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(...) When I bought a used SGI Indy a while back it came with a ton of manuals and cdroms for that package. I threw most of the manuals out, and probably the cdroms too. It looked interesting but far too complex for anything I'd want to do with it. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Woo-hoo! This is great! :):):) Now, if L3Lab would just stop GPF'ing when I close the LDAO Editor windows... (...) That's good news. (...) Nifty. (...) Arrr, you're right. (...) Cool! (...) OK, you must be back from the cottage now. Is there (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Marc Klein <marckl@easynet.fr> wrote in message news:lonags862sa0t65...4ax.com... (...) Very nice job, Marc! The only problem I see is that the studs on top stick out from the round body. This is common for at least the Brick 2 x 2 Round and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's been a couple of years since I touched the system. Does I-DEAS have the ability to export an .STL file? There is an .STL to .DAT translator out there somewhere, I just haven't had a chance to check it out yet. -Duane (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The only document I'm aware of is the LDraw FAQ. There must have been something else, somewhere, because I'm sure I didn't figure it out on my own. But it might have been e-mail communication with James, or on the original L-CAD mailing list. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3dcbgs44ugldbko...4ax.com... (...) You probably didn't intend to have identical names here. (...) Wouldn't that be "Brick 2 x 2 x 2/3 w/ Propellor Housing"? The Propellor category works (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That would be nice, *especially* if there is a button or context-menu function to reset the orientation of a part to <1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1>. Steve (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Alrighty. Steve (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Here are the current parts from the Propellor and Rotor categories: 4745.DAT Propellor 2 Blade 6040.DAT Propellor Housing 3480.DAT Rotor 2 Blade Helicopter Tail 2421.DAT Rotor 3 Blade 2479.DAT Rotor 4 Blade 5 Diameter And the next update is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi guys, Is there anyone who is familiar with I-DEAS package? I-DEAS is a very nice professional CAD software with very powerful surfacing features. I've just started using it and love it. If there would be any way to convert (one of) its output (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Done. Check (URL) Klein A Mindstorms fan. (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) On second thoughts, perhaps we should add even more info? How about adding "angled blade" or some info about the number of studs on the blades, if that applies? And another thing: The 6041 has a larger diameter than 1.5, right? It must be the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) try (...) and (...) would (...) <SNIP> (...) Ha, sorry for that, but you know what MLCad did first? It was rotating the part arround it's origin. But what happened? Example: (the star is the origin) +--+ | | *--+ now rotated ... *-+ | | | | (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chuck Sommerville writes: <SNIP> (...) This sounds like a realy good idea which would solve my problem with the steps when the part is rotated along the x or z axle. I believe it's not to hard to implement, so I will give it a try (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney writes: <SNIP> (...) I like this idea, I would also suggest to add some .dat and .mpd files to this with pictures how the thing should look like afterwoulds so that people writing renderes and editors have something to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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. (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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