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Re: Has anyone ever attempted to do a LDRAW of 8868 compressor truck?
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad
Date: 
Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:13:24 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Stephane Simard wrote:
> Because I saw none on brickshelf.
> Does such a ldraw model exist yet? I saw plenty of supercars and old technic
> sets but no 8868 or 8862.
> 
> If not, I may attempt to create a ldraw file of the 8868 truck once I get
> started with the ldraw utilies.
> The pneumatic tubes will probably not be included, though.
> 
> Are there any parts from that set that are currently not among the ldraw parts
> list, such as wheels, tyres, pneumatic switches, small pneumatic pump &
> cylinder?

All the parts for 8868 are available either as official files or on the Parts
Tracker:
http://www.ldraw.org/library/tracker/

Some of the parts for 8862 are not available.

As far as modelling the hoses there are 3 resources available:
LDraw Design Pad's Bendible Object Generator
Kevin Clague's LSynth
Fredrik Glockner's LDraw Major Mode for Emacs

The links to all 3 of the above programs can be found in the download database
on ldraw.org:
http://www.ldraw.org/Downloads/

-Orion



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  Re: Has anyone ever attempted to do a LDRAW of 8868 compressor truck?
 
(...) Hi Orion, When I try to look for part 4267 (the big tyres) in the parts tracker, I get this: "Library subdirectory must be included in the filename" I tried it with another more common part and it worked. (23 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad)

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  Has anyone ever attempted to do a LDRAW of 8868 compressor truck?
 
Because I saw none on brickshelf. Does such a ldraw model exist yet? I saw plenty of supercars and old technic sets but no 8868 or 8862. If not, I may attempt to create a ldraw file of the 8868 truck once I get started with the ldraw utilies. The (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad)

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