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I would like to use it also! Thanks, Iemke-P. Zeijlemaker iemke@compuserve.com "Martin Eriksson" <maeron@telia.com> schreef in bericht news:G9BnM9.Bn9@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Orion" <pobursky@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G9BDy1.JyB@lugnet.com... (...) Can't find it there, looked all around the place. Do you have the program? If so can you mail it to: martine@xdin.com /Martin (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Yes DAT2DXF. There's a link at www.ldraw.org in the downloads section -Orion (aka BillTheFish) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Is there any program to convert .dat files to .dxf files so you can use them in 3D studio or Maya? /Martin Eriksson (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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neato ! My coworkers will be jealuos once they're properly educated : ) "Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:MABBIBJJFOJIOHD...wru.edu... (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Ooo, nice! Thanks! Steve (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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My turn. See me and my electric chair at (URL) the fig's head is supposed to be gray! -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Just to jump on the bandwagon... Here is my work space at home, but virtually (via MLCad and POV-RAY) and the model (with me in it). I had done this a while back... (URL) Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Patey" <hpatey@nfld.com> (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) have to take a little Spyrius set to work, just to illustrate. Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Here I am. The head is a xacto-customization of one from a Divers set, which inspired the whole thing. (URL) Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) You asked for it: (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Any links ? I seem to have missed it : ( "Heather Patey" <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote in message news:G96Lsp.Gq8@lugnet.com... (...) coffee (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) That was me. Glad you liked it, thanks! I wish I had a minifig-scale coffee mug... (...) grief, I'd go blind. Maybe one of the more artistic among us could make a big replica of the Spyrius tile to use as wallpaper, that'd be neat. Life (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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A little while ago a woman made a small LEGO model of herself at work. She had her own little cubicle, coffee mug, etc... I thought that that was a great and funny idea... Here's my addition: Royce at Work (URL) am really happy with Lap Top (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) I have a small network of Sun Microstations that have a very large amount of raw processing capability. I have already tested POV on it - I convinced my supervisor to let me install it to simulate a overload on the servers. They pulled through (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hey Michael, Did you notice that Jake is someone from TLC? You must be thrilled now! Iemke-P. (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I just found something about this - if the printer driver run's out of memory - MLCad doesn't get notified or at least ignores the errors - resulting in either blank pages (totaly blank) or also getting pages with just some rubish on it ... I will (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yep. The print preview shows it just fine. Everything is perfect right up until the actual print out process when the model won't print for anything. The header/footer and parts list have no problem at all, but the parts/models will not print (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I have much better luck having MLCad generate images instead of trying to print directly, then embedding the images (converted from BMP to something else, such as PNG) in some other document. A lot more work, but more precise control, and you (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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All, Has anyone had any trouble getting the model images to print out in MLCAD? I can print the parts list and header/footer just fine, but where the image would go, it is just printing out blank sheets. Please help! Jake (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I've updated, with around 20 new ideas since my last post on this subject. View them at: (URL) in this update are: -animals -castle/town spinning wheel -house items -TALL tree -more... Coming soon: -space/ remote control camera -side walks -Bottled (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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found the "scan parts" menu item in mlcad. That found my installed parts library and i found all the beams i was looking for. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I just downloaded and installed ldraw, ledit, and mlcad per the web site instructions. I also installed the updated parts package. What i can't find are any of the 1xN technic beams. I found 1 part (a 1 x 14 beam), but where are all the others. In (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello Travis, hello James, (...) You can find this part on my webpage (URL) can find a reference to there from Partsref Parts Tracker too... Greetings, Carsten Schmitz (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.inv)
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:G7EB99.A7y@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks, Michael! :-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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DONE! Available with the next release ... Michael -- ===...=== Ing Michael Lachmann Individual software development Tel.: +43 676 406 86 95 e-mail: michael.lachmann@lm-...ftware.com http: www.lm-software.com Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> schrieb (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) obscure, but accurate reference. In short, I use Color 366 to get the gold that LEGO fans are familiar with. Copying some lines from POV-Ray's representation of Color 383 (Silver), a metallic/chromy version can be acheived. To get a good gold (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.inv)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G7Cyoy.F07@lugnet.com... (...) around. I agree it's probably a good idea, I've been caught out by it too many times. Dan (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message news:G7Coyo.LHr@lugnet.com... (...) Yeah, but I'm asking if he could set that default value to edit mode, and someone can go into the settings and uncheck it, versus the other way around. -- (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G7BwCD.49I@lugnet.com... (...) news:G7Bv9x.M2@lugnet.com... (...) mode?? You can also change this yourself from the Settings menu. Dan (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Thomas Keenan" <thomas@mets.com> wrote in message news:G7Bv9x.M2@lugnet.com... (...) Hey, it happened to me when I started using MLCad, and I venture to say it happened to many others. Mike - any chance you could change the default setting to start (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I've updated my page, and will be updating it multiple times today, I've decided to stick with the JPEG's for now, the GIF's turned out to be larger & slower loading. If a model has more then 10 steps it will get more then one page, with 10 steps (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.basic, lugnet.boats, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports)
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I have started an online ideas page, with directions created with MLCAD. All ideas come with a full parts list, usually in order of use, and all pages are printable. To view this page go to: (URL) am also taking idea at shi_web@hotmail.com , and you (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.basic, lugnet.boats, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports)
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| | Re: New Reference Material on LDraw.org - Free-Form Camera Positioning... by Brad Hamilton
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Hi Tim, Thanks for posting this. I found a minor error. The first word under the 2nd heading "Background" should be "MLCAD," not "LCAD." Thanks Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G6upCB.2FC@lugnet.com... (...) reference (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Joseph Cardana wrote... (...) Or provide an option like in L3Lab: "Color 24 as black". Try it! /Lars (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I agree with Lars Hassing about keeping it LDraw compatible, I was just thinking it would look better if the lines were displayed as black (unless a piece is black, then use dark grey) at all times. I tend to do screen shots at times and the bright (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) The edge colours are also posted in the LDraw FAQ, I think. I'm pretty sure the list has been posted once or twice to lugnet.cad.dev, where the poster has a copy of the LDraw source code. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Just uploaded Brad's reference article - Free-Form Camera Positioning with MLCad, L3P, and POV-Ray to the LDraw.org server. Check it out at: (URL) you like what you see and have a skill you can share, write for the reference section at LDraw.org! (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Joseph Cardana" wrote... (...) The reason is to be LDraw compatible... I got the edge colors from a creating a model with 16 bricks in 16 colors, saving a bitmap in LDraw, and looking at the RGB values. You can see those edge colors in (URL) guess (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Good question - currently MLCad does not support changing the edge color - but it should do ... I've got the color definitions from the LDLite source code. I must admit, that I never asked about the edge colors. I have no idea from where they are (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, In reference to the Main and Edge colors... If I color a part red the edges are bright red. Is there a way to have the edge colors black or dark gray? Is there a reason for the odd edge colors? Joe (25 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well, after tinkering with it, I figgured out you could put a rotation step at the end. Thanks for the Help!! (25 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You must change the 'settings': Than click 'General' and than 'change'... In this screen you must change the 'default 3D rotation angles' in the 'Document' part. Try for example :(x,y,z) 10,-30,-5 70,-10,10 10,-20,0 23,45,0 Good Luck! Iemke-P. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Yes - you are right. I was confused by some of the scaling and rotation primatives at the end of the .pov ray file. I'll change this. thanks Lars C. Hassing <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:G620En.FGp@lugnet.com... (...) If (...) point (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Is there a way, that you can change the angle you take the snapshot at? So that you can take pictures from diffrent angles on the model? -Help would be appreciated. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
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(...) Wow, this is amazing, worth the time it took me to find a player that would understand it (Windows media player and Real Player 7 did not, Quicktime did.). George (25 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Yeah, great movie! But we should not continue this discussion on lugnet.cad.mlcad. I have a feeling it does not belong here. Greetingz... Sjaacko (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) To make the 17th reply, YOUR MOVIE IS AWESOME! I haven't had a chance to see the original yet (although I have read the book), but your expert use of a camera, and the plotline, made it beyond words. Of course, some people cannot appreciate (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yeah, I watched that on the local evening news. Wait a second, this thing pops up in Seattle (location of SEALUG) days after Mark Sandlin disappears for a week. Did Mark, or some other member of SEALUG make this? If so, please come forward! (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yeah it takes a LONG time! I started it downloadng at 8:30. It's 10:14 now and I'm still only 89% done... Wowza.. Can't wait to watch it!!! Matt (25 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Heck, it takes a while even with DSL... But well worth it. It's absolutely f***ing brilliant. :) I see everyone's now using my style of monolith. :) -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises (25 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Wow!.. It took forever to download (56k modem, slow connection, 2k/sec mostly) but worth well. It is very nicely done..:-) Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes indeed! Very cool work, especially the psychedelic cascade of bricks! In other news: (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Surely by now, you've seen this? (URL) J. Sayatovic mailto:trin@1.net (replace '1' with 'one') "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) minute (...) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Impressive! Royce (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I don't mean to assume, but I'm interested in how you did this. Judging by the QT format is it safe to say you used some type of digital video camera (like the every day Hi8 / Digital8 Cameras) and transferred it over firewire to something like (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Please tell me! What equipment/software did you use? Darrell King darrellk@pixelmonkey.net (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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My two little boys and I loved it! They kept saying "Again!" We must have watched it 5 or 6 times. -Chuck (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I loved it, but my 6yr old didn't get it. At first anyway. He watched it again and thinks it's the best of the 5 Lego films I showed him. BRAVO!!! (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) <snip> That is the coolest thing I have seen in a long long long time. The BURP is excellent. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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That was great! After watching it about 3 1/2 times it keeps getting better. By far the best part was when the guy in "LEGO Today" saw his brick and it was a burp and he frowned! That was great! Awesome movie! --Kyle LUGNUT# 791! (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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WOW! That is really amazing. Excellent job! I love the ending, so true to KuBRICK's own vision! ;-) (...) it's (...) movie, (...) minute (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Marc, That was fantastic! Great work. To anyone thinking about downloading it: It IS worth the wait. J- "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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THAT WAS EXCELLENT! Any plans for "2010: Odyssey Two" when that year arrives????? Adrian "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) minute (...) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Okay so I just watched it again and it's even better the second time. Good work Marc. (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Uh.....wow. Yeah that's definately some very nice work....in fact it kinda makes me want to watch the real famed film that I have yet to see for real. Sweetness sound and stuff. And the "LDRAW-flying through space with the bricks on either side" (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi all, It is my very great pleasure to announce that my newest movie, "2001: A Lego Odyssey" is now playing at a website near you! It's been a labor of love, and one of the reasons I got a digital camcorder in the first place. Of course it's a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: My first model,please look
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Gary, I don't care for command line parameter either. I created a simple batch file and called it CONVERT.BAT There is a variable, so all you type is CONVERT FILENAME No need for an extension. Also you'll have to change the directories. If you would (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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These are all great ideas. I was thinking the exact same thing about the arrow keys! (25 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) *brilliant*. Bravo. Now, can we persuade you to collect a few suggestions from other people too(like my current hot button, control of line thicknesses when rendering output bitmaps...) Grin. ++Lar (25 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) BTW, you can change the color associated with a color button. I don't rememer how I did it, but it was pretty intuitive. Double-click, or right-click, I think. Later, Gino A... (25 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Chuck Sommerville <chucks@he.net> wrote in message news:G6AxAz.1MI@lugnet.com... (...) Yep.. Read this for starters too - (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I actually created a web page with my suggestions (this being one of them) and submitted it for Michael's perusal: (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You are looking for a DOS utility called L3P. It converts .dat files to .pov files. -Chuck (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello, I was wondering can i ray trace with mlcad files ? If so how and if not is there an alternitive? (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Gino A. Melone" <gmelone@futurenext.com> wrote in message news:G68uv0.F1w@lugnet.com... (...) I'd (...) work (...) keys (...) select (...) would (...) I second this - I'm forever switching to the up-down view and trying to use the arrow keys to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, #insert STDPRAISE.h I've been using MLCad again. And I noticed something that vexes me. I'd like to be able to use the keyboard shortcuts more. What I think would work for me is to be able to setup MLCad to have the up-down/left-right arrow (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You betcha! Just make sure you post a pic of whatever you wind up rendering! Dave! (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Found it. Thanks for your help. Chris (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't know MLCad, but in LDraw parlance it's under the "bracket" category. Does that help? Dave! (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks. For MLcad, do you know where this part is listed? (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Try part# 2436. (URL) Dave! (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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I'm a newbie to Lcad and MLcad. I just downloaded the files today. I am trying to find the piece that consists of a 1x2 plate with a 1x4 thin plate attached at a 90 degree angle. To see what I' talking about, follow the link below: (URL) piece I'm (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, after rendering at 300% and then scaling the images down again, I achieved an effect like that of anti aliasing. If I hadn't scaled down the image, the effect would simply be "thicker lines", as you say. It all depends on the useage of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Oh, I agree totally. (except do you mean anti aliasing? I'd call it "thicker lines") The images are very nice indeed. My issue is that I can't get a clean rendering of every step in every submodel of an MPD without jumping through some severe (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I've used this feature in LDLITE, and I'd say it's a great way to achieve an anti aliasing effect on the renderings. You simply render at 300%, say, with thick lines enabled. Then you scale down the resulting image. Here are a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) No, L3P uses the LDraw coordinate system. This was an important design goal. L2P (LGEO) uses its own coordinate system. Otherwise a good description. You might also want to tell about the QUAL and STUDS variables in the POV file, used for (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Derick, I'll try to explain how I go about doing that kind of work. I recently build the 8880 which needed a lot of angle adjustements. First step: Open a new file - set the grid mode to coarse. Now let's say the beam of your crane is 8 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Like Lar, I set the fine rotation to something smaller than 15 degrees. However, I also move the center of rotation (little square on the center of the part) to the approximate correct position. I then click the button which looks like a brick (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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The file is 3.5kb - it must be the crane site that's slowing the D/L Ahhhh - I didn't realize that I could change the granularity of the "fine Grid" rotation... Many thanks, Lar! -Derick (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) How close are you looking to get? (very slow link right now, so didn't try to download the file you have so far) (...) When I need to rotate parts I hardly ever use the rotation/position menu. I just go into fine mode (you can set the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Get yourself a recent copy of WinZip and you can specify exactly where things get unzipped to. Hope that helps, if not, ask again. ++Lar (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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A few days ago I described in passing my desire for thicker lines in renderings, perhaps as an option. I'm wondering how hard of an enhancement that would be? I've spent a little time with LDLite and it's difficult to get the same easy renderings of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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My first foray into MLCAD seems to have been ill-chosen for its' difficulty - I would very much appreciate it if anyone can help. The dat file in question is here: (URL) model is a short length of reinforced bridge span, in one dimension, that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Wow! Merry Christmas, Michael. :-) Best of Luck with the little one... -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I wish everyone a merry christmas! For us (my wife and me) it's already christmas since we got a little baby boy called Florian two days ago :-)))))) I've to say sorry for any delay happening now - but suddenly we are a bit busy now (I realized that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I hate to ask an obvious question, but I can't seem to figure it out. How do you extract the MLCAD zip file to the LDraw directory? Thanks Steve (25 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have a suggestion for making MLCAD more useful for part authoring. It would be cool if there were a special mode for part authoring. While in this mode, instead of the part lists to the left, you would have primitive and subfile lists. The same (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | ATTENTION NEW WEB-SITE AND E-MAILS
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As from today all requests to the old home-page are forwared to my new web-server! The new web-addresses are: Home-Page: (URL) MLCad : (URL) lot of redesigns will happen in the next weeks on this server ... My new e-mail addresses are: (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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