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(...) to be done to get started with LDrawing. Just one comment on the URLs: They appear to be line wrapped, e.g. in Step 1: user$ wget (URL) linux-ldraw-library.tar.gz Wouldn't this be somewhat confusing for the user? There's also a similar example (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Getting started: On Linux
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I have updated my installation guide for getting started drawing and viewing building instructions on Linux: (URL) has created a similar - somewhat more extensive - page for Windows users, and a MacOS specific page should also be on its way. Have a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org MOTM and SOTM winners for August 2001
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Hi All, This announcement is a *tad* early as I won't be around this evening or on the first. Consider it Karmic balance for the times I was late. :-) Frankly, I was a bit surprised this month. In both categories (Model & Scene), there was an early (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw setp help
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Tim, has any progress been made with the parts library license? It clearly would help if MLCad could be a stand-alone install without the confusion of downloading multiple programs. -gyug (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw setp help
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(...) I can not use DOS or any programming systems because I do not know any computer languages except for a VERY small fraction of BASIC. There has also been a strange message when I downloaded MLCad on to my computer. The message said that it (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Model & Scene of the Month voting at ldraw.org
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D'Oh! That does it. If John's not happy, I'm gonna have to scrap the whole thing. Not. :-) -- Terry K -- (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Model & Scene of the Month voting at ldraw.org
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Aaakk! This is worse trying to vote for the two categories! Before there was often a well done model in a well done scene that stood out. Now there are a bunch of well done models to choose from, and a bunch of well done scenes to choose from. Great (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Model & Scene of the Month voting at ldraw.org
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Well, Here it is. I think I have this thing working alright - at least my testing works properly. So give it a go. Choose an area (Model and/or Scene) and vote away! (URL) Terry K -- (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw setp help
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(...) I did not say try MLCad before LDraw. I said try it *instead*. Here's the skinny: LDraw and the DAT file format are the original developments by James Jessiman. They were made in 1996 or thereabouts, before he died. His original editing tool, (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org announces new MLCad subdomain and re-organization of resources
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(...) What do you mean that I should try MLCad first before LDraw? I am not even sure how to download LDraw, let alone MLCad. I am confused and I need help in downloading this program. I do not program computers very well. Jesse Long (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Current OMR entries question
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(...) Good question. I will ask someone. Just FYI, the OMR is not up yet, but it is being worked on by another AFOL. I need to check on the progress for that project, hopefully it will only be a few months before it is online and in working order. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: OMR?
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Eric, I'm sure the progress is slow, but it is coming. Tim Courtney E-mailed me, Ryan Dennett, and Todd Lehman about some developments... Basically, what's happening right now is that David Jordan is working on writing some sort of code for an (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw and Brickfest: General summary and comments
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Hey all! I am curious about stories and photo's of the fest! Congrats to Steve for getting the The Memorial Award! Greetingz... Sjaacko (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | LDraw and Brickfest: General summary and comments
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Hi everyone!! I'm going to give a general summary of how LDraw happenings went at Brickfest. Right now I'm away from my computer (actually at Bram Lambrecht's in Cleveland) so I can't post pictures and write articles for the site just yet. And (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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| | OMR?
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Just curious... anyone know how soon an Official Model Repository page will be up? I've been putting together some DATs of sets I have (and submitting them) and it'd be nice to know I'm not duplicating someone else's efforts. Eric (23 years ago, 14-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Next parts update?
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(...) We're working on it. Really. As you read this, linux gnomes are working with perl dwarves, creating a finely honed and highly polished automated parts release system. Or something like that. Seriously, there is a light at the end of the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Winner of the MOTM for July 2001
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Hi all, The winner this month, by a wide margin, is "The Beast" by Anthony J. Sava III. Deservedly so, I might add. Outstanding job of modelling, Anthony. See it at: (URL) remember, next month the voting will for both Model and Scene categories. See (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Next parts update?
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When will the next parts update be ready? It's been over half a year and as a person who has authored a few parts I am anxious to know if they were acceptable or not. I don't know what the current policy regarding new parts is, but it seams that any (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Updated: More Lego wallpaper, please!
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One more update, a minor quickie one really, but I'll be out for a couple weeks. Maybe eventually I'll even get a real webpage up with this info! ;-) And if I missed yours and you want to add it to this list, then please let me know. Hey LDRAW.ORG (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | James Jessiman Memorial Award to be presented at Brickfest 2001
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Hi everyone - More LDraw at Brickfest news - the Jessiman family is sponsoring an award in James' memory for an individual contribution to the LDraw community and to his memory. Read for more info: (URL) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: July MOTM is ready to go!
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(...) Another good point. I will add a provision about signing your work for sure. Many people do that and there is no problem with doing so. Thanks Anders for bringing that up, -- Terry K -- (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: July MOTM is ready to go!
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GFItLI.9zy@lugnet.com... (...) I think labels should be allowed - it can make it harder for someone else to use the picture in other circumstances, and you might want to sign your work. -- (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: July MOTM is ready to go!
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(...) It's not just that. It was more of a fairness issue. Some people have sites with pictures up. Some don't. Some may not even have multiple images of what they entered to put on a site. So I thought it fairer if the voting was based just on the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: July MOTM is ready to go!
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Terry, Regarding the new rules, I like them, except for the part about not specifying a web address and not providing multiple views. All of my renderings would fit into the "model" category except for this. I like to provide a web link to multiple (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: July MOTM is ready to go!
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Hi Shiri, If there is any thought of voting for mine, then vote for one of the others. I've already won twice. I just wanted to enter this to show off some more models. I don't really care about winning. There are plenty of really strong entries (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: July MOTM is ready to go!
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(...) Such big decisions! Silly castle people, can't you take turns? The vote'll be split among you all! Who do I vote for? I'm torn, Brad's cathedral is cool but Tamy and Elin and the dragon... ugh!! -Shiri (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.castle)
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| | July MOTM is ready to go!
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Hey all, Time to vote. (URL) luck to the entrants. And notice that there is a link to an additional rules page. I've decided to try a split format. A model-only contest and a scene contest. The rules are spelled out on how and what to enter. (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM Parameters question
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(...) Short answer: Yes A parts "unofficial" status should not be a hindrance to its use. Similar to the use of a "mock-up" part to fill in where no official piece yet exists. If it does the job in place of a part that is not yet available, use it. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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Steve: (...) You create a file named "<filename>.meta" for each file named "<filename>", and put the line Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 in it (and ask me to activate the CERN meta module for the directory the files are located in). (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) OK, fine. So how do I mark the files as HTML, besides giving them an .html extension (which I've now done)? Steve (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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(...) FYI: more files have been relisted, including a primitive file. Which immediately revealed a minor-ish bug in the code. Anyway, things are rolling along... Steve (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message news:Pine.OSF.4.21.0....nbi.dk... (...) Ah, I see it's working now. I didn't check it after Chris had mentioned that it was now working. Dan (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Daniel: (...) Since the "Content-Type" field in the HTTP header is set correctly, it is only defect browsers, which use extensions to determine file types, that will get in trouble. (...) That was because the files on the server were marked as not (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message news:Pine.OSF.4.21.0....nbi.dk... (...) But this breaks handling of HTML for browsers that only rely on the extension or the content-type header (Netscape being the biggest one!). Maybe adding (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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Steve: (...) Yes. Or to be exact: If you ask for (URL).html it will redirect you to (URL) (which in general will identify the same document) (...) Yes (as far as I remember your message). Jacob (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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(...) OK, we've got that (now). (...) Are you saying that the server is removing the ".html" from the response? So what I'm seeing in IE is expected behavior? Steve (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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(...) That's much better - it works now. Thanks, Chris (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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(...) That sounds cool and reasonable, except that (AFAIK) the files *do* have .html extensions, there are no redirects involved. See, I'll just login to the server, and cd to the unofficial/parts dir, and do an ls -l, and you'll see that all the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New ldraw.org Feature Article - BFC Extensions
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"Daniel Staudt" <dstaudt@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns90C6586501B2....63.236... (...) That was moved a _long_ time ago (I suppose we could put a sym-link up there). The new location for Feature Articles is www.ldraw.org/news/ - which (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Update
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Steve: (...) www.ldraw.org is configured, so only files whoose names end with ".html" (basically) will be treated as HTML documents. At the same time the server is configured to insist that requests for documents should not contain ".html". This is (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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