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Re: Custom Minifig Torso DAT files.
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date: 
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:26:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Eric Kingsley wrote:
   I have been working at creating some custom Minifig Torso DAT files for LDraw.

Neat!

   If you are interested in any of the DAT files you can find them in this Gallery...

http://www.trains-n-town.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=23&page=1

   If anyone in the LDraw community has tips on integrating images into a Quadrilateral I would love to here them.

For further work on custom torsos, I recommend grabbing the program called Quad 2 Dat. This is a fairly easy 2D program, made specifically for people creating LDraw patterned parts. The main problem with Quad2Dat is that it’s somewhat buggy -- you should save your work often.

Steve



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  Re: Custom Minifig Torso DAT files.
 
(...) My understanding is that you need to save often, with changing filenames. It apparently sometimes crashes during save after it has already clobbered the file. --Travis (16 years ago, 7-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
  Re: Custom Minifig Torso DAT files.
 
(...) Thanks Steve, I took your recommendation and tried Quad2Dat. I can see what you mean about it being buggy (and incomplete). It is too bad development on it didn't continue it seems to have a lot of potential. For simple images I can see it (...) (16 years ago, 7-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)

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  Custom Minifig Torso DAT files.
 
I have been working at creating some custom Minifig Torso DAT files for LDraw. I should preface everything by saying that I am NOT an LDraw Parts author. All of these were created by essentially taking a plain torso file and applying these like a (...) (16 years ago, 6-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX) ! 

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