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(...) Just use commas. (...) Currently, the search engine does a text search on the entire entry from the 0 KEYWORDS command (if a part has multiple 0 KEYWORDS lines, the lines are concatenated for the search engine's database). So there is no (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Erk. That could be a problem. Could you send me a copy of your ldraw.ini file? (...) The viewer-setup has changed locations in LDAO. Try this: launch LDAO. Go to Options | Settings. Specify the location for L3Lab. Close the Settings dialog. Go (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello, I need some help with a description and part numbers for these parts. I know that the main pieces are 2605 and 2606. They appear to be some sort of spring bushing. The 2606 piece shows a quick "mock-up", I will do a better job soon. Also (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm pretty sure I have the latest. Travis usually lets me know when there is an update. I need to read the help files on it again, I may have just missed something. Paul (URL) (finished parts) (URL) (in process) (URL) (planned) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I checked, by adding the -p to the command line, it does poll. Read my previous posting about this with l3lab. (URL) file the viewing programs are looking at doesn't seem to change. (...) Yes, it would be help. I looked for it in there. Can (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have version 1.2 20000616. Do I need to add a few extra line parameters after the %base%\l3lab.exe %model% %parm% line? I tried adding -pollsilent and -nocache, neither had any effect. (...) OK, I think I understand. When I do a save, The (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi! Based on the feedback I've received, I'm changing the TITLEs of the four minifig face patterns I've done for the Lego Star Wars pieces as follows: 3626b101.dat Minifig Head with SW Grim/Determined w/ Eyebrows pattern 3626b102.dat Minifig Head (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Steve, How do you want us to do multi-word (i.e., phrase) KEYWORDS? Do you want us to put them in quotes (e.g.: "Star Wars" "young Obi-Wan Kenobi" "Luke Skywalker (2000)")? Or do you want us to separate them with commas (e.g.: Star Wars, young (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello Paul, "Paul Easter" <pneaster@knoxy.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:G41pEx.ALJ@lugnet.com... (...) Be sure to get the latest version of LDView. Only the old version had a buggy commandline feature... -- Greetings, Carsten Schmitz (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmmm, polling is *supposed* to work in l3glite. Do you know which version you tried? The current version supports polling with the -p command line switch, although I haven't tried it lately so perhaps I broke it... Would it be useful to add a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. Which version of L3Lab do you have? Lars had to make some changes, so it would listen to LDAO. I've got L3Lab 1.2. (...) Yeah, LDAO uses a couple of temporary files -- one file gets the current DAT code, the other file has a single line, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No, I do not remember. I just updated LDAO to 2.1.4. By clicking on the Render button, I get a window that tries to run ledit.exe. It errors and gives me a "out of memory error" eh?, ok... in a DOS world... I changed the render button to use (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:G40vuq.LE9@lugnet.com... (...) anyway. D M Garcia (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I did the MCM, and posted it here: (URL) you would like the version with subfiles, just LMK -John Van "D M Garcia" <dmglego@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G3yxyn.1F4@lugnet.com... (...) and I (...) parts. (...) configurations. (...) get an (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are you asking from an asthetics POV, or do you mean technically? Technically, there's no hard limit on the number of sub-models. I've got one MPD that has 87 files, and it draws fine as either a single MPD file, or as a collection of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK. Do you remember what happened, launching from the editor? (...) You can get the 'upgrade' to 2.1.4 on the LDAO download page. Go to (URL), and scroll to the bottom. Look for the line that says "Door Number 3". This download a zip file, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure... I just updated the image, see what you think. (URL) put two LDview windows at the bottom, one with high quality on and the other with it off. Paul (URL) (finished parts) (URL) (in process) (URL) (planned) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I opened each window by running a l3lab.exe shortcut. Then drag&drop the same file to each window. (...) I tried lauching from the editor a few times with poor results. So I just open a few windows and turn on the polling feature. I wasn't (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Well, when I am looking at other people's models, I tend to store them in their own separate directory whenever they have ANY submodels, so having more doesn't bother me much. One thing that I do find to be annoying is when there are lots of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Paul Easter" <pneaster@knoxy.net> wrote in message news:G3v7zn.B3B@lugnet.com... (...) without (...) the (...) If the lines are semi-randomly dotted when high-quality edges is turned on, this most likely indicates it's not working. It doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is it possible to have too many sub models? I am working on 6989, and I currently have about 12 sub-models, 1 for each of most of the moving parts. I chose to do this so the model could be shown in different configurations. Its not particularly for (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Wow. Did you launch all of those L3Lab windows from LDAO's Editor (the 'Camera' button), or did you open them separately? I've had some intermittent goofiness with launching multiple view-windows from the Editor. Steve (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure. Other than the printing, I don't know of any other post-mold processing that would be done on this part. One of the numbers on the Ninja door panel looked suspiciously like it had been imprinted on the door at some time after the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi to all part modelers I have upload a new version of my STL to Dat converter. It handles better than before the detection of cylinders. Reminder : This program allows to modelise Lego parts with classical Computer Aided Design (CAD) software by (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(I tried posting this message, and one or two others, today using my usual method (email), but since none of them have shown up yet at all, I'm re-posting this message another way, using the "New" icon.) Hi! Based on the feedback I've received, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Actually I had the "high quality turned off. It does work. I just needed the lines to show up better while I was creating them. (...) After almost every line change. Ctrl-S shortcut. No I do not believe there was any noticable delay with such (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The only other occurance of this type that I am aware of is the bucket lids. Some of these have two moulded on numbers, which are clearly part numbers. I've been advised in the past that this was because the large LEGO / DUPLO logos are (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Cool! Looks like you could use a bigger monitor ;-). However, I must admit, that's an impressively efficient use of screen real estate. The LDView window also proves that OpenGL can even sometimes be useful without 3D acceleration. It's a shame the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here is just a screenshot while I was working on a current part. (URL) hope this answers a few peoples questions. (Lars, does this give you any ideas?) Paul (URL) (finished parts) (URL) (in process) (URL) (planned) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Nah, it's just a hidden door, with a frame. Just like any other door-in-frame assembly. Just my opinion, of course. (...) Hmm. This *could* call for a "~Moved to" file, but "~Moved to"'s have historically been caused by corrections within the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:6snl0t4tiaba1eo...4ax.com... [snip] (...) Weren't (...) I first saw them in the 1997 Fright Knights set 6087 (Witch's Magic Manor). --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So, you're saying these should be of the "Door" CATEGORY, and not of the "Panel" CATEGORY? I'm not sure I agree, 'cuz this meta-part assembly is supposed to be a _wall_ (i.e., a panel) that just _happens_ to include a secret/revolving door. In (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) How about: 30101.DAT Door 2 x 8 x 6 Frame Revolving 30102.DAT Door 2 x 8 x 6 Revolving 30102P01.DAT Door 2 x 8 x 6 Revolving with Ninja Pattern I'm not keen on using themes in part names, but in this case, I can't think of a better name. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I recomend using 30102 because both 30101.dat, the frame and the door would have been created at the same time so it would fit that they would use part numbers that are next to each other. (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm calling "dibs" on the following: 30101.dat, "Panel 2 x 8 x 6 Revolving Frame" 30102.dat (30344.dat?), "Panel 2 x 8 x 6 Revolving Door" 30102p01.dat, "Panel 2 x 8 x 6 Revolving Door - Ninja pattern" These were the best names I could think of. I'm (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, it does matter. L3P/L3Lab give you a warning SKIPPING "a.mpd" Line 4: FILE b.dat already read: 0 FILE B.DAT and 'some stuff' gets treated as part of file A.DAT. So here 'some other stuff' and 'some stuff' get drawn. (...) Right, my (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's what I assumed. (...) Does it matter if C.DAT references B.DAT *before* referencing A.MPD? This would change the example to: (...) That makes sense, and is simpler to implement. And could even be useful, under certain circumstances. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Ok , I think I have exterminated the problems with my rotationmatrix and I have rezipped it and again put it online at (URL) also an example jpg now. Please test it and let me know if it gives some strange twists or if it crashes or something like (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm glad you agree. (...) L3P/L3Lab will draw 'some stuff' twice. The file B.DAT is never loaded, as the subfile B.DAT was loaded during reading A.MPD. It doesn't matter whether subfile A.DAT references B.DAT or not. An MPD should be regarded (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, I realized (after posting my message), that it was a problem with LDLite handling a subfile which was an MPD. I changed to the equivalent DAT, and everything's fine now. (...) Good point. Your "1. Inside the document if it is an MPD" (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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