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(...) There are trainbases with and without motorcutouts, some with the same size. That's why I suggested to add the cutout to the name. Also for seeking those parts as one of them is just a plate. Perhaps adding Motorcutout as a keyword can help to (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Need partnumbers and some partnames
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(...) x389.dat Technic Brick 1 x 2 with Hole and Thin Top x290.dat Magnet Holder for Train Base 6 x 22 Type I x303.dat Train Base 6 x 22 with Cutout Type I x303c01.dat Train Base 6 x 22 with Cutout Type I with Magnets (Complete) x304c01.dat ~Train (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: primer/tutorial on BFC?
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chris Dee wrote: [snip] One other thing: before you update a file for BFC, be sure there are no serious L3P errors -- vertex order is the big problem, but you should also take care of non-coplanar quads and singular matrices as (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: primer/tutorial on BFC? [DAT]
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(...) That shouldn't work -- the rendering program should detect that you've mirrored the object, and adjust accordingly. Unfortunately, I see that it does 'work' in L3Lab. LDView is crashing my system right now, so I couldn't check it. What you (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: primer/tutorial on BFC?
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(...) I started parts authoring without knowing about BFC. When I read something about BFC-ing here on lugnet, I started to dig myself into it, reading documentation (from www.ldraw.org), trying things out and now I know enough about it. I only (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I use LDDP and L3Lab with "Poll to L3Lab & LDview" + "Poll to selected line only" turned on. going through the code with CRTL+W (orion please don't forget my special request) rewinding what's needed. w. (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: primer/tutorial on BFC? [DAT]
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(...) For the two-dimensional primitives (disc, ndis, ring, chrd) you can do the following: Say you have a disc in the x-z plane, like: 1 16 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 4-4disc.dat If this has the wrong BFC winding, you can just flip (mirror) the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: primer/tutorial on BFC?
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(...) I use Notepad (NOTEPAD.EXE), until the DAT file gets too huge, whereupon I use WordPad (WORDPAD.EXE) to continue editing the file. I use a calculator and scratch paper (to do a rough sketch and to keep notes of important locations). Whenever I (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Need partnumbers and some partnames
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Now the parts update 2003-03 is released, I started to make some parts I have already created ready for upload to the parts tracker. I need partnumbers for the following parts. I also want to know if the partnames are correct. * Technic Brick 1 x 2 (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC And Mirroring (LDS)
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(...) Thanks Steve. :) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK - it's not a technique I use, but in an email conversation recently somebody convinced me that inverting the matrix would switch the winding. Now that I test it again I found I was mistaken. Chris (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote: [snip] (...) Yes. Steve (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chris Dee wrote: [snip] Thanks for writing this up, Chris! Your explanation was very good in all respects except for one small point: (...) Actually, negating the transformation matrix should not invert any object; and even if it (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: primer/tutorial on BFC?
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(...) I think ease or difficulty depends on which tools you use to author parts. I use LDAO as the editor with L3Lab for preview and find it reasonably easy. Others may wish to comment with reference to their favourite tools. To BFC an existing DAT (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BFC And Mirroring (LDS)
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As I am into a major revision of the LDS Compiler, I have stumbled upon the problem with mirroring and extruding and their effect on BFD winding. My question is: Is it correct to rewind the points if a polygon has been mirrored an odd number of (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | primer/tutorial on BFC?
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Anyone out there willing to teach me how to certify a DAT file for backface culling (BFC)? Posting to LUGNet would be preferable, especially if you are providing images (visual aids are usually helpful when teaching a complicated subject). I recall (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetype/color question
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(...) Hi Travis: Thanks for your input. LDview is a fine program, by the way. LDview, along with Lars' L3Lab, has been indispensible for me when designing complex parts and models. Thanks again for the info. Dave! (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetype/color question
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(...) Hi Orion: Thanks for the response! I don't mean to dispute your answer, but I have made dozens of clone parts in LEdit that use the color range 256-512 for linetypes 3 and 4. Granted, some of the colors appear a little different in LEdit than (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetype/color question
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(...) LDraw/Ledit doesn't accept non type 1 line with colors 256-512. While there is nothing perventing you from making a model that has quads, triangles and lines with color 256-512, we enforce this rule for the Official Library in order to ensure (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Linetype/color question
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(...) I don't know why the restriction exists, but I do believe it is enforced for parts in the parts library. At a guess, the restriction comes from the orginial LDraw program itself. I know that my own program (LDView) completely ignores this (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I was reading through bits of Ldraw.org and came upon this section: (URL) this note under "Colors." "Colors 256-512 are dithered colors. Only line type 1 is allowed to use colors 256-512." Is that correct? In other words, I can't make an irregular (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: modeling monorail ramps (TrackDraw)
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(...) ... (...) ... The solution I came up with is that a single button press on the Monorail toolbar adds both ramp halves to the layout. The pieces are individually selectable, though. If a layout designer wants to 'dead-end' a monorail track run (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: modeling monorail ramps (TrackDraw)
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(...) The top and bottom ramp pieces are designed to fit together, they do NOT join up physically with any other of the monorail pieces. You may just as well design both together. Michel Magnan (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker outages in next few days
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(...) Things are progressing on 2003-03, but it will be another few days before I can make the downloads available. I have been conscious of getting the Parts Tracker up and running again whilst I finalise the release. This will contain 314 files, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [PT] Letter Bricks - Common Keyword?
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(...) Hmm, yes, maybe it's best. But I'd really like to have them categorized, but otoh that means a LOT of work. IF we make this effort and categorize the blue series, I think we should settle with two variants: one small bold (disregard sans or (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [Parts Tracker] Security Change underway
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Note to all Parts Tracker authors and reviewers: I have started changing the scripts to authenticate user privileges against your general ldraw.org login. So far, I've just updated the submit script. What this means is that you must be logged in to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: [PT] Moving Letter Bricks
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(...) Ah. OK, then - I'll definitely leave all these as a single set, instead of trying to categorize them into the different (known) typefaces. Steve (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [PT] Moving Letter Bricks
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(...) Fixes are posted to the PT. /Tore (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [PT] Moving Letter Bricks
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(...) No, those are just my mistakes. (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [PT] Moving Letter Bricks
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(...) Is that why blue ink quads on some of the letters is overlapping the background color in certain places? It makes the ends of the letters in 3005-C.DAT and 3005-J.DAT twinkle a bit when you move the bricks around in ldglite. Don (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [PT] Moving Letter Bricks
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(...) Sounds like a good idea. To make things even more complicated, I recently won an eBay lot with numbered 3005's with a narrow font I've never seen before! (URL) (22k) I recall another problem with the letter bricks: Most of them are compromizes (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | [PT] Moving Letter Bricks
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See: (URL) Tore asked (jokingly) if we were done moving parts yet, and if there was a plan. No, we're probably not completely done, and there's something of a plan. If you look on Peeron for Duplo 2x2 tiles, there is a fairly complete set of pattern (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Primitive Generator program update
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Another update for the Primitve Generator program is available. Version 1.9.49 Released 12/08/2003 Fixed a bug that would name cylinder files with a size number. Also found a bug that occasionally rotates the generated part around Y, So watch out (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: * LDraw Design Pad LDDP 1.52 released *
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(...) Well I finally got around to trying this out! And I like it! Have a couple of suggestions though (only little ones!): The readme.txt file still has info on installation, that still talks about un-zipping a ZIP file - I think this section (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | * LDraw Design Pad LDDP 1.52 released *
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Thank you to our users for the constructive feedback! Download it here: (URL) (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. Features are: -Fully customizable editor with syntax highlighting -Open multiple files at (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] PT-to-PN Authentication
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Steve, Finally got this to work... on my Mom and Dad's PC... (It still doesn't work on my PC at the office, FWIW.) :P Just thought you'd want to know... Franklin === Raw === Name: 'Franklin Cain' Userid: 'fwcain' Roles: 'RS' POSTNUKESID: (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Just wanted to let you know (and claim "squatter's rights" ;) that I'm working on a couple more minifig accessories: (URL) Franklin (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Parts Tracker outages in next few days
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Please expect some availability outages on the Parts Tracker in the next few days, as I begin work on the next parts update. I am not able to set any expectations as to the likely delivery date of 2003-03, as this will be the first time I have (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Updating MLCad.ini
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(...) In fact, pretty good IMHO. We could distribute language dll's together with small readme files - let's say readme_german.txt for instance and add the information into that file. I guess it would be also nice place to add (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Updating MLCad.ini
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(...) Translations of the inifile's comments could be included in an additional help file or something. Just an idea Niels (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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