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I posted some help on POV-RAY camera angles a bit back in one of the CAD newsgroups. Here is the easiest way to do it (assuming you are using MLCAD). Load up MLCAD with your model. Have one view showing the front, and another from the top. Go over (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.cad)
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| | December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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Hi all, It is that time of the month again(1) - time to vote! And unlike Florida, I have no problem hand-counting votes. So shake off any excess chads and visit: (URL) real good entries this month - an excellent variety. Plus the winner will be the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
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I can't wait to get your optimization! The latest version of MLCAD is much faster than the previous one (since it tries not to redraw the entire model), but this sounds fantastic! Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Export Problems
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(...) Only Michael can say for sure, but my belief is that this dialog is simply not fully functional yet. I would guess that all the fields and actions will become active in the next release. J (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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(...) I suppose if you have a bunch of compact Win 3.1 apps you might feel that way. My 486 laptop has 20 Mb and a much smaller disk and works fine for me, but I mostly use it for multiple DOS windows to run the compiler and text editor. (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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(...) Please do post them ASAP as I have been looking for a .dat of the 8880 for ages. If I had the shift pieces I would ldraw them for you but I dont have them. Seeing this makes me want to do the 8480 space shuttle :) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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(...) In order to have all the angles right and to move parts around (view with wheels turned or hatch up) there is about 90 files that are used for that model. Maybe somebody can teach me how to use the multiple part option of the software. These (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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"Eric Lanteigne" <elanteigne@home.com> wrote in message news:G4nKC2.H56@lugnet.com... (...) Did you forget to attach the dat? (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: bend thingie creator.
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(...) Doesn't this complicate things a lot? It is possible easily draw a hundred beziercurves that make up 1 curve, but how do you make 1 equation that passes through a hundred points? (...) mean (...) segment (...) it (...) with (...) segment in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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Tore Eriksson wrote... (...) L3Lab supports 4 kinds of polling (quiet poll is option -PollSilent) see under "Revision history" in (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | To boldly MLCAD where no one has MLCADed before
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I thought my computer was powerful until this. 131369 Frame level objects I put my computer down to its knees Prepare to drool (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: bend thingie creator.
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(...) I've thought about using bezier curves but I decided to choose another type of curve because it doesn't allow you to make the curve pass by a specific point (except the first and last points). (...) I'm using a different solution: I start with (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Export Problems
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(...) I don't use the export function so I can't comment. But if you want to raytrace, get POVray, install it, then get L3Lab (or L3P) and install it. What I do to trace is save my MPD with the design I want traced. Then I launch L3Lab, navigate to (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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(...) With 420 Mb hard disk and 16 Mb RAM, it's no upgrade at all. (RAM not even upgradeable). I prefer a fast 486 with Win 3.1 before a slow one with Win95. I have no hope of finding a polling viewer that works in Win 3.1. I want to know what (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Export Problems
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I'm fairly new to MLCad, and after I recently got ready to delve into the depths of raytracing my designs, I found that the export command was a little odd... I can't click the post processor configurations tab; it doesn't act as if it's a tab at (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | A new idea
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Did anyone think on making desktop themes about this Lego cad thing? (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Can the MLCAD rendering engine be put in a DLL?
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Michael, is there a possibility you could put the rendering engine from MLCAD into a DLL? That would make it very easy to create other add-ons for the community. One example is my LDList, which can be used to search for a part - my Delphi port of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Shutter, real ridges or simulated? [DAT]
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Here's my version of 3582: 0 Window 1 x 2 x 2 Shutter 0 WRITE Modified by Tim Romine 11/26/2000 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 1 1 1 16 0 44 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-4edge.dat 1 16 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-4edge.dat 2 24 2 48 -4 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Renderers that poll for changes?
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(...) Good luck finding a polling viewer that works in Win 3.1! In occasional moments of insanity I've considered building a version of ldglite for DOS with the djgpp compiler and Scitech MGL, but then I come to my senses and remember that LDRAW and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Shutter, real ridges or simulated? [DAT]
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(...) DOH! I had already made these shutters before I checked LUGNET, so here they are: 3856 in this post, 3582 in the next. As always, LMKWYT. Tim Romine AFOL for Life enimor@earthlink.net P.S. Toilet bowl, huh? Wow! I never would have thought of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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