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(...) A bounch of Makelist clones with various compability and functionalty... :o) /Tore (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) At first, James made his own standalone SL2LD converter based on the info I sent him on SimLego's binary .LEO file format. (The last original ldraw.exe package file still contains the conversion list). He had plans for an LD2SL converter too, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: LDraw History - here's one for the old timers in the group....
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Wow this is long... (...) In late 1996 or early 1997, I asked James if he wanted to collaborate with me on a tutorial for a ThinkQuest entry. Turned out he was ineligible since he was 25 years old. He mentioned "Tim" as a possible partner, but I had (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hello - I'm working on one of the ideas I discussed with the Jessimans at Brickfest this year. While we were making up the powerpoint presentation for the talk at the event, we thought it would be nice to develop a complete history of the LDraw (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.people) !!
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| | Re: Parts Update
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(...) I'm hesitant to make a forecast on when a release will be available. I've started on the program to create a release, but it's got over a dozen steps of varying complexity. I had thought I'd be able to knock this out over the weekend, but then (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi, I am really glad to see that we're making great strides forward with the parts tracker and the parts review process. Any chance of getting an approximate date for the next Official Parts Release? (23 years ago, 7-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Winners of LDraw.org's October 2001 Model/Scene Of The Month
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(...) The actual voting page files should now be named "model_form-<yyyy>-<mm>.shtml" and "scene_form-<yyyy>-<mm>.shtml" (although the visitors still should be directed to (URL) and (URL)). (...) Done. - And these pages are currently in use. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 6-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Terry: (...) But only five days in February. (...) Yes. (...) Yes. (...) * Switch naming scheme for the voting pages, so the file names include year and month. * Create a "sorry, we're not ready for voting yet" page, which the server can put in (...) (23 years ago, 6-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Automate. Love that word. (...) Nano-second breathing space. (...) So that gives me a week to prepare pages for the next month. OK. (...) So the prepared pages are posted prior to the 1st, and the system switches them at the right time? (...) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Terry: (...) I can automate the hard parts. (...) What about letting the computer have the lack of breathing space? (...) I would rather choose: * Entry deadline on the 23rd of each month. * Voting commences on the 1st of each month (assuming that (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thank you, Fredrik. (...) Hmm... My only problem is concerns about confusion (mine), and timeliness. Having voting going on back-to-back would require me to do a some juggling. And would require that pages get updated promptly at the turn of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Fredrik: (...) Sound like a very sensible idea. (...) $ grep '^software' /etc/aliases software: tim $ Jacob (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It was certainly well deserved! BTW, I think that one week voting time is a bit limited. It's also a bit odd to go and look for contestants, and only find them one out of four weeks. How about a scheme were the models were up for voting for (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi all, Sorry for being a day late, but I felt the need to have Jacob (the server admin for ldraw.org) verify the voting tallies. Not because it was close, but because I won. :-) (short pause here for a victory dance)... OK, <pant, pant) I'm back at (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for September 2001
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If anyone is having difficulty getting the .dat files for the Liquid Cathedral working, then contact me. There is apparently some confusion over the fiendishly difficult installation of files necessary for part 6002 (which is the Paradisa 1/4 dome). (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Voting for October 2001
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Hi all, Voting is up and running at: (URL) Terry K -- (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for September 2001
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Hi all, Sorry for the delay(s), here are the winners of LDraw.org's Model of the Month and Scene of the Month competitions: MOTM - Brad Hamilton's Liquid Cathedral SOTM - Duncan Jardine's Classic Space Congratulations Brad on yet *another* win. :-) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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Real quick: See the parts list at (URL) === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === === Here's the important part: There are a bunch of files submitted on the Tracker. All the submitted files -- whether they are new parts or just (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Parts Tracker is Now Live!
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(...) Hmm. There isn't currently any guide to reviewing parts. But there should be -- at least a FAQ. I'll work on it. But the important thing is common sense - to check a file, get the matching part in hand, and compare the physical part to the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Aaaah! Thanks for the explanation! (...) Well I've done it a bit at work, but nothing related to CAD or LEGO! Is there any info on obvious things to check, or anything like that? Or should I just try authoring some more parts first? Also, are (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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