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(...) Why have a replacement at all? The file format stands by itself. There's no reference complier for C code, no reference viewer for the PNG format, and no reference CAD program for the DXF format, why should there be one for the LDraw system? (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Who Uses Original LDraw? (Was: ... Rocket Launch Pattern)
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(...) IIRC, the limit was only on the size of the root directory -- but I could well be wrong. I think there are two separate, and related, questions here: Do we want to keep supporting DOS as a platform? Do we want to keep supporting LDraw 0.27? (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Who Uses Original LDraw? (Was: ... Rocket Launch Pattern)
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(...) Willy, You really got a good point here. I don't know if there is anyone that still uses original LDraw. And, I don't think the LDraw parts library is LDraw compatible anyway. At least not running under DOS - I think there was a limit of 2000 (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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Hi folks, I overhauled the Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern - 3754p90.dat. (URL) Although this is the re-engineering of an existing LEGO part, it will NOT be submitted to the LDraw Parts Tracker for certification. It would never make it (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's November Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) Well yes, kind of. Since I only get a max of about 2-3 entries per month for each contest, I roll over the non-winning entries until they win or for 3 months. This keeps the field competive and also allows well made entries that may have been (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's November Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) Am I mistaken in thinking that this month's submissions look remarkably like last month's? Allister (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's November Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the November Model/Scene of the month contests: Both Model and Scene of the Month were won by Jorgen Andersson (URL) MOTM, Panzer IV H - German Medium Tank> (URL) SOTM, Class V5 diesel pulling boxcars> The voting (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's October Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the October Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Set 4450 - P10 steam engine, Ben Beneke> (URL) SOTM, Cityscape 3: Bus Stop in the Summer Sun, Niels Bugge> The voting for the November Model of the Month (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LSC Moderator Authentication
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Spam is flooding into my mailbox, forwarded by lsc-request at ld...org. I am required to approve or deny those mails, but I always get the "Authorization failed" message when attempting to. Could somebody fix a working password so I can started? (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org's September Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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(...) Congratulate with the scene Ben, it's really nice and the cows look very cute, but I think you should work a little more with the background, hiding the big concrete field in the background by adding another layer of houses, trees or landscape (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: A small correction to 2004-03 distros
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Gaah! Preview only works, if you work it! ;) (...) There should be a "not" in that line, "would not make". Steve (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | A small correction to 2004-03 distros
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I noticed yesterday that the ldconfig.ldr file included in the current complete.exe/complete.zip distribution files was incorrect, and did not match the file in the lcad0403.exe/lcad0403.zip files. I updated the complete.* files with the newer (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org's September Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the September Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, US Sherman M4A3 Tank, Jorgen Andersson> (URL) SOTM, I am a train driver..., Ben Beneke> The voting for the October Model of the Month and Scene of the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org Downtime
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Per the following post: (URL) will be down 10/5 at 2pm EDT for about 15 min. Since Peeron also hosts LDraw.org, LDraw.org will be down as well. -Orion (20 years ago, 4-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New style of part file 3941 vs. 6143
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(...) I've added pictures of some of these variants to my comparison galleries: (URL) the two previous pictures. One addition to Chris' excellent descriptions is that the older bottoms (2A) can be used in a SNOT function with plates; the newer (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Bow-tie quads in BFC-certified parts
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(...) I've seen them in one official part, and one part on the tracker. But since I haven't really been looking for them, I'm guessing they exists in other parts. The main culprit appears to be pre-existing parts that were later BFC-certified. (Both (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Bow-tie quads in BFC-certified parts
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(...) How often do you find bow-tied parts in BFC CERTIFY'd parts? I meant that's a real error that shouldn't be allowed by the parts tracker isn't it? Is there a rule that can be added to the checks done on the files that are submitted that will (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Bow-tie quads in BFC-certified parts
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(...) It's funny how quickly I can forget the details of a complex task. For instance, I totally forgot about the NOCLIP BFC command (which can disable clipping for specific sub-sections of a file). Mind you, I implemented it, and believe that it (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Bow-tie quads in BFC-certified parts
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(Note that I'm sending followups to the lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw newsgroup alone, because that seems to be the appropriate group, but I think the audience of the lugnet.cad.dat.parts group should see this.) In the process of testing my next major (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | August's Winners for LDraw.org's MOTM and SOTM Contests
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Congratulations to the winners of the August Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Tom Kimsey, A-71 "Razorback" Heavy Attack Fighter> (URL) SOTM, Neils Bugge, Cityscape 2: Hearse / Vertical City> The voting for the September Model of the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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