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Travis, I want to thank you for your help and the explaination on the rotation matrix. You can see the results in the Skeleton Torso I am about to post. I have documented your help in the file. Once again, Thanks. Dennis (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Sphere tesselation
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(...) As far as I know, the sphere is incorrectly tesselated in Ldraw, because it has non-planar quads. So if there is ever going to be a matematical tesselation, which aproaches this form, it won't surelly be a sphere, more like "spheroid", similar (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Sphere tesselation
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(...) Nope, sorry. (...) I don't think James used any particular algorithm when he selected points for the sphere p-files. At some point, I'd like to replace the sphere p-files with something better-looking. Something like the 48\1-8sphe.dat I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Does anyone know how to perform an arbitrary sphere tesselation which ends up with the tesselation used by the LDraw sphere primitives when set to a detail level of 16 (16 being the number of facets around the circumference at the equator). I'll (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Fanzine- CAD Page? (was Re: "Needs Work"- Needs Work)
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(...) current (...) A feature of the fan-zine CAD page perhaps? If anyone was willing to write one? Other, items could include: Tool reviews and comparisons. How to - tutorials... MOC's in the CAD system- (Although I supsect most of the artwork for (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetype 5 Help?
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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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