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(...) I know the function you want; I've used it on InterGraph workstations in my high school job. It knew how to handle stright lines as well as arcs and other elliptical segments, as well as Bezier loops and other exotic stuff. For LDraw purposes, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is the issue I was trying to describe a while back concerning a hypothetical "Copy Parallel Surface" tool... I never was able to put it so concisely... (...) Hmmm, this strikes me a pretty cool way to do a basic "snap to" function... (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) side of (...) I do agree as well, Todd. Thanks again for taking this situation and calming it down and thanks for your patience in the matter. Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 You've seen their sites and read their (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sproaticus skrev i meddelandet <371256D6.4EEC8895@g...es.com>... (...) Yup, you caught me there... I'm mostly thinking in the BlockCAD universe, where the pieces _must_ be convex. (...) located on (...) But I should have thought of this anyhow :-( (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I guess I didn't fully state my intentions. I will create both a non-shockwave and shockwave versions, for the enjoyment of those who like a cool little animated site. I didn't intend on placing Shockwave as a priority over the non-shockwave (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) These only work for convex pieces. The hollow areas in a concave piece would not be handled properly, since at least one wall would actually move *closer* to the other piece. For example, consider a clip. If you scale its position by 1.01, the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Leonardo Zide skrev i meddelandet <3711E2FA.17EB08D@ce...com.br>... (...) to (...) - Scale the piece dimensions by 0.9 or something like that for comparisons - remember to use a _central_ point as origin for the scaling (hmm, sounds like heavy (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I agree with that, Todd. Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is this an attempt to model part #30014? If so, it is incorrect in at least three very obvious ways -- (a) the vertical placement of ARM1.DAT, (b) the use of ARM1.DAT in the first place, and (c) the use of 3004.DAT, where a new element should (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts DESPERATLY wanted (steve: please read)
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(...) I made the same mistake, until I went to the store, and looked at the plates. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part: brick 1 x 2 with computer screen and buttons pattern [DAT]
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(...) Try something like: 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4-4disc.DAT 1 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4-4ndis.DAT For the buttons/lights. That looked pretty good when I used it to build a panel of the three buttons. Not great at Zoom=1, but more accurate (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would not tell anyone anything like that. The question really isn't whether or not the *parts* can be improved. A better question would be: are you able to improve them? Part of the answer to that depends on your ability to work as part of (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I can't speak for anyone else, but I know when to duck. ;) Seriously, I think I was one of the first to point out problems with part-files you had submitted. At least, I was the first during a part-voting review cycle. As for the most-recent (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [Newpart] - Sneak preview of #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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Hello all, On lugnet.cad.dat I've posted a sneak preview of part #2871 I'm working on now. It not complete yet, I still have to do the interior and the small details at the backside of the bead that is in the middle of the part. But it is finished (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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(...) My suggestion: worry about content and delivery before worrying about spice. LDraw.org should be approachable: easy to access, easy to understand, work on the maximum number of browsers. Using Shockwave to deliver content might improve some (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Have the program transform all parts to 99.99% of their actual size. (Just a random suggestion :-) -John Van Leonardo Zide wrote in message <3711E2FA.17EB08D@ce...com.br>... (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim, Please, please, please, please, please, please, please do *NOT* rely on Shockwave plugins to access content on the new site. IMO, this is far worse than image maps, because, in essence, it is forcing people to stick to one piece of buggy (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd say the bar should be set at whatever level that the majority of the part authors and other longtime users think it should be set. If that is an unreasonable level... well, tough. (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: parts DESPERATLY wanted (steve: please read)
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-----Original message----- From: Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> To: lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Date: maandag 5 april 1999 15:51 Subject: Re: parts DESPERATLY wanted (steve: please read) (...) I failed to notice (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, I've been trying to add collision detection to LeoCAD but I'm stuck with a problem and would like to know if anyone has a good solution. Take for example 2 1x1 bricks and position them side by side, they will always be touching each other (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: fixed part: JW's parts
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) tile (...) went (...) RL (...) LDraw (...) to be Onyx, You may disagree, but you restate my own objection perfectly. Your example of 3068 is "perfect" "as far as I'm concerned". It shows your personal standards and (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [ldraw.org] multilanguage support (was Re: Multilanguage support for ldraw.org)
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(...) At the page bottoms I only feel it is appropriate to show up to 5 language links, there could be an expandable language page or popup that activates when clicked though, to give the full options. (...) No problem. From what you have told me (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Wheaton College which is literally down the street from me offers student discounts on software. I grabbed Photoshop 4 for $230 several years back and a former employer bought me the upgrade to 5. Thanks for the suggestion, I will download it (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim: [...] (...) Does it work in X? (...) <URL:(URL) [...] [ Using Apache to handle multiple languages. ] (...) You get a translated page if it is translated, otherwise you get an English one. Your suggestion means that you get nothing if people get (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Multilanguage support for ldraw.org (Was: Re: Ldraw.org...)
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Tim: (...) [...] (...) If we use the Apache approach to handle languages there shouldn't be any limits to how many languages we can handle (we can always include hard-coded links to other languages at the bottom of the pages). (...) I wouldn't mind (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim: (...) I haven't got any of these for Netscape and I run lynx with a plain sans serif fixed width font I don't know the name of. :-) And lynx is just another browser. I am using version 2.8.1pre.9 (10 Oct 1998). You can find information about (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) All I can say is, before you send _any_ parts (or narts), you should look at each and every one with a HYPERCRITICAL eye. If you note any flaws, don't send it. If people here on lugnet have noted flaws fix them, or don't send. Do NOT assume a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part: brick 1 x 2 w/ pattern, technic pin long w/ bush
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(...) Jonathan, whether you understand what the complaints are about or not, just take it on faith that this part is _wrong_. As someone else said, if you would get this piece and actually look at it, you would clearly see the flaws. Right now, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That is sort of the de-facto "standard". Jorge Gonzalez (1) used this method for the sets he did, as have others. -- Terry K -- 1. Pretty sure it was JG. JG, sorry if I misspelled your name. (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) sorry roy, but i have to disagree with you here... take a look at the 1x2 tile (3068)... simple, elegant, and as far as i'm concerned (especially after i went back and personally put in the bottom groove) it is *perfect*.. true, there isn't (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) this line concerns me very *very* much. (...) as a matter of fact.. yes.... while you *should* be able to enjoy modeling things using the existing library of LDraw elements, if i had known all along that you are 100% sans lego i would have (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Uploading of large DAT files is still broken
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(...) OK, with the new upload-watcher in place, I can say with complete certainty that uploading of large DAT files is still broken. Actually, uploading them is OK, but the part where they go into the newsserver is broken. But it's still a bug. The (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim Courtney wrote in message (...) Oh, GIVE me a break. "Absolutely PERFECT". Ya gotta be kiddin'! No one, NO PART, is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! Sheezz........ (...) Got me here. Ya gotta to earn it and there's a few here who need to step back and (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It would be helpful, Jonathan, if you noted exactly what it is that you modified, as well as why, and what part(s) of it still need work. --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | L3P support of extended metacommands?
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Lars, I think I remember someone saying that L3P does or would support the extended Meta-commands of LDLite (ie, translate, rotates, etc.) Is that true? I could really use it for my X-Oid Mech which I just split apart into multiple dat files so that (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Dunno how Tim is set for getting academic prices on software, but I did note the other day that all of the current Macromedia web-oriented products (Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver) are $99 at our campus computer store. (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Realized I didn't give an address for downloading it. Check out: (URL) need to fill out a form, but that's the spot to download. Ben -- Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com www.marsbase.com ---...--- The few, the proud,...the plastic. Ben Vaughan (...) (26 years ago, 11-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim, All you need is Macromedia's Flash. They do offer a demo for download that has a 30 day limitation. The actual program costs something like $250.00 (US) I think. I'm going on memory here. As for how it works, think of a timeline. Everything (...) (26 years ago, 11-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Tim Courtney wrote in message <199904102225.SAA274...et.com>... (...) I believe I have a cd with a list of shockwave files for web sites. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, I also agree here. But do try with Lego in hand! Just don't push it on the group if it doesn't pan out for you. (...) Yes, truthfully, your public math class isn't gaining you many friends here. (...) Correct.... (...) Sounds like a good (...) (26 years ago, 11-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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