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(...) OK, they're done. Besides drawing the non-patterned areas, I also moved the original pattern-commands to z=-10. Steve (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That makes sense. I will take a closer look at it. I have gotten into the habit of using LEdit coordinates as a reference for scene locations. Done right, it is a handy way of figuring out translation coordinates for various elements. -- Terry (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How big is your VEC dir?
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Ya gotta love that logic. :-) -- Terry K -- (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How big is your VEC dir?
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Hmmm. A 6.4 GB drive is $124 at Fry's today, for a cost of roughly $0.01 USD per 0.5 MB. If we assume this option saves 22 MB for each of the 500 LDLite users, the net savings to the entire world will amount to $220, which is probably worth an hour (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) wrote: (...) 9326-4t.dat (...) is (...) Sure, go ahead if you have the time, or let me know if you'd prefer me to fix them. I didn't realise these were still in need of work - were these the early ones I did where I painted the decoration at (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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(...) Ah, cool. I hadn't noticed that application. Kind of wobbly, but it works. (...) I'm sure your meas-timates are at least as good as mine, so it's not worth re-doing all of your work. (...) That's how I would have done it. Not much fun. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <371a91f5.3600445@lu...et.com>... (...) Excellent, then I think the gap in the bottom should be drawn. I could be used to mount the cannon on an antenna or other 8 ldu width rod. (...) I meas-timated the radii as 4.5 (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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-----Original message----- From: jonathan wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> To: lugnet.cad@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad@lugnet.com>; lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Date: zaterdag 17 april 1999 1:18 Subject: Re: [Newpart] - #2871, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Terry Keller wrote on Saturday, April 17, 1999: (...) Well, it tells you the extent and position of the model, which I find indispensable when trying to place several models in a scene. /Lars (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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John VanZwieten wrote on Saturday, April 17, 1999: (...) I (...) the (...) All 3 cone primitives (4-4con12.dat, 1-4con3.dat, 1-4con4.dat) have POV equivalents in L3P. Unfortunately in v1.1 the 1-4 cones are clipped by a too small box, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I believe the newest L3P is totally up-to-date on primitive substitutions, but the previous did not substitute all cones. BTW, which cones did you use? I meas-timated the radii as 5 and 9, so the existing conic primitives don't fit very well. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) And I will take care of the back-sides as well. Chris, is it OK with you if I finish the detailing of the two torsos (dungarees and BT2, I think) that reference 9326.dat, instead of 9326-4t.dat? They both need to have the undecorated surface (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I know it is, and I thought I already knew your answer. I just wanted to let you know I wasn't trying to be pushy, or expect something for nothing. Steve (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Chris, Steve Bliss has volunteered to do all the labor. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 18-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, I agree, but this will mean more work to change the existing decorated torsos - adding three extra quads as well as changing the call to 9326-4t.dat and changing that subpart. I can do this, but it will take a little time - is that OK? (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: www.ldraw.org Registration Sent
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I'll follow up with Tim offline but I'm pleased to make the following offer: I'll contribute either whatever Tim's short for the initial registration, or match the amount that Tim's over up to a limit of 100... that is if everyone else contributes (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right.. Now that the name is on its way to being registered, I'm starting to think more and more about the design. Choosing a font is tough, and I know some might give me flak for being so worried about astethics, but I want this site to be (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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This morning Jacob Sparre Andersen sent me the information for the hugin.risoe.dk server where ldraw.org will be hosted, along with the technical contact info for the administrator at the Risø National Research Centre where the server resides. This (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That would be a wise idea. Chris? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You have been wiffling with him longer than I. I am _slowly_ learning that it is usually pointless to argue with Joshua over these subjects. Might need a few more bonks, though. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't. But it might be useful for some people. (what could it be used for?) Like I said, I always start changing camera coordinates around in a scene file. I do use the that final object line, so could this L3P option leave that, but comment (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In the spirit of brainstorming, I put in everything that's been suggested so far, regardless of how it was received. I wasn't taking notes as we went, so hopefully I didn't miss anything. Here is the URL: (URL) can select from any of 18 (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) But no one else is going to snap up all of your supplier's paper from under your nose if you don't act immediately. And you're probably ordering a bit ahead, so that a delay in delivery of future supplies doesn't affect your ability to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've been hit numerous times (upside the head, base of the neck, whammo to the ear, flat across the noggin, and more) by Joshua's wiffle bat over the past *5* years -- and I feel all the smarter for it. I've got my own bat, of course, for when (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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Well, the cone with cutout just happens to be what I've been working on. I used 3 1-4 cones around the top and sides. Does L3P substitute for all the cone primitives? In any case I'll post what I've got to cad.dat, probably tommorow. -John Van (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
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(...) Whenever you'd like. If you think it would help you focus, or help collect LDAO ideas, thoughts, and issues together, or give people a more open forum to talk about LDAO, (or all of the above), then it's yours for the asking. Here is some data (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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i know that this part is unfinished. BUT when i downluaded it some parts that by all rights should have been there were not, probobly for the same reason as my roadplates???. (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Here's what I use, it works for triangles but you can easily change it for a quad. The idea is to check the angles between the vectors formed by each vertex and the point you're testing. x,y,z: point p1,p2,p3: vertex (float[3]) double pa1[3], (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Abuse (was: Re: Non-TLG Parts)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3717595d.1405512@lu...et.com>... (...) Normally I would agree, but the situation has gotten to the point where I can't tell which side of the question is worse. JW certainly comes off as rough around the edges, but his (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I just need to make the cone at the base of the barrel. I was debating whether to include the cutout on the underside of the barrel or not. It would be a lot easier to make it a 4-4 cone. Also, it would look better in L3P/POV-Ray because then (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's fine, I'm willing to make the parts, but I'm not highly motivated for it. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Using quad points Q0 - Q3, point of intersection I. For all lines QmQn, where I.X is between Qm.X and Qn.X, interpolate the point Jmn on QmQn where Jmn.X = I.X. If I.Z is between min(Jmn.Z) and max(Jmn.Z) then I lies within quad Q. If I.Z is (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Based on Dave's formulae, I have been able to calculate the intersection of a plane (given three points) and a line (given two points). How do I then determine whether the point of intersection falls within a quad (as in Dave's "exercise left for (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't have all of them, but I do have many. I'll see what I can do(1)! Jeff (1) I don't have constant access to a scanner, so it might take me a while. (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve, Where are you on this one? I did part of it previously, but saw you were in progress on the part tracker. If you haven't done the sections I have done, I'd be happy to send you what I have (or vice-versa). -John Van (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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(...) Pretty small return on the investment of so many peoples' time and frustration. Then again, there's always the next key. (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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If you have all these parts, and you want LDraw part-files for them, I'd be willing to work on making the files. Scan at 64dpi (that's 'life size' for LDraw), and e-mail them to me. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Abuse (was: Re: Non-TLG Parts)
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(...) jw is being abused not because his parts stink, but because his attitude does. If someone else performed exactly the same actions jw has, but more appropriate language, they wouldn't be abused at all. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Newpart] - #2871, Electric Train 9V Motor Decorative Side
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(...) Actually, he already has made worthwhile contributions -- he has three files in the official parts library, he has identified unnoticed errors in part files, and he has validated the part-voting process by providing previously unavailable (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig torso subpart (was suggestion for roadplate like parts)
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(...) If we're going to change all torsos, why not remove the faces from their back as well ? There are some minifigs that have patterns in the back (like the one from the xtreme team) and in the future someone will probably model them. Leonardo (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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