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(...) I didn't want to get into the discussion about why your parts were not accepted because I don't even know which files were rejected but I think that people here are looking too much at the details. If you take a look at some of the Technic (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Earls HouseHold wrote in message ... (...) Oh, yes, before I forget. Did anyone see which way harm went? I need to go there. Bravo Zulu Roy (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: what is wrong with my parts?
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jonathan wilson wrote in message ... (...) switching (...) There are some of us who do appreciate your efforts. Where your parts fall short is that very lack of detail that the people who have been with LDraw from the beginning want and they (not (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | what is wrong with my parts?
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i just got word from terry that most of my parts did not get in... i can understand that my method of making patterned parts is wrong... BUT regarding my non patterned parts: i think that we should re-affrm the central purpose of ldraw: it is a (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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nothing massive... but it appears that i am unable to enter a negative value in the X/Y offset settings texboxes... it will allow me to enter positive values, but it won't take a "-" sign (from either the numpad or the QWERTY number row.. if i enter (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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(...) Good idea. To solve the 2d problem, you could have it hold down the primary (generally left) mouse button to move the piece left, right, forward, and back, and then hold the secondary (generally right) button to move it up and down in a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: internal lighting(on lightsaber)
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John Bauman skrev i meddelandet ... (...) tried (...) Yes, but you will probably have to fiddle a bit with the transparency and such. I made some lights for my Christmas Tree, you're welcome to take a look: (URL) me if you want the POV-file. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Star Wars Elements
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36e41df1.21257934@l...et.com>... (...) Plow ahead. We're modelling the lego parts, not the exact pieces from the movies. Besides, they're not making any program to model the lego starwars rights. (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is it possible to make something internally lighted with pov + l3p? I tried putting a light.dat in the lightsaber blade(colored 34), but it didn't work . (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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A few more ideas... 1. A little more rendering, so the parts look more realistic(not pov-ray quality, but so it looks great) 2. parts that automatically move(such as a continuosly waving hand on a mimifig) Basically, I'm trying to make this like (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2
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Here are 5 ideas of mine (although I don't claim to be the first to have thought of them) for an upcoming LDraw/LEdit package, in what is most likely to be increasing order of difficulty to implement. 1) Support for a "virtual filesystem" such as (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | complete set of ice planet 2002 .dat files
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i have put ldraw .dat files of every TLG ice planet 2002 set on my site, (URL) will need the raised baseplate from the update to view the ice station odyssey model there are also a large number of unofficial parts, ranging from fake elements to (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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terry is it too late to send you fixes to my raised baseplate and light brick? i have also fixed the problem with the signal holder mentioned on cad.dat. also could you please change the name (are they going in?) of my black castle walls from for (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | micromotor top piece wanted
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can someone please do the top piece for the micromotor? (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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is anyone working on the base piece for the witch flying ship? i believe it is also in neptune discovery lab. (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: can't update the parts tracker
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your wheels would be good. have you done the 8880 supercar wheels? can you do them? :) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) Yup. The 2853.DAT Technic Crankshaft can be made more realistically if the axles are shortened/given a rounded end. Otherwise the axle end and the surface of the 2853 becomes coincident, which gives some problems, obviously. Of we are to (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | MAX2DAT 2.0 is up
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New Features: -Automatic detection of concave quads, they are now output as two triangles -Threshold settings for determinants used in detection of coplanar triangles and concave quads. This allows the user some finesse control over the "mating" of (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) At this point, after this much time, I consider the canoe to be a time-honored joke. To be used at every available opportunity. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, I use it often. It's Extremely Wonderful. (...) That would be great. I'm planning on adding support for KEYWORDS and CATEGORY to LDAO, but haven't had the time yet... Steve (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi! Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <36e6742d.1574130@lu...et.com>... (...) will (...) Have You tried my search program? Version 3.4 of LDLIST is available for download at (URL) Summary: Ldlist is a little Windows program made for searching the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) Yarp. That's my database telling me that a) there's no name on the box, b) that the set wasn't available to me retail in the U.S., and c) that other name fields need to be checked for the full story. The "U.S. Name" is entered as Deep Sea (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | can't update the parts tracker
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doh! unfortunately, when i created the listings for the 6 wheels/tyres i just created, i copied their descriptions from Lutz' page... quotes and all... this means that i can't update the status of the parts... (the server cuts off the part name at (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lightsaber
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(...) Do you *live* on the Parts Tracker? ;) I'll post them to lugnet.cad.dat. Steve (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) Besides what Karim said, Fredrik (was it you, Fredrik?) reported a similar problem with a technic piece which was designed to fit closely with axles, and depended on the rounded edges on the ends. As long as the centers of the axles are (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) [Interesting. That's the North American / US S@H name on an item tagged as European.] (...) You are correct, sir. The only caveats on that are the smallest subs don't have arms, so no grasps. These subs appear in Divers sets 6557 Treasure (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) ...I might disagree with that point... (...) And on then at 05:14:29 GMT, Joshua Delahunty <dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote: (...) :-P, yourself. (...) Wow. Blows my theory. Do we know if, in these examples, the numbers are color-specific? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) LDAO could be set up to ignore any unique marker in the descriptive name. At this time, any user can do it themselves, by editing the ldraw.ini. The default settings ignore moved files, 'delete me' files, and light.dat. (...) I'm assuming (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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steve, can i have your lightsaber .dat files? (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) Well then; Surprise! :-P The following 7xxxx numbers are embossed on elements: 70163 Metal Counter-Weight Wedge 70942 1x2 Tile, Top Center Ball: Chrome 70969 Mini-Figure Exhaust Pipe, Right: Chrome 70972 Mini-Figure Exhaust Pipe, Left: Chrome (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You rang? :-P The pink raft (dinghy is too much typing :-) can be seen here: (URL) Now the canoe is a different matter....... Oh gawd. :-P When even *I* get the joke, it's old news Terry. -- joshua (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36e52d27.5283445@lu...et.com>... (...) Not that I think this should affect the outcome of this discussion or anything, but there is at least one part that has a 7xxxx number stamped on it. The gold insectoid eye (i.e. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) Again, confusion (<g>): The question on the table is whether the BALL has a hole in it, NOT the stud... (All of mine have always had a hole through the stud). Of course, you did write "hole in the tow ball" earlier, so I'm presuming that this (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) No. I am very distinctly talking about the older item. I'm not sure what the new item you are talking about, but both of the elements that I described were in my collection years before Dk Grey became available, and both have a ball and a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) I've actually run into a problem once with the axle being too long. I was trying to model a craft that I built, and I ended up fudging the virtual model by pushing the axle into the motor, because otherwise it popped through the radar dish on (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) There's one hole through the stud and the base where it is placed. Leonardo (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) True. As the best way to keep everyone at least somewhat happy. (...) I don't want to over-use 3-digit numbers. Only where necessary and unavoidable. For instance; The complete yellow dinghy does have the correct number. So we can make a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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(...) We could go that route, just have the two halves and no shortcut. The important thing is this would still be an accurate use of the numbers, but without carring it to the logical extreme and having the complete part. (...) True. Note that in (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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(...) Won't changing the length change the ease of modeling? Currently, you can line parts up (such as connectors or bushings) to the end of the axle because when lined up corectly, they share a common plane. If you make the axles shorter, this (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts] Plate 1x1 Round with Towball
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(...) Holes through the stud, or holes through the ball? Steve (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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