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Hello all, I'm a bit concerned about several parts submitted to the Parts Tracker that use the box.dat primitive (the one with all faces and edges present), where other primitives would have been more appropriate. It seems to me that in several of (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fully revised LDraw primitives reference now on ldraw.org
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(...) And I flagged your article for the spotlight. :) (...) Whoof. That's a bit of work, isn't it? ;) Steve (who should be reviewing a couple of cone primitives...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fully revised LDraw primitives reference now on ldraw.org
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(...) I can think of two options: 1. Download complete.exe, to get all the updated files at once. 2. Hit (URL) (use the actual file names in place of nnnnnnn) to get each specific file you're interested in. Steve (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fully revised LDraw primitives reference now on ldraw.org
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(...) Clarity is already at top. Definitely a reference. Thanks Chris, Damien. (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fully revised LDraw primitives reference now on ldraw.org
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(...) This is a fantastic resource, far beyond what I'd hoped to see in this regard; I was just expecting a text list. Is it currently possible (or are there future plans to make it possible) to download a zip of all official primitives? I notice (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fully revised LDraw primitives reference now on ldraw.org
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This was very educational. I feel less lost now in the P folder. (Note: the reference uses the word 'flout' correctly.) -Erik (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fully revised LDraw primitives reference now on ldraw.org
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(...) Wow! Very nice work, thanks for sharing this with us all. (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Fully revised LDraw primitives reference now on ldraw.org
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After some considerable delay and many promises to complete this, I have now made available a fully revised and restructured LDraw primitives reference. It is in the reference section of the Parts Tracker. (URL) official primitives are included, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: Ring and Axle Hole fit
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(...) I have already submitted the fixes for all the axle related primitives to Steve -Orion (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ring and Axle Hole fit
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(...) Well spotted. There are some bad approximations to the 6LDu radius 16-agon in the axlehole.dat primitive and these appear to have been carried forward into other derivatives. Looks like a well-bounded project for someone to take on? Two (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Any Oberon programmer here?
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Oberon is a development environment originally by Niklaus Wirth (Turing price awarded inventor of Pascal) and can be downloaded here for a large variety of platforms: (URL) reason why I highlight Oberon is because we need a component technology and (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.3
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(...) Your part records have the following form name:num.dat You add ":" at the end of "name" but when extracting "num.dat" you scan ":" from the start!! As a result I can't extend MiniPart.ini because all unofficial parts in my Parts directory have (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Ring and Axle Hole fit
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Is there a reason why the axle hole primitives don't fit exactly to the ring/cylinder/edge primitves placed around them? Is this a program anomaly or decimal place issue? Is there a reason why most of the axle holes are carried to 2 decimal places (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.3
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(...) Great! All seems ok now. I only regret the absence of a "x10 increment". Another great plugin that justifies LDDP just by itself. Thanks Orion, Damien (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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(...) Scala jewelry! TWS Garrison (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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Okay, here's my list 10 - Niels Karsdorp (uploading parts as nielsk) * user since 2002 * author since 2002 * parts made so far: several ((URL) primitives made so far: some cones * programs (no particular order): LDView MLCad WordPad LDDesignPad LDAO (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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I'm not a big contributor or fixer, but I'm planning on changing that as time allows. 9 - Jack Hawk * user since 1999 * author since 2002 * parts made so far: 1 (more planned for this winter) * programs (no particular order): Vim (using custom Vim (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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One of the less impressive parts editors: 8 - Jacob Sparre Andersen * user since 1997(?) * author since 2001 * parts made so far: 1 fix, 1 mock-up * progs: (in no particular order) vi ldglite l2p pov-ray +custom Ada programs Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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7 - Bram Lambrecht * user since 1997 * author since 2000 * parts made so far: 3 parts, 2+ fixes, 8+ patterns * progs: (in no particular order) Editpad MLCad L3Lab L3P LDView LDList POV-Ray 3.5 MegaPOV Others occasionally... (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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OK, here's my bit: 6 - Steve Bliss (ldraw-nick: sbliss) * author since sometime in 1997, more or less * parts made so fare: Using Windows search, I turned up 187 *.DAT files with my name in them. I didn't try to verify how many of those are (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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Neat idea. I'm a bit of an exeption if you look at the programs I that use. 5 - Manfred Moolhuysen (very rarely used alias: moom) *user since 1997, author since february 1998 *primitives made so far: 5 + 2 fixes of other peoples primitives *parts (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Cylinder Primitive conditional lines
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(...) There was a discussion on this very topic about 6-8 months ago. Look here: (URL) here: (URL) can't remember what the final result was because the sphere primitives got involved. I thought the answer was to put *different* type 5 lines at the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Cylinder Primitive conditional lines
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(...) I noticed the same for fraction cone primitives (1-4). I have created a simple Excel Spreadsheet to create cone primitives with any radius (outer = inner + 1). I have only uploaded some 4-4 cone primitives to the PT because I was unsure of the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Cylinder Primitive conditional lines
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I noticed that some of the fraction cylinder primitives (1-8, 2-4, 3-4, 3-8) are missing a conditional line at one end. The 1-4 cylinder has type 5 lines at both ends. Is there any reason for the missing type 5 line? If so, why? Is there any reason (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.3 released *
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Hello! New version is out now. Get it at (URL) ! + = New feature * = Bugfix - = Removed feature Changes since version 1.2 v1.3 10/26/2002 + Looking for parts.lst instead of LDraw.exe for location check of LDraw parts * Drag and Drop fixed + Changed (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC Ceritfied Parts Question
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(...) Usually, but not always. (...) The key is that in BFC-land, the important part of the relation between the parent file and the subfile is whether or not the parent wants to invert the subfile. If the subfile has an obvious orientation (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC Utility Inconsistencies [DAT]
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The invisible faces cannot be seen in many other parts, so I think it's a primitive. Here's the 3001.dat I'm using: 0 Brick 2 x 4 0 Name: 3001.dat 0 Author: James Jessiman 0 Original LDraw Part 0 LDRAW_ORG Part UPDATE 2002-03 0 BFC CERTIFY CCW 0 (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC Utility Inconsistencies
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I personally edited 3001.dat to be BFC compliant. I'd be interested if it's not done correctly. If you have a Parts libray as of at least this past spring, I would think you'd have the 3001.dat that I 'fixed'... Well I think it got approved around (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC Utility Inconsistencies
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Well, a lot of them. 3001.dat, box.dat ... They show invisible faces in BFCTool. Well, it's been a while since I've installed the original parts library that came with LDraw. Maybe some of the files have changed since then. I'll try that. Thanks, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BFC Ceritfied Parts Question
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I've notice a few parts on the Parts Tracker that are BFC certified, but some of their component primitives are not. Can justifiably I certify these parts? If I can, why? What if the part is BFC certified and then later on the primitive is BFC (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC Utility Inconsistencies
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Do you have any particular parts that demonstrate the inconsistencies you are seeing? -Kyle (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin
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(...) I don't believe you! (...) Ok, fair enough. I've added the feature to add the "control lines". Put (setq ldraw-bezier-draw-control-lines t) in your .emacs file, and download the latest source from (URL) test it. Fredrik (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BFC Utility Inconsistencies
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Using Thomas Foote's BFCTool and L3Lab I get different results in regards to BFC. Can anyone explain this to me? (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDDP Plugin Wanted: Inliner
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(...) Oh boy, am I embaressed or what? I even discussed this feature once... :-o /Tore Should get some sleep maybe... (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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Orion Pobursky (aka BillTheFish) PT User Name: OrionP User since 1998, Author since March 2002 Parts authored: 16 + some part fixes Programs used for authoring: MLCad (Viewing and editing) LDDP (L3P -check error clearing) Notepad (For qick text (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP Plugin Wanted: Inliner
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(...) LDDP already has a built in inliner. The button for it is in the toolbar. It's the window with a plus sign icon. -Orion (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDDP Plugin Wanted: Inliner
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Yes I know ,I could do it myself, but I'm busy with lots of other stuff. :o) /Tore (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | numbers report - 21 Oct. 2002
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Section Totals 159 certified files. 153 files need admin review. 221 files need more votes. 241 have uncertified subfiles. 136 held files. 910 files total. For comparison: 2002-10-21 - 159 / 153 / 221 / 241 / 136 (910) 2002-08-07 - 213 / 222 / 160 / (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin
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(...) Ok, ok! I admit it. I am a moron. I either read something else that I got out of the google cache, or my eyes glazed over and I lost focus before I got to the important parts. Thanks for the short version though. Now I get it. (...) That's why (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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(Hope I got this thing right...) 3 - Tore Eriksson(nicks: SimLego, TE) * author since way back when. At least 1997, probably 1996. * parts made so far: 200+ * programs used for authoring parts: LDS (I never make a part without using LDS) LDSShell (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin [DAT]
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(...) By the way, I forgot to say that it is rather easy to view the direction towards the control points, if you want to. I insert the coordinated for the end and control points as a comment, e.g.: 0 Bezier, n= 50 l= 130.02 ( 0 -5 0 ) ( 0 -73.09 0 (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin
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(...) It is fairly well described here: (URL) I push the control points back and forth until the length of the curve is correct. This is done by numerical integration, and is rather CPU intensive. (...) Oh, you've already read it? It's not true that (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin
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(...) I am also curious how ldraw mode generates the control points. Lately I've been working on a hoser for ldglite based on some code donated by Chris Daelman (which was based on the hoser spreadsheet). I've been experimenting with with ways to (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Callin' all numbers
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Willy Tschager writes: <who all works on this> In the interests of making this info more useful I included info on my generic usage of the CAD tools too. I got into authoring because I needed a patterned part "yesterday" and (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Callin' all numbers
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hi everybody, I just flicked through the history of ldraw (URL) wondering how many people work on this project, but sadly I got no answer. well, the easiest way to get some figures would be to ask some of the admins, but I also would like to know (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Formalizing a method for handling synthesizable parts
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Chuck, This is a good idea. I'll put it on the list. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin
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(...) This is a very difficult situation to model. The fact that the end points are parallell make it difficult. Since there is little or no slack for the curve to curve itself in this case, you must make sure that the length of the curve is not (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin [DAT]
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This question is mostly for Fredrik but anyone else that wants to chime in is welcome. Have a look at this rendering: (URL) some reason these flexible axles didn't create right. They have a kink in the middle instead of a smooth transition. I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Question about part 6233
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(...) I seem to remember that I wrote those primitive files for that part, then I didn't want to go through the headache of getting the primitives approved. Or maybe I thought they wouldn't be very useful primitives. So they were probably inlined as (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Question about part 6233
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I was looking at part 6233 tonight and noticed a number of primitives that are inlined. I restored the part to the non-inlined state and did not notice any change in the part. As there is not one listed in the part header, is there a reason for the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Wedge Brick 2 x 4 parts?
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I've been using the Wedge Plate 2 x 4 parts for some time now but has anyone made or is currently making the Wedge Brick 2 x 4 parts? I searched LUGNet and the PT but could not find them. If noone claims them, consider this post an intent to author. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Has anyone made this part?
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Well, I posted it here, but it was incorrectly oriented and needed a better part number for it. (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Has anyone made this part? [DAT]
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Has anyone made the part I've modelled here as a mockup? If so, is it on the Parts Tracker? -Orion 0 Untitled 0 Name: Unknown.dat 0 Author: Orion Pobursky 0 Unofficial Model 1 16 0 0 -50 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 stud.dat 1 16 0 0 -70 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Formalizing a method for handling synthesizable parts
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(...) L3P supports conditional in-line POV primitives. You could use a low polygon count for tools like Ldraw and MLCAD, but have POV primitives for perfect objects in the ray-traced images. Here is an example of a torus: (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) Hmmm, I actually like this suggestion. That's where I tend to put ldraw related utilities when they don't come with source code. (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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(...) Actually, I just changed the order to be whatever the order is in the INI file -Orion (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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(...) Add an entry to the INI-file, where the sorting order can be set. Then everybody can set his/her own preferrable sorting order. Everybody happy! Niels (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) Well, MANY programs suggest that they want to be a subdirectory of the LDraw installation directory (although perhaps yours doesn't... at least LDLite, LDAU and MLCad used to if they don't any more I dunno). That directory by default is (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) Fine, I'll use that. In the mean time, I advise you to put something like this in your .emacs file on your Windows system: (setq ldraw-viewer-path "C:/projects/ldglite/ldglite") This will override the default ldglite path. Fredrik (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) No, I just keep source code I'm working with in a subdirectory off projects. There really isn't any default location for it on Windows because I don't provide an installer, just the executable (or source) in a zip file. I suppose the canonical (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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(...) My preference is by name. :) --Ryan ryanjf@ifriendly.com (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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(...) I know this, I just keep forgetting to add it to the ReadMe. (...) Good catch, thanks. (...) Then maybe I should remove it from the list of hats that accept accesories until someone makes the old style castle visor (...) This is what I wanted (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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(...) Thanks Orion, (...) Another reasonable (but hidden) requirement is having unofficial minifig x981, x982 and x983 parts in Ldraw directory. (...) The more important issue with hat accessories is that they do not take neckwear into account. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) I prefer so as well. I usually catch discussions about LDraw-mode on LUGNET, and am able to comment on it. But let me say that I value all comments about LDraw-mode greatly, both by mail and by news. Fredrik (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) I'm happy to hear that. I have to admit that I never expected LDraw-mode to become so widely used. I thought that die hard Emacs fans would use it exclusively. On the other hand, though, I have documented the bendable curve generator (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) Good idea! Thanks, I have incorporated your code in LDraw-mode now. I added the ability to change the default parameters passed to the viewer, in case anybody wants to do that. I have considered adding this funcion myself, but I never saw the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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(...) Actually I prefer to keep the discussions here if possible. That way anything that comes out of it is publicly available. Anyhow, I modeled my suggestion after some code I saw in browseurl.el. I don't have it in front of me right now, but I (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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Don, That really sounds like a great idea. Have you sent Frederick an email about it? He's really on the ball on this sort of thing and always very quick to return an answer. I think that ldraw-mode is the best program for working with bendable (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Formalizing a method for handling synthesizable parts
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Philo, I like your idea of multiple resolutions. It could save a lot of space. I think I that I don't have a minimal solution to the number of segments used. Some fine tuning might make a big difference in file space consumed. The stuff that is out (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ldraw-mode.el external viewer suggestion
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I was comparing the various hoser programs last night when I realized there's no command to launch an external ldraw viewer program from within the emacs ldraw-mode. Yeah, you can launch one from an icon or another window, but sometimes it's nice to (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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(...) Yes that latter is what I intend. My only roadblock is extracting the correct info from the text. I'm also going to hold off until the new arm and hand are officially released. -Orion (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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(...) Do you mean convert stiff-legged, armless figs to modern figs, or to convert files with modern figs to use the new arm and hand parts? The latter seems more useful. . . -- TWS Garrison (URL) capital letters in address for direct reply. (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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Yet another coding frenzy on a rainy day, trying to stay awake while shifting from a nights to days schedule, produced the next version of my plugin Get it here: (URL) in this version: -Added LDView preview support -Added Footwear rotation ability (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Toruseses?
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(...) A new, fully revised and up-to-date Primitives Reference is currently undergoing review. I hope to be able to make this public on ldraw.org soon. This will answer both there questions (and more !). Chris (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Toruseses?
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(...) ... and a guide on how to interpret all the numbers in the file names/descriptions? For example: 0 Torus Outside 1 x 0.0625 x 0.25 0 Name: t04o0625.dat I have no idea of what the numbers stand for... /Tore (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Toruseses?
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(...) Well, my learning curve wasn't the smoothest, but I figured it out eventually. My question is more specific, though... Some time ago I downloaded Paul Easter's torii.zip from (URL) I wasn't sure if these fine primitives are canonical, or if (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Toruseses?
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(...) Look in the LDRAW\P directory. All the torii are there (I assume you know the naming convention) -Orion (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Toruseses?
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Hi all: Is there a list of which torus primitives are official? Thanks! Dave! (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Formalizing a method for handling synthesizable parts
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Hi Philo, I finally got my tangent between two circles code working! I can have two or more pulleys (or pins), with them inside or outside the rubber band, and band crossings. Right now they all have to be in the XY plane. I'm working on the code to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Firstly I want to apologise for not keeping the LDraw.org download section as up-to-date as it should be - I've been pretty busy recently, and just don't seem to be able to find the time to fit updates in as much as I'd hoped. However, I have some (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, just like Ldraw Prinitives, Autocad Blocks are nestable. And to my knowledge without limits. (...) I can make a simple AutoCad model representing an instance of the box5.dat primitive to see what you can make of that (plus some (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Nope, but it is now :-) -Orion (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks Orion, I almost forgot: is hookhand in your todo list ? Damien (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Certainly. I just compacted it for another reason, I'll take a look and make sure it fit in 800x600 (...) I noticed that too. I'm adding a rotation routine for footwear (...) This is the exact reason I made an INI file. There are a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Orion, You do just the plugins we need. You and Carsten Schmidt are a winning pair. Your minifig editor is still so young, I suppose much remains to do. Yet great flexibility, I have successfully added unofficial Minifig Whip, official (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Can you make an AutoCAD block out of more primitive AutoCAD blocks? I don't know. That's why I'd like see some simple examples exported to DXF from AutoCAD. I don't really care whether an AutoCAD version of the parts uses volumes or faces, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would like to discuss this because I'm not sure that would be the best path to follow. Translating (AutoCad) volume models into (Ldraw) face models could proove to be difficult. Maybe you're better off to build the Autocad model with faces (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You're not the only one who wants that. See here: (URL) we have a few utilities, but no comprehensive system that I know of which could be used to design models in AutoCAD. There are programs that seem geared to creating parts in AutoCAD and (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Formalizing a method for handling synthesizable parts
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(...) You could always train it to know (and do it in a data file driven way so it's easy to add new types) (...) 2 levels of subfiles perhaps??? one subfile for the part which contains the synthesized part reference (another subfile) as well as (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Orion, I had not thought about this. This is consistant with Steve Bliss' concern about putting out the synthesized parts in a seperate file so that they can be cosidered one part by other LDRAW compatible programs. I can see two issues here. The (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Works fine now ;o) My tests were far from exhaustive though ! (...) I guess there is no perfect solution: modelling curved parts with some smoothness requires lots of polygons. Fortunately machine power increases! One possibility though would (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you are going to go the subpart route, have you considered making an option to subpart the flexible object in a separate file so that seam width shrink is avoided when using L3P (or others) ? -Orion (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Philo, (...) Oop.s I reworked the organization of the code and ended up messing this up. 1.0.0.2 is uploaded now. (...) I understand, but I'm not sure what can be done about this. I used the cross sectional parts that already existed for flexible (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Kevin, It seems you forgot to link in CC3250.DLL... doesn't work on my system. (...) That's the kind of size I got... We must keep in mind that even if the ldraw file is smaller using parts, the number of triangle to render will be the same or (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Philo, Boy, were you right, the triangle synthesis took a 3K file and made a 2M file. Unpalatable. I switched lsynth over to use LDRAW parts for synthesis. Now that 3K file ends up to be 500K, still much larger, but certainly better than before. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Philo, I've been working on an algorithm that uses less triangles, and plan to add a option where the hoses can be made up of hose segments. Hose segments should reduce file size, but probably decrease quality. I've been beyond the edge of my (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub - LEGO Publication made easy!
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Hi, I wanted to mention that LPub is useful even if you are not working on a book, or web pages. It can be used to make building instructions from other peoples' DATs. It has an advantage over MLCAD in that it shows you pictures of the parts added (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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WOW! This is seriously impressive and it couldn't have come at a better time. I am just putting together the instructions for my first custom kit, and until I saw this message and downloaded the software, I was handwriting a series of scripts to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Idea for a meta-statement [DAT]
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(...) Done. Here's a sample input: 0 132 0 234 POLYGON 14 0 0 1 0 10 1 10 10 1 10 -10 1 5 -13 1 polygon end 0 and the output: 0 132 0 234 0 LDS POLYGON 14 0 LDS 0 0 1 0 LDS 0 10 1 0 LDS 10 10 1 3 14 0 0 1 0 10 1 10 10 1 0 LDS 10 -10 1 3 14 0 0 1 10 (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDS as an LDDP Plugin (Was: Idea for a meta-statement)
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(...) On second thought, the idea of making an LDS compiler an LDDP plugin wasn't that good after all. First I was very excited. But what if I wish to change the value of a variable and the source has been overwritten... (...) OK, I will probably (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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