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(...) During implementation of Gyugyi's Direct Colors, I browsed his LDLite code: | if ((c >= 0x4000000) && (c <= 0x7ffffff)) | { | /Numbers of 0x4000000 to 0x7ffffff are hard coded color values. | zcp->r = 16 * ((c & 0x00000f00) >> 8); | zcp->g = (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New ldraw.org Feature Article
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Greetings I just added a new Feature Article to ldraw.org. Here Jonathan Knudsen, author of The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots, explains his techniques for designing building instructions using LDraw, MLCad, L3P, and POV-Ray. Check it (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hitching
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I must say, TLC has surprised and impressed me with its creativity when it comes to different uses of a part I thought was single-purpose. /Tore (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hitching
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(...) Not to mention <set:6033>. This is pretty different from the other uses mentioned - and still, not a horse hitching. -Shiri (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hitching
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(...) #2397 "Horse Hitching" has been used for (...) Also see (URL) for another model using the horse hitching differently. (...) its main purpose? (...) I don't think there is a *good* name or place for this unusual part, or its counterpart. It (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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(...) First, I agree that parts should be named after their most common use. Second, Isn't the technical name for this structure "Wagon Tongue"? Or am I thinking of something else? Jeff (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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I am fine with any name, but here is a suggestion: Name a part by what it looks like, instead of how it's used. "horse hitching" could be called "two beam offset connector" -Chuck (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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(...) It was also used in the Treasure Transport in the Ninja series. (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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(...) #2397 "Horse Hitching" has been used for (...) Seems just a bit silly to me... I mean, you name a part for the _most common_ use, right? Especially if it's ALMOST ALWAYS used for the same thing, except for once or twice. And it's known that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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(...) #2397 "Horse Hitching" has been used for (...) main purpose? (...) 6579 is essentially a rebuild of 6572 <set:6572> . Alan Random set:<set:3403> (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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(...) You're absolutely right. Cool! It shows very clearly at: (URL) cool thing is that I was thinking of yet another set! It is very similar to the "Ice Surfer", but it has wheels instead of skis... /Tore (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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(...) #2397 "Horse Hitching" has been used for (...) main purpose? (...) Yes it's also in 6335 (Indy Transport) as the support for the top deck! Chris (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: bug alert! .dat names switched
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) me? i'd suggest, for #3861: door 1x4x5 with 4 openings or #3861: door 1x4x5 with 4 windows (because it doesn't have a pane) and for #73312: door 1x4x5 with security bars (as thats what they are, and it doesn't truly (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New use for part #2397 Horse Hithing
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In set #6579 Ice Surfer and at least one more which I have forgotten, part #2397 "Horse Hitching" has been used for something very different. See (URL) makes naming difficult, or should we still consider horse hitching as its main purpose? At least, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: bug alert! .dat names switched
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(...) Thanks for pointing these out! I'll get them fixed in the next update. (...) LDraw names tend to not be readable, but classification-based. So specific info about the part should appear later in the name. I'd say this part name is organized (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | is anyone working on... (not a parts request)
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Is anyone working on any of the folowing? the black falcon torso the crusaders lion torso the wolfpack torso the plate armour torso the dragon masters torso with the dragon on the front in the middle in the shield shape & it also has a oval belt (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | bug alert! .dat names switched
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I noticed an interesting bug in the latest release of the dat files: #73312 door 1x4x5 w/4 panes is drawn as a door 1x4x5 with 6 panes and, respectively, #3861 door 1x4x5 w/6 panes is drawn as a door 1x4x5 with 4 panes what happened here? according (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Tore's Temporary Parts Tracker - Time to Submit!
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I will not enter somebody else's parts if they aren't submitted by author. So now's the time for you all to submit parts or requests! (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | dat-render plugin for NS/IE?
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After an odd 5-minute brainstorm, I came up with a strange, but potentially useful idea: why doesn't someone write a plugin for netscape/Internet explorer to render .dat files? you would right-click on the in-lined window to get a menu to change (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | L3Lab Downloadable at ldraw.org
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Just a quick note to say I've uploaded the L3Lab files, so you can get it from ldraw.org now. (URL) Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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