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  LCAD 02?- Comments wanted
 
Hello, A couple of days ago I posted some ideas for additonas to the LCAD standrd to lugent.cad under the subject LCAD02... I wondering if anyone here had comments on the proposals... I felt that it was better to devlop a standard by conensus rather (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: New "calculator" for parts authors. ( for windows 95+, nt?)
 
Hi Paul, Now the zip is OK. At the first glance it seems to be very useful. I guess I will have more seriuos comments when I will use it to solve a real calculation problem during a part creation. Only one thing that I have to mention. In the rare (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Could someone make this part?
 
Could someone please make the part that is used in Hydronaut sets that connected the hoses to the suction cups? I don't have any Hydronaut sets, but a friend of mine who does found that this piece makes a GREAT space gun/blaster. So if any part (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
(...) Maybe , but I thought Pov ray did that!! But i'll consider adding radiosity and light sources to the LCAD02 Standard I am thinking about writing.. (...) Yes.. Exactly... The whole purpose of the a 'speculative post is to encourage friendly (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
So, what you're saying (to cad.dev) is you'd like someone to put together a real-time radiosity solution to use semitransparent bricks and multiple light sources? Hmm... might take 2-3 months... Oh wait, it could be done with plastic, like those (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
(...) <snip> (...) Silly Alex, Optrix is for kids! :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin -- Mark's Lego Creations (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Mlcad works for general modeling too!
 
(...) And I was seriously considering recomending LDraw over Autocad to a friend of mine. And It was precisly what L-Draw could be used for other than Lego(R) was why I found Lugnet :-)))! L-Draw could be used for componentised CAD like kitchen or (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
<Warning!! This message contains pure speculation on the part of it's authour> Tripping The Light Fantastic. 'It came from a 'fortunate' encounter with a prism and it sort of devloped' stated a senior Lego designer today. Now not only can you build (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  New "calculator" for parts authors. ( for windows 95+, nt?)
 
Hi, In the past I have made a spreadsheet that would allow you to find the point at which a line will pass through a triangle. I have made a new "calculator" intended for using while working on new/old Ldraw parts files. I have turned this thing (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Ideas for themes and other suggestions.
 
Farlie A wrote in message ... (...) old (...) Megabloks have ski/snow sports sets out at the moment, along with skateboard/bike sports sets. They actualy look very cool. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Ideas for themes and other suggestions.
 
Warning: Please note this post contains pure speculation on the part of it authours...!> DB: VIEW SUMMARIES FOR 2005,Lego,Products. 'Welcome to the City! Lego is proud to reintroduce it's oldest theme. The New City range will be availbe from Summer (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: I need Windscreen 4 x 4 x 1
 
Why not look it up here? (URL) send it to you but I don't seem to have it either. Gary Ryan Farrington <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> wrote in message news:002301c07bd2$2c...dly.com... (...) someone (...) it? (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  I need Windscreen 4 x 4 x 1
 
Somehow I lost the .dat file for the Windscreen 4 x 4 x 1. Could someone please just copy the text of the .dat file into a message so I can have it? Thanks, --Ryan E-mail: ryanjf@ifriendly.com Website: (URL) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 
  Re: Question about generating curves
 
(...) To check the BFC'ness of your file, use L3Lab. While viewing the file, select the Test | mytest6 menu option. This will color-code all the rendered surfaces. Green is the front/outside of correctly wound surfaces, Red is the back/inside, and (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Plans to include LCAD or TLG part numbers on inventroy entries?
 
(...) The problem there is that the inventories at (URL) are pretty much static/dead data at this point. It's an area that's unlikely to get updated. I believe some of the inventories have been converted (with permission obtained from the list (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Question about generating curves
 
I could make a tool to display a part (wireframe view) from any angle. Clicking on a polygon command in the DAT source (displayed below the view pane) would cause the edges of that polygon to appear as arrows, showing the order they were defined in. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Question about generating curves
 
Thanks everyone for your helpful information. I believe that I can now properly model curves manually (as opposed to just using cylinder primitives). I'll be trying it out on the "coarse" version of the Duplo bottom stud. As for BFC statements, I (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Question about generating curves
 
"Joseph Cardana" <jcardanas@home.com> wrote in message news:G6xJvM.JIv@lugnet.com... (...) allow (...) have (...) to (...) the (...) Conditional lines are used to show the outer boundary of a curved _surface_. Consider a cylinder. Between each quad (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Plans to include LCAD or TLG part numbers on inventroy entries?
 
(...) Will Do. (...) I meant being able to get visual apperance of peices in the Lugnet Inventories which do not currently include Ldraw/TLG Part Numbers on inventory entries AFAIK. But I will check again.. Thanks!! Alex (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: Plans to include LCAD or TLG part numbers on inventroy entries?
 
(...) It's a fake. (If I had a copy of Visio I'd have used that.) I'd previously fooled around with the idea of making something real like this for my own collection but the back-and-forth crossreferencing of parts and sets threw me for a loop. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv)


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