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Not having actually created any parts, I can't guarantee that the information below is correct. However, my understanding of linetype 5 is that you will normally use adjacent points in your overall curved shape for the two extra points. This is easy (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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(...) So is the hyperlink to Tom Burger's Reference Materials on (URL) a phantom link also? Chris (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: HELP !!! Rotating a cylinder [DAT]
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OK, here is what I came up with: 2 24 14.8 -16.4 6.1 16.8 -5 6.1 4 16 14.8 -16.4 6.1 16.8 -5 6.1 16.8 -5 -6.1 14.8 -16.4 -6.1 1 14 21.2 -11.2 0 0.547 -3.102 0 3.102 0.547 0 0 0 3.15 8-8SPHE.DAT 1 14 21.2 -11.2 0 0.379 -5.909 0 2.147 1.044 0 0 0 2.18 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G0LAn3.KJt@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) below (...) No, I'm not sure....there probably isn't. But nothing there exists yet - that's all just made up URLs....the only place that does exist (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I get the same _Couldn't find the resource_ error with this URL as I do with (URL) Are you sure there is public access below www.ldraw.org/dev ? Chris (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G0Kq01.MKC@lugnet.com... (...) authors (...) to (...) the (...) What do you all think of a page like: (URL) resources could be gathered for parts and some sort of permanent parts tracker (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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(...) current (...) Do you have a breakdown of "Needs work" parts, split between "active" authors and "non-active" authors, or even just categorised by author? Might help to identify which parts we have a realistic chance of getting completed by the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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(...) Hmm. I've been thinking about various things that need attention in the parts library, and how those things could be publicized. A "Things You Could Do" page might be a good thing. Then again, it could easily turn into an ever-growing laundry (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Linetype 5 Help?
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Is there a brief how-to available on the deployment of this linetype? I am endlessly befuddled in my efforts to use it successfully, and I feel like I'm missing something simple! Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 6216.dat (mock-up) - "brick 2x4x2 rounded triple"??? [DAT]
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(...) I made another version of this part back in June... /Tore 0 @Brick 2 x 4 x 2 with Curved Top (needs work) 0 Name: 6216.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Element 0 simplified bottom studs 1 16 30 34 0 1 0 0 0 -3.5 0 0 0 1 stud3a.dat 1 16 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | *** LDView v0.7.5 Released ***
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You can now download LDView v0.7.5 (both source and binaries) from: (URL) major improvement in this version is the addition of primitive substitution. This provides both higher quality and increased rendering speed (at least on my video card). The (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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(...) Not sure... I do not think that deleting them is the answer. (...) Is there a way we could put these parts on a html "page" somewhere for current parts authors to offer to fix them? (...) Sounds good! Paul (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Voting Closing Soon for 2000-02 Update!!
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If you haven't yet voted, or need to finish voting, please do so soon! I will consider the polls closed if I don't receive any more votes in the next 48 hours. If I do receive more votes, I will hold voting open until next Friday, September 15. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Color problem with 4522 (Minifig Tool Mallet)
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(...) I've put this fix in for the 2000-02 update. Thanks for pointing it out! Steve (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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(...) I don't think that a time limit would work. What would we do, delete the files if time expires? (...) If they're the parts I'm thinking of, you're going to have a hard time getting the Original Author to work on them. (...) That might be very (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: an unusual request...
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(...) I have it on good authority that the number for this sprue is 4502. Make your feather-part be 4502A.DAT. If you make more of the parts from this sprue, use 4502B, 4502C, etc. going clockwise around the ring. You decide which way is clockwise. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts and Kits Reference Database
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(...) I have a feeling not even TLG has that... -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's all clear now... (how to use 1-4cyls2.dat)
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:nbucrs4msgmalqf...4ax.com... (...) Nope. I think that one was my fault. I sent in a correction to the part, because the bottom row of faces had an incorrect vertex that caused a sawtooth type (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Any way to scale models/parts in ldraw? [DAT]
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(...) I don't know of an editor that will doing scaling operations (although LDAO's Editor *should*). I can think of two solutions: 1. Keep your image.dat as a separate file. Whenever you need to use it, reference it like a part-file. To scale, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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(...) On the off-chance that there's something odd about the DAT code you've written, could you post an example that shows the problem? Steve (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts and Kits Reference Database
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Does anyone know if there is a complete or somewhat complete list of parts and/or kits in database, comma delimited, or some other database style format available? Thanks! jake (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)
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| | "Needs Work"- Needs Work
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We need to set some kind of time limit for parts that 'Need Work'. I was looking through the parts list and found one that was in a 97 update. And it still needs work. The flower parts are another example. When will these 'Needs Work' parts be (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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The version of L3Lab I have (1.2, which appears to be the current version) has a seams option in the View menu, as well as a toolbar button. My LDView program has a "Seam Width" option, inspired by L3P/L3Lab. Setting this width to 0 in LDView turns (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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(...) You're right of course, but I didn't have another example available to me here at work. You mentioned something I hadn't considered, though; does L3Lab have a "seams" function, other than "show color 24 as black"? I hadn't even considered the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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I forgot to mention. If you are examining a piece, it is usually much easier to determine surface characteristics (or flaws) if it is opaque. --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G0HFCH.Dz9@lugnet.com... (...) L3Lab, (...) an (...) occuring (...) it's (...) the (...) of a (...) You're right; it's hard to see. In fact, I can't see it at all, but I'll take your word for (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 6216.dat (mock-up) - "brick 2x4x2 rounded triple"???
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(...) D'OH!!! But I *checked* -- uhh, waitaminit... I checked for "30237", the *other* mock-up I did, I *forgot* to check for "6216". :-P Tore, I'm sorry. :-( "Mea culpa." Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 6216.dat (mock-up) - "brick 2x4x2 rounded triple"???
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(...) When Tore submitted this part for release, he called it "Brick 2 x 4 x 2 Curved". Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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(...) I suppose I could have been more specific in my explanation. The gaps aren't occuring between my approximate curve and a primitive; they're occuring at the joints between facets of the approximate curve. An example of the faceting can be seen (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad)
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(...) This is what I meant by nested textres.- sub-textures. (...) You are right, I was wrong. However a more complex texture could be built up from simpler ones.(I.E No top level texture The sub texture being made up from simpler 'bitmaps') - This (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Color problem with 4522 (Minifig Tool Mallet) [DAT]
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Part 4522 (Minifig Tool Mallet) has two 1-4cyls2 primitives which are set to be color 1(blue) instead of color 16, like so: 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0 -2 0 4 0 0 1-4cyls2.DAT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -2 0 4 0 0 1-4cyls2.DAT This isn't part of the current parts (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gappy Spheroids?
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G0H8D0.n04@lugnet.com... (...) methods (...) "facets" of (...) even (...) curve; (...) I'm not sure I understand what you are saying completely, but I'll give an explanation based on what I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:4gvcrs8kb1v5s0n...4ax.com... (...) cope (...) I can't think of any reason to "nest" textures. The only reasons I know of to draw multiple textures over one another are to produce different (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Gappy Spheroids?
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Playing around with part-authoring, I've been trying a few different methods of generating pseudo-curved surfaces. I've noticed that different "facets" of such an approximate curve render with gaps between them in L3P and L3Lab, even when two (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) [DAT]
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(...) I orgot the Texture filename, so: 0 TEXTURE <texture_filename> <vector1> <vector2> <vector3> [<vector4>] So, Resuming again: 0 SET TEXTURE_WRAP on 0 MATRIX TEXTURE 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Load 0 TEXTURE my_texture1.png 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 16 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad)
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(...) :) I know what you mean. (...) Hmm. There shouldn't be any need for 'nested' textures. Or is 'nested texturing' an area of texture-mapping that I don't know about? Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad
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(...) You are right. My approach assumed to much and restricted too much. (...) Good point. (...) OK. (...) Right. But if START is required, then it might as well be omitted. My purpose in having an optional START was to allow TEXTUREs without the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) [DAT]
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(...) I second this ideia, and I would also like to add that extra directories never hurt backwards compatibility. I also have to say that you I would like to remember that we should try to follow the path of the more experienced, like the creators (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: It's all clear now...
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(...) I'm glad it was helpful and timely. :) Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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