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(...) Eesh. As neat as that is to see, the color samples for a lot of them (especially the red/purple range) look like various shades of puce on my monitor, and I'm not used to having problems in that color range. It took me about five minutes to (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) With respect to the RGB and the CMYK numbers... I did a bit of quick reading about the two color specification models. If I understood it correctly, RGB is more oriented towards monitor displays, while CMYK (subtractive) is intended to specify (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Wow...that's a lot o' colors... Neat! -Stefan- (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The way I see it, we probably will never switch to calling colors by their LEGO names - some, like 'Lig. Yellowich Orange' just don't work for me :) It would be nice to correlate the names we use to the entries in the table. For that matter, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) After staring at this list for a while, I think it will be a sea change to use some of these names. For example: color #25 is called 'Earth Orange'. To my eye, this looks much darker than the color of a Kaadu (which we have called earth (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) We can't be sure - we've asked that someone look into it for us. Once we find out, we'll let you know :) Dan (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Fantastic ! Is that believed to be complete, even inclusive of the odd scala, belville and HP colors ? Ray (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Oh my goodness! Are there really that many colors of LEGO?! Great to see some TLC collaboration. Something I wish there was a lot more of. Great work, keep it up!! :-) ~Mike (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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(...) Awesome! Thanks so much! - Gary (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Thanks to Jake and TLC, we just posted an official LEGO color chart, with RGB, CMYK, and Pantone colors, and a danglish name! Take a look: (URL) will be working in the next few weeks with LDraw to associate each of these colors with our current (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray) !!
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| | Re: elimination of theme categories
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(...) (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Ref: (URL) from: (URL) ...I want to put off making major changes (...) Since we've had the Parts Tracker running for a while now, is this a good time to resurrect this other issue? ;) Thanks, Franklin (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) sure, as long as I don't need the ~200b of disk space it takes :) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks! /Tore (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Since no one else say anything, does this quick hack work? (URL) Dan Boger dan@peeron.com (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Has anybody made a rounding utility? I mean, put dat files with numbers like 0.5369117673 in and get 0.537 out. I'd prefer it as an LDDP plugin, but a standalone program will do, too. /Tore (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help on Equation (Was: modeling monorail ramps)
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(...) Thanks, that was quick! I'm a little rusty when it comes to equations... :) /Tore (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help on Equation (Was: modeling monorail ramps)
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(...) I calculate c = 5300 / 3 = 1766.667 The math: c^2 = (c-120)^2 + 640^2 c^2 = c^2 - 240*c + 120^2 + 640^2 0 = -240*c + 424000 240*c = 424000 c = 424000 / 240 = 5300 / 3 = 1766.667 Hope this helps. John (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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It looks like the I could create quick mockups for the ramps if only I could calculte the radius of a thought circle made of MR ramps. Here's a triangle with a 90 deg's angle AB and the hypotenuse c equlas the radius: a=640 b=c-120 c=<unknown> That (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... I've gotten all of the monorail track modeled and working (sort of) in TrackDraw. Here's what I ended up with: - Most monorail track has a connection of type '1'. Type '1' just means that it mates with other monorail pieces of type '1'. - (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Another reason could be that it is not possible to connect any other monorail part between them. All other MR track have a male connector to the left and at female to the right. But the upper side of the lower ramp part has two male (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 2 L3P Related Programs and a Question
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(...) --- snippety-doo-dah --- YYYYYEEEEEESSS...SSS!!!!!!! It may be a small band wagon, but I'd like to jump on it right now! I desperately want the first feature, and would enjoy the second as well! Keep us posted! Sincerely, Tim Romine (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Well right now I'm calling it L3P Enhancer -Orion (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm, an L3P Post Processor. Neat idea. Whatcha gonna call it, L3P3? Or how about L33P, and you could pronounce it leap? :) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MLCAD/LeoCAD/LDRAW parts organiser?
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(...) It's funny you should bring this up since Jases Jessiman originally created LDraw for just this reason. A few have mention a more modern version of this concept but none have come throught that I'm aware of. -Orion (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes you are right, but I hate manually adding the colors I want so I'm creating a program to do it for me (...) I know he's adding this becuase I was the one who asked him to. See above on why I want to program this. Basically we've been (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> wrote in message news:HK1MFM.60F@lugnet.com... (...) Basically it (...) the (...) by the (...) that are (...) part (...) substitute (...) defualt L3P (...) then (...) Hi Orion, Why should you want (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes! Yes! Yes! I've been waiting for just these two programs to be written for years. I would like other features to the post processor, too. Like changing the camera position, quality settings and most stuff. I'd prefer a command line option (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 2 L3P Related Programs and a Question
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Note, this post is intended to gauge interest so please respond by Emailing me or posting here. I have 2 programs related to L3P I'm writing for personal use but if there is enough interest I'll roll them together and release them. The first program (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: modeling monorail ramps (TrackDraw)
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(...) ... (...) ... Here's what I came up with: The monorail parts file separately models the up and down ramps. So layouts containing up/down ramps have two part references, one for each half. The toolbar file contains a button that adds both (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) one possible reason to have it seperate is that you could use the piece for esthetic reasons. You could simulate an entry down or up, and stop at that section. Having a stop-go right before makes this single ramp segment functional (so (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Probably technically a restriction but not a very serious one. The only way I could see how to use half a ramp would be if you built your own reverser to surround it at the end so the monorail train didn't fall off when it got to it (say, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Track Designer models a pair of monorail upper and lower ramp parts as a single piece. Do you view this as a feature or a restriction? I can't recall seeing half of a ramp unconnected to the other half in a layout. Have you found a need for half a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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| | LDraw POV Part Repository
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Hello all, I've just been approved by Sourceforge to start the LDraw POV Repository. I would like to ask everyone who wants to contribute to the project to contact me and register with sourceforge. I'll add you as a project contributer after your (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
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(...) I agree whole-heartedly. As far as I'm concerned, it's totally inappropriate for people to complain about free software. Constructive criticism is a good thing, because it can help improve the software, but complaining about the author's (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Well you're more than welcome to write your own in Java. jt (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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More this subject... I just registered a project with Soureforge for the purpose of creating a repository of POV include file describing the LDraw parts library. Once I recieve word back that my registration was approved or rejected, I'll post more. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) With all due respect, writing it in .NET leaves the non-Windows people out in the cold. Java (while it does have an occasional drawback or two) is portable and will run transparently on Windows, Macs and the various unices. This is not an (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Create an installer for the Dutch MLCad DLL file
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:slrnbja4tt.8bj.....bu.edu... (...) You might also wan't to try InnoSetup (URL) is also free. Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest review)
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(...) Just wanted to post a quick follow-up on TrackDraw. I sat in as Cary demonstrated the program at BrickFest, and WOW, does it ever look sweet! Cary is adding functionality beyond what TrackDesigner has, such as pathing, segment rotation, some (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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