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(...) You're using Delphi 7, right? You have some time during your development dropped a component from the CLX library on your form. Even if the component is not there any more, the file name will still be in your 'uses' clause. Search all the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ok, I've uploaded a fix for this. Download it using the above link. -Orion (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Forget this, I got it! "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:HKLJ64.23qD@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In support of the LAST point (below), which strikes me as the most important point (why do hobby stuff it it's not FUN???)... I would suggest that all platform changes that others do be done using the equivalent of #IFDEF so that the .net (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ... This is very interesting, but I want to set expectations clearly: - I will not spend any time porting TrackDraw to another platform. - I will release sources with the executable so that others may do so. - I will not integrate changes made (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I cannot select where L3P is installed for that screen only alows me to select the C:\ drive while all my LDraw stuff is on D:\ Jaco "Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> schreef in bericht news:HKKCFG.o7x@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Unfortuneately this link gives me an error (404) (...) processer. (...) download it (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, since I started one for you: (URL) .NET to Linux (?)> The people at (URL) Ars Technica> are always very knowledgable. And if they don't know something, they do know where you can go to find answers. (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) ... I replied directly to Amaury about helping, which I appreciate. But I'm curious: does anyone know of a online discussion on the challenges of porting a substantial application from Windows .NET to Linux? To keep this mildly on (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) These both sound very useful! --Ryan (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That last one is sw33t, d00d. :-) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Don, No argument here! Kevin (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Fooey! I don't see how those are any better than my suggestion from a week ago. :^P (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) L3PPP? L3P2P? L5P? :^) Kevin (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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snip (...) Possibly the last three in the TLC list are glitter colours, 176 178 and 179, the 'flip-flop' colours? I'm not certain I think that in paint terms at least this means colours that change depending on viewing angle Tim (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(I'm guessing "K" is for "blacK"?). "K" stands for Key, but why black is called key I don't know, you'd have to ask a printer (Person not a machine!) Tim (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I did some digging, and mono indeed supports System.Drawing, with the help of the cairo library ( (URL) ) being a linux developer, I volunteer to test your application and send patches whenever they'll be needed. Sincerely Amaury (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Ok, ok, sorry to anyone who couldn't run this program. I have no idea why the qtinf70.dll is needed to run L3P Enhancer, it shouldn't be needed at all. I'm investigating the reason why. In the mean time, here's an installer that will allow you to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) y guess is that I just think it looks "pink" to me :) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I asked him if he had cleared it (his distributing it and/or the public disclosure of it online) with LEGO IP attorneys and he indicated no. --Todd (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 8525 (just the eyes) and 8530 (both eyes and the misprint Kaukau), but not 8569. That was just basic Krana and the gold/silver colored Toa Kanohi. (...) They both glow very brightly under blacklight, which seems to match up perfectly with the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Huh. Missed that one, but it makes sense, since phosporescence is basically the ability to glow without electrical input. (...) I basically went through all 14 Tr. colors and found legitimate matches for all of them, but I don't remember a (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Whoops. I got my "oranges" mixed up there. The official Earth Orange was actually identified as what we know as brown (tree pieces, Pohatu, wagon wheels). The official Kanohi checklist used to identify it as this color, but some of the more (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, David Laswell wrote: I belive I saw these two come across in 8569 mask packs. (...) "trans-peach" is what I called this one. (...) "trans-salmon" BL didn't have names for these colors, so I had to ad-lib. Ray (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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My gusses/matches: 1.white 2.light grey (the standard grey as seen in 1000s of places) 23.blue (the standard blue) 24.yellow (the standard yellow) 26.black 27.dark grey (as in pirate cannon, minifig weapons, 3/4 technic pins and so on) 28.green (as (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) your photo... The TLC/peeron list has a range of colors above 200 that are not on the tile swatches. Conversely, the tile swatches are present for the following numbers that are not on the list: 20, 109, 114, 117, 129, 132, 144 and 156. The (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) My guess is that "Neon Orange" is an opaque color, since it does not include the "Tr." qualifier. I'd also guess that it does not actually glow under blacklight, as it is listed as "Neon" instead of "Flourescent" (i.e. it's probably just a (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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ok, what is "Neon orange" and how does it differ from "Tr. Flu. Reddish orange"? (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah... and prior to today, my composite list (from 3 other lists: ldraw, peeron & BL) only had 79 entries. So it looks like the color list just grew by ~40%. Now we just need to align this against the other lists. Ray (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Here's my meager contribution to the cause: Transparent colors: 40 Transparent Pretty easy, it's colorless and you can see through it. 41 Tr. Red Spybotics Snaptrax, Darth Vader's lightsaber blade, Blacktron, etc. (dark blood red) 42 Tr. Lg (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) cool! just for fun, i noticed that Lego # 1, "white" is actually pantone code "CoolGrey 1 C" and has RGB of 242/243/242, not 255/255/255 of 'true computer white' in paint programs; probably deals with the print or plastic 'milkiness' of the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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Brilliant! 111 colors! Guess I'm not complete just yet.... Duq "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:HKG3r3.1LHJ@lugnet.com... (...) RGB, (...) these (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've no doubt that it's a typo, but that's what they gave us, we didn't want to touch it just yet :) Jennifer (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) On further comparison, "Lig. Yellowich Orange" is the only color that uses the spelling "yellowich", while every other use is spelled "yellowish". I propose that the C-spelling is a typo and should be corrected. (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) What's wrong with it? "Lig." is an abbreviation for "light" (not the one we're used to, but...), "yellowich" is only one letter different from "yellowish"...ah, you must object to their use of the strange foreign word "orange", right? ;P (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It should be, since most modern printers use cyan, magenta, and yellow ink for color printing (I'm guessing "K" is for "blacK"?). In working with light, the primaries are red, blue, and green, and the secondaries are cyan, magenta, and _amber_ (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No, the list is not complete - at BW03 Bill (one of the MasterBuilders) brought out his color list and let us see it. He even had a color copy of it he handed out to a few of us. If I recall correctly these are the colors they (the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ray- I asked about this and got a sort of vague responce: The CMYK is given to tell people what the CMYK value is. If you want to print with it because it is better for printing, then use that. The values listed are for color the actual (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's because the official Earth Orange color _is_ darker than the Kaadu. The Kakama mask and feet used on Huki from the Bionicle line (McD's Matoran/Tohunga set from September 01) are the color officially termed Earth Orange (as was listed (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Quoting Purple Dave <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com>: (...) That's the plan. It's very difficult to always match up colors when not everyone has every color to compare it to. One person may have a lot (or all of them) but another may only have a few. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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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(...) (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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) --- 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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(...) 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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(...) ... (...) ... 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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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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(...) 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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"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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(...) 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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(...) That would be my preference. Steve (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Try NSIS. (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi all, Does anyone know a good but easy to use program to create an installer? What I am looking for is an installer that first searches the users computer for the MLCad executable and then puts the DLL file in that directory. I need this since one (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well put. Why some people have to criticize when something is done for them for free is beyond my comprehension. James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) It's not that we're biased toward MS products, it's just Windows is the most widely used OS and therefore if you want to have to good user base you have to program for Windows. I personally find Linux confusing and prefer using Windows; does (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ... (...) One basic difference between TrackDraw and Track Designer is that TrackDraw uses vector-based graphics; Track Designer uses bitmaps. With vector graphics, the drawing can be scaled arbitrarily large, and can be easily transcoded as (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hehe, looks like I'll go out in my garden and dig a hole for my LTrax project. :) /Tore (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I looked at the presentation on the replacement for Track Designer. You did not explain why a replacement is need or what extra facilities it will have. One of the advantages will be that the code will be available to enhancements can be made. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote: ... (...) In short, it's an application platform written for Windows. TrackDraw itself is just a self-contained executable. Unlike traditional Windows applications, it doesn't touch the registry. (...) No, but (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If you're willing to spend the hours and hours and hours required to write the project, use whatever you want! Otherwise, you have the choice of using the tool that Cary is working on, or not... I'm not a fan of Microsoft by any means, but I (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) OK sorry for posting my negative post about .NET and MICRO$$$$$$$OSFT I just don't understand why I was forced to do all my LEGO videos in MPG just to make happy some idiots "linux and mac users" and why I find that all lugnet cad are (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Fantastic news. Thanks for all the hardwork. I am really looking forward to this. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Cool, new code! I'll have to go easy on the Microsoft bashing for a little while. By the way, what is .Net anyhow? I thought it was the latest name for SOAP (perhaps that explains the XML). And hey, since TrackDraw seems to import and export (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Eduardo" <eduvazhar@telefonica.net> wrote in message news:HJ8vDK.1zBC@lugnet.com... (...) six months (...) little about (...) (URL) > (...) need to (...) haven't (...) That's pretty harsh. If you don't like it, don't use it. Write your own (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Having been one of the more vocal MS bashers around here, let me say that you should never feel the need to apologize for releasing free software to people. You have obviously put a lot of thought and effort into writing a new utility, and you (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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<snip> (...) There's absolutely nothing wrong with .net, other than the MS haters don't like it and there are more .net apps out there than you think. As someone else has already mentioned, most of the .net framework is built in to XP and even if (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... (...) ... I work for Microsoft. Although I am writing TrackDraw for fun, it is helpful in my work job to gain more experience with XML and .NET. I understand Microsoft offends some people. I apologize. (...) ... Track Designer is a pretty (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... (...) I've heard about Linux-based versions of .NET, but I don't have any personal experience with them. It may be very reasonable to port to Linux -- I think the largest stumbling block will be an accurate port of GDI+, the 2D drawing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dude, This might be an English as a second language issue but there is a right way and a wrong way to criticise someone about their work. Your way was definately the wrong way -Orion (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wonder if you would feel the same when it was programmed in Java, which needs a Java Virtual Machine installation first. .Net is perfectly acceptable IMHO. I guess it's more an anti Microsoft thing than anything else (the $ is a good hint (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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