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(...) I think Bernd and Sascha are brothers. Part authors keep LDraw alive. Steve B. has a quite expeditive (if not bureaucratic) response to your legitimate expectings. My advise is: visit the "activity" PT page rather than the "certication" or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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[ XFUT lugnet.cad.dev ] (...) What's "CSG descriptions"? (...) But they aren't (as you also write). Still, you are probably correct that BFC information in the LDraw parts can be used for collision detection. (...) I think it deserves further (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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It has been said that, with ldraw parts, we have the geometry of TLG bricks. This is rather optimistic. Because geometry would be CSG descriptions that allow much more (although slower) than quads and triangles. CSG descriptions allow part collision (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hello, Comments below... Travis Cobbs wrote: > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss writes: > >>In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tony Hafner writes: >> >>>In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss writes: >>> >>>>>Um... Not to stir the pot or (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Given the fact that they have to check whether or not a given file has been mirrored, I can't see that the directionality would make a large difference. If everything used CCW, then only mirrored ones would need to be reordered (assuming the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hey- but I never heard back about which ones you wanted me to work on. Should I do all the rings? That would solve this: (URL) the PT says to send new versions of existing official files to you instead of posting them directly. Should I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Great idea- how about color-coding the voting codes? A green "C" (or "A" if you are Steve) tells you that you've already voted. Likewise, a red "H" and yellow "N" tells you that you've Held or No-voted on the part. Votes by others all show as (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve, I just thought of something that would be a "nice to have" feature, a modification to the Certification List page. If a person is "logged in", it would be nice if the Tracker's Certification List were to take this into account. That is, if a (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) [*SPLUTTER*!] [*COUGH*!] [*CHOKE*!] [*GASP*!] My.... *heart*!.... [**THUD**!!!] (...) Ummmm.... ("(URL) think they're the same person. Franklin (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Huzzah! (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I don't think that it matters either. My Naval Nuclear Power eye for detail kicked in and I felt compelled to comment. -Orion (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The ring primitives are being worked on, I believe. Steve (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hi Steve, May be I have missed something, but I need "RingX.dat" BFC-ed primitives, otherwise I can not review these studs: p/stud2 p/stud2a p/stud4 p/stud4a p/studp01 p/stu2p01 Damien (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I don't feel so bad that so many of your parts are waiting for admin review. ;) (...) Yeah, but those files are split between Bernd and Sascha. Who I'm *assuming* are different people. Steve (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) (URL) (...) I think the only way it would matter for performance is if we decided that the *entire* library would be CW or CCW, and so rendering programs wouldn't have to check the winding direction at all. And that would be a very small (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) For starters, I recently tried to track down the BFC specification but couldn't find it (on ldraw.org or on Steve's site). Could someone post the link please? (...) If it doesn't matter from a performance perspective, I vote you kill the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Thanks! I added your writeup to the PT FAQ. Let me know if everything's OK or not. (URL) Steve (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Heh. That's not quite so far from the truth... :-/ "(URL) 117 file(s) Although this guy's giving me a run for the money. ;-) (And doing some *incredible* work, to boot!!) (URL) 72 file(s) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Well, once things settle down a bit, we'll do a release. Right now, I'm scared to check how many certified files actually are associated with non-certified files (and so would need to be held back from a release -- that's extra work for me to (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I've had several people ask me about the CMDLINE meta-statement. Shouldn't this meta-statement be covered in the FAQ for the Parts Tracker? (...) The CMDLINE meta-statement is a way of permitting the author to *document* certain run-time commands (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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