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(...) Here's another list, just for Technic, and including the second word in each part's name: Category Parts New Category Technic Angle 11 Connector Technic Axle 17 Axle Technic Ball 1 Gear Technic Brick 11 Beam Technic Bush 4 ? Gear, Connector, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Gotcha. (...) Sure, but there are several non-hinged pieces that do have an axis of rotation (or pivoting, anyway), the ones coming to mind are: 2904.DAT Technic Motorcycle Pivot 2342.DAT Space Control Panel (needs work) Also, tons of pieces, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) c /hinged/rotating/ (...) Not really, just trying to clarify. (...) What's the axis of rotation for a 2x4 brick? (expected answer: "it doesn't have one") Steve (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:378e19fb.710642...net.com... (...) Patterned bricks could be put in BrickPatterned. It's nice to have all those 1x1 bricks with lettern & numbers, but it's a pain getting past them to the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes. Or I could just add the functions to LDAO as a set of internal tools (like the inliner and outliner are). (...) That would be sad. (...) Would it help to replace (or enhance) the Tool Manager with a Tool Wizard, to walk people through the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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It wouldn't be too hard for utility writers to write code to add their tool to LDAO. They just need to add a few settings to c:\windows\ldraw.ini. Let's see here... First, they need to create a new section for their tool: [My LDraw Tool] (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Umm, the battery boxes and such *are* in electric. Are you looking at LDAO's VEC? You might want to hit the "restore default categories" option to capture the recent part-moves. It's a good idea to look at the Technic category and maybe move (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is a troll, right? It's for every piece whose axis of rotation is not located at <0,0,0>. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's for hinged pieces where the hinge's axis is not located at <0,0,0>, right? Steve (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Note that the angle and axis of rotation can be wrapped up nicely in a LDraw matrix -- suppose we supply this data as a preformatted matrix? Thus, a Technic Motorcycle Pivot Rotation Guide would be an LDraw line with the proper rotation matrix (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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