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(...) Uh Oh, we need some *unlicensed* documentation on this meta command. It's already used in some official parts. If I have to get permission in writing to use all the features of the official parts (or be liable for unspecified damages) I'm (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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hi steve, (...) many thx for the hint. (...) are we takling about categories like "brick" and "plate" or sub-categories, which will need a renaming of the header? probably the fact that I just use MLCad causes some misunderstanding. I can't see a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ASSOCIATE (was: Re: Renaming of 2916.dat)
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(...) WAY better than using naming to overload. 2916 and 2917 get at best a very weak association if they have train in their name. With the ASSOCIATE keyword extension it becomes quite explicit what their connection is. (and parts can also have (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes. Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hmm. Interesting idea. So part 3937 (URL) might have an entry like: 0 ASSOCIATE 3938 6134 and part 3938 (URL) might have: 0 ASSOCIATE 3937 2440 (of course, these examples capture information that otherwise might be captured by a connectivity (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It might. (...) I can see your point. And I must admit that the first category I would search for this part under would be "Train". - Which certainly implies that "train" at least should be a keyword for the part. (...) Sort of. In principle (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It is not my intention to control the fate of this part forever and ever. But to have some input as to how it is categorized and where it ends up in the parts list. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I would argue that 2917 probably belongs in windscreen or window, I guess? In an ideal world there would be a way to associate a part with its "partner" as it were without using naming, there just would be a link between them somehow. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) True, but I feel this part might fall under Larry's "terribly unwieldy" escape clause. Even if he doesn't think so. (...) It's arguable at this point, but the long-term general idea is that you can do whatever you want with your original file, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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BTW, I found part of that discussion I mentioned in my other post. Here's the text. I don't think Terry will mind me posting it. The file I found this in is dated 7/5/2001, the discussion is possibly a year older than that. Some things are out of (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Probably true. Some discussion on the train related parts to establish general standards may help though, and it may make sense to do so in the context of specific parts. With respect to this one, does it at all make sense to change the name (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Hey - my first PTadmin hornet's nest !! Here's my rationalisation for changing the name, FWIW. The only comment on the part name in the review history is from Steve Bliss. No-one challenged Steve's suggestion that it should be linked by name (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi Willy (and everyone :), I mostly agree with your idea that 'minifig parts' need to be rearranged. This has been a back-burner project of mine for over a year (and it had been thought about for much longer than that). Here are some things to keep (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi folks, the other day I was flicking through the "Other Parts/M-Library" looking for the "Minifig Top Hat" and it took me quiet a while to find it 'cos there isn't any criteria in naming the different minifig parts. There are: caps, castle (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes. And this part has already been used in non-train sets (the Res-Q hoovercraft comes to mind). Couldn't we put "train" in the keyword list instead of in the name? Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Good point. I looked over all the parts in MLCad w/ the Train designator and found that, barring the parts previously mentioned and possibly the track parts, most of them don't even belong in that category (e.g. the doors and windows) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Train in my view is a very narrow group. There are a very few parts that belong in it. I would refer you to the PNLTC originated "diagram of train parts" that many train clubs use to discuss how easy it is to actually get started in trains. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) The flip side of this arguement is that while it's only use may not be just for trains, the primary use is for trains. By your argument all the parts with the word Technic and Minifig in the title should be renamed as well. The reason that (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I agree (obviously since you referenced my post as your second ref)! (...) I disagree. That's not the intent. The license that is contemplated to be in effect does not let you as the author prevent people from submitting revisions to parts (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Renaming of 2916.dat
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I would like to object on the strongest terms possible the "Modified part description" of the part 2916.dat. This is in keeping with my beliefs on how parts should be named. Please refer to: (URL) is not necessarily a train part. Is this file not my (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | .LDR file license (Was: Description of MLCad extensions...)
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(...) Larry, sorry I didn't reply sooner but I was away on vacation. I guess everyone else must be too. Anyhow, I see you got my point. The whole reason for a parts license is to prevent new part authors from asserting arbitrary demands on the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | numbers report - 16 July 2002
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Stats for Unofficial Files 131 certified files. 165 files need admin review. 176 files need more votes. 258 have uncertified subfiles. 135 held files. For comparison: 2002-07-16 - 131 / 165 / 176 / 258 / 135 (865) 2002-07-10 - 123 / 163 / 172 / 258 (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve, I've got over 300 votes in the Tracker ("(URL) it's getting a little difficult to see what files I have _not_ voted on. How difficult would it be to code a "not reviewed" search function (i.e., the Boolean opposite of the "my reviews" (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Ahui Herrera wrote: [ please consider quoting a little bit less in the future ] (...) I disagree. There is nothing wrong with enforcing his copyright to MLCAD as well as to the specification we are discussing, but I consider any attempt to enforce a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'm 1000% confused and really hate to admit it. I downloaded and read the extensions file but have NO CLUE what it's for? Can someone please let me what the extensions are for? Also Michael's approach with the license agreement is *NOT* bad (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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[ XFUT lugnet.cad.dev ] (...) Hmmm... I think I would advise all authors of LEGO CAD tools not to read the documentation for the MLCAD extensions to the LDraw syntax. If anybody happen to feel an urge to implement some MLCAD compatible extensions to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Let me just say before I get started here that I think Michael has made a terrific contribution to this community with MLCAD. I just think he's a bit confused about the ramifications of his license agreement and I hope we can clear it up. (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | numbers report - 10 July 2002
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Stats for Unofficial Files 123 certified files. 163 files need admin review. 172 files need more votes. 258 have uncertified subfiles. 139 held files. For comparison: 2002-07-10 - 123 / 163 / 172 / 258 / 139 (855) 2002-07-02 - 095 / 171 / 193 / 230 (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Numbers Report - 2 July 2002
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For comparison: 2002-07-02 - 095 / 171 / 193 / 230 / 132 (821) 2002-06-25 - 074 / 152 / 187 / 226 / 121 (760) 2002-06-08 - 085 / 073 / 261 / 219 / 094 (732) 2002-04-23 - 213 / 052 / 236 / 180 / 098 (779) 2002-04-14 - 141 / 057 / 224 / 243 / 094 (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Numbers Report - 2 July 2002
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Stats for Unofficial Files 95 certified files. 171 files need admin review. 193 files need more votes. 230 have uncertified subfiles. 132 held files. (821 files total...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | MOTM and SOTM winners for June 2002
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I'm actually up to speed on this one. :-) The Winner of LDraw.org's Model Of The Month is: Sven Moritz Hein and his spot-on version of a classic 911 sportscar. Wow. Sven has a load of goodies to see on his webpage, and on Brickshelf - check it out. (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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(...) By "hack", I just meant that someone could view the message page, save the HTML source to their hard drive, and modify the fields in the form to allow them to input userid and subject line. In order to use this hacked form, they'd still need (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Sounds good to me. If someone does hack it, we need to get it reported. Then we can disable it for awhile. Paul (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes, we would not display the destination email address, just the destination Parts Tracker userid. Good idea on the fixed subject line. Although it wouldn't be hard to hack the form, if the locking is just enforced by the HTML code. Steve (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'd definitely want the destination address locked, probably not even displayed (just the name / user code), and a fixed subject line, too eg "Review of part xxxx", to disuade people from using it for anything other than PT email. ROSCO (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) a (...) way (...) As a reviewer, I personally would not have a problem with this. Cheers, --Ryan Amateur radio call sign: kb1fob E-mail: ryanjf@ifriendly.com Website: (URL) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: numbers report - 25 June 2002
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(...) Gosh, no; I haven't thought about it at all. Steve (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'm thinking of a simple system, where the PT will send an email on the behalf of a logged in user. One webpage, with just a few fields: ToUser (already filled in, maybe locked), Subject, and Message. Maybe with an "include my email address" (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | [Parts Tracker] New Parts Admin!
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Some of you sharp-eyed reviewers *might* have noticed this already... A few weeks ago, Chris Dee and I were emailing back and forth, and (if I remember right) he volunteered to help with admin type duties on the Parts Tracker. Because of various (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | numbers report - 25 June 2002
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"(URL) Totals 74 certified files. 152 files need admin review. <---[1] 187 files need more votes. 226 have uncertified subfiles. 121 held files. (760 files total...) [1]. Steve? Need some help? :-( Have you thought about recruiting some "jr." admins (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Sounds like a good idea, although that might be a lot of work. . . (...) Well, actually I'd say that a better example of this is the way Ebay *used* to handle messaging: you click a link, fill out a form with your message and password (to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.market.services)
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(...) That's exactly what I would like to see. A button or hyperlink that says something to the effect of "Send the Reviewer a message", then a page with a message box would pop up. This way the Email addresses would be kept private but we could (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That would be useful. Jacob (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Good idea. How about other email notification - like if the author submits a new version, so your review is overturned? Steve (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'm not disagreeing, but this would require agreement from all reviewers. Some people don't want their email addresses to be published. What's more likely is that we'll add functionality in the parts tracker to send messages from one user to (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Tried it, and I like it.
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After being a part of the LEGO online community since 1996, I have finally got around to trying ldraw....and I must say it's very impressive. Not only is ldraw itself great, but all the utilities and extra goodies are perfect. It's hard to imagine (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Tracker FAQ: where is "emphasis lines" documented?
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Steve, What is the URL (with anchor-name) for the explanation of "emphasis lines" (i.e., the same-color type-2 lines inside quads and triangles). I _know_ I've asked this before, but I can't find the post on LUGNet... Thanks, Franklin (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ldraw.org going off-line for a few minutes
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I hope that you will be patient, while I take LDraw.org off-line to move the server to a new location. It should only take a few minutes. Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Steve's not available right now...
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Hello! LOL... if you haven't noticed.. there are more than one hundred parts to be admin-reviewed ;) Play well Carsten ;) "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Gxuzu3.4ov@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Steve's not available right now...
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Just a quick note, I'm going to be offline line most of this week. Don't have any wild parties while I'm gone, and try not to burn the place down. And I expect to see some serious part reviews when I get back! ;) Steve (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Part Voting Issue
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(...) I think that the email addresses of the reviewers should also be available in case the part author has a question about a comment and needs to contact a part reviewer. -Orion (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Part Voting Issue
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Hello Adam, yes.. i agree in a point. It would be cool if an email would be dispatched either to the person who submitted the part or (preferably) to the author (the email address in the parts author line should be required). So you automatically (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I recently encountered a problem with the current part voting system that needs to be addressed to prevent future incidents from occuring. Last year(around August) I submitted some parts to be voted on. One of the parts had a 'hold' placed on it. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Avoiding Duplication of Effort
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We used to have a page like this. I don't remember who kept it, but if someone else does, then whoever did it might be willing to donate the site material to ldraw.org so it could be hosted again. Adam (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Animation 102 and 103
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Just posted Ahui Herrera's Animation 102 and 103 Tutorials. Check them out: (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Bricks on the Brain Building Instructions Portal live!
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(...) (WARNING!! WARNING!!! stepping into the innerworking of Ahui' brian....) RNDR 101 - 199 is deveoted to simple rendering actions (getting POV to output a default image at any angle of your model, turon on/off a lite, playing iwth the POV code, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Bricks on the Brain Building Instructions Portal live!
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(...) How are you picking the numbers on these? It seems on the list you posted today you jump around in the RNDR category - 204 jumps to 220, etc. Just curious... :-) -Tim (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Bricks on the Brain Building Instructions Portal live!
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(...) After talking to Tim I've updated the tutorial list (just right now) to include the following: RNDR 210 Creating Building Instructions for the Web (What Rob is doing) RNDR 211 Creating Building Instructions for Printing (open) I've left RNDR (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Bricks on the Brain Building Instructions Portal live!
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(...) Hey Jake - I definitely welcome more articles in the Tutorials section on the site. Rob Drechsel sent me an email about a week ago reporting in that his building instruction tutorial is nearing completion. He told me he would be out of town (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Avoiding Duplication of Effort
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(...) <-- many valid ideas snipped --> (...) Try (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Avoiding Duplication of Effort
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[XFUT lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw] (...) Well, I've been unable to locate any documentation for the long-range plans for the Parts Tracker (pointers, anyone?) but I know what *I* would prefer as a long-term solution: An integration of the Tracker and (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | numbers report - 8 June 2002
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Stats for Unofficial Files 85 certified files. 73 files need admin review. 261 files need more votes. <----- *cough* 219 have uncertified subfiles. 94 held files. That's a grand total of 732 files. Franklin (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | MOTM and SOTM winners for May 2002
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Hello all, Sorry for the delay; Model Of The Month goes to Anthony Sava for his "Tempi Frei - The Glacial Flood" dragon. The voting populace really seems to enjoy dragons. :-) Scene Of The Month goes to Miklós Hosszu for "Lord of The Bricks Part I - (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | [Parts Tracker] Posting other people's parts
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I've noticed a number of files where the person who submitted the file is not the author (other than the ones I've submitted as admin). There's enough of this happening, that I feel I need to make the following statement: In general, you should (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw Webring
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Now that Webring is no longer owned by Yahoo, can we please reactivated all the Lego related Webrings? They provide a lot traffic to my sites not to mention being a good centralized place to find all the other LDraw creators pages. -Orion (make it (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Out of pocket this week
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Hi everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm going to be mostly offline this week. I'll probably check my email daily, and try to keep up with lugnet.cad traffic, but I'm very unlikely to respond to any Parts Tracker or LDraw.org (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org at BrickFest 2002
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Hi Everyone!! I will be giving at least one presentation at BrickFest 2002, Introduction to 3D LEGO-Style Modeling with LDraw Tools. This is a beginner session for all of you who are having trouble familiarizing yourself with making your own models (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Visual part database idea
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Jeroen de Haan wrote: [ parts poster(s) ] (...) Yes. (...) An A0 or A1 Postscript or HPGL file ready to dump onto our big vector plotter would be great. (...) What's Filemaker? Jacob (22 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi there, I remember having downloaded something similar, maybe not so complete as the one you are planning to do: (URL) hope this link is correct) Would your poster have better visibility for the smaller parts? Pedro (definately interested) (22 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) My thought was that it would be great to have a big poster (or a few posters) that one could hang up around their work area in order to provide a once glance reminder of all the parts out there. That way it is easier to keep building (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Visual part database idea
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Hi all, Jake McKee e-mailed me with a idea; a poster with all the dat-parts rendered in POV-Ray with part number and discription on it. I thought, "Wow, that would be great but how do I get 10.000 parts (yes I know now, it is "just" 2500) on a (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarrisBASSo@ISmath...urdue.edu> skrev i meddelandet news:Pine.GSO.4.44.0...due.edu... (...) I think this is a very important point! As soon as a part has the right orientation, zero point and outer dimensions, it can be _used_ for (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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(...) This relates to what I think is something important to consider for the future development of the LDraw library: rating parts. I see advantages to adopting a rating scale like, say: Not suitable -- not yet voted on, or with errors which make (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | File Format Conversion Tutorial added
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I have just added Jeroen de Haan and Jake McKee's tutorial entitled 'Converting LDR Files to POV Files for Rendering' to the LDraw.org tutorials section. My apologies to the authors for it taking as long as it did to get online. You can view it (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | PT Privileges Restored
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FYI to all: Franklin's privileges on the Parts Tracker have been restored in full. Steve (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM Winners for April 2002 - Voting too!
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Hi all, This months winners for LDraw.org's Model & Scene of the Month have been posted to: (URL) MOTM winner is Matt with a fine train engine titled simply "T2". Sounds ominous, doesn't it? Our SOTM winner is KACS (as he is known) with a remarkably (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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(...) :p That animation is older than the minifig parts. As is the animated file on this page: (URL) (well, ok, that is older than *some* of the minifig parts). Steve (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Cool! I have no idea what the nature of the dispute is, but I do know that it must be an essentially thankless task to be the administrator of the parts updates and that it may seem like an anonymous task to be a parts author. I just hope (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: old parts and getting officialized
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(...) yea i bet half the ones i make now you guys would be like : NO WAY NOT HERE! but just for the heck of it, (URL) <~ go to parts but serously i devoted alot of time to parts, official lego ones but now.. uht uh no way (22 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: old parts and getting officialized
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(...) Hmm. I'm pretty sure those parts have not been looked at. (...) Email me at parts@ldraw.org. Tell me what you want your parts tracker userid and password to be. I'll get it set up. (...) Drat! Steve (22 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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hey guys (steve, tim..) i gotta ask since ive been out of the group for like a year and a half, has any of my old parts ( (URL) ) been looked at / officialized yet? the ones i mostly have in mind are: the town suspention, (URL) 12 v motor, (URL) v (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Since I was appealed to in Franklin's email and post, I am adding my comments in reply to some of the posts here. Steve knows this, but it might not be public knowledge -- I do not get involved in the trenches when it comes to parts. Steve has (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This is my second reply, covering some side points Franklin brought up. (...) Yes, that's true. There's one from January, two from February, and 12 from March. To be exact, there are 10 files which are currently waiting for admin review, and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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(...) The main reason for suspending review privileges is simplicity - I just pulled all privileges. I hope we'll get this worked out quickly, and get back on the road. I *definitely* do not want to lose Franklin as a contributor; he is too valuable (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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(...) Please Steve, Motivate the suspension as a reviewer. Suspension as a submitter MAY be necessary to keep control. Suspension as a reviewer clearly ressembles a sanction. What posted review justifies this sanction? Best regards, Damien (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: rebuttal...
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(...) I'm only replying here. I'm going to post two replies, one addressing the current issue, the second to address Franklin's charges against me. (...) I understand your position. I also pointed out to you that 'fixing' this problem would cause (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: rebuttal...
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(...) Hello Franklin, Hello Steve, I pray so that you stay or return to concordance. I can not imagine LDraw without you. I am sure there is nothing personal so there must be a way back to a friendly cooperative work. The Part Tracker would have no (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | rebuttal...
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(This is a copy of my reply to Steve...) Steve, As I mentioned to you on several occasions, I wanted to fix this problem with the mis-match of the pattern numbers. As I mentioned to you on several occasions, I am the type of person, who, when he (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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(...) Franklin, As I notified you via email, your privileges to submit parts and post reviews on the Parts Tracker have been temporarily suspended. This is a direct result of your actions in posting 3626bps4.dat and 3626bps6.dat. For the time being, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [LCAD] plz help me fix 3626bps4...
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As a result of off-line correspondence, I've uploaded the following: 3626bps4 - Minifig Head with SW Alien with Large Black Eyes Pattern 3626bps6 - Minifig Head with SW Grey Beard and Eyebrows Pattern This will solve the mis-match problem *and* (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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PS, As a reminder, we have to release a new version of the "old Ben Kenobi" face pattern, because there's a flaw with the version currently released to the field (the discs and non-discs for the eyes)... Franklin (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Steve, I asked you to fix the mis-match w/ the "Old Ben Kenobi" face pattern. You refused, claiming that having a "~moved to" file would add to "clutter". I've fixed it myself, by uploading a new pattern, the "Gasganno" face pattern, as a new (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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(...) Yes; this one: (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Help me out here - does Lobot have a decorated torso? Steve (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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(...) Franklin and everyone: Please do *not* attempt to 'rename' files on the Parts Tracker. I have a simple script set up to handle renames. If you upload duplicate of files under new names, you'll make more work for me, and add to the level of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Numbers Report
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As of today, 23 April... Section Totals 213 certified files. 52 files need admin review. 236 files need more votes. 180 have uncertified subfiles. 98 held files. (Total: 779) (For comparison): (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | [LCAD] plz help me fix 3626bps4...
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Steve, I need your help to fix this problem. I need you to please re-number file 3626bps4 (the Old Ben Kenobi face pattern) currently in the Tracker to 3626bps6. Once this is done, I need a new file uploaded for a *new* version of 3626bps4, that (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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OK, as of today, here's what we've got... Please note that we *still* need some of the subfiles re-numbered... Thanks, Franklin For 3626b (Minifig Head): pS0 - (open) pS1 - (open) pS2 - Young Obi-Wan Kenobi (also Luke Skywalker from 2000 and later) (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: [Parts Tracker] Re-numbering "Star Wars" patterns...
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[sigh]... I just made *another* mistake. >:-( I forgot that I wanted to fix a mis-match, so I've just had to re-(re)-name the "Lobot" files. The *proper* versions are: 3626bpsc, s\3626psc1, and s\3626psc2. Any previous version is now obsolete, and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes, it will. I made a mistake. I've manually changed these subfiles to more acceptable names: s\3626pSA1 and s\3626pSA2. Steve, please delete the old, obsolete versions of these subfiles. Thanks, Franklin (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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