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  Call for votes: Unofficial files in the OMR
Posted by: Willy Tschager - 2012-04-12, 19:16 - Forum: Standards Board - Replies (6)

Please vote on the proposal below. Please modify the Subject to include your name and vote, in addition to giving your vote in the text.



Change in http://www.ldraw.org/Article593.html:

Quote:Unofficial parts are allowed to be used. The filename of the unofficial part is subject to the naming rules above (e.g. 33056.dat would be renamed to <MPD Filename> - 33956.dat).

to

Quote:Unofficial parts are allowed to be used. The filename of the unofficial part is subject to the following naming rules:

<Set Number>[-<Optional Qualifier>] - <Unofficial Part Number>.dat

<Set Number> is the the number printed on the model's container.
<Optional Qualifier> is a sequential number, starting with 1, added if there is more than one set that could be assigned <Set Number>
<Unofficial Part Number> is the unofficial part number assigned in that very moment

(e.g. 33956.dat would be renamed to 3345 - 33956.dat or 3345-1 - 33956.dat).

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  When your hobby goes serious
Posted by: Willy Tschager - 2012-04-12, 7:07 - Forum: General LDraw.org Discussion - Replies (1)

Interesting read: Dissertation by Mathew Wolfe

http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~mdv/courses/CM...007-08.pdf

w.

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  Active Duty
Posted by: Philip Peickert - 2012-04-11, 14:17 - Forum: Off-Topic - Replies (1)

I apologize for not having been able to respond to any communications sent to me. I have been called up to active duty and will be deploying to Afghanistan in June, and we have had a lot of training recently. I will attempt to post any active parts I have been working on in the hopes that someone who has the time might complete them, otherwise I'll resume working on them when I return next year. Thanks.

Phil Peickert

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  Basebricks, stud4f4n.dat, and ribs
Posted by: Greg Teft - 2012-04-11, 4:44 - Forum: Parts Authoring - Replies (5)

Looking at the old held or non-ca parts, I thought I'd tackle a group of them at once:

6162 33230 6161
and add 47115 (similar to 6162).

I noticed some discussion on stud4f4n.dat about standardizing these extra primitives, and would like to take it one step further.

Before I uploaded a bunch of new primitives, I thought I'd share my thoughts and see what others think.


The flanges on the stud4f's could extend to the meet the next flange, and additional stud4's with longer flanges could be used for edges and corners. This would reduce the file tree and number of polygons used for each rib.

Groups for single- and double-spaced stud4f's and double-spaced stud4's could be created for the standard cases (4 flanges).

Ribs and rib-groups to make up between double-spaced stud4's and edges could also be created.

I've attached a couple preliminary files to show my thoughts about the non-flush ribs and double-spaced stud groups.


None of the stud4f's are released yet, and the parts that use them aren't either.

Opinions?



Attached Files
.dat   stug4-1x4a.dat (Size: 399 bytes / Downloads: 0)
.dat   stug4-4x4a.dat (Size: 419 bytes / Downloads: 0)
.dat   rib4a.dat (Size: 521 bytes / Downloads: 0)
.dat   rib4b.dat (Size: 497 bytes / Downloads: 0)
.dat   rig4a1x4.dat (Size: 401 bytes / Downloads: 0)
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  LEGO NXT playing the drums
Posted by: Steffen - 2012-04-11, 2:26 - Forum: MOCs (My Own Creations) - No Replies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV8HP2hcXPY

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  mechanical 7 segment display
Posted by: Steffen - 2012-04-11, 2:13 - Forum: MOCs (My Own Creations) - No Replies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyijTDuotu4

another SEOC

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  Hand made of LEGO, with human freedom degrees
Posted by: Steffen - 2012-04-11, 1:27 - Forum: MOCs (My Own Creations) - No Replies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR3IiXvzrds


EDIT: This is not a MOC. It's a SEOC, Someone Else's Own Creation.

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  LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2012-01 now available
Posted by: Willy Tschager - 2012-04-10, 12:02 - Forum: LDraw.org Announcements - Replies (3)

An updated version of the LDraw All-In-One-Installer, in short AIOI, has been released:

  • It comes with the latest LDraw Parts Library update 2012-01 as well as MLCad.ini file.
  • SR 3D Builder has been added to the package.

The AIOI supports Windows XP (Home and Pro), Windows Vista (all versions) and Windows 7 (all versions). On 64-Bit Operating Systems it will install in the "Program files (x86)" folder. The Installer will NOT run on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT Ver 4, 2000, or XP below SP2.

You can download the AIOI by going to the download database under the heading Critical Files and Libraries.

w.

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  Cloudflare
Posted by: Orion Pobursky - 2012-04-09, 20:16 - Forum: Off-Topic - No Replies

Has anyone here have some first hand accounts of using the Cloudflare service? The hosted I used just enabled it for my domains and I'm curious if this is something I should activate or ignore?

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  LDView 4.2 Beta 1 Released
Posted by: Travis Cobbs - 2012-04-08, 20:59 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers - Replies (114)

It's been an extremely long time in coming, but LDView 4.2 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here (reload the page if you don't see the Test Release section at the top of the Quick Jump section).

This is a Beta release, which means that I’m hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, so you probably don’t want to try it out if you absolutely hate using buggy software.

Some notable changes:

  • Support for texture maps. Hopefully an official texture mapping extension will be approved by the LSC, and the final 4.2 release will work with the official extension.
  • Support for blue neutral faces for BFC verification.
  • Added "Right Side Up" feature, along with "Keep Right Side Up" setting while in fly-through mode.
  • Quite a lot of bug fixes.

Please see the full change history in the ChangeHistory.html file included in the packages.

If you are still using a Windows OS prior to Windows 2000, please let me know. I still have the ability to create a legacy installer, but I have not yet done so for the Beta release. If I don't get any requests, I won't do so for the official release.

If you are still using a version of Mac OS X prior to Snow Leopard, please let me know if the Mac version works for you. Note that it is Intel-only, so it definitely won't work on a PowerPC Mac. If you have one of those and want to run LDView on it, please let me know. I can't make any promises that I will even be able to create a release for you, but given that I know it will be a lot of work, I'm not going to even try unless it's specifically requested.

Please send any bugs, suggestions, or other feedback to [email protected]. As mentioned above, the main reason for this release is to get feedback so that the official release will be as high-quality as possible.

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