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(...) Under Linux: "unarj x ldraw.exe", RedHat comes with the unarj utility but I'm sure you'll be able to find it easily if your system doesn't. Leonardo (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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(...) I don't understand what you mean by "Znap Axle". Du you mean the rubber like flexible axle-shaped "hoses" with 8 LDU diameter connector pins at each end? Are these really Znap originated? (Of course, living in Norway, I don't know the Znap (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Whats Happened to LDLITE and LGEO?
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When I link to the site for LDLITE I get nothing but a link back to a parent directory. When going up to the URL for the site all I get is a message saying that the ISP hard disks crashed. This has been the same for at least a month! I tired (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts
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(...) And the commands should go in the input file:) (took me a little time to figure that out:)) Nice tool! It was really helpful. I think you would agree, if you take a look on the 2951 i posted in cad.dat.parts, that the second bracket would have (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts
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(...) One way to do this with the tools you have at hand would be to put the portion you want to mirror in a subpart, mirror the reference to this manually, and then inline the subpart again to retrieve it mirrored. Fredrik (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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(...) Is this the same as the one in the 8880? If so then I have a mock-up of it if anyone wants it. It uses a technic engine piston to simulate the towball socket and liftarms for the sides. (...) Thanks for the info (...) -- Jonathan Wilson (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Urgh. Just hit some key which seemed to reset the body of this reply to the default text. Blech. In lugnet.cad.dev, Jonathan Wilson writes: [before that, Steve wrote:] (...) It's a piece which fits between the driving ring and the freespinning 16(?) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts [DAT]
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(...) Boy, am I tired! Of course I mean: 2 24 100 24 12 200 24 12 2 24 -100 24 12 -200 24 12 (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: mirroring parts [DAT]
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Sure, if I understand your question correctly, that was one of the main reasons I started developing LDS. Have a look at this:. (URL) mirror x 2 24 100 24 12 200 24 12 mirror off gives: 2 24 10 24 12 20 24 12 2 24 -10 24 12 -20 24 12 and so on. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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(...) Which piece is this? (...) Is this similar to the other gear rack with holes pieces? (...) Is this the shock that has been "on hold" for about 6 months? (...) I take it this is the one that keeps breaking (...) What are these? Some missing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Has anyone got a tool, that can mirror a portion of a part? What I need to do is change the prefix (from positive (nothing) to negative (-)) of a whole bunch of "X" values, leaving the "Y" and "Z" values intact I don't feel like doing it by hand:) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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(...) Details, details. Do you expect me to remember everything...? ;o) (URL) interact correctly with LDS Shell, I had to make some small adjustments in LDS. Ver 0.22 is not an official version, but at least it has the PLOT function, though (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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(...) So where does one get a copy of this extremely useful LDS Shell? Don (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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I'm not quite sure where I left off in this discussion, so I suppose this is as good a place as any for an update. I just hooked up ldglite to Netscape in linux by adding the MIME type "application/x-ldraw" and setting the app to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: x786a.dat - electric motor with axle mockup
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(...) Actually 786 was one of my allocation of _unknown part numbers_, but no matter. If it gets released as x786, I'll strike it from my list. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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[X-posted to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.technic, follow-up set to lugnet.cad.dev] While building the way-cool #8448 SSS Super Car Mk II, I compiled a list of parts which have not been modeled in LDraw yet. I've included it below. I had two reactions to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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(...) Good. Then I hereby claim it. (...) I wasn't either, but then came LDS Shell, and I changed my mind. After the Redraw button is clicked on, the Editor re-reads the source file. (...) Correct, is there a better terminolgy? If those two (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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I believe PLOT is currently unused by all known LDRAW utilities. I'm not too keen on the compiler modifying the source file, but that's your decision. So <sectors> is how many points to generate, and <total_sectors> is the total number of sectors in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) At this point, I don't even know if the ARC program is DOS or Windows, so I can't say for sure if it's case-aware or not. I'll be finding out soon, after the 2000-01 voting process. Which is going to happen (relatively) soon, I promise. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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A new version of LDS is just about ready to be uploaded. I have added a new function that has no real name yet, but I think PLOT is a candidate. What it does is hard to explain, but I'll try: It plots the coordinates of a curve and creates an array (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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