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Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to name custom colors in MLcad. I see the "name" field when defining a custom color, but it is grayed-out and non-editable. If there is not a way, would it be possible to consider this for a future version? (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Problems with creation of images
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(...) WinXP. Full admin rights and lots of harddisk space. (...) 3.00 with Dutch language file installed. (...) I am guessing he is not, but I will ask. (...) I have adviced him to do so, but have not heard from him since. Perhaps the problem is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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(...) He has WinXP, so the 8.3 problem is not the case. Neither does he overwrite a read only file (he ensured me). He also has enough diskspace. I asked him for more info, but got no reaction so far. Perhaps the problem is solved. Thanks. Jaco (20 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Usually this error message says what it means. There is a problem creating or overwriting the file. E.g. this could be cause because of creating a file with more than 8.3 characters on an older file system, that the old file which eventually shell (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Problems with creation of images
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(...) What OS version does he have? What MLCAD version does he have? Is he attempting to run MLCAD from a CD? Has he uninstalled AND cleaned out windows registery and then reinstalled everything? Can you give him my email or have him contact the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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Hi all, Recently I got an E-mail from someone who cannot create images with MLCad. He gets the error message: Failed to create the file! Whatever the problem is, it is not his PC, OS, version, harddisk space, user rights, etc. Does anyone have an (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCad: maximum filesize?
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Hi all, I am creating a very large sculpture - a virtual sculpture of course - only using plates, jumper plates and tiles. I am nearly halfway the project and it has already approximately 30.000 pieces (filesize is 1.2 MB). Things are slowing down a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: General Settings file?
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MLCad needs read/write access to HKEY_CURRENT_USER. For registration MLCad needs access to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT as well, which seems to be a major problem for a normal user under Windows XP. Michael "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com> schrieb im (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I have the same situation as Mark Chittenden save that I use a Zip disk for everything. I now shall try out the registry export tactic. Thanks! --Ryan (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: General Settings file?
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(...) I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that all accounts have permission to write to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER portion of the registry. --Travis Cobbs (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: General Settings file?
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(...) This assumes your account has permission to write to the registry. -Orion (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: General Settings file?
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(...) Actually, you should be able to export the settings from your main computer into a registry file. Then, put the file on the CD, and simply double click on it from Explorer to import the settings into the current registry. Before creating the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: General Settings file?
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(...) All the settings information is stored in the Windows registry. This mean that you won't be able to copy the info to your cd, especially if you only have acces to one folder. The reaon that the groups are saved is that MLCad stores the group (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | General Settings file?
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Being a student, it is not often I get to work on the same computer. I'll go to the computer lab, find a machine that's open, login with my student account and bingo, a new computer session. Due to how the school has the computer access setup, I (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Updating MLCad.ini
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(...) Wow! That sucks. I mean, one cannot do anything but search through that crap because otherwise one can easily lose important e-mail. Distributing e-mail adress wasn't such a good idea.. Robert P.S. How about to put e-mail adress as a picture (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I wouldn't think that you get mail bombed but spammed. E.g. My three accounts received 2300 e-mails during the last 200 days, 1500 have been spam :-( So take care with distributing e-mail addresses in the future. I tend to remove all machine (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) In fact, pretty good IMHO. We could distribute language dll's together with small readme files - let's say readme_german.txt for instance and add the information into that file. I guess it would be also nice place to add (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Translations of the inifile's comments could be included in an additional help file or something. Just an idea Niels (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) hi, andrew westrate has written a cool perl-script, which automatically compliles an .ini file based on a mpd. find the updated MLCad.ini below. the file has been tested against the latest part update 2003-02: non unofficial parts warning. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Updating MLCad.ini
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(...) i edited my ini file for the following items: ( some may be unnoficial parts.) minifig hand accesory- goblet camera camera with side scope town cup town loudhailer weapon bow and arrow minifig suitcase town signal holder as well as maybe (...) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I agree, but hey - ; ; ===...=== ; Fichero para ser leído por MLCad V3.00 o superior ; ===...=== ; Las líneas que empiezan por ; son comentarios ... ; Las líneas vacías se ignoran ; Las siguientes secciones definen los elementos utilizados por (...) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Spanish translation BETA
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An improved .dll is now available at the same location (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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Hallo back! First we should contribute the work that doesn't have visible result - this is fine example. I didn't check how does it look yet, but i am heading to do it. About translating the .ini file comment - I was considering about it when (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Updating MLCad.ini
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hi folks, before LDraw.org will come up with it's massive parts update 2003-3 I'd like to check that the current MLCad.ini is up to date. I added the new 2003-parts at the bottom of thier approriate section. once I got them confirmed I'll sort the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCAD Spanish translation BETA
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Hi all, It's been a long time since I promised Michael that I would translate MLCad 3 into Spanish. I am finally releasing the BETA .DLL. Please download it from (URL) I've recruited the help of the Spanish Lego community (which uses yahoo groups (...) (21 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: polish version of mlcad
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DL (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: polish version of mlcad
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(...) Doceniam wysilek, dzieki! :) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | polish version of mlcad
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hi i just finished polish version of mclcad language pack i know there is not much polish members here but i just wanted to announce it :))) i hope michael will set this langpack on his site br pixel (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Virtual LEGO Chapter 3 available for download as PDF
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The publisher of the popular new book Virtual LEGO: The Official LDraw.org guide to LDraw Tools for Windows, by Tim Courtney, Steve Bliss, and Ahui Herrera, has authorized LUGNET to distribute a sample chapter of the book as a (URL) PDF> document. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.books, FTX) !
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| | Re: MLCad 3.0 on windows 95
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(...) I don't think so - I ran MLCad 2.12 on similar machine (P90, windows 95 2nd edition) without troubles.. Just try older version and delete the log file time by time. Robert (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Help?-Odd problem
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(...) Still missing the roof but the tires showed up and now the model renders just fine. I don't get why, but problem solved. Thank you all-Ken (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hmm.. Try this: - Go here: (URL) and download and install the complete Ldraw Parts Library - Open MLCad - Run Scan Parts (it's under the File Menu) and when it asks you if you want to write a new Parts.lst file click Yes - Open the problem (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, I don't seem to have the cab roof or the tires in my parts file so I get errors on both of those, however I don't think that would affect the render ing of the entire model. Did this come out as a pin point for you or is it just (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well it wasn't the problem I thought it was. By the way, are you getting an error message when you open the file? Something to the effect of part 45677 not found. -Orion (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Help?-Odd problem
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(...) Wait a minute, I take that back. I don't really know what the rotation point is set at because it doesn't seem to match the specifications here: (URL) an extra 1 between the x,y,z coordinates and the Name. 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hey, That's a really nifty truck. Maybe the problem is the ROTATION CONFIG line for the main model. If you scan the file you'll see all the subfiles have this: 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 But the wwym_truck_v8_instructions.ldr subfile does this. 0 (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks for responding... The file is on his brickshelf pages... (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Can you post the link to the file? I'd like to help and acutally think I know what the problem is but I'd like to see the file to confirm it. -Orion (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Help?-Odd problem
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I downloaded James Mathis's wwym .mpd file. All of the sub models work fine. On the assembled and instruction files the model comes out the size of a pin head (no exageration). Zooming in solves this but since you can't zoom in to print pictures I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCad 3.0 on windows 95
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I thought installing every VBRuntime upgrade available did the trick: (URL) just downloaded all and installed them, increasing versions. Still the problem remains. Could it just be the computer: an old Pentium 1, 90 Mhz? Please help! Jaco "Michael (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCad 3.0 on windows 95
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(...) I remember installing 2.12 under Win95 last year at LEGOWorld last year :D (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCad 3.0 on windows 95
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All versions of MLCad should work on windows 95. However the versions before 3.00 had a logging bug filling up the diskspace. I must confess (I hope I spelled that right) that I didn't test this version (3.00) with 95 but it worked with 98 and ME. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCad 3.0 on windows 95
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Another question then: What version of MLCad *does* work on Win 95 without a lot of effort? I still have almost all past releases on archive CD's. Thanks! Jaco "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:HMr7D3.FHp@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCad 3.0 on windows 95
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Hi all, Is it possible to run MLCad 3.00 on Windows 95? I got the program running, but the general setup screens do not work! Tabs Rendering and Document make it crash. Jaco (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Once again, a relativley major bug...
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(...) Snip (...) I think a more accurate translation would be "zealously guards" which is similar to the other, but not quite. --Electro-- aka David M. (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: MLCad blacked out views problem
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I do, but I have encountered similar problems in the past. Do you have an ATI or Creative Labs video card? They tend to require fresh drivers after a directX upgrade... (...) Joe Greene UNIX Systems, Network and IT Specialist a.k.a. Guesseppi (...) (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, with no problems. Sounds like you got a problem with Windows that, by sheer coincidence, manifested itself at the same time you installed MLCad. (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I'm beginning to wonder if Direct X 9 is the problem. Although I can't say this problem started immediately after I upgraded to Direct X 9 it was definitly around the same time that the blackout problem started. Anyone else have Direct X 9 installed (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Possible Bug?
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Joe, the hidden attribute is never saved. So when you save such a hidden group, only the group itself is saved, not the hidden attribute. When you reload the model now, you will see the group again. When you ungroup the "group" its just split up (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCad blacked out views problem
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I recently upgraded to version 3 of MLCad and I'm having a problem were all the views have turned black. It appears to be some sort of graphics problem, because the parts preview window is also blacked out, and all the colours in the default pallet (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Possible Bug?
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I was working on a model, grouped a batch together and hid them (so they wouldn't keep getting in my way while I was trying to work on a separate segment of this rather complex model.. and I had to go crash .. so I saved.. I load it back up and (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | RE: Once again, a relativley major bug...
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(...) I know it's in common use, but it has immediately negative feelings that come with it. I have done lots of editing of non-native English speakers for various LEGO books and I can say that awkward translations by the original author to English (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Uh, you need to look this word up because a phrase like "jealously guards" is not at all uncommon. jeal·ous - adjective 1. Fearful or wary of being supplanted; apprehensive of losing affection or position. 2. a. Resentful or bitter in rivalry; (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: My Waah
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Amateurs! ;-) I use those short cuts all the time. I hardly use the mouse :-) Just like good old LEdit. Jaco (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I can certainly appreciate why you suggested Direct3D, and I personally didn't interpret it to mean that you would be disappointed by an OpenGL renderer. I believe that the performance differences between OpenGL and Direct3D are fairly heavily (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I'll be the first to admit : never even looked at LDView. Up until now I have done everything in MLCAD, and if I needed a nice image I'd use L3P and do a POVRAY. I'll look into LDView, who knows what I've missed :D (...) I don't even mind if (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Don't forget that Mac OS uses OpenGL as well. The entire Mac OS X window manager is an OpenGL app, which means that the whole GUI can do transparencies, drop shadows, rotations, etc etc and all be video card accelerated. Apple calls it Quartz (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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(...) I agree that cross-platform is good, and I also think that OpenGL is a more appropriate API to use because of this. However, I think it's only fair to point out that after releasing a Linux native version of LDView, I got exactly one piece of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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Excuse my Direct3D statment, I guess OpenGL is the way to go because of the linux crowd (plus, thinking a little more....OpenGL is actually faster than Direct3D). But the rendering engine in my view is less important mainly because as I said in my (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Gotta agree, I'd HATE to see that happen. It's already a pity the new track designer program most likely won't work under Wine (since it uses much of .NET from what I read in the announcement) let's not let this one go please. We can't expect (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I agree in principle with everything Amaury says, but before everyone gets their knickers in a knot (or their shorts bunched up) the word jealous is probably a small error in translation. I'm going to assume Amaury is a native French speaker (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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replying to both here : (...) No, this is a bad idea, in that it would lock up the software to MS and make it much more difficult to use under other platforms (read linux+wine) (...) Agreed, I like the way the 3d view controls from autocad works. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Feature Request - User Defined Model Directory
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I see. Now I understand. rob (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hey, that's great! I also just discovered the plus and minus keys on the numpad also zoom in and out by increments. --Ryan (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: My Waah
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(...) You can change all movement increments including angles in the Settings>General>Change dialog box, "Step, Grid, Snap" tab. --Ryan (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Besides us Admin/Programmer geeks gotta stick together...as to direct X.. (...) Joe Greene UNIX Systems, Network and IT Specialist a.k.a. Guesseppi Piegatura di Carta If you aren't having fun, you're doing the wrong thing! All opinions expressed are (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Andrew, Your feature request is no less important than a bug report. I think it is good to put out new feature requests because they typically are meaningful to more than one person. This is how the program gets better. I'm just a stickler (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: My Waah
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(...) CTRL + cursor key (left/right) on z-axes CTRL + cursor key (up/donw) on x-axes CTRL + PageuP/Down on y-axes hmm ... I might have mixed up the axeses - anyway you'll find out. at least I'm 100% sure on about the "A" key rotating on the y-xes (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I guess I was mistaken in my first post, it's a feature request, sorry. But I still think it's major, maybe because I am used to the functionality of an "Absolute" rotation system. -AK (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) But.... was it a bug or a feature request? (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I am in no way saying MLCad is bad, just the 3d view rotation. By the way, you were wrong about both of those programs being paid for, ZModeler is free. I do know how much work goes into 3D, but I'm not referencing to anything that involves changing (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Check out this reference guide from Jeff Boen: (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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<WAAH> Angle connectors.. specifically #5 (haven't played with others much yet) can't quite seem to get the rotation to match the angle of the pice.. any suggestions? </WAAH> I love MLCad. It is an excellent piece of software.. I'll have to remember (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Wow, cool!! I didn't know this either. (...) And I was just about to post asking what the heck STRG was, glad I caught this in the reply field :-) -Tim (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Wow, I didn't know this. Learn somthing new every day. Thanks for shareing. -Orion P.S. By the way, it's ctrl-shift for U.S. keyboards. (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) nothing to add! (...) don't get you? just press SHIFT+STRG and move the mouse to zoom in and out in the edit mode. press SHIFT only to pan in the edit mode. w. (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) First of all.... The LDraw family of CAD would not be where is is today without MLCad. It seems like you are biting the hand that feeds you. The CAD programs you are referring to are paid for, which probably means that one or more people work (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Huh? What do you mean by extremely difficult rotation? Do you mean that it's extremely difficult to rotate things in MLCad or do you mean figuring out what the rotation is for a given line is extremely difficult? I find the former very (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Feature Request - User Defined Model Directory
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(...) you (...) it's (...) time (...) folder (...) when (...) That's not quite what I'm talking about. There's a "Models" category in MLCad's internal parts catalog that's set to look display the contents of the \LDRAW\MODELS folder. This lets you (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Once again, a relativley major bug...
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In my opinion, the whole rendering system should be made Direct3D although that I know will create problems with culling. What really bugs me though is the EXTREMLEY difficult-to-use 3D rotaton. What happened to any kind of coordination at all? Not (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi, I know it's little bit late to respond, but still: You can do it easily even now. All you need to do is save your model where you want to have it using MLCad's standard dialog File/Save... Windows (as it's standard Windows dialog) DO (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hmmm. This is indeed strange. I made the same changes again to a backup I had on my WinXP machine at home and it worked! I am having trouble with my Win2000 machine at work. If I compile there, the file is not recognized. Jaco "Pieter Desnerck" (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Jaco, I had the same problem. Just change one letter in the name of the DLL and the problem will be solved. Greetz, Pieter www.brickcreations.tk (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, I am have trouble with the Dutch DLL file again. With the last changes in place I rebuild the DLL file but now it does not work anymore! The file is there, the name is good, but I cannot choose Dutch. Please help! Jaco (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) -*snip*- Might I suggest you look into Lsynth. This applciation can create hose, rubber bands, the black cables for the mindstorm sets, etc... You can find it here: (URL) -AHui LDraw Help Desk (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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Hi, I have some questions, abouth MLCAD V3.00 one's abouth the ' Flexible hose generator ' witch is implemented in MLCAD. 1) Where can i find a good Help file or manual about this utility? I need it to create a flexible hose for my train. 2) I (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:HJzKJw.woq@lugnet.com... (...) Fair enough. Thanks, Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Will, something like that is foreseen in the next release, but this will take another while until its ready. Michael "Will Hess" <nc_hokie@ripline.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HJuHzn.19Dv@lugnet.com... (...) change (...) ease (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, Could you look at the possibility of adding an option to let the user change the default Models directory to something other than the directory created by LDRAW? I like to keep my models in Windows' My Documents folder for ease of backup (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:slrnbja4tt.8bj.....bu.edu... (...) You might also wan't to try InnoSetup (URL) is also free. Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Try NSIS. (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi all, Does anyone know a good but easy to use program to create an installer? What I am looking for is an installer that first searches the users computer for the MLCad executable and then puts the DLL file in that directory. I need this since one (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HIxxMn.t3A@lugnet.com... (...) Hi, just to make things clearer: My web-space is hostet by Inode, a huge private competitor of the Austrian Telekom. This company head a main (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Its available at : (URL) just checked, and it's available. Regards, Ludo (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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What's happened to the MLCAD homepage? Jason Railton (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Good evening. Does anyone know where I can acquire a scorpion (Animal Scorpion 30169)? I need one for my Fleebnork model that I'm working on, but I can't seem to find one in my files (I have all the parts updates and unofficial parts). Thank you for (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that makes sense. Hey, I did a little searching and found some references to "depth sprites" which seem to be supported in some of the latest graphics hardware. I haven't read it yet, but the pictures in this article seem to indicate that (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Don, "Don Heyse" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HHrE7q.1vCq@lugnet.com... (...) The image buffers, just keep the light information in it, but not the color itself, the color is assigned during pasting the image onto the screen. I think I haven't (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I'm a bit behind on this thread, but thanks Michael. That explains a lot. I never thought of the image buffering approach for orthographic displays. It's a really neat idea! I do have a question though. How do you handle colors in the image (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Unfortunatly this is not true with files that have synthesized hoses and cables. They are quite large and take a *very long* time to load. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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