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Ok I understand, you still want backwards compatible files ... No problem ... I suggest a new file format extension for future MLCad versions: ".mlcad" ... default extension for any sort of MLCad files with export functions for ".mpd" and ".dat" (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: General Comments to MLCad
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(...) rendering (...) If this were to be implemented would MLCad still have an option to save in a standard DAT format (no hex code, etc) to allow for sharing MOC's with the majority of LEGO Cad users? I would love the ability to save my models as (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: General Comments to MLCad
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(...) Could you avoid writing out the file as a ".DAT" file extension if you are making extensions to the long established LDraw DAT file format? This would clear up confusion right away and avoid further incompatibility issues if other LDraw-clone (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | General Comments to MLCad
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Since I got various responses and comments since the last version, I will try to explain some things here and also try to start some sort of interest collection. Version 1.6 and custom colors: It is true that custom colors are not useable for LView (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: almost did it!
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MLCad also has the possibility of hiding parts during editing ... From a view or in the list right click and select "Hide". The parts are still shown in the list and can be modified there, but will not be drawn when working in the edit-mode. In the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: How to break up multi-dat files?
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I'm hardly working on previewing the sub-models. The problem with it is that if you edit a sub-model which is used in another sub-model (e.g. you have two sub-models A and B. A includes B and you are editing B) you are modifying the view of the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | 50 stud all porpose flat car ( rtwx.mpd ) [DAT]
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soon i will put up pics of all the uses for this car. MPD FILE compiled by LDAO editor 0 50 stud all porpose flatcar 0 Name: rtwx.MPD 0 Author: thomas burger (tburger666@aol.com) 0 RTWX-19244-28 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3031.DAT 1 0 0 0 120 0 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: hex values (was: Re: Loader)
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I thought LDLite is able to display this colors! If this is realy a problem I can change this to use comment lines defining these custom colors! Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Minifig Scale AT-ST
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I had a similar trouble until I re-read the installation instructions.. I had to download LDRAW first, install it, download and install the pieces (dat) library for LDRAW, and then download and install MLCAD. Otherwise, I was always missing stuff (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: OMR Planning - Almost There
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(...) Hee. :) (...) Yeah. (...) We could ask for all the model info, and the server will create the header with the submission. But then what about submodels? They'd need to have headers cause we can't have a bazillion fields for the separate (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Minifig Scale AT-ST
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I just installed MLCAD 1.6 last night for the 1st time. I didn't like the old DOS based LDRAW/CAD stuff since my Win98 doesn't really like DOS. When I copied the file and opened it w/MLCAD there were several dat files missing from my MLCAD. I assume (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | m4554 metrostation [DAT]
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here it is aside the lamp posts,minifigs and all the other stuff 0 Metrostation 0 Name: m4554.dat 0 Author: Thomas Burger (tburger666@aol.com) 0 Unofficial Model 1 7 80 -32 -480 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2642.DAT 1 7 80 -32 -160 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2617.DAT 1 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | hex values (was: Re: Loader)
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(...) Wonderful. So why does MLCad insert nonstandard data into LDraw DAT files? --Todd (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Loader
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(...) the hex values are for mlcad 1.6 custom color. ldlite as far as I know doesnt support it, and ldraw crashes when hex is encountered. some alternatives for colors are : 42 = lime green transparent / neon green 44 = orange transparent (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Loader
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(...) roger over. sweet model. guves me ideas for a ALIENs loader, but im to buisy on trains (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | train patterned parts
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i did about 10 or so parts within the last 2 hours. can everyone go see (URL) tell me if you think patterned parts are good? (rather have more PARTS than duplicate patterned??) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Loader
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(...) Hmm. What are those hexadecimal values doing in the DAT lines? --Todd (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) The hell! How come my transparent parts didn't show up? Can anyone provide some insight on this? Sorry if this problem/issue has been adressed. Mladen Pejic, over and out! (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Loader [DAT]
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Hi everybody, this a loader that I built about 3 months ago, nuff' said. Please LMKWYT, and check out my other models (shuttle and hovertank)! Mladen Pejic, over and out! 0 Untitled 0 Name: loader.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 1 0 0 -2 -36 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: OMR Planning - Almost There
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(...) faux pa (although the "paw" bit is funnier) (...) Unfortunately, not everyone is going to get the model header right, so you'll probably need (required) fields for name, email, etc. The only problem is that you most likely want a comments (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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