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| Steve Bliss wrote in message <36d6fef8.20191570@l...et.com>... (...) doesn't (...) Six Red ones come in the Extreme Team: Drag Race Rally, 6568. And I know I have some from other sets. They're around.... How badly do you want them? A local Kmart (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) i agree completely... i say we handle our parts/sub parts in the same way TLG does... if glued-parts have 2 separate numbers, then lets model both halves separately, then use any conglomerate numbers for complete elements.. if they are (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I agree wholeheartedly... The point I tried to make earlier, was that it seems that by giveing seperate part numbers to the part, TLG is leaveing open the possibility in the future to release a part that is in two SEPARATE colors. So, my (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) that (...) possibility (...) question (...) great point.. and well thought-out... hmmmm... okay... so then as i see it we have two options.. #1 (my preference, since this is how we handle two halves of every hinge, wheel-tyre combo, etc.. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) hehe.. i can always count on you to be a pain, steve... :) every morning i come in here and check this thread and i can see everyone's point with equal value... i started in on this convo from the standpoint of "2 #16 parts, then aggregate (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Steve Bliss wrote in message <36e52d27.5283445@lu...et.com>... (...) Not that I think this should affect the outcome of this discussion or anything, but there is at least one part that has a 7xxxx number stamped on it. The gold insectoid eye (i.e. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Good idea. To solve the 2d problem, you could have it hold down the primary (generally left) mouse button to move the piece left, right, forward, and back, and then hold the secondary (generally right) button to move it up and down in a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Feature requests for LDraw/LEdit v. 2 [DAT]
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| (...) Yes, that would be useful. It's also absurd that an application would need to worry about that, since Linux can do that at the OS level. But, I havn't ported to Linux yet, so I don't have much room to complain. (...) A meta command to change (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) agreed again... my point being that TLG *may* use different element numbers to differentiate between certain parts in different colors (perhaps not 1x2 bricks) but that our concern should only be separate part numbers when the physical makeup (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| I totally agree, we should find a public or freeware CAD program to do the mundane for us in modeling. I also agree that finding something we can all agree on would be monumental task. I would love to be able to use MAX output ( as I've previous (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Steve Bliss wrote in message <36ee613a.2319642@lu...et.com>... (...) ACAD comes in several flavors. The industrial strength ACAD is a monster, but it can handle just about anything you can think of in a CAD. For those who may not need all the bells (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Probably better IMO. How soon can a group be set up, Todd? -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 "Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. It is a --it is different from the other 49 states. Well, all (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Arg. Good point. (...) Why the .org. then? Why not lugnet.trains.pnltc and lugnet.trains.gmltc ? The name is shorter and easier to remember. They are separated from the lugnet.trains group, yet they're still associated with it. (...) Yes, see (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Fuzzy category cross-referencing would definitely help. (...) Oh. I meant by all of that counter-example-ing that going down that path crumbles because of the immediately arising need for an extra layer, i.e. .domains or equivalent. Because of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Ok, I see your point. Didn't think of that I guess... who would want to move their local-oriented discussion to a generic domain group anywyas? :) Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 You've seen their sites and read their (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Yes, okay. A point you made in an earlier post is that lugnet.org and lugnet.com are potentially confusing to the starting user. Perhaps if you used .club. instead of .org. ? It breaks the domain-mapping paradigm, but it's a little more (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) What would be problematic, though, is alphabetization issues in newsreaders. Some newsreaders, like trn and Microplanet Gravity, allow you to reorder your newsgroup subscriptions to group things better the way you want to read them. But the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Informal Opinion Poll: ldraw.org site name
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| (...) In the spirit of brainstorming, I put in everything that's been suggested so far, regardless of how it was received. I wasn't taking notes as we went, so hopefully I didn't miss anything. Here is the URL: (URL) can select from any of 18 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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