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(...) Tim, Steve is speaking from a very wise standpoint (on many levels). You can never go wrong by offering to host things that people voluntarily contribute. But if people start to get the feeling that there is pressure to contribute or to let go (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) True. But it shouldn't be an immediate goal of ours. There's a couple things that hold importance here, the download area and the OMR. Once we get the ball rolling on these we can work on that. Anyways, Steve has a point. But something as (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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which ones are these? are these the ones that are used for example on the new adventurers jungle boat? (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDAO Suggestion Mark 2
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(...) LDraw and LEdit do not support other directories. Well, they do, sort of. They will look for sub-files in the following locations: - ldraw\p - ldraw\parts - ldraw\models - current directory The last search option is what allows most programs (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) When LDAO starts moving (temporary) files in and out of ldraw\models, what should it do about the files already there? And what if the user launches model1\main.dat into LEdit, but then opens model2\main.dat into l3p? (...) In the File Save (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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is there anyone out there that is working on the medium-sized ship hulls (fore and aft)? i have some truly terrible mock-ups i've made from bricks and plates but i thought i'd check with the professionals before proceeding with a project. thanks (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37714eef.19012626@l...et.com>... (...) and (...) Ship1.dat (...) Unless you use name mangling... Why don't we just use real dirs, anyway. I'm sure ldlite, ldraw, and ledit support it. What programs do not. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message news:37723A43.C63B60...ail.com... (...) That would be the ideal, but it would probably get in without that stuff, since the battery box is basically never used such that the insides show. It (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can we please work out what to do about the black castle wall pieces?
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(...) Unfortunately, we've been asking him to do this for the past couple months, and he has yet to listen. Along with proofreading, we've asked him to keep the message body text from the previous message. *Sigh* Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i have a friend who has a small collection of lego. that is where i origonally got the reference piece for the mast base and 1 x 2 x 1 black grill pannel from, amongst other pieces... this person has the 9v battery box (small). if i were to borrow (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Chris Dee <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FDu12p.3I1@lugnet.com... (...) meant (...) proof (...) Nice piece of deductive reasoning, Sherlok. -John Van (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Both of the above are common output from LDAO code. (...) Well, I was just throwing stuff out. I don't know if LDraw would take that one, or not. (...) Darned context-sensitive constructions. (...) I didn't say they made sense. Just that they (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) But if it was moved, the script could be refined so that things could be modified or removed as necessary, instead of just adding more info. Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) with #7 (...) stones (...) Whew... this was difficult to read until I deduced that "3!6 with 38" was meant to read "#16 with #8" (I think). Any chance you can take a little time to proof read your messages ? It would help us to help you. Chris (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hey Steve! That is *exactly* what I was thinking! (and I can't think of anytime when you said it, so if you did, I must've missed it.) That would be the way I'd like it done. I think it would make a cleaner directory tree. Jeff P.S. I hope you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) We'd better call them "Podracer Energy Binders", then. Why? of the 32 total times this piece is used, half (16) are used as Energy Binders. One fourth of the time they are cannons, one eighth of the time they are used as stabilizers, one (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can we please work out what to do about the black castle wall pieces?
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(...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I get your point, but something as necessary as the parts tracker should at least contain visible links to ldraw.org, if not be hosted there. -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can we please work out what to do about the black castle wall pieces?
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good ieda. we simply put 4444p??.dat in 3!6 with 38 pattern and also in #16 with #7 pattern. as for names something like castle wall x by x by x with scattered stones pattern in light grey??? (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Nope, won't take a fraction w/o the integer part; gotta fix that (...) Nope, same reason as above (...) Nope, won't take a fraction w/o the fraction part, gotta fix that (...) Nope, same reason as above (...) Yep! Woo-Hoo!!! :-, (...) Nope, I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can we please work out what to do about the black castle wall pieces?
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(...) That was the the ones with the light gray stones, correct? As opposed to the dark gray stones we now have. So, if we make a #16 version of the wall with light gray (#7) stones, the stones would not normally be visible. This would be a little (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: does anyone have the old version of ldlite i need for the ldao minifig modeler?
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(...) I will mail you the previous version. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Just link to it! I understand that you want to have a standard style across the LDraw resources. And ldraw.org should always be willing to host LDraw-related content (utilities, information, etc) for anyone who wants to contribute it. But just (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree with you, but the advantage of the 'virtual folder' approach is that it would continue to work with LDraw, without any weird sub-directory references needed in multi-file models. Which brings me back to my original idea of having LDAO (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As I understand Jamie's idea, all model DAT's are physically stored in the /models directory. So you could only have one Ship1.dat. When you tried to create a second file with the same name, the software should warn you. Steve (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm gonna butt in here and say that I would prefer having actual folders to store different themes in. Say an actual folder for space, etc. I would prefer that over a flooded /models folder. Just my $.02 Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:376e43ee.544316...net.com... (...) through (...) And say I'm working in my "Space" virtual directory and I create a model called Ship1.dat. Does the actual Ship1.dat go into the /models (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FDsL6K.4Gq@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) No, but it does "look" very space-cannon-ish, and I would venture to guess its most common use will be as a space cannon, so this makes a half-way (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, let's put it into the Bar catagory. How about this for a name: Bar 1 x 8 w/ rounded end bricks OR Bar 1 x 8 w/ End Bricks, rounded Remember, it is not always a cannon, nor is it always in space. Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) We should probably incorporate that into ldraw.org as well. And have a submission form for people submitting information on parts they plan to work on or have completed. I was looking through the tracker and noticed Luis Fernandez was planning (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I believe.that it would work anyway, because its: link-dat-dat (a link goes to a dat which has a dat inside) for what he wants, not: dat-link-dat (a dat goes to a link which should be resolved to a dat). Even if it doesn't recognise C:\ldraw\models (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(URL) lots of people use it. Those who don't (or forget, as we all do sometimes) risk wasting their time on parts others are/have done. -John Van Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message news:3770F510.BFFF28...ail.com... (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Jonathan just reminded me through his post that there was a suggestion for Ldlite that I was going to make. How about in the options menu adding a check box for converting LDAO generated minifigs to regular Ldraw readable code. Would this be (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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can we please work out what to do about the black castle wall pieces? i think that they should be made/added/fixed/updated asap. if we can do whatever needs to be done then i can really get started doing my ldraw models of black knights castle and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | does anyone have the old version of ldlite i need for the ldao minifig modeler?
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does anyone have the old version of ldlite i need for the ldao minifig modeler? i am going to be drawing a lot of figs in the near future and the minifig modeler would really help me if i could use ldlite to convert the files to vanilla ldraw... (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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can someone help me find the parts tracker? i have lost the url... does anyone even still use the tracker? (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Antenna would be about the last place I would look for this. First would be Space, then Bar, then maybe Brick or Support. It's basically a bar with a brick attached or a brick with a bar attached. I would suggest the Bar category since we are trying (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oooo. Very creative idea. It *does* look more like an antenna than anything else. I like this, I just wonder if people will be able to find it in the 'antenna' category. Then again, no matter where it goes, people are going to have trouble (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i think that the space catogory is a good place to put it. (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) have (...) ahhhhhhh.? antenna 8 x 1 horizontal with studded tip? antenna 8 x 1 horizontal (sounds good till here) '' '' with peghole at end? with ? (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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