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Hey, does anybody out there know the origin of the "Oblique", "UpsideDown", and "Natural" viewing matrices in LDRAW.INI. I'm not sure whether these came from LDAO, LDLITE, or perhaps even LDRAW? Wherever they came from, they don't seem to be pure (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More tips for L3P
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(...) The problem is the first one you listed: L3P.bat and L3P.exe are in the same directory. C:\Ldraw\L3P.bat C:\Ldraw\L3P.exe How should I separate them so L3P.bat will be found first? --Ryan Lugnet member #517 E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com Amateur (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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(...) Yes indeedy, and coincidentally I slung together the beginnings of such a program tonight. You feed it the outlines of the features of the printed element, along with a "color seed" inside each colored region, and it generates the triangles (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | More descriptions
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I have one more note about the descriptions: 2494P01 and 4448P01 are called "Glass for Window ..." while 2494 and 4448 are called "Window Glass ...", so they don't sort correctly. Leonardo (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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(...) both (...) We were composing at the same time I think, and independently posted. Either that or its some sort of Ada resonance. (...) Continue to enforce the naming convention for decorated parts that makes it easy to derive what the base part (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Does this part exist?
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet ... (...) (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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Larry Pieniazek skrev i meddelandet ... (...) present (...) are (...) I have the beginnings of such a program, it puts the bitmap as background, and you can draw polygons (triangles and quads) on top of that. You can zoom in/out quite a bit, and it (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: tubing
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(...) Try looking for lines with the following: 0 [Official|Unofficial] ... [Part|Element|Primit...art|Model] I admit, the "Official/Unofficial" flag is kludgy, but I was working with what I had... Another MPD suggestion: 0 FILEEND. This would allow (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: More tips for L3P
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(...) I've (re)tested it just now, and it should work: Possible error causes: - L3P.BAT and L3P.EXE are in the same folder/directory. When you issue the command "L3P" it finds the EXE before the BAT, and LDRAWDIR isn't set. - Saved batchfile with (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 6216M description note
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Hi, I'm looking at the new update and I noticed that 6216M is called "Eletric Technic Motor 4.5V", but I have one of those as a 12V motor. Leonardo (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More tips for L3P
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(...) Well, Manfred, I followed your instructions but it didn't seem to work. However, by typing the path to my \ldraw\models directory and seting Ldrawdir=C:\ldraw, I was able to run L3P and render my models in POV-Ray. Thanks for your help, --Ryan (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Parts 4744 & 6216 have the same name
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Here's a heads-up: The newly released part 6216 and an older part 4744 have the same name but are different pieces. 4744.DAT Brick 2 x 4 x 2 with Curved Top 6216.DAT Brick 2 x 4 x 2 with Curved Top (needs work) Part 4744 has four studs and part 6216 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: tubing
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Larry Pieniazek wrote... (...) My "fake" seams seem to be the problem ;-) As you can see on (URL) scale parts a little bit to make a seam between parts. ("parts" are here DAT files found in the PARTS directory [1]) Normally this works fine, because (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: BrickDraw3D works with RayShade
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That's interesting. Does that mean you used the raytracing code? So there would be some similarities to my program's rayshade mode? (I'm just a newcomer yet and not familiar with everything available.) My program's rayshade mode improved to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Tyres?
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(...) is (...) I thought that might be the case, but I couldn't find a quick answer online. Thanks! Dave! (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Tyres?
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(...) James Jessiman was from Australia. Leonardo (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Tyres?
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This might be an exceedingly dumb question, but why does LCad spell it this way? It doesn't bother me, of course, but I wondered when the decision was made to go with the "chiefly British" spelling, considering that elsewhere "color" is spelled (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Test version of LDraw Add-On Installation
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(...) That's normal, if you mean the progress bar that appears on the main form when you start LDAO, not the messages you get when you open the VEC, about parts.lst and the VEC being out-of-date. (...) Hmm. I'll look into this some more. It's (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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(...) Whoa. Deja vu. (...) [snip] (...) I'm not seeing how this affects file-naming standards, except from the POV of not changing what we're doing. Also, do you (or anyone) have any suggestions for modifying the Partsref site to follow this (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BMP-to-LDraw32 Converter
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Hello ! the last two days I was busy to program this BMP-to-LDraw converter windows tool. It runs under Win95/98/ME/2000 and it convertes logo-bitmaps of LEGO-bricks to LDAT-format - just as BMP2DAT or the tool in the LDAO suite should do ;).. Fell (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New program for Macs: BrickDraw3D
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LOL. The more things change... Long time followers of LCAD will note that Rayshade is the renderer on which I based the L3G0 library. -gyug (...) [...] (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Has the minfig gem been done?
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(...) OK, I'm done. ;-) (See "(URL) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Has the minfig gem been done?
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(...) Hmmm.... Gimme a few hours. (Okay, put the "secret project" on hold, this one should be a bit easier... ;-) Seriously, what should we call this one? It's not necessarily a "Minifig Accesory". Franklin (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Test version of LDraw Add-On Installation
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(...) Do you mean that each time you get a new file, ~LDAO001.bat, ~LDAO002.bat, ~LDAO003.bat and so on ? If so, then the same thing happens for me too. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Test version of LDraw Add-On Installation
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(...) I decided to go ahead and download the test version too. It didn't destroy Windows 98 (SE, I think) this time. However, the VEC batch processes still run every time I start LDAO instead of just once, and the Minifig modeler (which was actually (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Has the minfig gem been done?
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I'm speaking of the little 1x1 gem found in many ninja sets, ocatgonal with a tiny cylinder at the base... i can't find it on any parts pages or updates and can't locate it in the partlist. J (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LCad Parts Update 2000-02 Now Available
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[FUT lugnet.cad] The LCad parts update 2000-02 is now available from ldraw.org. And it's a biggie. The update file alone is over 700K. There are more than 130 new parts in this one. Get it at (URL). Full details are available there. Steve Bliss (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !!
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| | Re: tubing [DAT]
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Larry Pieniazek writes: Ok, for anyone that wants to give this a whirl... I've attached a sample MPD. It has tubing the length I expect... 14 plates high. It renders fine in MLCad and in L3Lab (using the versions I posted (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | More tips for L3P (was: Re: LDraw.exe)
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(...) Try this: assume you have L3P.exe in the C:\Pov directory, the Ldraw programs in the C:\Ldraw directory, and the shortcut for L3P I've described previously. With Notepad you make a new file with the following content: @ECHO OFF SET (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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(...) <snip> I feel this suggestion as worded combines two different, separable ideas, both of which merit discussion. One would be the introduction of subcategories for decorated versions of parts within the authoring tools. The other is a new, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe
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All right! I figured out how to use LDraw! As I was working on how to get L3P working as per Manfred Moolhuysen's instructions (Re: I can't run L3P), I realized that both L3P and LDraw are DOS programs. So I followed his directions for L3P and (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New program for Macs: BrickDraw3D
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(...) Although I'm not a Mac user, it's nice to see Ldraw alive and cicking in the "Enemy" camp ;-) I wish you a lot of response of- and coöperation with other Mac users. Keep up the good work. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: tubing
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(...) Thanks. I'll try to work up a simple one that exhibits the same problem, that particular DAT isn't for public consumption. (...) c ">/"++" c "s"" to yield ( :-) ) ++Lar (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | New program for Macs: BrickDraw3D
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Mac users wishing for LDRAW, your day is nearing! I've started to post daily builds of my program, BrickDraw3D. See (URL) short, the goals for this program are everything you've been dreaming of but couldn't get on a Mac. Well, at least as far as (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: tubing
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Larry Pieniazek wrote... (...) I don't know of any problems (knock knock). If you would care to e-mail me your DAT (MPD) file, I will check it with L3Lab, L3P and POVRay. /Lars (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: tubing [DAT]
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(...) I think the "can't move in the long direction" problem would be solved if you put the modified command line in a separate dat file, then used that new file like a part. For example (and only slightly in a different direction, style-wise), you (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Does this part exist?
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:f5n6tsct07b32dm...4ax.com... (...) Very handy.... I dunno if it works on Win2k or not though, I thought I tried installing it but could be wrong. If I did, it didn't run - but my memory is (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe
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"Ryan J Farrington" <ryanjf2@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000928.094151...uno.com... (...) Check out Bram's tutorial at (URL) - that explains what ldraw.exe is all about. Basically though, LDLite, L3Lab, etc... do it better ;-) -- Tim Courtney (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Does this part exist?
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(...) LDList is Anders Isaakson's program to search the LDraw parts. It's very handy and lightweight. I don't have a link handy, but if you search (URL), you should dig one up. Steve (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: I can't run L3P
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(...) You must have a MS-DOS Command Prompt window open before you can issue the L3P command. Here is what I have done as a setup for L3P: Search for cmd.exe (probably in your Windows\System32 directory, it is the program that opens the Command (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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