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(...) You can do it in one pass (if you don't count the loading of the file to a stringlist). Wile walking through the file you build you're objectlist with subparts. Afterwards you go recursively through the list of subparts. This way all mpd (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Snip, very thourho explanation, thanks! (...) I was thinking of doing the local scope approach mentioned by Steve. But maybe I keep it optional realizing I always end up disappointing some people with ether approach. I was planning to create (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I mentioned in my other (long) post that I don't think that MPD files should be required to have a .mpd extension. However, I'd like to add more here in answer to your specific question. I could be wrong, but I'm almost positive that it is (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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As you have pointed out, the spec is indeed ambiguous. Consequently, there's probably no correct answer as to how things should work. However, I can tell you what I do in LDView, so that you have an idea of how at least one MPD-compatible program (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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Thanks Tim and Steve, I think I will go with Steve's advise to let only the main part in the mpd see the other parts in the mpd. This will give a much cleaner recursive approach, in which I can easily support sub mpd's. Further more I think I will (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Tim pointed you at the actual MPD spec. You may notice that is is vague on a lot of points -- it basically leaves it up to the program authors. My comments below are what makes sense to me, thinking as someone who might create complex MPDs. (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) My apologies. I just looked there more closely and it doesn't seem to answer anything. To answer what I'm fairly sure of (but far from certain): I think that the correct lookup order is internal, ., [MODELS], [PARTS] Yes MPD files must have (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) --SNIP-- (...) Hi Roland, Try (URL) for the file specifications. Hopefully that should answer some queries. Tim (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello All, I'm implementing a LDraw file loader and was wondering about some details concerning mpd. I could not found enough info about this elsewhere, or I may overlooked it. [1] When loading a MPD file should I keep checking the first level of (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Unable to compile LDGLite 1.0.7 from Source on SuSe Linux
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I'd use the "daily snapshot". It should match the latest Windows and Mac releases. I just never got around to testing linux build of of version 1.1.8, as you can see. Anyhow, main.c should include the bumpy case "StdAfx.h". I stuck a few linux stubs (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Unable to compile LDGLite 1.0.7 from Source on SuSe Linux
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I could compile on Fedora Core4 with this patch: --- ../ldglite/main.c 2003-08-15 03:26:15.000...000 +0200 +++ main.c 2006-01-09 19:22:08.000...000 +0100 @@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ int lineheight = 14.0; int charwidth = 9.0; - extern void (...) (18 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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Having downloaded and unzipped the 1.0.7 source from SourceForge (and having had similar errors trying the version recommended on the LDraw getting started guide), I am having difficulty getting it to build. At first, when I was building, it was (...) (18 years ago, 27-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: LDList stud count feature (Was: LSC - current status?)
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Tore Eriksson schrieb: (...) Is it possible to include a separate directory where the unofficial files are? cu MikeHeide (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, and now I know what the problem was: the scan takes 56 minutes on my computer, with no sign of life from LDList, so I assumed that LDList must have had crashed. But of course, it takes some time to count the studs from some 5 000 files. (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Do you have the latest version? 'Search by stud count' wasn't there until 4.0 (I think). Check the version in the caption bar (top of the window). Get 4.1 from: (URL) installing, you must also do a 'Scan' again, to rebuild the index. (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) /Tore (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's where LDList (my LDRAW Part search program) comes in - you can even search on the number of studs :-) (URL) Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Could the translation not be managed at the user end? For example we could make a program "partstranslate" which reads in one or more translation table(s) (just Swedish in this case) and goes through all parts adding a new line something like (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually, I don't have a problem with changing part header information with an admin edit without destroying the existing votes, and have done this many times. I would draw the line at changing data which affects the integrity of the part - (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the aim is to lower the bar for newbies and people who don't speak any english. assuming that you are not fluent in italian or german, just try to match the following words with their german and italian counterparts: brick plate tile slope (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) LDList creates a file similar to what you describe, called ldrawlist.txt. I'm not sure how well the format would work for translations... Alternately, how about something more like this? (URL) only does a few parts right now) (...) Very true. (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not Willy, but I think I can still provide a pretty good answer to all your localization questions. (...) Allow non-English speakers to be able to search for things in their own language when using a modeling program (presumably MLCad). I (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have applied Robert's Rules in order to get this restarted. I will call for a vote as soon as Orion is back from his trip to sea. (...) This topic has not been discussed. For me personally it is for lack of interest. I have questions about (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Harmonizing Syntax of TLAS, LMM, and LDA2006
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(...) Thank you, Miguel. (...) As discussed earlier, I am now convinced of the animation potentials of MPDs. As a (not very active, but yet...) member of the LDraw Standards Commitee, I am also convinced of the benefits we all would enjoy if all (...) (19 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Tore, Congrats on your recent work. As you know, I am working on a parallel animation app project. At this point, I've stopped development on the new version and plan to dedicate the next month or so to cleanup duties (anything from (...) (19 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi all, Not sure if this has been brought up before so sorry if it has. When looking at one of my renders today Ross Crawford commented that the tracks were to reflective. We worked out that this is because they use the chrome color (383) to define (...) (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LDA2006 2006-02-25 Beta Release
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(...) Oh, yes it works - given you spell the commands correctly... :| Please disregard my previous post. /Tore (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Back to the drawing table! Tweening function doesn't function at all! :( /Tore (19 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Finally, I have released the first beta version of my LDraw Animation System that supports the three new standalone [sub]scripts! To give it a go, download either (URL) on what you think takes less time. Then download (URL) unpack all files into (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks for the input, Tim. I agree. Exponential functions for acceleration or fall would be nice to have. Sinus and Cosinus functions will make smoother walks. The best would probably be support for splines or maps, but that's way beyond my (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) --SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- (...) This all sounds very cool Tore. I may have to give it a go sometime. One suggestion to you is to allow for different tweening systems. Sometimes you may want something other than a linear tweening and it would be (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've changed priorities once again. The need of what I call standalone scripts have turned my todo-list upside-down. And the Tween command has made all the difference! After working all night, I finally made it work. That is, the first of the three (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Simple Maths Help Needed
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(...) Rule #1: Never fix anything that's not broken! :) I need to make an if statement to take care of the exception where 'to' equals 'from', to avoid a division by zero crash anyway. Who knows what users can bring up... /Tore (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There is another way ;) (Start_value*(to-Pro.../(to-from) Is nice and symmetric and more numerically stable. Tim (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh, how close I was, and yet... Thanks a lot, Rosco! /Tore (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Simple Maths Help Needed
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(...) I think what you want is: value = start_value + ((end_value - start_value) * (Progress - from) / (to - from)) HTH ROSCO (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm ashamed to admit, but I have got stuck in a quite simple Maths problem. It's all about an implementation of the basic formula y=kx+m, but somehow I have managed to think the wrong way. Luckily, I made problems like this in a glanse back in (...) (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw File Repository version 1.0 released
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(...) Hello, I am glad to see there is a place where one can quickly identify WHAT can be found, usually site promotion means i know WHERE to go, just to explore and discover nothing crosses my interests. Even if the list is far from exhaustive it (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw File Repository version 1.0 released
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Version 1.0 of the LDraw File Repository is now available: (URL) repository currently has downloads of files by 5 authors, totaling 362 LDraw files, 10.7 MB. Most of the files are available on the authors' sites, but a few extras not on the authors' (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: L3P "Skip" part metacommand
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(...) That looks perfect. Thank you :) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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