 | | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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I, William Howard, nominate Travis Cobbs (software author, parts author and parts reviewer) (17 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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I, William Howard, nominate Ross Crawford (software author, parts author and parts reviewer) (17 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Call for Nominations: 2007/2008 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)
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It has been more than a year since the last election of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC). Nominations are now open. All nominations must be received and recorded by October 14. Elections will be held from October 17 ‘til October 31. The (...) (17 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Voting for "Model Of The Month" is now open
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Hi folks, we've a new round of models and parts in our MOTM contest. Have a look at: (URL) cast your vote! Willy Tschager LDraw Administration Team (17 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM and Rachal closes in a week
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Hi folks, we still seek some entries for the MOTM/SOTM contest: (URL) currently have three entries for the MOTM, many for the POTM and none for the SOTM. We will now only run these contests if there are a minimum of five entries and it is unlikely (...) (17 years ago, 21-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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(...) ; simplify the rule by moving all the format stuff down into the submissions (...) Hey, that's a good step. Clarify the main rules from the submission guidelines. Thanks, Jim (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's August 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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(...) Yes (...) Yes (...) Yes -Orion (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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(...) <snip> A agree with this. However, as developer of the code behind the MOTM, finding time to build this into the module has been scarce. In the mean time I could simplify the rule by moving all the format stuff down into the submissions block. (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's August 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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(...) Two questions: If a contest "quorum" is not met, are the existing entries (two in this case) carried over to the next month? Was my entry for this month's contest received? I received no verification email (I don't know if I should have). (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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(...) I suggest contest entries be accepted via an upload form on the LDraw.org web site. Personally, I found the large list of contest rules somewhat overwhelming (some 36 bullet points for MOTM/SOTM alone). In fact, although I have created many (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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(...) I concur that the contests would benefit from more publicity. I have only seen them mentioned at LDraw.org and here at Lugnet. I have no idea what costs and resources are involved, but what if LDraw.org advertised the contests on Brickshelf? (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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This makes sense as I agree that it's gotten a little silly to have only 2 entries up for voting some months, (albeit, this month in particular, really good ones) but I also think that the result of this currently is going to be that there will only (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's August 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Thanks to everyone who voted for my scene and congratulations to the other winners! w. (17 years ago, 7-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org's August 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the August 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, German Rail Bus VT 95 by "Primus" Burkhard> (URL) SOTM, Backlot by Willy Tschager> (URL) - Best Part, Minifig Mechanical Head and (...) (17 years ago, 7-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | L(EGO)Draw parts
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Hi folks, as announced in this thread: (URL) members of the Steering Committee (SteerCo) have been in contact with LEGO to look at ways of working together to ease the conversion between the LEGO Digital Designer and the LDraw System Of Tools. This (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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(...) As the person who wrote the current rules here's my reasoning behind this. The issue is not the fear of models being sold or something like that, it is simply not forcing someone to do something they don't want to do. The MOTM contest doesn't (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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(...) OK. I will probably do this. (...) ;> to entirely custom alternate models as well? (By "alternate models" I mean (...) Right. Sounds good. (...) Ha, a good point! Sounds like LDView is used for the contest renders, so it probably wouldn't be a (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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(...) OK. I think I will stick to the conservative naming scheme for now, just to be on the safe side. LDView's automatic part downloading is just killer. I suppose a reason to use submodels is to guard against the chance the unofficial parts are (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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(...) How is this different from photographers sharing high-resolution images of their work on Flickr, or developers contributing to open-source programs? I would argue that with the original material available for others to compare, it is even (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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(...) no, not at all! (...) this is a critical point. not everyone wants give away in-depth info of his/her models fearing that people copy and sell them. w. (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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(...) Travis is correct. I use a command line script to render the images, with LDview gracefully downloading unofficial parts from the PT. w. (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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Some quick answers... (...) Excellent. Thanks. (...) You should include the unofficial parts as submodels. (...) So long as you invent it then it's yours to submit. We don't want someone to post an MPD of the alternative model shown on the back of (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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(...) ... (...) I'm not a contest admin, but I would like to point out that LDView is currently used to render the MOTM/POTM contest entries. So from a purely technical standpoint, it's unlikely that problems will be encountered with unofficial part (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | MOTM Contest Questions and a Proposal
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The new minimum-entries rule has inspired me to enter the LDraw.org Model of the Month contest. I have a few questions: 1. Should entries that use unofficial parts (real LEGO parts that are not yet LDraw certified) include those parts in the MPD (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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(...) That sounds like an excellent change! Spotlighted. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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Dear all, We have decided to introduce an additional rule to the MOTM and SOTM contests on LDraw.org in order to make them a little more interesting. We will now only run these contests if there are a minimum of five entries. The current situation (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: RACHAL Polar - changeover day
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--snip-- (...) For future ones I'll try to include them but I simply didn't have time for this one. Sorry. Tim (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: RACHAL Polar - changeover day
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(...) Wow that is huge. I was wondering when we do have RACHAL if it would also be possible to include a .zip of the unofficial parts used in the .mpd file? Thanks. Looking forward to try it. Have some ideas. Zach Best (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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(...) I'll take this back to the SteerCo and see if we can come up with something working better. Sorry for the mess. w. (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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(...) I believe I switched to the GPL for version 3.0. (3.1 is definitely under GPL.) I think I could still release the Windows version under a different license if I chose, since it doesn't use any GPL software (probably; I'd have to check to see (...) (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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(...) I take it the latest version of LDVIEW is under the GPL? Ahui (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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I can't legally agree to that, and it's likely that a large percentage of the other authors can't either. The thing is, I'm not the sole author of LDView, and never have been. LDView has always included code written by friends of mine from college, (...) (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw All-In-One-Installer - Seeking permission from software programmers
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Dear contributor to the LDraw System Of Tools, We would like to include your program files listed below (the “Product”) in our new LDraw.org All-In-One-Installer, (the “Work”) to be published by LDraw.org: ___...___ Program The purpose of this (...) (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's July 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Thanks to everyone who voted, and congratulations to the other winners! Unfortunately I wasn't able to get an entry done in time for this month, however I suspect this wouldn't have made any difference as there are two incredible entries! (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's July 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the July 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Prinoth Leitwolf Snowgroomer by Han Crielaard> (URL) SOTM, Valley of the Dark Lords by Philip Heinrich> (URL) POTM - Best Part, (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: l2rib and LDraw.org Mac Downloads Review
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(...) And thanks to you for updating the LDraw site. Jim (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: l2rib and LDraw.org Mac Downloads Review
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(...) thx for the updates. (...) I added the icons. (...) this has to be added as separate link 'cos PN doesn't allow more than one URL per download. (...) I deleted the entry for LDView for Mac OSX 1.0 and added the icons for linux and mac (though (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2001 Photos of Jessimans?
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(...) I totally forgot that the old version of the site was still online. That's pretty cool :-) I seem to recall a photo taken with me and the Jessimans, maybe I'm misremembering. I think what's there might be it, thanks, Travis! -Tim (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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| | l2rib and LDraw.org Mac Downloads Review
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A few notes based on a browse through the (URL) Downloads> page: (URL) l2rib>, a utility that converts LDraw files to RenderMan format, builds and runs on Mac OS X (make -f Makefile.unix). I do not have a RenderMan compliant renderer (there are a (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2001 Photos of Jessimans?
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(...) Well, there's a photo here: (URL) course, since you wrote that article, you probably already know about that one. Note that there's another version of the same article in the "new" part of the site, but it's not formatted nearly as nicely.) (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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