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(...) L3Lab *assumes* the main file is BFC-able. That's a valid assumption for models (ie, files that just reference part-files). But it's not a valid assumption for parts and primitives. Steve (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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Correct me of I'm wrong but I thought that if a part's main file wasn't BFC certified, any subfiles, including primitives, are not processed as being BFC'd (even if the subfile is BFC certified). -Orion (make it billthefish and remove the obvious (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) Thanks! I'm adding that one to my "start every new file with these (meta)statements" list. ;-) (...) HSSSsssss!!! The BFC! It burns us, it burns us! Hsssss. Franklin (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) Ha. It's almost a reflex for me -- click a [DAT] link, right-click L3Lab, de-select BFC. (...) 0 BFC NOCERTIFY I don't know if we've got any official files that use this one. It *really* isn't that hard to convert a file to BFC'ness. Steve (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | disabling BFC (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) Heh... :-/ I almost had a ^$#&^#$&%# _heart attack_ just a few minutes ago, when I clicked on the "DAT" link on the message, and parts of the file's image were _BLANK_. (I thought I had maybe screwed up something in the file.) It took me (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | hints for authors (was "Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair & Eyebrows")
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(...) If I can ever remember, I intend to post the "debug" files I created to specifically help me use the "1-4cyls" and "1-4cyls2" files. :-P Franklin (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new category??? "MiniBot"
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(...) Hrrmm... OK, I see where you're coming from. However, I very much hope that any such miniature-figure-but...ue-minifig part be required to have something as the second word of the title that indicates that the piece in question is _not_ part (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new category??? "MiniBot"
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(...) Yep, I thought the same thing when I wrote my earlier message. Should this be updated to 30362.DAT Minifig Robot Leg SW Astromech ? (...) For purposes of the parts library, I tend toward a more inclusive definition of 'Minifig'. IMO, anything (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Overlapping primitives
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(...) IMO, this construction isn't completely disallowed, but it is sloppier than actually cutting the cylinders to fit together properly. The problem is mostly (but not entirely) when people use your part with a transparent color. In most all (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Overlapping primitives
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What's the general consensis on overlapping primitives? For example: if 2 cylindars crossed through one another. Is this discouraged or is it okay as long as the primitives are of the same color? -Orion (make it billthefish and remove the obvious (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ldraw programs for PDAs? (was MLCAD for PALM)
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(...) I think you could make a big dent in that one by keeping the library in a jar or zip file and using popen() with unzip. (...) I've actually used it at that resolution for small models and to look at parts. I think the pyramid picture on the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new category??? "MiniBot"
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Oooh, wait! With the release of the "Ep2" sets, there's a new piece for this group, for the Super Battle Droid. (...) xxxxx.DAT Droid Clip-on Torso & Head SW Super Battle Droid (...) [2] (I don't know the part number for the body-and-head of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new category??? "MiniBot"
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(...) Ack! I never liked that name. I always think, "What _kind_ of robot? Battle Droid? Astromech? Protocol? (etc.)"... Also, the "Minifig" Category, in my opinion, should be just for minifig-compatible stuff, i.e., _parts_ of a minifig (in other (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new category??? "MiniBot"
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(...) No, I haven't. I don't think that would be a very desireable category name. (...) necessarily the general Minifig category. Then again, two of these parts are used for the LOM Martians, along with a couple of other related parts -- so these (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | new category??? "MiniBot"
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Steve, Have you approved "MiniBot" as a new CATEGORY (for the Battle Droid pieces)? (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Now that Webring is no longer owned by Yahoo, can we please reactivated all the Lego related Webrings? They provide a lot traffic to my sites not to mention being a good centralized place to find all the other LDraw creators pages. -Orion (make it (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: updating list of (meta)statements
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(...) between the various meta-statements, to make them easier to read and/or locate. Next, this would be the logical FAQ to contain the definition of the following meta-statements (some of which have been defined in other FAQs; those need to be (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Dull Silver Color
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Can anyone give me a color number for the dull silver colored (not chromed) lego parts? An example of what I mean would be the color of the panels and hoses of set 8458, the Silver Champion. -Orion (make it billthefish and remove the obvious (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I have an idea about...
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(...) has anyone read my post down? Hey here is another example of want I want to do but is a smaller scale and made with ldraw. (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 1.9.5 Released ***
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(...) OK, here's an addition to the document Lars cited. Web-users, you should probably hit "View Raw Message" to see it formatted correctly. It belongs in the middle of the page, as part of the 'Commands' section. I'm sticking to the existing (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 1.9.5 Released ***
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(...) Sure they can be official - they already are, just unofficially. Err, that is, they aren't documented. I'll work up a description for the specs document, listing both official/standard filetypes, and less-official filetypes. BTW, we'll also (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I have an idea about...
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Hello again, has anyone read my post down? I whould like to make one of my dreams come true sort of can someone help to make a "maqueta de trenes de LEGO" I don't know the word in english and can't find it in the dicionary anyway here a nice non (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 1.9.5 Released ***
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(...) I think I will join you on this. This will also help identifying parts in MPD files. See also (URL) we make Official/Unofficial official Meta keywords ? Steve ? (URL) ? (...) I don't think so. The programmer has to make some decisions, e.g. (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 1.9.5 Released ***
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(...) Classses? Objects? Destructors? Instances? Don't worry, I won't be borrowing much of that. So far ldglite is just plain C code and I'm not planning on spoiling it with any of that nasty OOP stuff at this point. ;^) I was just thinking about (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 1.9.5 Released ***
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FUT lugnet.cad.dev. (...) I think I'm going to add support for the 0 Unofficial Part comment, and treat anything that contains this as a part. I had the same thing happen to me when viewing a part somebody posted. (...) I'll look into that. I know (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 1.9.5 Released ***
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FUT lugnet.cad.dev. (...) Feel free, but be warned that it makes extensive use of my custom foundation classes. Also, while you're welcome to use the TCFoundation library (LDView compiles it to a static .lib), you should be aware that it uses (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: update to "pattern numbers FAQ"
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(...) Save 'em for whichever semi-classic theme needs 'em first? (E.g., Pirates, Castle, Space, Town, ...) Franklin (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | I have an idea abouit ldraw trains
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Hello, I just tryed a game called trainz and this is the second one that I tryed that is about trains where you can make your own layouts and then drive it but I don't like the idea of driving a train or looking at it in 1st person or 3th person (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Tore's" boxes, special file naming instructions
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(...) After a year or so of thinking - well I have thought of other things, too :) - I have come to a decition that suits me and my needs. I work with large .DAT models (Datsville) and I mainly use my own utilities towards L3Lab and L3P. I suppose (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Who says there are no dumb questions? (was Re: LDraw Monopole?)
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(...) Oops. The actual way I wrote the line in the file was: 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.33 0 0 0 0 7.33 ring3 0 See? I told you it was dumb. And once again I've been undone by Lars' attention to detail! If he'd been less thorough in his creation of L3Lab, (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Monopole?
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(...) I'm not seeing anything wrong with this object, ldraw shouldn't have any problem with it. Steve (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: update to "pattern numbers FAQ"
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(...) OK, I'll go along with this for now. At least until we run out of ranges (12 down, 24 to go). BTW, anybody have any bright ideas about what to do with pattern ranges 8x and 9x? Steve (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: how many (distinct) torso patterns for Western?...
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(...) The pictures aren't as good as those you had for the cowboys, but I've got photos of the five different Indian figs here: Tan torso with red squares (chief), tan torso with red and with blue circle (woman), red torso (brave): (URL) torso with (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | how many distinct patterns for Adventurers?...
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(...) Here's a list of the minifig patterns... ("(URL) Johnny Thunder (face, torso) 2. Pippin Read (face, *two* distinct torso patterns) 3. Dr. Kilroy (face, torso) [both are already encoded] 4. Harry Cane (face, torso) 5. Baron (face, torso) 6. Sam (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Here's what I've found. 1. Cavalry Senior Officer ("Colonel"): (URL) Cavalry Company-Grade Officer ("Lieutenant" or "Captain"): (URL) Cavalry Emlisted/Trooper: (URL) Sheriff: (URL) Deputy/Cowboy: (URL) Rancher/Cowboy: (URL) Gambler: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.western)
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| | Re: The Mummy (from "Adventurers" theme)
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(...) (URL) Then, I'll encode the Legs. Which leads me to a quandry... (...) I'm still hoping for feedback on this... Thanks, Franklin (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CMDLINE meta-statement
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(...) ("(URL) CMDLINE meta-statement is a way of permitting a file's author to *document* certain run-time commands which can be considered as default or required for the file in question. For example, most minifig faces are printed on yellow (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [NEW TOOL] (was Re: Eyeballing It)
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(...) Yeah, something like that. :) Nice storyboard. :) (...) I don't have any chance to play with it right now. I'll look later. Steve (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw Monopole? [DAT]
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I haven't asked a dumb question in at least fifteen minutes, so here goes: I'm writing a part, and in it I'm using the following info: 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.33 0 0 0 0 7.33 ring3.dat 0 The object shows up just fine in L3Lab, but when I run it through (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: update to "pattern numbers FAQ"
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(...) A very rough count of the Western "theme" (from Brickshelf instructions) shows at least 14 torsos - Cowboys, Soldiers, Native Americans. In my mind this justifies a code range. Chris (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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