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I've got an Excel file I use to do simple math operations, mostly to interpolate and find line intersections. Would anyone be interested in this? Steve (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDAO suggestions
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Steve, I have a couple of thoughts for LDAO: 1) How about an extension to the color chart which allows the user to pick two arbitrary colors and dither them? It could have a dialog box with two 16-color choosers in it, and that also displays the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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Terry K wrote: <something about running out of "temporary" 3-digit part numbers> How about using 4-digits with an "X" or something similar in front? (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | How big is your VEC dir?
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...Mine is 79 Mb in size after 9902 parts update. For speed, I don't want to go GIF or JPEG, and I'm not too crazy about reducing the rendering size for the VEC. Question #1: Will Image Magick convert 24-bit BMPs to 8-bit? Question #2: Has anyone (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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(...) Is it time to start thinking of a separate FAQ for part authors? (...) I would say this could be handled by putting the different-colored lines in different files (probably in parts\s). Then the actual part files can reference the sub-files (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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(...) That will be the way new parts are handled. Will we go back and redo (or undo) existing parts? I don't know. It's not out of the question. Steve (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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(...) I think the current plans are to change the original lines to dark grey, and put a new silver surface on the part, 0.001 larger. ;) Steve (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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Steve and Terry described the new guidelines on parts and numbers. Nice piece of work. I support it. Terry mentioned a suggestion of mine: (...) Because it (in a sense) is two different kinds of data. And because 1000 files already is quite a lot (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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(...) So the 6H antenna is really clear underneath? I think the divers knives are white - anybody got a sprue they didn't throw out? What about the coins? I'd like to add my salutations the great work that has gone on in the backgound - well done. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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Congratulations to part number concept designers! I believe that this old/new concept will resolve the part numbering problems discussed recently in long threads. The concept is very clear and it would be good that the rules could be summarized in (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 3 x 3 x 2 cone
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i just noticed this part on the parts tracker... what is it/where is it used? (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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(...) Would you also color the inside of the brick dark grey and the outside silver? :) What about the 6H antennas? Would you include the little scratched off places where you can see that the piece is actually transparent? :) Seriously, though, I (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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Good work guys! I think you've come up with an excellent solution, like Ulysses navigating the waters between Scylla and Charbydis. I look forward to seeing its implementation, and am thankful I'm not the one doing it :-) -John Van (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite Anomaly
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(...) D'Oh! I noticed that two weeks ago and forgot to mention it. Yes, it is messed up. I had a batch file set up to do this, and quickly found that it had destroyed a bunch of minifigs I had made. :-/ So I set up a separate directory using the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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(...) Good one. :-) <snipped the rest of the relevant text> Steve's outline appears accurate to me. I _really_ , *REALLY* hope everyone will think this through and see the benefits it brings. And not argue against it from a strictly knee-jerk (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5)
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(...) Just a public word of thanks to Anders for doing all these new changes to his excellent little utility. Thanks, Anders. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD Parts? (and a confession)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36fa79e0.2302399@lu...et.com>... (...) And the class system I had the idea for(e.g. archive.mpd::curlpart.dat to access curlpart.dat without loading archive.mpd)only seems kind of right to C++ programers. (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite Anomaly
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <370236c9.3803676@lu...et.com>... (...) I've had that.And never got it fixed. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw Add-On 2.0.3 Now Available
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[follow-ups set to lugnet.cad] The new version of LDraw Add-On (LDAO) is now available. This is version 2.0.3. The major change is a fix so Visual Basic 5 runtime files are no longer needed (this affected new users trying to install LDAO 2.x). Also (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDLite Anomaly
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I'm having problems with LDLite 1.6, using the -R option. It's supposed to write out a new file, with the LDLite code translated to equivalent LDraw commands. But it doesn't seem to be working. The new file is written, but it only contains one line: (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Inv DB (was: Star Wars Elements)
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(...) Wow, ok. Thanks! (...) I'd probably try to use it for that as well. (...) Hey, using that stick sure beats the heck out of sticking his finger in the ant hill. (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5) Update 3.6
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(...) OK, this one seems to be in good shape. The CATEGORY and KEYWORDS have been added to the part names in the list. :) (...) Because then it would look easy. Steve (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New guidelines on parts and numbers (long)
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[Subtitle: Parts Wars Episode IV: A New Hope] [Terry and others in the know: please don't be shy about correcting me on any point I am mis-reporting.] You may have noticed recent announcements about LDList and LDAO concerning LDraw part-names and (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5) Update 3.6
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I wrote ... (...) And now I have to announce LDLIST 3.6, where the CATEGORY and KEYWORDS searching _really_ works (at least on my system :-) Same place as before (Don't forget to re-scan). (Why can't these stupid programmers get it right the first (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | please check my parts
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i have recently updated my web page ((URL) and i have places a large quantity of unofficial parts ranging from fake elements to ready for release parts. i am looking for experts (steve bliss, terry keller,chris dee,john vanzweitsen etc) to please (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw/CAD links
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(...) Use a single link for both tools. I would suggest that you identify the it as "MPD Tools". Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | problem with parts
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i have discovered a problem with some of the parts e.g. the 10 x 10 octogonal plate and the blue squares pattern bricks. these parts have the reference to the stud files in caps. this causes problems with ledit which fails to draw the line instead (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5)
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <3701300a.26468070@l...et.com>... (...) You did a re-scan of course? How does your .dat-file with the CATEGORY or KEYWORDS lines look (can you mail me one?). It worked for me (naturally), but of course I must have (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New version of LDLIST (3.5)
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(...) That works. :) (...) This doesn't seem to work. :( (...) You didn't have to tell me twice. Steve (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: part: octogonal offset brick
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(...) Nice job, clean. Not highly accurate, but it works in models just fine. Steve (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | New version of LDLIST (3.5)
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <3700dea1.5624485@lu...et.com>... (...) chicken-and-egg (...) entries, (...) software (...) information (...) OK folks! Version 3.5 of LDLIST is available for download at (URL) Summary: Ldlist is a little Windows (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw/CAD links
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(...) Oh yes, definitely. Is this (below) the best URL then, since the distributions are given as .ZIP files linked to from that page--? (URL) listed as "MPD Builder" in the links list but lemme know if it should be listed with a different name, or (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Colour for conducting parts (Was: Studs)
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-----Original message----- From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> To: lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Date: dinsdag 30 maart 1999 18:19 Subject: Colour for conducting parts (Was: Studs) Jacob, thank you for the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Studs
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(...) [...] (...) :-( What about L2P and LDLite? (Haven't got them running here) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Colour for conducting parts (Was: Studs)
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Manfred: (...) I may have worded it too strongly when I wrote "decided", but I have appended the relevant messages from L-CAD, so you can decide for yourself. Play well, Jacob PS: Could everybody please check the colour section in the FAQ and tell (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Studs
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(...) Guess what, L3P does not render them chrome, but yellow (not even gold!). Laurentino Martins [mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt] [(URL) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Studs
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-----Original mesage----- From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> To: lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com <lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com> Date: dinsdag 30 maart 1999 15:01 Subject: Re: Studs (...) I have failed to notice this decision. I was not the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Studs
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(...) It's not an issue for the primitives committee, because there are electric contacts in parts as well as in primitives. I'm not against changing the color to a grey-shade, but I'm not unhappy with the current standard. Steve (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw/CAD links
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Todd: (...) [...] (...) in "amter" (counties?) and then in major cities. That's fine, but you might want to fix the names. - Nordjylland (Fredrikshavn, Ålborg?) - Vestjylland (Ribe) - Østjylland (Århus, Billund?) - Sønderjylland (Sønderborg, (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Complete list of metacommands?
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(...) Until now, no one has paid much attention to the idea of having these keywords around. I agree with you completely, but it's a chicken-and-egg problem. Until we've got software to support using the CATEGORY entries, we can't depend on them. (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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