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Well, since we've discussed some of the logistics behind producing the CD, its time to get the organization down. First off, I'll send out emails to everyone who has contributed a utility that works with the LDraw system, and get permission to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.datfest)
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| | LDraw CD-ROM Project
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A few people have been entertaining the idea of creating an LDraw CD-ROM. I discussed it with Terry and Jacob, and then obtained the permission of the Jessiman family to go ahead with it. I thought I'd present this idea to the group for feedback and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.datfest)
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| | Re: February MOTM Winner
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(...) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | February MOTM Winner
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I'm proud to announce the MOTM winner for this month is Bram Lambrecht with his Pentapterigoid Fighter. Check it out at: (URL) Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: February MOTM Voting online
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(...) page itself? Look in the "Here's What We're Looking For" section at the end. Chris (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: February MOTM Voting online
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(...) Visit (URL) and instructions are at the bottom of the page. (sorry I'm too lazy to type them out here) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: February MOTM Voting online
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(...) How do I submit my models for consideration for the MOTM? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: February MOTM Voting online
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(...) And Jacob wins the million with all lifelines intact! :) I realized my mistake right after I walked out the door this morning. Thanks for fixing it for me. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: February MOTM Voting online
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Eric and Larry notes that the MOTM page looks a bit old. (...) To me it looked like Tim had forgotten to update the submission information, so I have done that. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw "thomas burger" <tburger666@aol.com> (...) [snip] (...) In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney replied: (...) [snip] There is something I've written in the past that maybe is worthwhile to include in the parts tutorial: In the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: February MOTM Voting online
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(...) I agree this looks like the January Page to me. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: February MOTM Voting online
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(...) caching, but it may be server caching somewhere between me or you. Why do I say that? because I got the january page. At least I think it is, it says voting is cut off Jan 24. But I voted anyway and it took it. So you may or may not want to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | February MOTM Voting online
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The voting for the February ldraw.org Model of the Month competition is now online! Please stop by and vote on your favorite model. (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) Yes. All hoses and such like should be in a submodel. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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One thing that I just thought of as I was making a set is that we also ought to have a submodel for hoses, just like we do for minifigs, that way all those hose sections are in their own file. We could name it hose1.dat, hose2.dat, etc. I think that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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Tim Courtney wrote in message <3889f55e.352898@lugnet.com>... (...) Thank you SO much! I have been waiting for this since November! I have not viewed any new models since then. ---D M Garcia (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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(...) Yeah, I did all those steps and LDLite launches now. But yeah, IE is too smart (dumb...) for this. I even tried moving the temporary internet files folder to one without spaces (you can move it in options), but it moved it to my folder and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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Here are some steps to get it working. Be advised that MSIE might use a temporary directory or file name which breaks version 1.6. 1) Run LDLite, set the LDRAW path and verify that it can display .dat files. 2) Left-click on "My Computer" and select (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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(...) Thanks. I'll try to get the version 1.5 up on that page soon, I realized after that I overlooked making that available as well. And a quick question, how do you configure LDLite to launch from a browser, namely MSIE 5.0? -Tim (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDLite Download Page Online!
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Thanks Tim! The screen shot looks really nice. -gyug (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDLite Download Page Online!
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Since Paul Gyugyi's site crashed some time ago, LDLite has not been available on the web for download. Paul and I exchanged some email about a week ago and we set up the LDLite download page on ldraw.org, to make it available once again. The page is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) The set is the blacksmiths shop. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) Thanks Jeff. That is very interesting. I wonder why they did that with only one System set and not another? Funny that I didn't notice that when I briefly looked at that set on Brickshelf a couple of weeks ago. :) Ryan (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) 6040 Blacksmith Shop. Its a '84 set. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) a (...) maybe 1. Model Team slipped my mind 2. I don't have any train sets, so I don't know what the instructions are like 3. I don't have the castle set either(btw, would you mind providing the set# for it?) Ryan (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) BZZT Wrong Answer. Don't forget model team, some train sets and there is even a castle set with alternate model instructions -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) Exactly my point. 'Official' "alternate" models are the models that can be made using the pieces supplied in the set, and instructions are given in the instruction manual that comes with the set. this would include Technic sets and Technic (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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Hi, (...) I agreee. (...) Maybe I don't remember correctly, but until now I assumed that the term 'alternate model' refers to those models in the instruction booklet that can be built from the same set of parts. Just to clear my understanding, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Making LDraw Parts
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Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@cats.nbi.dk> wrote in message news:Pine.OSF.3.95.1....nbi.dk... (...) same side of the line defined by the last two points. (...) on the same side of that line. (...) Nice job, guys, on correcting this long-standing (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) Like I mentioned in my reply to Tim, giving the .dat the same name as the .mpd gives even more consistency. The .mpd is named xxxxa-yy.mpd so if we name the .dat the same way, it has all the basic information(#, modifier, year) and the user (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | RE: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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Hi, (...) My opinion is that it is better idea to use ?xxxx??.mpd or ?xxxx??.dat as main filenames, than main.dat. My pros: This is the first level file of a set and this should at once orient the viewer what set he/she is viewing. It does not waste (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) before we decided for sure to go to MPD and the submodel names we decided to go with. Like Todd said, that format easily crumbles, but we are now talking about the name for only the complete set's file. (...) What I'd really like to see is it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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In some recent discussion with Ryan Dennett on creating some resources for the OMR, he brought up what he felt was a discrepancy in the file naming convention. We discussed this and felt it appropriate to approach the group to see if 1) we should go (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for James Jessiman Photo
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(...) Good suggestion. I think its one that I've tried before, but I didn't get a reply back. But last I heard, Steve Bliss was having contact with them and they were having trouble getting a picture of him scanned. So we may have some luck here. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Making LDraw Parts
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Lars: (...) Done. (...) You too. Jacob (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Making LDraw Parts
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Jacob, you forgot to correct item 5: (...) into 5: Draws a line between the first two points, if the last two points are on the same side of that line. Have a nice week-end ;-) /Lars (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Making LDraw Parts
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Lars: [ reminded me of an old correction to the LDraw FAW ] Thanks. I have (finally) changed it. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Making LDraw Parts
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote... (...) Well, I think the FAQ is still wrong: (...) Draws a line between the first two points, if the projections of the LAST TWO points onto the screen are on the same side of an imaginary line THROUGH the projections (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Making LDraw Parts
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(...) I personally prefer "line defined by" instead of "line between" in that particular paragraph, but it's ok. If you changed anythink else in the FAQ, I haven't reread it to check. See ya. Rui Martins (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Making LDraw Parts
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Chris and Rui: I have corrected the FAQ. Please check that I didn't add some new mistakes meanwhile. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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