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(...) Here is how this could work: you make special curved primitives and parts that use the new syntax or whatever, and place them in special folder (e.g. p\curved,parts\curved etc) & compatible renderers use these rarther than the normal parts. (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) Steve, these Two parts I am asking to have name/statis corrections. 2485 is the bottom (or top) of the springs, can the shortcut be 2485c? and x500 is not really ready yet. i still need to do some corrections to it. Thanks in advance! T (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw DAT format standard questions
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(...) .> (...) This is an execelent idea. Something like a bicubic patch or a NERB would be the most generic and flexible. For specialized elements, I think most parts could be defined with portions of spheres and portions of cones with the radius (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hey all... Just a couple questions on the .dat file format: Is there an official document somewhere which outlines the specifics of the .dat format for people as a reference? If there isn't, it probably would be a good idea to have one. Also, I was (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Some ideas about grid mode and rotation
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I have been reading some threads about how far to move an object in grid mode, and how this relates to rotations, and have come to the following conclusion. Since rotation is defined by a transformation matrix, and since the rotation portion of a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) While there is a strong difference in the real world, the difference if fairly small in the LEGO world. Take 6041.dat, for example, which is, like you said, a boat propellor. But you will find this one on many "aircraft" like official (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Like Fredrik said, you should use the origin as the rotation point for parts and other subfiles. Most parts have been written with the idea that the part would be rotated around the origin. Also, rotating subfiles on the origin allows advanced (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3P and part no 30359
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GeoMan <geoman@ars.net.gr> wrote in message news:FtB03J.35v@lugnet.com... (...) L3P seems to have a problem with the 1-4con3.dat primitive. The missing outer conic area uses the primitive, while the inner conic area was inlined and so shows up (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Cool. I'll look at the other propellors (note LDraw-spelling) and rotors to see if their names can be adjusted to match. (...) True, but what category? The differences between propellors and rotors are small (for our purposes), but the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I learned all I needed to know about this from the comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ. Try to grab it, the subject is well covered there. Fredrik (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) <SNIP> Frederik, I think I confused you, because I mixed some things up it seems... I will check the thing with my rotations in MLCad maybe you are right and I don't rotate anlong the origin of the part ... at least that's the feeling I get (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't understand this. What if the user wants to rotate by something which isn't a multiple of 90°? Say, 30°? If the rotation point is off by one (or even a half) stud, it isn't going to work to offset the part afterwards. Unless you offset (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Sounds good to me! (...) I think they should be combined. We don't have that many propellers/rotors anyway. Besides, it is probably better to put them in the same category, as the user will spend less time searching for individual parts. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) I believe the problem is not the rotation point itself if the center for rotations is set to a stud or between two studs every thing would work fine, since the default step width of MLCad is halve a stud. So after rotating you can place it (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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(...) about this trick. Michael (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) How about the following name-changes: 6041.DAT Propeller 3 Blade 1.5 Diameter 4617.DAT Propeller 3 Blade 5.5 Diameter The only other information morphological information would be connection-type, but I don't see a strong need for that. Here's (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Syntax error in official part 754.dat?
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(...) The 'strange' syntax will be fixed. Those lines will be deleted. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ... (...) which (...) If you create a shortcut for L3P (and start _that_ from MLCAD), you can set the 'Close Window on Exit' flag in the shortcut. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The problem with such a thing would be that many parts have _many_ natural rotation points. Take, for example a simple thing as a 1×n plate. A user may very well want to rotate it by any of the studs, depending on how it is connected to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi to all, since I played arround with MLCad the last couple of days to test it, I realy learned there is a mess with the rotations. MLCad currently try to rotate the part by its absolute center which sometimes works and sometimes not. So I feel I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help for povray needed!
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes: <SNIP> Thank you steve! Over the week-end I had more time, and found exactly the same way, just in C++. But (how should it be different) there is another problem ... This works fine for pov-ray, with L3P this (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Syntax error in official part 754.dat?
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(...) It is? Do you mean that the "strange" comment syntax I pointed out will be fixed? Or will you fix something else also? Fredrik (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: the parts 754.dat and 756.dat in the 8.5L hose
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(...) Thanks for your effort! I would be happy if you find the time to process it some time, be it before or after the next update. Fredrik (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hunt for missing primitives
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(...) migth (...) Thanks gentlemen, the fresh download helped a lot :-) Ampi ---...--- Imre Papp Geometria GIS Systems House email: ipapp@geometria.hu ---...--- (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldglite is now homeless
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(...) Even without the CVS sourceforge is a much more appropriate place for ldglite than geocities. I could always open up a zip/tar/gz hosting section in brickshelf, but then again, sourceforge would still be a much more appropriate place for it. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) My mistake. It is the 3 point crystal that is being voted on. (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) after (...) Steve memory is excelent, he has drawn the complete picture. My brand new computer(1)didn't have Ldraw on it jet, and I've just tested the Ldraw.exe and Complete.exe downloads on it. The 3 primitives BOX4-1.DAT, BOX4-4A.DAT and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I never said that CVS is a bad thing, it allows you to retrieve the source code for specific versions and have a backup in another place besides floppy disks. :) But it's not very useful if you're working alone. (...) I used to update the CVS (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Smoke-Clear color code
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(...) According to my understanding of the color codes, this would be "40" (that is, 8 for Dark-Grey, plus 32 for transparency). Thanks, Franklin (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I believe that's why I have drawn "overdraw3.png" ! ;) (...) Damn, I missed that one, but just need to split the pentagon into a quad and a triangle. (...) As I said, the disc as only 8 slices to simplify, with the regular 16 you would save (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Imre, If I remember correctly, the 'BOX4_1.DAT' errors were noticed very shortly after the 98-07 update was released, and Terry replaced that update with a fixed version. I just downloaded LCAD9807.EXE and COMPLETE.EXE from www.ldraw.org, and both (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: (Some) Parts which are in the update-pipeline
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(...) No, it isn't. The color-16 version is also in the backlog: (...) Steve (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: the parts 754.dat and 756.dat in the 8.5L hose
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(...) That's correct. As long as I think it's ok, it goes into the update. I saw your message in my partsref inbox, but I haven't processed it yet. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've looked at your files, and they seem to be OK. But it was a manual review, I didn't calculate the determinants of the transform reference matrices. At this point, it looks like a bug in the MLCad code. We'll have to wait to see if Michael (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hunt for missing primitives
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(...) I don't think I have this one... (...) I *do* have these. In fact, I used box4_1.dat yesterday...should I have called it something different? (...) This isn't a good solution, as the problem probably exists on many machines using LDraw... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldglite is now homeless
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(...) I have to disagree with you. I think a CVS repository on the internet will be a big help for me. I need a revision control system anyways to keep myself organized, even if nobody else uses it. Having it on the internet is a bonus since I can (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldglite is now homeless
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(...) I moved my pages from Geocities a long time ago but I kept some files there to redirect users to my new page and to be a mirror site. And CVS is only good if you have more people helping you, to me it didn't help much. :) Leonardo (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Hunt for missing primitives
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Hi all, Reviewing the new parts of the Vote 2000-1 I noticed that some primitives are missing from my machine. e.g. 'box4-1.dat' I reinstalled 'ldraw.exe' and all James' and Terry's updates, but this primitive wasn't there. However, 'lcad9807.exe' (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I already replied with an apology, but I think I'm going to give the sourceforge a try. I think CVS will help me organize things a bit. Plus I had plenty of problems connecting to geocities when I wanted to update the site there. Don (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldglite is now homeless
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(...) I was thinking the same thing. I already registered the project there and am currently waiting for the project to be approved. I can't wait to get access to the CVS. That's gonna make things soo much simpler. Don (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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