was working since last weekend. I called it LDDesignPad and is just a very basic editor with some LDraw functions/tools. LDDesignPad was mainly written because I am an reviewer in the parts tracker and I needed (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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