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(...) The OMR is on the back burner right now, becuase of 3 reasons: I haven't finished the guide to OMR submissions There is no real standard for storage, though it has been discussed a perfect solution has not been thought of I am really busy and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I believe that's why I have drawn "overdraw3.png" ! ;) (...) Damn, I missed that one, but just need to split the pentagon into a quad and a triangle. (...) As I said, the disc as only 8 slices to simplify, with the regular 16 you would save (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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What is the current status of the OMR? How close it is to going live? What is the delay with it? (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw Help Desk/Reference
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(...) You are remembering right, but the help desk is not included in the under development area. In that area lies some basic parts tutorial information which needs to be edited into a formal tutorial, as well as my OMR guide stuff which needs to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Hmm. There's a couple of problems with your examples. In overdraw2.png, you are having the quad intersect the circle exactly at two vertices. If the quad was a bit narrower, you would need to split the two original triangles, retaining the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: next ldraw part update, space/minifig accessories?
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hi steve, and thanks for the response. i've been watching the voting thread. in your original announcement you said it would be a "fairly small update" of parts but that is one jam-packed update of great stuff! big thanks to you and all of the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Tim, I thought you once mentioned an 'under development' area on ldraw.org. Does this area exist, or am I mis-remembering? Steve (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes. :) (...) At some point, the parts in the Castle, Town, and Space categories need to be reorganized, moved to other categories. Generally, the theme-based groups make parts harder to find. Steve (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) Maybe he meant something like: (URL) or (URL) And as you can see, not more polygons, but actually less. as a rule of tumb, "less points implies less polys". NOTE: both examples could be even more simplified (less points) if we removed the disc (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) complete half disc: It would obviously be better to use a half disc in the first place. What John meant above was, if I understood him correctly, a disc with a diameter larger than the quad's height. That way, the problem is non-trivial, and (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) This depends only on the actual part, the point of view and in which order the overlapping polys are given (also depends on view). (...) Not exactly, see what I mean in the following example image: (URL) points are marked in RED 1 - Quad and a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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Some more comments on parts ! Maybe I will repeat some other notes, I don't know, I haven't checked all the other mails to compare, so here goes nothing. - [2466p07.dat] This part as 2 bowtie quads in the front panel See the following image: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2000-01 Voting Closing Soon
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The votes have been trickling in. If you want to make your opinion known, please vote soon! I will probably be taking the vote-page down tomorrow night. That's Tuesday, April 18th. If you have fixes for any of your parts that you want included in (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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Rui Martins <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote in message news:Pine.GSU.4.10.1...0@is-sv... (...) solution, (...) which (...) their (...) No argument here. (...) are (...) But the amount of superpositioning is generally small compared to the overall size (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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First I would like to point out, that some of the renderings I supplied specifically represent quads in GREY and tris in WHITE, and some have all the polys edge lines (the intrinsic edges) drawn, to be able to see the tesselation applyed. (...) Yes, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Rui Martins <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote in message news:Pine.GSU.4.10.1...0@is-sv... (...) Superimposed polys are allowed, AFAIK. Maybe not the most elegant solution, but they render fine. (...) petals, (...) better (...) aprxomiation (...) I've (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Another file - [3471.dat] This file has a lot of work on it, but still has some problems, specifically almost all the quads from the base are bowties. See the following image: (URL) there are a few (maybe many, but few as far as our yes can see) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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(...) I have been able to test only a few parts iet, but here are my findings: - [flowers.dat] This file shows superimposed polys (tris and quads) in the petals of the flower, this is a problem in the flower itself (3742.dat), not in the flowers.dat (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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[FUT lugnet.cad.dev] I've (finally) posted the page for voting on the next parts update. Before you run off to check things out, I've got a couple of items of business: First off, I want to extend apologies for taking so long on this thing. The last (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw Help Desk/Reference
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Greetings The ldraw.org website is in serious need of a help section for troubleshooting installation problems. It seems that on a weekly basis I receive a few emails asking about the RTE200 and Error 003. I am not very technically up to par on (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: Technic Wingback Piece - 2744.DAT
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Thank you Steve and Mike! -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake was served on Jabba's barge, but for some reason no one complained. (...) site Mike (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Technic Wingback Piece - 2744.DAT
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(...) That file should be in the ldraw\p directory. It appears that the only update release with this primitive file is lp97-14.exe. This update is available from the LDraw homepage, at (URL). Download times from Australia can be slow, you can try (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Technic Wingback Piece - 2744.DAT
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Firstly, let me say (because I don't think it's said enough) thanks to all the LDraw wizards that keep those new parts coming! Secondly, I must regret that I'm piping up in here at the moment cuz I found something that needs fixin. Let me also say (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM April
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Thanks John! -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake scouring pads remove everything from your dishes, including the pattern. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Is James' website finally gone for good?
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(...) Sure. They said they'd be in contact with me as soon as they returned, so I'll bring it up then. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Tim, do you want to ask them, as the head honcho of ldraw.org content? Jacob, do you have a copy of James' site-files? I do, if you don't. Oops--I just checked, his site is back online. But maybe it makes sense to have a permanent mirror in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Good idea. I know James parents are in Europe for another week or so I believe - they get back on something like the 14th if I remember correctly. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve: (...) It would be very sad if all his work is lost, so we should definitely offer to host the site on ldraw.org, unless James' parents have another idea. (...) I think we should ask them about it. - And also ask if it is ok to continue the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Is James' website finally gone for good?
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I just tried to access James Jessiman's parts reference site. See (URL). It came up as not found, as did James' home page. This has happened sometimes in the past, but I also tried to access the main site, (URL). This page makes it sound like the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MOTM April
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Great job, Tom! -John Van Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:38e975e8.279526...net.com... (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ldraw.org going down for a few minutes
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I'll be moving the machine hosting www.ldraw.org and hugin.ldraw.org in a few minutes. The machine shouldn't be off-line more than fifteen minutes. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | MOTM April
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Just a quick note to announce the latest Model of the Month: Tom McDonald's Hangar 33. Take a look at: (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | next ldraw part update, space/minifig accessories?
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hey folks, i'm just curious if there is a parts update in the works for the near future. also, (and sorry if this has been asked before) i found two minifig accessories in the Space category that would go great with regular minifig stuff (3959 space (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Its that time of month again...
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Its nearing that time when we all go to the polls and vote for our favorite Lego renderings. So mosey on down to ldraw.org and cast your vote - there's some high stakes this month! (URL) am going away for a week leaving tomorrow, but I'll try to get (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | New ldraw.org Feature Article
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Greetings I just added a new Feature Article to ldraw.org. Here Jonathan Knudsen, author of The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots, explains his techniques for designing building instructions using LDraw, MLCad, L3P, and POV-Ray. Check it (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | L3Lab Downloadable at ldraw.org
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Just a quick note to say I've uploaded the L3Lab files, so you can get it from ldraw.org now. (URL) Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Run time error 200
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(...) Hello, It's not a problem with the speed of your machine since i run Ledit on a PIII 450 (with rte200fx.exe) and works fine. You should get MLCad. You can find the homepage at Lugnet/CAD/MLCad. It is an excellent cad program to build your (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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Sounds cool, I just got a burner, so if someone could supply me with blanks i could do some of the burning. That is, of course, thats you haven't made preps with a pro CD makeing company. If you get all the people intrested in LDraw and who own (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Run time error 200
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Hello All I downloaded ldraw.exe, complete.exe, and rte200fx.exe to my hard drive. I <start><run> c:\ldraw.exe -y c:\complete.exe -y c:\rte200fx.exe <-- I do run the patch c:\ldraw\mklist.exe Everything appears to expand and run correctly. But when (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: MPD spec.. don't forget M-Peedy
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I have built a Win9x/NT MPD builder/splitter (URL) easier than having to deal with DOS command lines, batch files or compiling your own .EXE and links to it area available here (and have been for some time) under the CAD/Tools secction (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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