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(...) Yeah, lugnet.cad.dat was officially made obsolete (read-only in this case) by the split into subgroups last year. I just added an error message that someone will get from now on if they address a post to lugnet.cad.dat: Cannot post to obsolete (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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Michael: (...) What about using MOVE when running in "set mode"? Since other programs accepting plain text data most likely use COPY, LDList will know whether to subtract the part from the collection. When just running in "unlimited building mode" (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MLCAD and LDRAW
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[ Copied to lugnet.cad.dev where we discuss new parts for LDraw (and MLCAD). ] Hi Nathaniel, (...) If you think your part is close to correct, and if you want it to be included in the "official" LDraw distribution, you should post it to (URL) where (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3Lab - yet another LDraw viewer
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(...) some :) 1) I like to be able to see how a model is put together--is there a way to render the file part by part? 2) Can I turn off error messages? For example, it's annoying that it tells me I only have 65536 colors every time I start the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How is parts.lst created / solving VEC problem
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(...) parts.lst is created by mklist.exe, makelist.exe, or LDAO. You have to remember to re-run one of these utilities after installing a new parts update. Although the current versions of LDAO watch the parts directory, and prompt you update the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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(...) Then he wrote: (...) Or more simply (in LDraw-world), this: 1--2 | | | 4--5 | / | |/ | 6-----7 Leading to: 1--2 |\ | | 4--5 | / \ | |/ \| 6-----7 That was fun! Steve (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) UPPERCASE (...) makes (...) Yes, HFS, that's it. A search for "HFS", "rock ridge", and "joliet" turns up several GUI tools for making hybrid CD filesystems such as the ones at www.cdeverywhere.com and www.cdr.com. I've personally only used the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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(...) Both those constant should be configurable, eventually within predefined ranges. Maybe You should allow the use of the abs() function to be optional, because if the face normal are correctly calculated (the faces are well defined, CCW or CW) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | How is parts.lst created / solving VEC problem
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Is there a description somewhere of how the parts list is created and maintained, and changed when new updates are added? The reason I ask is, using LDAO, I really hate it when my VEC is wider than one screen's worth of pictures. It appears that the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) Apple wants a partition type "HFS" which is their disk system. Having one makes your CDROM appear natively: icons, window placement, file type/creator codes all that stuff is embedded in HFS directories. Many hybrid CDs (games) have separate (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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(...) No ONLY Triangles. Look for STL format description (URL) >Buy the way, do you correctly generate these lines (expecially the (...) <SNIP> (...) The program check the angle between two adjacent facets if abs(angle ) < 1e-5 No Edge if abs(angle) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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(...) Ok, my cad program can do that, but I have to mess with it because the options to tesselate a surface are somewhat complex, at least if you want to be able to have some control on the number of polys generated. Does STL allow only for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) I was under the impression that the ISO-9660? filesystem was only 8.3 UPPERCASE or something like that. All the operating system vendors then added their own extensions to get long filenames with mixed case. Linux uses Rock Ridge. Microsoft (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Looking for a part
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(...) Not really. John Van Zwieten had made a partial-sphere primitive, which *might* be useful for this part. What do you think, John? (...) For now, all my LDraw-related time is devoted to preparing the next parts update. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right. I *think* you should be able to design it and save it, then send the saved file to me, and let me compile it into the distributable executable. I don't *think* there are licensing issues with that, but I will check. I know I'm licensed (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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Don: (...) There should definitely be binaries for both DOS, Linux, and MacOS where it is possible. Or maybe no DOS and just MS-Windows? How many OS/2 users do we have? (at least one) (...) Isn't that what the ISO-(can't remember the number) file (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Ldglite/Linux and sub-parts
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(...) It's directly under the "parts" directory. Some parts use sub-parts in the s-directory, such as the 32013 and some of the new Technic wheels that Jeff Boen designed. (...) I grabbed it on February 6th. I'll take a look at the new one. Great (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I need parts, and I can make you famous
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Thanks to everyone who responded. I have the tread hub (32007) in hand, and the tread part is coming soon. Thanks again, Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ldglite/Linux and sub-parts
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(...) I'll take a look at that tonight. I never heard of the s directory. However I have used primitives in the p\48 directory though. I'll have to look at that too. Should be easy to fix though. When did you grab the source? I just dumped a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw under linux?
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(...) Sniping my beta testers eh? ;^) If you want something that can edit files and is fairly stable (I think) I'd go with LeoCAD. But if you just want something to hook up to Netscape in linux to view ldraw files, and you don't mind beta testing (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 8880 Super Car (Wheel & Tire)
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To the interested here are some images taken directly from the CAD program I use. The Jpeg (jpg) versions: (4 URLs) the Ping (png) versions: (4 URLs) As you can see, there are somethings missing iet: - tire corner threads (will be soon added) - (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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(...) That's an item I was thinking about already ... will see whats possible ... (...) Sure, I know, but for me the plain api with its window messages is already similar to the difference between hardware and software of a computer :-) I mean I do (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I'll simply ignore those facts :-) If someone is building with set pieces, they'd better keep to the pieces and colors, or get lost... Seriously, if we want that functionality, then I think the modeller (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | L3Lab - yet another LDraw viewer
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As you may know I have been cooking on this L3 program for more than two years now (not that this tells anything about its size and quality ;-) However, I believe L3 now has so many useful features that many of you (especially part authors) also (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw under linux?
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Use LeoCAD (by Leonardo Zide) Linux version. LeoCAD uses same part library of Ldraw (but converted in a different file format) and can load and save Ldraw *.dat files. Go here: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) I'd say include them in Technic. The odd stop collar axles were originally introced to accompany the flexible motorizeable axles in Znap (I think), but they still look like Technic for most LDraw users. Adding them to a Znap category would (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Ldglite/Linux and sub-parts
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Hi, I just installed MESA/Glut and Ldglite, and it went really smooth! No problems at all. But I noticed something wrong when loading models: Ldglite does not appear to handle references to sub-parts correctly. Take the part 32013.dat as an example: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ldraw under linux?
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How can I display/make ldraw dat files under linux? Is dosemu+ledit a good way to go? What about displaying ldraw files? I heard something about an ldlite for linux. Where can I get that? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) So like, I should design the look of it the way I want, and you'll make it work or something? (sorry, its late, I got back from being out and having the most fun I've had in a LONG time, so my brain's a little fried) -Tim (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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Another thing which comes into my mind now .... If LDList is managing the sets with it's parts, then it would not only have to know that someone is dragging a part away from it, but also if someone is changing the part color in a CAD program, if the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) of (...) I haven't been following this thread to closely, but uh, are you considering machines that are not running Windows. LdGLite 0.4 is due to be released real soon and should run pretty well on Linux and the Mac in addition to Windows. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) You'll find out, and yes, it is a layout-type program. Get it setup the way you want it, and if I can take your saved project file and just compile it (you'd have to give me a place to grab the cd from, or maybe burn one copy for me) and burn (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Looking for a part
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(...) as (...) wife (...) Mishandling would seem to unlikely. With no visible sign of distortion they appear to have been molded that way. Do you want me to send you one of each? (...) I agree that we would should draw it at 90deg., with maybe a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) Juth put them into technic. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wrote 9 degrees from memory. I couldn't locate the previous discussion. (...) least three Spaceport sets, and the Mos Espa Podrace set. (...) Hmm. I wonder what caused the variation. A few ideas: 1. Differences between the molds in the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) Found it! (URL) They were *not* introduced in Znap. But the odd length axle with the stop-collar *was* introduced in Znap. (URL) So, should these parts be included in Technic, or should a new category for Znap be started? Steve (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) Ah! Thank you, Wayne. (...) From the rumblings in lugnet.loc.uk, it doesn't seem likely -- people only appreciate Znap when it's on clearance. :-/ Steve (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) The first use is on page 153 (book 2). They're used to make the curves in the body-lines. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) Were *what*? Steve (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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(...) STL only support triangles. Nurbs (and other geometry) must be converted by the CAD software to triangles. That's why I choosed STL : it already contains triangles and that's very near LDraw format. (In a geometric point of view) (...) Yes, I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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