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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) Try (URL) and go to (URL) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd start at (URL). Or read through the lugnet.cad.mlcad group. Steve (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, I'll run the primitive past the committee. A couple of things stand out immediately: - The primitive's name should be 4-4con8.dat, not 4-4co89.dat. - Primitives (especially the curved variety) should go to 4 decimal places. Actually, I (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'll try shaving off another 1LDU from the edge of the stud. Steve (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've posted these now. The word "primitive" in the subject is probably not the correct term: "sub part" is probably better. Here's the example files with descriptions and the individual sub parts in MPD format: (2 URLs) latter also has an (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve, Where can I find details on MLCAD? I've never used it. -A e. (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAW for Mac; was: Mark's Lego Creations Update!
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(...) There are at least two other people with the source code to LDraw, if I remember correctly. Maybe three. But it seems like I've never heard of James having given the source for LEdit to anyone. Not that it matters -- AFAIK, James only gave out (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAW for Mac; was: Mark's Lego Creations Update!
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(...) AFAIK, Filip Spacek is the only person who has a copy of the LDraw source, given to him by James before he passed away. His email address is spacek@geocities.com. There might be more people with it, but he is the only person I know of for (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAW for Mac; was: Mark's Lego Creations Update!
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(...) Have you been to the "LDraw for the Macintosh Campaign" website? (URL) don't think they have source to LDraw itself but there seems to be a growing interest in some sort of Mac version. --Todd [followups to lugnet.cad.dev] (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAW for Mac; was: Mark's Lego Creations Update!
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Wow, what a cool Mecha rendering on that page! I'll tinker with the app and see where I get. Usually I'm more inclined to go build something else with real Lego than to sit down and build the same thing again virtually. ~Mark (...) source? (...) (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:li6cgsgmt3bi2um...4ax.com... (...) would (...) That looks pretty close, though on my R2 piece the shaving looks a little more severe. There's actually a small lip where the stud meets the (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) \/ Ldlite source is available and has been ported to the MAC. It could use an update though. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for. If you need LEDIT functionality then you're out of luck. Perhaps you could use this as a starting (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestions for new primitives: Flex-System hoses.
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(...) I can do that, and post the results soon on lugned.cad.dat.parts. Note that you will not find any hoses that are exactly 120 LDU long: They normally come in somewhat "odd" lengths. As for the ribbed tube, the best way to find the length of one (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK. According to Jim Hughes (via the Technica Element Registry) both the flex-system tubing and the corrugated tubing 'are widely available in many lengths'. So should we make a single "Technic Flex Tube" piece, and a single "Technic (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That would be great! I have worked a bit on them myself. Here's what I have done so far: (URL) used two sub parts for the ribbed hose: end and segment parts. Look for "RIBD-END.DAT" and "RIBD-SEG.DAT". These are somewhat modified from Mark R. (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sounds like a good idea. We should do a similar thing for the ribbed hoses. Steve (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yah, that makes sense. (...) Sort of. Well, not really. I didn't want to ROTATE around Y (although that's a useful function). Well, in my case rotating would work, but only because the objects I was working with were symmetric. I was trying to (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Steve, I don't want to 'fix' it. There are too many applications for the MIRROR function as it works today*). If I read you correctly, you don't want the object mirrored x- and z-way, but duplicated around the y-axis. So maybe I can create a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I think it would be useful to have new primitives for the flex system hoses. I'm talking about the 8 LDU thick flexible straw-like elements which are used as decorative elements or as hoses for the Flex-System. What we would need are two elements: (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLITE cache limit bug (Was Apollo lunar module)
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(...) Heh, um, I also use L3Lab nowadays, actually. :) LDLite v1.6 is better than 1.5 at MPD files. (...) [...] (...) You did it the right way. Actually, the log output should show warnings about files not being cached, although it does not mention (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Thanks. That worked. Travis (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.faq)
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(...) (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Travis, IIRC, you can do so by entering here: (URL) deselecting this group from your subscribtions. HTH! -Shiri XFUT .faq (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.faq)
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I have been receiving posts from this group as e-mail messages. Could someone tell me how I can stop this. Thanks, Travis (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) at (...) works), (...) Yeah, this is a caching bug in the ldlite parser. I get the same problem in ldglite when I use the ldlite parser, but not with the L3 parser. I think it's because one of the caching structures is full before it gets (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) LDLite has always been slightly flakey on MPD files. I think v1.6 is better than v1.5, but I'm not in a position to make absolute statements--I use L3Lab these days. Steve (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmmm. I wonder why L3Lab works where LDLite breaks. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Lars C. Hassing wrote in (URL) (snip) (...) Well, Paul, have you decided? (...) What do you think? /Lars (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I was checking out the SDRC website [1] and the Master Modeler is able to export an .STL file. I don't know any more than that though. Sorry, your on your own from here. :-) -Duane [1] (URL) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the (...) there (...) wish (...) same (...) I took a week worth of training about two years ago and got laid off three months later, so I don't have much working experience. What would you like to know? I will answer if I can. -Duane (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If I-DEAS produces STL files, you can use STL2DAT. You will find it here (URL) Klein A Mindstorms fan. (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There's an idea. Might as well wait until the command-line polling API for L3Lab is implemented and published... Steve (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet ... (...) No. LDSShell is based on my Delphi port of LDLite 0.<something quite early>, and the meta commands were not yet included then. Real Life takes it's toll, so I don't see an update possible for a long, long (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. I'm using the latest (non-released) version of LDAO. Which shouldn't matter, the LDAO->L3Lab interface is the same. I'm using L3Lab to view files as I edit them. I start an Edit session, L3Lab gives me the warning about my video being set (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm, I see your point. Except that the desired orientation of a subfile may be known before that subfile is certified. Here's a (somewhat contrived) example: we've discussed defining the standard orientation of all primitive files to be (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Could you please inform me about it? We still don't have the real copy yet (still waiting for the license and the package to be posted us, while playing around with the initial educational copy so no manuals yet) By the way, your analogy for (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) I haven't experienced any crashes lately, can you describe in detail what you do, so I can recreate the situation. Did the previous L3Lab crash too? (...) Sorry not yet, I first have to get the polling menu fully (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) If a subfile is not certified, you cannot know whether to reference it using INVERTNEXT or not. You would have to turn clipping off, but why not certify the subfile first? I don't think it will be a problem anyway, because (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote... (...) The FAQ says: 32 Transparent dark grey but shouldn't it be 32 Transparent black (?!) 40 Transparent dark grey (as Franklin W. Cain suggested) The transparent X-Wing cockpit is a bit brownish, so perhaps 40 would (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: L3P and part no 30359
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John VanZwieten wrote... (...) Correct. The problem was discovered a long time ago, and I blame myself that I haven't released an official fix yet. Unfortunately in v1.1 the 1-4 cones are clipped by a too small box, {<0,-1,0>,<2,2,2>} rather than (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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