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Good work guys! I think you've come up with an excellent solution, like Ulysses navigating the waters between Scylla and Charbydis. I look forward to seeing its implementation, and am thankful I'm not the one doing it :-) -John Van (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite Anomaly
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(...) D'Oh! I noticed that two weeks ago and forgot to mention it. Yes, it is messed up. I had a batch file set up to do this, and quickly found that it had destroyed a bunch of minifigs I had made. :-/ So I set up a separate directory using the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good one. :-) <snipped the rest of the relevant text> Steve's outline appears accurate to me. I _really_ , *REALLY* hope everyone will think this through and see the benefits it brings. And not argue against it from a strictly knee-jerk (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5)
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(...) Just a public word of thanks to Anders for doing all these new changes to his excellent little utility. Thanks, Anders. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD Parts? (and a confession)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36fa79e0.2302399@lu...et.com>... (...) And the class system I had the idea for(e.g. archive.mpd::curlpart.dat to access curlpart.dat without loading archive.mpd)only seems kind of right to C++ programers. (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite Anomaly
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <370236c9.3803676@lu...et.com>... (...) I've had that.And never got it fixed. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw Add-On 2.0.3 Now Available
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[follow-ups set to lugnet.cad] The new version of LDraw Add-On (LDAO) is now available. This is version 2.0.3. The major change is a fix so Visual Basic 5 runtime files are no longer needed (this affected new users trying to install LDAO 2.x). Also (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm having problems with LDLite 1.6, using the -R option. It's supposed to write out a new file, with the LDLite code translated to equivalent LDraw commands. But it doesn't seem to be working. The new file is written, but it only contains one line: (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inv DB (was: Star Wars Elements)
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(...) Wow, ok. Thanks! (...) I'd probably try to use it for that as well. (...) Hey, using that stick sure beats the heck out of sticking his finger in the ant hill. (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5) Update 3.6
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(...) OK, this one seems to be in good shape. The CATEGORY and KEYWORDS have been added to the part names in the list. :) (...) Because then it would look easy. Steve (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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[Subtitle: Parts Wars Episode IV: A New Hope] [Terry and others in the know: please don't be shy about correcting me on any point I am mis-reporting.] You may have noticed recent announcements about LDList and LDAO concerning LDraw part-names and (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5) Update 3.6
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I wrote ... (...) And now I have to announce LDLIST 3.6, where the CATEGORY and KEYWORDS searching _really_ works (at least on my system :-) Same place as before (Don't forget to re-scan). (Why can't these stupid programmers get it right the first (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | please check my parts
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i have recently updated my web page ((URL) and i have places a large quantity of unofficial parts ranging from fake elements to ready for release parts. i am looking for experts (steve bliss, terry keller,chris dee,john vanzweitsen etc) to please (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw/CAD links
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(...) Use a single link for both tools. I would suggest that you identify the it as "MPD Tools". Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | problem with parts
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i have discovered a problem with some of the parts e.g. the 10 x 10 octogonal plate and the blue squares pattern bricks. these parts have the reference to the stud files in caps. this causes problems with ledit which fails to draw the line instead (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5)
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <3701300a.26468070@l...et.com>... (...) You did a re-scan of course? How does your .dat-file with the CATEGORY or KEYWORDS lines look (can you mail me one?). It worked for me (naturally), but of course I must have (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That works. :) (...) This doesn't seem to work. :( (...) You didn't have to tell me twice. Steve (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part: octogonal offset brick
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(...) Nice job, clean. Not highly accurate, but it works in models just fine. Steve (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <3700dea1.5624485@lu...et.com>... (...) chicken-and-egg (...) entries, (...) software (...) information (...) OK folks! Version 3.5 of LDLIST is available for download at (URL) Summary: Ldlist is a little Windows (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw/CAD links
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(...) Oh yes, definitely. Is this (below) the best URL then, since the distributions are given as .ZIP files linked to from that page--? (URL) listed as "MPD Builder" in the links list but lemme know if it should be listed with a different name, or (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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