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The LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) has been questioned about LDraw.org's policy (as expressed by the Contributor Agreement (URL) other documentation, or tradition) on third parties capitalising on the considerable volunteer time, effort, and (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) If it is a messagebox, pressing Ctrl+C will copy the contents to the clipboard and beep. (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I am very sorry for that mistake has happen. I would like to help you in this case, but as long as I have no more detailed informations, I am unable to help. For translations I recommend (URL) to use. As far as I know the best translation tool (...) (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I find German hard to read, but not at all impossible. And I don't think Swedish is much closer related to German than English is. Anyway, you can always make a screen dump and crop out the error messagebox. /Tore (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I downloaded tried to install MPDCenter from here: (URL) the installer is all in German, which I can't read, and I got an error message that I can't understand... I would copy/paste the error, but it doesn't allow me to select the text from (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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Sorry for the late response. I have placed the program and source code in a zip file here: (URL) colors.txt file contains an up to date list of all of the colors from Peeron, Bricklink, and LDRAW. I think there are 119 total. Some notes about the (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I agree to Jim. To make it in an easy way I wrote a prog MPDCenter that is still available. Maybe you can use it. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Scott Wardlaw wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP Are you able to give that cool tool to the community. I thought about the color handling in MLCad for a while and now I read this! Awaresome! cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I think the cheese slope is the perfect example of this happening. Most of my early MPDs using it are misoriented by 90 degrees due to a change in the part. (...) See above ;) Tim (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) Do you have any help files on that tool? I don't understand how to use it. For one thing I put unofficial parts into my regular LDRAW\PARTS directory, so there is no "unofficial parts path." I wasn't aware that MLCAD could scan multiple parts (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I don't know. LDView takes care of retrieving missing parts in MPDs that I download, but there is a case to be made for including unofficial parts in the MPD. Since the parts are unofficial, changes to their origin or orientation might take (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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(...) I use number 2 and I think it's the standard practice. In an act of shameless self promotion, I recommend MPD Wizard: (URL) (may not work with Vista) -Orion (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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At BrickFair I made an MPD file of a covered cylindrical hopper car by Margaret Keys, but it used two unofficial parts. To make the file, I downloaded the parts (and the needed subassembly files) into my parts library, but if I share it with others (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) Hi Joshua, please post. Could you be a bit more specific about the problems with the LDRAW numbering system? If guess the bit-mapping (URL) was a requirement for backwards compatibility with LDraw which is obsolete now giving room to new (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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This is an area that I took interest in several months back. Most of the Peeron or Bricklink color values do not display well when they are rendered on the screen. Most of the LDRAW colors are a different value, so that the rendered color looks like (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) Hmm ... I found some sources how the colors are defined: (URL) it looks like LDraw colors (URL) still refer to a color chart which was defined long before we got our hands on the official LEGO colors at (URL) and are the reason why our values (...) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) POVray can, of course, do all these colours and is likely to be the most frequent user of the colour definitions file. Some of us have fiddled around with pearl before ((URL) (16 years ago, 31-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) I'm pretty sure that the (2006-2007?) LSC agreed to leave the contents of ldconfig.ldr up to the LDraw part admins. We saw it as our job to specify the format of the !COLOUR meta-command, but not to have anything to do with the actual list of (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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(...) Take a look at the !COLOUR spec here: (URL) is covered, along with rubber, chrome, matte metallic, and metal. Glitter transparency isn't, and probably should be. Of course, just because official LDraw colors can be defined with these (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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"Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> wrote in message news:K6D96D.Ews@lugnet.com... (...) I don't know about the whole color thing but your post makes me think of an interesting point. Just how exactly is LDRAW supposed to handle displaying the (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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Hi gang, playing around with colors I was floored by the fact that we do not have a LDraw color number or RGBs for quite a lot of LEGO colors. In addition our RGBs sometimes differ a lot from the official colors: (URL) remember the time when we were (...) (16 years ago, 29-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Questions About Selling Custom Model Instructions: Confirming LEGO/LDraw Consent
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Hi! Here are three questions: one about LEGO trademarks and two for the LDraw community. The questions stem from a casual interest in selling custom LEGO kits with instructions. Because there are existing vendors of excellent such kits - and books (...) (16 years ago, 17-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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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 (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | RACHAL Reminder
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I went to add a reminder to RACHAL in the LDraw Flickr group today and discovered that the latest one was completely hidden on the site. Sorry about that, I must never have finished off all the editing on the LDraw site. Anyway, as a reminder to you (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM closes in a week
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Hi folks, we still seek some entries for the MOTM/SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) currently have 4 entries for the MOTM, 4 for the POTM and none for the SOTM. As you might know we will run these contests only if there are a minimum of five entries. Please (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: LDraw History updated
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In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote: (snip) (...) The article in BrickJournal was written by Geoff Gray, so he deserves the recongnition much more than me:-)! Joe (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw History updated
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(...) Great work, Willy. Tim (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw History updated
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Hi folks, the "Contribute" page at LDraw.org (URL) said: LDraw History Finish filling out the LDraw History pages. Approx. 1-2hrs time needed to complete task. Posted 01.02.02 To be honest I was a little worried about the estimate - especially after (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Library Specifications for Canvas Parts
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(...) Canvas - (URL) - thickness: 1LDU looks too thick to me. Have we settled on this, or is it (...) I measured the Wagon Cover with a caliper rule (as I always do) and 0.4 mm seamed to me much more appropriate than 0.2 mm. (...) IMHO a flat (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Library Specifications for Canvas Parts
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(...) Yeah, MLCad has rendering problems at 0.5LDU. Oddly, it seems to be able to cope with a 0.25LDU thick sticker. Alex (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Library Specifications for Canvas Parts
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(...) A note on the thickness. If the part is BFC'd, then in theory there is no minimum thickness that is required to prevent rendering artifacts. In reality, you'll get artifacts on renderers that don't have BFC support if you go too thin. If (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Library Specifications for Canvas Parts
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So...I'm working on the two tepee covers (this is gonna take a while... :-) and: - 'Cloth' (Peeron) or 'Canvas' (Bricklink) ? - thickness: 1LDU looks too thick to me. Have we settled on this, or is it still up for grabs? I'm trying 0.5LDU right now, (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: SteerCo reconfirmed for new term
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(...) Hi Richie, being also one of LDraw's treasurer I double checked Tim's bookkeeping. His statement on LDraw's credit entry is not entirely correct. It is not a "long series of zeroes" but exactly: 0.-- USD or 0,-- Euro. Also the figures on the (...) (16 years ago, 5-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: SteerCo reconfirmed for new term
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(...) Dear Richie, As the LDraw organisation receives no funds and has no costs (other than those to its volunteers) the financial records involve a long series of zeroes. As I know you have experience in that line of work I'm sure the SteerCo would (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: SteerCo reconfirmed for new term
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(...) I note that article doesn't include financial records. Per Tim's suggestion that questions directed to the various positions could be posted here, could the Steerco advise where the financial records have been published? Thanks Richie Dulin CO (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New license for the LDraw All-In-One installer
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(...) You are right, it is not a bugfix, but better coding. I have installed on my machine version 3.1, 3.5 and 3.6 of POV-Ray and all have the same "bad" coding line. So there have to be somebody who has changed that, but I think this do not affect (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New license for the LDraw All-In-One installer
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(...) Why do you call this a bug fix? Is #ifndef not a valid POV command? Both versions do exactly the same thing, as far as I can tell, just via #ifdef for POV 3.5, and #ifndef for LDraw. --Travis (16 years ago, 30-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New license for the LDraw All-In-One installer
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(...) That's exactly what I was thinking about this issue. If we need a third party permission then we need it from POV-Ray Team. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 30-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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