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(...) I think you should try learning the math. Why don't you give it a chance? Someday you'll be glad you did. I know I am. (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Personally, I found that reading the LDraw FAQ and the comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ was very useful. The latter can be found at: (URL) has a large section on 3D graphics, and lots of references. Fredrik (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Then for get it I'm not going to learn maths. But what about if I make a gui design of the app and I comment it all on what I need and you code it? (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) [snip] (...) Have you had a trigonometry course yet? If not, a quick search of the internet turns up plenty of links. This one looks easy enough. (URL) you'll probably need to read up on matrix math. (URL) then finally it's on to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, Is anybody intrested in developing a Postscript to LDR converter? Files saved als Adobe Illustrator 1.1 contain fairly basic PS and can (when using 3 and 4 pont polygons) easily be converted in a LDR file. I have the knowledge of both PS and LDR (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello, I'm working on something called "edraw" for now if you all don't like the name I'll change it but for alpha previews will be called edraw and for final release will be called somthing else. What is it? Well is going to be a mix of ledit and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, I've downloaded the source. I took a loo and I've mostly figured out it works but could you explain how I incorporate this into my current form? -Orion (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H238s8.5IJ@lugnet.com... (...) This is the main part of LDList :-) The source is up at (URL) but beware, the original code is old (ldlite 0.9 or so), and there *are* some (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I know, but I never got around to compile LDGLite myself with that feature activated. And now I have simply copied "/home/dheyse/ldglit...e/ldglite" to "/usr/local/bin/", so I can use your latest version. :-) Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm looking for something like a Timage component but instead of loading bmp that it loads dat or ldr but I think for now it will do this off screen system. Play well (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hey, what's with the "supposedly" stuff! I believe parts tracker is already using that feature on ldraw.org. :^) But anyhow, I'm not sure offscreen rendering is what Eduardo is looking for. What about borrowing some code from LDList? It's (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You could use LDGLite. It can supposedly (I have never managed to get it to work) render a LDraw file off-screen directly to a BMP or PNG file. (...) I expect something like: winexec("ldglite -q -mS model.dat"); will work, but you should read (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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How do you make your Delphi apps that can show you a preview of what you a building or making in dat format? I tryed with something like winexec(ldraw model.dat -ms) but is not good as it runs ldraw and changes screen to full 320 x 240 and then back (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Now that you mention it, I remeber you said that when we met at your home. Is there really any point trying to teach me something? :o) (...) In a way, that makes sense. Many POV statement span over multiple lines. (...) I'm having a look at it (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm making a similar program but it's a plugin for LDDesignPad. Here's a couple of thing I'm incorporating: - Neckwear and footwear - Custom rotation of the indiviual parts - Possibly a picture preview, similar to my DAT curves plugin. Here's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> skrev i meddelandet news:H22M7n.J3D@lugnet.com... (...) when (...) only (...) into?). My first attempt would be to use a TStringList: with TStringList.Create do try LoadFromFile(...) ; {edit the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) They are (at least in practice) standard Unix commands. You can probably find binaries for your favourite operating system somewhere on the net. Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) WinScript? POV??? /Tore (For very simple stuff like unconditionally adding a line in the beginning or end of a file, I use the 'Copy' command in DOS.) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Thanks Roland! I think that's exactly what I was looking for. Sometimes I wish there were a dictionary or cross-reference for people that know what a keyword is named in one programming language. Pressing F1 is a good thing - but only when you know (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Have you considered using `diff` and `patch` to handle this? l3p ... model.pov cp model.pov model-modified.pov $EDITOR model-modified.pov diff -u model.pov model-modified.pov model.patch ... l3p ... model.pov cp model.pov model-modified.pov (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I made a preview of a minifig maker called Ldraw Minifig Factory here (URL) the screenshot I want to know what you all think of it before I code it. Just forgot to let you know all that I just got a laptop an IBM 770z the only problem is that it (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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You could use the 'text' type and process the reading and writing line by line manly insteat by using tstringlist, I asume. quick code for quick copy: var infile, outfile: text; line: string; assignfile(infile, 'bigfile.pov'); reset(infile); (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Very often, I have just changed a little detail in a model converted to POV by L3P. Then after I run the model through L3P again, I have to manually set all the modifications not handled by L3P arguments again. I try to make a utility program to fix (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Eduardo Vazquez Harte" <eduvazhar@terra.es> skrev i meddelandet news:H1yu3w.AKw@lugnet.com... (...) You can't. Period. Windows doesn't virtualize DOS graphics, only the DOS text screen. (It was possible in OS/2, but there are many other things (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I try 2 ways more I can't do it. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't think you can avoid the full screen with LDRAW. It's a fullscreen DOS program, which means Windows turns over the entire VGA hardware to LDRAW when it's running. If you don't want to use the fullscreen, you'll have to use a program (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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How can't I run avoiding ldraw to run in full screen? I'm using delphi 6 this is what I use to test WinExec(pchar('C:\le...draw\ldraw car.dat -MS '), SW_SHOW); (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I whould like if possible to make my own CAD software like Ledit but for windows3.x/9x/NT/2K/XP but without using openGL or any hardware or direct X something like the way Ledit draws them and without using mouse but for windows small no power (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ** QUAD2DAT ** version 0.9.4 released **
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(...) I believe either LDDesignPad or LDraw Add-On will work for you. In LDAO, I'd open your file in the text editor. The first time you use the editor, you'll want to go into the editor's Options | Viewer Settings menu, and select which viewer to (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Although I got MLCad to do it for me, this is good advice as I don't like what else it did to the file. Can you recommend a good inliner that runs in Win2K and is suitable for novice use? Thanks! (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually, if you go to the Quad2DAT website you'll find the v0.9.5 executable available for download. (The version number is in the fine print below the download link.) -Orion (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I guess it depends. Did Chris ask you to keep the file secret? Generally, my feeling is that you should hold onto the file, unless Chris specifically told you it was OK to pass it around. Steve (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) a while back when Chris helped us with quad2dat stuff he gave us (me and george) an early v 0.9.5 its not my decition to let it out, so what does everyone think? i havent seen chris in a while, so shouldthe file be shared? (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You should be able to fix it by creating another file that references your file using a mirror matrix, and then inline that part with an inliner tool. So, for instance, if your part is x123.dat, you would create a file called mirror.dat with (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, this isn't because of the "rotation" of the parts, it's because MLCad is inserting bogus commands at the top of the file 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 It also is changing the value of the filename (removing the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Lar, If it's a rotate rather than a mirror, you can use the LDAO editor to quickly rotate it. This actually rotates the matrix rather than adding a ROTATE. LDAO can also do a mirror, but it's a bit more fiddling around IIRC, and I'd have to (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I like this program a lot. I have a number of features/suggestions to add, is it still in active development. However I have one problem that I need help with from the user community. It seems that there is a rotation being inserted somewhere... I (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I started with my 3th PC 'desktop' a compaq presario with 32MB of ram with a AMD with 233mhz and man I learn patience it was fun. The idea is to get a laptop and not a powerfull one with a nice price and nice system for ldraw. I'll have to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] Eduardo, That should be more than enough power. I was using a 200MHz laptop w/ 80MB RAM the first year I got into LDraw and was able to do nice renders w/o problems. The key is patience. I've since ended up w/ a 400Mhz (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'll be buying an IBM 7708 Pentium II with 366mhz 128 MB of RAM 12GB of hard disk 14" TFT 'screen I think' CD - ROM disk unit Modem I need to see a screenshot of the IBM 7708 laptop. I believe that is enought for working with ldraw, mlcad, l3p, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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