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(...) Cool, thanks. I've been programming in Delphi for 3 years now but my knowledge is all self taught and I learn something new just about everytime I set down to code. (...) It was in FormCreate, I forget why I moved it. I think I'll move it (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not entirely. The program may still do wrong when the Windows settings are changed while the program is running. I recommend the following at the end of Main.pas (not in FormActivate): ... initialization Application.UpdateFo...atSettings := (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD Wizard 1.0b
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(...) I'm curious, did I fix the decimal separator issue? -Orion (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks Orion, works fine now! Philo (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) And here's the fixed .exe: (URL) since I used some source code that I GPL'd for the LDDP project, I've GPL's and released the source for this project. -Orion (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD Wizard 1.0b
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(...) Yikes! I'll fix this straight away. -Orion (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD Wizard 1.0b [DAT]
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(...) Hello Orion, There is a big problem with quads in included parts, they lose their last 6 coordinates: 4 16 7 -5.412 -9 7 -5.412 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 is changed to 4 16 7 -5.412 -9 7 -5.412 9 7 -11 9 7 -11 -9 Similar problem with conditional lines: 5 (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here's the next incarnation of my MPD program: (URL) you test it out please send feedback, suggestions, or bug reports. -Orion (20 years ago, 25-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks, but I have a simple iterative solution that works well. Kevin (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe it is indeed the best to add some features to Lsynth, for I and many with me don't have a clue what to do with the sourcecode and formulas, the only thing I might be useful to is in saying what would be a good userinterface... (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hey I know a spiffy little recursive algorithm that'd probably do a nice job of that. I used to use it in 2D to reduce the size of vectorized scanned image files, but it should extend nicely to 3D. You start with the end points of a curve. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi All, Happy holidays. I made LSynth's source code open from the beginning, in case someone better at math than I might take a swing at it. It has never really made it past the proof of concept stage. Feel free to make additions.... I just (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) (URL) (...) I agree with Don. I think Kevin has stated publicly in these very threads he is very open to integrating enhancements from others as long as it is easy to do and doesn't break things or make loads more work for him. He might not (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There are plenty of other hose generators. Mlcad, LDDP, ldglite, and LEDIT mode for emacs all have them. And I think some of them do support fixed length hoses. But I think the right thing to do is adapt lsynth to do what you want. The source (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) MODEL is relatively easy to crack but since they use a bit different coordinate system and their part have different rotation/center points, the conversion between LXF <-> LDR would be a pain which would need a compatibility layer library with (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Has anyone tried to decipher the binary .CHUNK or .MODEL files? In this message from last year (URL), Jake McKee wrote "LXF is an open, (and soon to be) well documented format" but I've never seen any details on this, and can't find any (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: ldraw programs for PDAs? (was MLCAD for PALM)
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(...) Yeah I know, at first it sounds like a neat idea. I felt that way about the DOS version of ldglite, for a while... Let's see. The parts library is about 30MB (5MB compressed) and your average PDA sized image might be 100K. You could fit 50 (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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My idea was indeed to be able to up or download (however you would like to call it) LDR and MPD files to the PDA via PC connection, infrared, wireless, etc. Next you should load the files into the VIEWER to show off to anyone who would like to see (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I believe LDLite was originally written with the Pocket PC in mind as a possiblity, so it shouldn't be difficult to build a version for that target. I can't do it because I don't have a Pocket PC to test it on, or the development environment (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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What I really ment was to be able to run a program like LDLite on PPC so you can view LDR and MPD files. There would be no need to be able to produce images, just view (IMHO)... (...) No need to do that then. Jaco (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sort of yes and no. Pocket PCs usually run 320x240 (or 640x480 on the high end ones) in 16 colors/pixel, not the fixed color palettes of the old CGA/EGA days. I've ported my work version of SVG to a Pocket PC and there's no particular problem, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I seem to remember James Jessiman used to run LDraw/LEdit on his old laptop. Or at least, he intended them to runnable on such a system. Wouldn't a CGA/EGA laptop be morally equivalent to a Pocket PC? Of course, what's the chance that (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi all, Any chance to bring this topic back to attention? Would it be possible to make an LDraw VIEWER for Pocket PC (Windows Mobile, CE or other portable systems). You could indeed put the parts on a memory card and view any LDraw model (as long as (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Coplanarity Pro
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(...) It's on my list. Thanks for the nudge. -Orion (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) :-) I just went online to suggest that you shot down the computer and went to bed: It usually helps when the programs begins to behave funny... But I guess that advice only work here in Europe right now, as you obviously don't need sleep to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I found the problem: I'm an idiot. I was looking at the wrong line. -Orion (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Coplanarity Pro [DAT]
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L3P is giving me a warning that the following line is not coplanar (0.23184): 4 16 11.89 24 -4.32 11.89 20 -4.32 14.27 20 2.83 14.27 24 2.83 This quad is obviously coplanar. Any advice? -Orion (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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(...) Actually, that could be a good thing. Each pallet *.lxf file is just an archive containing BRICK*.CHUNK part files. (The model *.lxf files are archives each containing a MODEL100.MODEL file.) If a converter is ever programmed, it could make (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Marc (or anyone!) ... I have another technical question regarding these "brick palletes". I've finally managed to get LDD to run ... after about 9 hours of installing service packs and drivers. Regardless, I was able to use it (relatively) (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | LDraw Design Pad v1.5.6 Released
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LDraw Design Pad (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. The new version can be downloaded here: (URL) Features are: -Fully customizable editor with syntax highlighting -Open multiple files at the same time (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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(...) I have tried both. Latest drivers and deleting the specified folder. It seems to hang everyother time. On the alternating runs whne it does not hang on the startup screen it will not show the parts. I have an ATI radeon 7500 AIW. (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Went to IBM and downloaded the latest driver for my laptop's video card (Mobility Radeon 7500). Unfortunately, things seem to have only gotten worse. :( The first couple of times after updating the driver the app *seemed* to work a bit better. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Yep, that fixed it. Thanks a lot. --Travis (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks for fixing this, Dan. Steve (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I will check the driver tonight after work. Are there also known issues with laptop keyboards? My cursor keys have no effect on the selected bricks. Thanks! Allan (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Hi Allan, This is a fairly common problem, it is almost always caused by your video card drivers being out of date. You should install the latest ones from your manufacturer's website. If you have an nvidia or ati card you can use their (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Oops. Try now? (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That fixed ptreleasesnew.cgi (the test script), but not ptreleases.cgi (the production script). --Travis (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Try now - Steve was rearranging some files, and forgot to update a subroutine call. (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It would appear that neither script is working now. --Travis (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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