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(...) Grey came in (at least): Segmented Arm 'Hand', Ball Joint, M Set U.S. Set Name Year Theme ---- ---...--- ---- ---...--- 6901 Mobile Lab 1980 LEGOLAND Space 6339 Shuttle Launch Pad 1995 Launch Command 6544 Shuttle Transcon 2 1995 Launch Command (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) have (...) slim (...) That's interesting -- the one I found was grey, and no towball-hole. I don't have any bendy-arm people, and I don't think they had grey hands. Steve (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) i agree completely... i say we handle our parts/sub parts in the same way TLG does... if glued-parts have 2 separate numbers, then lets model both halves separately, then use any conglomerate numbers for complete elements.. if they are (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have two different versions of this part... one is (in my collection) always molded in yellow, and was used as hands in the large bendy-arm figures. This one does not have a hole in the towball. The second is always molded in grey, and does (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: More parts feedback
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(...) Ah, I understand :) (...) In this case, it seems that a use-specific name such as: "Technic Tie Rod" might be appropriate, since even if one doesn't use this part as a steering linkage, the "specific" term "tie-rod" is actually generic enough (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Terry K (legoverse@geocities.com) comments Karim's "30086.dat" and "30087.dat" in colour 16, and "4106548.dat" in yellow/yellow suggestion (which I support): (...) Yes. The problem is that this is a multi-mold part which is likely to appear in (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I ran across one of the 'hands' for old bendy-arm people the other day, and it reminded me of a discussion (which I can't locate now) in these parts about this element, and whether it had a thread-hole in the towball or not.[1] The one I have (ok, I (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This sounds like a very good idea. It will also make it easier to include the Technic Linkage part which comes with the Y-wing. (8 of them in every Y-wing, don't know just how long they are.) Here's one more suggestion as to the title: (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Karim (knassar@mindspring.com) wrote: [...] (...) I am aware of the problems with using a different number for the part file than the one (visibly) stamped on the part, but I think it would be sufficient if a comment in the dinghy bottom (and top) (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 2637 should be renamed to something like 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with End Links 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with Holes 2637.DAT Technic Axle 16 with End Connectors Steve (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I replaced the multiline label from symantec with a textarea with editing turned off to get similar functionality. That worked. Quite a few models cause out of memory exceptions if run using the default heap size in java. The default heap is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't think you understood what part we were talking about. These are the three parts we do _not_ want to group together: 2637.DAT Technic Link 16L 3711.DAT Technic Link Chain 3873.DAT Technic Link Tread Don't worry, I originally thought the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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This is great, Mookie. Now if you added a sound file that says something like "Who's there" when the lights come on it would really rock! Roy (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) come (...) Actually, you could consider some of the digressions as idle chatter until something more interesting comes up. Unless the idle chatter IS more interesting. (...) None the less, speculation as to why TLG (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) wow tamy!! looks sweet!! (is that what all the L3PAO help was for??? :) you did a great job! J (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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(...) I disagree completely! The Links and the Tread Links are virtually the same, except that the tread has an additional component. They are completely compatible, and are often used (by me, anyway) in concert to achieve various design goals. I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sproaticus wrote in message <36DDBF56.3E0556A@ge...es.com>... (...) Too many! The z buffering doesn't seem to be working quite the way I want, the quad code is just totally hacked together, I'm being way inefficient with memory, I know that I'm (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Ah hah! The Xoom server is sending the wrong content-type for the jar file durring the HTTP conversation. The jar is not corrupted, but when downloading with a browser that doesn't know not to trust that content-type, it DOES get corrupted. I made a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think there are probably a lot of patterned elements with this problem. But we know there's a better way of doing things. Steve (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is a good point, yes. I did not consider this. I originally thought it would be a good idea to use "Technic Link" as the first two words in the description, to make them sort next to each other, then add "Chain" and "Tread" respectively (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) We were just pondering TLG's motivation for their part-numbering system. (...) I look at the minifig shortcuts more as helper files. They are meant to be copied and modified. (...) Only some of the parts. Not most. At least, that's where I am. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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(...) The changes in the 1x1 cylinder brick are functional -- with the bottom lip, the cylinder will fit between 4 studs, and with the hole-y stud, you can put an antenna rod through the cylinder. Another functional (but less important) varied (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I believe the only proprietary Symantec stuff (compiled versions of which should be in the jar, which I don't know why isn't working yet) is in a stupid error dialog, Dialog1.java, feel free to hack it to pieces. All of Symantec's components leaked (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ^^^^^ O.K. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The problem I see with this name is that the tread pieces are in no way similar to the current Technic Link. I think Technic Tread should be the first two words the description, then add whatever will best identify the two parts. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Temp Pov Page
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(...) the .pov file? I'd love to render a nice 1280x1024 AA version of that for my wallpaper! (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree with you if you add the word "Tread" in front of the dimensions. That way, it is more clear that the dimensions refer to the tread plate and not the overall size of the link. So how about this: "Technic Link Tread 0.6 x 2.6"? ^^^^^ (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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could someone PLEASE create 1 or more of the castle patterned torsos so that i then have at lease 2 so that i can finish my siege scene. preferably old classic castle torsos e.g. black falcon but any would do. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the castle shield with pattern also exhibits this problem. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Fredrik Glöckner answered: .... (...) .... (...) I believe that the numbers should reflect the dimensions of the plate. That is 12 LDU x 52 LDU so make it 0.6 x 2.6 instead of 1 x 2.5 Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: Is Ldraw FAQ mistaken...?
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(...) Yes. I would also replace the second "between" with "through". /Lars (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19990302.220734.509...no.com>... (...) Don't go that far, even regular rectangular bricks has several different versions. My oldest ones has slits through under side tubes...And there are the other ones without (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [3068 with groove] (was:DAT voting page up)
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Earls HouseHold wrote in message ... (...) Those numbers are handy, because there is no standardized name scheme. And in most common part dictionary, (I mean ldraw part name library) this part is named as " ....with handles." Selçuk (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sometimes I really can't understand the exact point that people want to come up with those type of conclusions, because, simply checking out the prior examples of same kind, which are already implemented with the ongoing system, just show the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I got the source code and tried to compile it using Sun's Java. Unfortunately, the code is using proprietary Symantec widgets, so it won't compile. I wasn't able to get it to run using jre, either, Todd. You didn't do anything wrong. Using the JDK (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Temp Pov Page
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I've created a Temp page on my server, I haven't decided exactly what I'm going to do with this pic yet, other than maybe as an intro page to my Lego site. Check it out if you want and let me know what you think, Like a said the page is pretty bare (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Flattened Primitives (was Re: 1x1 and 2x2 chess sets)
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(...) No, sorry, wrong word, I didn't mean part authors are lazy! Because POV is a ray tracer, it needs to calculate transformations backwards and therefore it calculates inverse matrices. If a matrix is singular it cannot be inverted, so POV won't (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) I think I'm 98% there -- I downloaded and installed the JRE and I have local copies of the jldraw.jar as you suggested, but when I do C:\LDRAW>"\program files\javasoft\jre\1.1\bin\jre" -cp jldraw.jar izzy.graphics.Tester I get the error (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L3PAO
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I've got the file you want it, I believe it's a pretty big .dll file though.. I'll check quick, nope.. it's one of the smaller ones.. it's only 704K if you want me to send it to you, LMK Tamy (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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