 | | Re: parts authoring question
|
|
(...) There are two or three general rules about this. 1. The origin should be at the top-center (ignoring studs) of the part. This rule works best with mostly-rectangular pieces. 2. Studs and other connection-points should be positioned at (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | parts authoring question
|
|
Hi, When writing a new part, where should the 0,0,0 point be? Is there some rule who say's that this should be somewhere, or could this be any point. The part i'm writing (9V Straight track [2865])has a Y range from -16 to 8 in other words, the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Excessive(?) use of Sub-parts (Was: New Part - 30200 Windscreen...)
|
|
(...) Ok, I very much understand. Been there this summer as well, except moving. (...) Sounds good! Let me(us) know if and how we can help. Paul (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Partial list of parts for 2000-02 Update
|
|
(...) wrote: (...) avoid confusion with (...) OK. Steve (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: L-draw
|
|
"Matt Sekerak" <lowlead@aol.com> wrote in message news:FzG1CE.J7H@lugnet.com... (...) For now, yes. But hopefully not for long. (URL) I believe LDLite has been ported to Mac, and you can use something in conjunction with something to model on a Mac (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | L-draw
|
|
I have a Mac...am I screwed if I want to get in on this L-Draw gig? (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Excessive(?) use of Sub-parts (Was: New Part - 30200 Windscreen...)
|
|
(...) Well, until the voting page is up, I won't say absolutely not. But I've got a bit of a backlog now (after moving/kids to camp/week at the lake/etc.), and I am seriously trying to get to a point where I can post the voting page. So if I get a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Excessive(?) use of Sub-parts (Was: New Part - 30200 Windscreen...)
|
|
Well guys, it looks like I need to warm up the 'ol inliner... and off to the LDAO world I go. :-) Steve, is there still any room for more parts in the next update? (As single file parts) I think I still have a coulple I haven't sent yet. Paul (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Excessive(?) use of Sub-parts (Was: New Part - 30200 Windscreen...)
|
|
(...) Oh, you're not going to be happy with the next update... (...) With a good caching strategy, subfiles should make a net improvement in performance. (...) For that part (<part:4186p01 the original soccer field baseplate>), a small grid of studs (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Excessive(?) use of Sub-parts (Was: New Part - 30200 Windscreen...)
|
|
(...) I am just a little concerned about the rapidly increasing number of files we produce. It gets harder to overview. I know nothing about rendering program's cacheing and what effect usage of sub-files have. There has to be a balance, sub-parts (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Scout and micro-scout dat file
|
|
Thanks, I had submitted in the parts tracker after I sent the first message. Zhengrong (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: eliminating polygons?
|
|
"Michael Horvath" <mikehorvath@juno.com> wrote in message news:Fxq871.3vM@lugnet.com... (...) part- (...) doing it. (...) their (...) a (...) On the contrary, you should feel free to hack away at LDraw parts to optimize them for your own usage. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: L3Lab woes
|
|
(...) Okay, this is the one I was using... Thanks! Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: L3Lab woes
|
|
Jamie Obrien wrote... (...) Thanks, your suggestions sound reasonable, I'll have them in mind. (...) L3P recognizes the light.dat file(s) if you call it with the -l option, see l3p.txt. The spotlite.dat file are, however, not supported: spotlights (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: L3Lab woes
|
|
Sproaticus wrote... (...) Just to clear things up: the above is how I intend it to work in the next release. The newest release is v1.2 20000616. /Lars (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: L3Lab woes
|
|
(...) Oops! I thought I was running the latest... Lemme reinstall and play with the newer one... (...) Personally, I'd remember to switch it on and off, though I do understand that many (most?) users might forget. (...) That would be great! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | RE: Status on 2000-02
|
|
(...) No problem. We're used to waiting :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht BXL34@po.cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Parts authoring help wanted
|
|
(...) Let's see ... Y- X- | Z+ \ | / \|/ + /|\ / | \ Z- | X+ Y+ (sorry this isn't to scale) (...) Probably not a bad idea. (...) I did publish an EXCEL file with several utility functions, called rotate.xls. But I'm not sure if that was the file you (...) (24 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | Re: Status on 2000-02
|
|
(...) I've got to tie up a couple of loose ends, and post the voting pages. I just got back from vacation, and my life has been unusually hectic for the last month or so. So the update has been taking longer than expected. Steve (24 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
| |
| | (canceled)
|
|
|
