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| (...) In 1997 I sent TLC a sketch of some parts I wanted them to make, including 12 and 20 tooth cogs. Lo and behold the cogs appeared in the Droid Developer Kit in 1999! I had decided that 12:20 would mesh in the same holes as 16:16 and 8:24 for (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| (...) Hi, No real "trouble" - I do this for a living. It's the DAT conversion that's slightly fussy. If you're not using MLCAD with your custom parts, I don't know if there's much demand otherwise! So I may as well just skip that bit. (...) Somehow (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| (...) Mark, You’re not alone. There are a lot of people with part wishes. Sorry, I don't have drawings but I also have a lot of wishes for TLC. I would like to have additional technic gears (with 10, 14, 18, 22, 28 and 32 teeth). I know I can (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
| | | | | Visio and Picture formats (was New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces)
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| (...) I only use bitmaps when they are smaller than the equivalent jpeg - ie they are monochrome ones. This was the case for the parts I've drawn so far. I've used jpegs for colour pictures up to now. I did a test with the 4x4 round plate drawing: (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| (...) Please consider not posting bitmaps. They are very space intensive and take a long time to load. Instead use a lossless compressed format like .gif if you can. In my view jpegs are not as good for things like line drawings, they are better for (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| (...) Please don't go to a lot of trouble on my account! It's just that I usually post jpegs or bitmaps of things to my Brickshelf, since anyone can view them without any special software. I'm not seriously into CAD! If I had the facilities to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| (...) Hi, Yeah, I'm working in ACIS Solids, then exporting to STL, then from STL2DAT. I'll try to do a few more this weekend and post the results to the same folder. Something to do between TO soundbytes, anyway. Is the DAT file helpful at all, or (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| (...) Well, they've recently started producing 5L and 7L technic axles, which have proved extremely useful (thanks!). And I always love to bring up the (URL) 5x9 plate> they documented but never made :) ROSCO (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| (...) I've always found it interesting that 1x3 and 2x3 bricks and plates are the only odd length elements of those general categories. As you mention, there's no 1x5, no 2x5, no 1x7, no 2x9 and so on. I assume this is by design, but then you have (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| The piece I really want is 2x5 or 1x5 (or x7) bricks and plates. When building a MOC that's an odd number of studs wide, you have to either make it asymmetrical or use x1 and x3 bricks which aren't good for structural support. (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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