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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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