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Talk is cheep. I spent the last couple of days trying to pound out a quick Java Ldraw program. Check out the results: (URL) as an Applet is way too slow. Its best to download jre and try it with that: (URL) that this is terribly buggy right now and (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) I doubt it's laziness, since a default insertion has a 1 in the yy column. There was talk in the primitives group about using the discs and rings for cones. Since we would have to go through and "fix" any parts which put a 1 in the yy column, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) (I didn't claim it would be easy) Of course, the more information stored in a translation, the harder it is to customize. And load into a program to use the information. (...) (BTW, I meant 'mistake' as in a typo or a sub-optimal approach to (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) That is wrong? Gee, I had no idea. I've used lines like that a lot, because I've seen them used in other part files, and they seemed to be more elegant than "1 16 x y z 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 4-4disc.dat" when the primitive is flat in y-direction (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) I agree. (...) It's not that simple. Together with the POV substitution string I also have other data like the BoundingBox of the primitive, which is used e.g. in the automatic camera positioning. I think it is troublesome to have this kind of (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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[Cross-posted to original newsgroups, and lugnet.cad.dev. Followup-To set to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) It's probably easier to make high-quality parts in LGEO, but it should be possible to make them in LDraw, run them through L3P, and get equivalent (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) Let me first say that I reversed the order of the description (i.e. chain link -> link chain) to make sure they sorted correctly. When it comes to your question, it's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure I like it too much. The length of a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) Yes. (...) I don't think so. (...) Yes. (...) Here's another: 3062 brick 1 x 1 round 3 versions- no lip at the bottom, closed stud, and open stud. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) I think I'd center the stud on y=0. (...) That would work, too. But black doesn't work. (...) The Technic micro-motor is all one file. Which is fine -- isn't its shaft circular? The Technic Electric 9V Motor (2937A.dat) is done in three (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) Would you do the same for the 2574 Pull-Back Motor ? It should be possible to rotated the wheels. Leonardo (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) I will put it on hold. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) Yep, it is ARJ. Specifically ARJ version 2.30. I don't recall anything about launching another program from the extractor in this version (which is pretty old) A quick search of the docs didn't turn up anything either. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LF vs. CRLF in server .DAT script
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(...) Indeed! Full-on :-( (...) Oh. Sorry, it probably wasn't a GPF. After all these years I'm still in the habit of saying something "GPF'd on me." I don't even think that's what MS calls it anymore. Well anyhow, the screen flashed and then LDLITE (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36dc5cd4.12366728@l...et.com>... (...) This really should be fixed before the update. The center of the shaft should be at x=0, z=0. I would put the bottom of the shaft at y=0, too. (...) Why do you say this? I think (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here are my comments on the remainder of the parts in the vote. The "I don't have this part" comments are there so y'all'll know I couldn't verify the accuracy of this part, I only looked for obvious problems. I believe all of the patterned parts (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) That would be a challenge -- there's no master list of all DATs on the system, so it would be a matter of searching the hard-drive, but only updating valid LDraw DAT files. Blech. There should (and may be) a utility that can clean up all files (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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(...) That's me. (...) This only works for models in ldraw\models, but not for any in sub-directories. I'm not sure how one would go about automating the update of models in arbitrary directories. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) The big problem is someone has to notice the new color, and then someone has to make the change in the next part update. Why subject ourselves to this headache? (...) But we aren't zipped, and there are plenty of people with Win95/FAT16 hard (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) Part #3945, the 1x2 plate with two side handles. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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