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(...) If that's what is meant, that would be useful if you need to generate pics at each step with the parts being added during that step. Of course LPub does that for you now so it may not be as big a deal as it once was. If that's not what was (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Wheel Generator Plugin (Was: Need help on Delphi)
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(...) Yes, it's really great! I had to edit the ini file by hand to make it work though. No big problems. Some suggestions: How about having a default color for every holder, wheel, and tyre? Also, I would like the special rubber colors defined in: (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What about a tool that unsorts all parts of a mdel
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(...) Do you mean that you want to take all the parts that comprise a .DAT model, and spread them out evenly on the "floor"? So that the output .DAT file would have all the same part lines as the original file, albeit with the placement and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.2 released *
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Hello! New version is out now. Get it at (URL) ! + = New feature * = Bugfix - = Removed feature Changes since version 1.1 + Setup installer + "Send To" entry + Saves LDDP.exe path to registry (check plugins-Readme.txt in Sample folder) + Added (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Need help on Delphi: Using a form in a dll
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(...) Files page should be updated. ...119b is a broken link, but I found (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Has anyone made or think on making a tool that un sorts parts of a ldr model? It whould be cool to make a screenshot of a model that is build and then you se the same parts used of the same model all over you don't need to worry if your parents want (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I had the same problem first, too. You have to use (and download) the other version of LDDesignPad LDDesignPad119b.zip That version works well with plugins! Niels Karsdorp (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Step 1: I tried LDDesignPad, and it worked. Step 2: I copied PluginMinifig.dll (471 kb) into the Plugins folder. Step 3: I tried LDDesignPad, and it crasched at startup: "Illegal operation". Step 4: I removed PluginMinifig.dll from the Plugins (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Can someone give me the quick and dirty lowdown on how to interface a file editor to L3Lab? (e.g. how LDAO and LDDesignPad do it) -Orion (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Here's how to install a plugin for LDDesignPad: -Take the supplied DLL and put it into the Plugins folder in the LDDesignPad directory It's as simple a that. To use the plugin, select it under the Plugins submenu in the Tools menu. -Orion (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Need help on Delphi: Using a form in a dll
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(...) Could you consider either making a standalone version of the Wheel Generator or a very easy-to-follow tutorial on how to plug in plugins? Someday I would love to try to write a plugin myself, but that seems distant for the moment. /Tore (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Need help on Delphi: Using a form in a dll
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(...) Sorry to have bothered, I have found a way myself now. (Didn't think about the possibility to use nil as AOwner when calling TForm.Create..) Anyway, it's a Wheel Generator to create matching wheel holders, wheels and tyres, all alligned. It (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Formalizing a method for handling synthesizable parts
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Works fine here too! But the result files easily gets _BIG_... Philo (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello, I am creating a plugin for LD Design Pad How do I use a form in a DLL? Niels Karsdorp (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I figured out how to get it statically linked. I was able to transfer (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Idea for a meta-statement
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As a part author, I would *love* to see a POLYGON meta-statement. It would allow any number of points, and could be concave or convex (but not bow-tied). This would allow part authors to (more) easily construct surfaces, because they would just need (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rotation of Systems
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(...) Yup, you remember correctly. Actually, I solved my problem after looking at your code. -Orion (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually, if I remember right, the Minifig Modeler in LDAO uses LDLite statements for placement and rotation. Of course, it's been awhile since I was in that code, so I could be hallucinating... 0 TRANSLATE <to end of arm> 0 ROTATE <wrist into (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Gack! I'll have to put together a release package to get out all the borland libraries that are needed I guess. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Kevin, When I try to test Lsynth, my system (Win2000 french) complains that CC3250.DLL can not be found. Is it a standard component or is it specific to your program ? Philo www.philohome.com (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've created a small web page showing you the basics of lsynth, some example pictures, and a zip with example LDR files that specify syhnthesis, as well as the program lsynth. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Wow, sounds pretty exciting! Thanks for the update, I can hardly wait! (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here is an update on formalizing synthesis. For now, I'v decided to make the synhtesizer a stand alone program that runs at a command prompt like L3P. The program is called lsynth. It takes two command parameters: source LDR name amd destination LDR (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Ldraw software under construction
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(...) To teach myself this system, I read the LDraw FAQ, as well as the comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ. I found those resources very useful. Fredrik (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New Ldraw software under construction
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Hello to everyone, I'm nearly done, well not 100% but nearly done as it can be use this new program "edraw" for making ldraw models "DAT LDR" well specially LDR as it is not planned to be for part authors "for now" but is for user that want to make (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Need help on delphi?
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Well I fix it myself but I how but is fixed Thanks all soon I'll show you all the cool editor powered by ldglite. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rotation of Systems
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[X-posted to .mlcad] (...) While I can't help because of what Orion revealed here (I'm no programmer!), perhaps Michael Lachmann can help. I have discovered that a simple way to (as a user) rotate around one object's origin is to select the origin (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Rotation of Systems
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(...) Lets try it with vectors. Calculate the vector V from the arm origin to the hand origin. Rotate this vector about the arm origin (by angle A) to generate vector W. Subtract V from W to generate displacement vector X. Add the displacement (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rotation of Systems
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Here's a clarification of my question: I'm creating a minifig generator plugin for LDDesignPad (possibly a stand alone version as well). I'm having trouble rotating the arm,hand,tool assembly about the origin of the arm. Using an inline procedure (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Need help on delphi?
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Hello to all, Thanks to all for helping me before still need help I made this thing to sum position and add pluss -20 LDU but I can make it work 100% something is wrong can someone check it and tell me how to fix it? XXXXXX DELPHI CODE XXXXXX begin (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rotation of Systems
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To make rotation work like you want, you have to move the group to the origin of the MLCAD space, rotate the group, then relocate the group to where it started. Kevin (...) figuring (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Rotation of Systems
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(...) How about this? s.origin = singlepart.origin For (each part) diff.origin = part.origin - s.origin part.origin += diff.origin rotate part about part.origin part.origin -= diff.origin Scribble the movement on paper and see if it works. I think (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Actually, I am wanting to know how to do this programmatically (i.e. with rotation matricies) -Orion (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Put the system of parts in a sub-model, with the origin at the point of rotation, then include the sub-model and rotate that. HTH ROSCO (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Rotation of Systems
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I've been puzzling with this for days and I give up. Here's my problem: I can rotate a single part about it's origin but I'm having trouble figuring out how to rotate a system of parts about the origin of a given part in the system. Can someone (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I need help on Delphi so I can finnish my program
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"Eduardo Vazquez Harte" <eduvazhar@terra.es> skrev i meddelandet news:H2nHw2.GBC@lugnet.com... (...) edits. (...) const CtrlAndSpace = [#0..#32]; var s: string; p, q: integer; begin s := ListBox1.Items[ListB...temIndex]; p := 1; while (p < (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub - LEGO Publication made easy!
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(...) I am having a problem. The first time I used it, I just opened a .dat file, generated instruction images, and although it took a while, everything worked just fine. After that I created both times of webpages. Then, I thought, hey, I should (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: I need help on Delphi so I can finnish my program
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(...) If you don't want to use the ExtractStrings function then do this: StringList := TStringList.Create; i := 1; String1 := ''; String2 := ListBox.Items[ListBo...temIndex]; while i <= Length(String2) do begin if String2[i] <> ' ' then begin (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I need help on Delphi so I can finnish my program
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(...) Hi Eduardo, Have you considered asking the nice folks on the delphi newsgroup? (URL) might have better luck with this sort of question if you ask them. I suspect only a small percentage of the readers of the lugnet.cad.dev group know a whole (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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