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(...) That was me, sorry about that. The server I had that stashed on went away mysteriously. While I have your attention I should point out that while the entry is credited to me, it's not actually all my work. The background, trees, and the track (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Sorry for the delay on the MOTM May vote. While trying to assemble the page for it I received an entry with a link to an image. That site is down right now and I'm waiting for the entry to be emailed to me. When that is done I'll add the voting (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw DAT format standard questions
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Hey all... Just a couple questions on the .dat file format: Is there an official document somewhere which outlines the specifics of the .dat format for people as a reference? If there isn't, it probably would be a good idea to have one. Also, I was (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Status of the OMR?
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(...) As I think about it, I can bump that up in priority, because by the time the CD-ROM is ready to be pressed (hopefully in a month or so), I'd like to be able to put some OMR models in there. I'm very busy this week though unfortunately, so (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Status of the OMR?
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(...) Can you finish this ASAP, so that people can start preparing their sets for the OMR? I would help but on something like this people probobly wouldnt value my input. (...) What is hte problem with the storage? (...) I can help if you tell me (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Status of the OMR?
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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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| | Status of the OMR?
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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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| | Re: LDraw Help Desk/Reference
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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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| | Re: next ldraw part update, space/minifig accessories?
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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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