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Re: Trouble creating building instructions using lpub and mpd file
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Sat, 2 Apr 2005 23:08:21 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Rajesh Shah wrote:
> Hi all...I just found out about MLCAD/Ldraw/Lpub last week, and I've been trying
> to figure out all the programs.  I was able to create an .mpd of an archway with
> a clocktower above it.  It seems to work fine in MLCAD, but when I try to build
> instruction images using Lpub, it freezes up the program.
> 
> My .mpd consists of four .ldr files:
> 
> Archway top.ldr
> Archway full top.ldr
> Clocktower base.ldr
> Tunnel base.ldr

Try removing the blanks from your file names.

> 
> 1) When I try to build the instruction images through Lpub, an error message
> appears--"count_steps: failed to open file Archway for reading". Lpub then
> freezes and I have to close it down using task manager
> 
> 2)There is a single 1 kb file in my models folder called "Archway" (no extension
> on the file).  If I delete this file, and then try to build instructions, it now
> reads: "create_mpd_construction_dats needs to create file
> C:\LDRAW\MODELS\Archway, but it already exists"

Blanks in file names again.

> 
> I tested the building instructions function of Lpub out using a simple ldr file
> from the tutorial on ldraw.org, and it worked fine (downloaded POV RAy 3.1,
> Mega-POV, and L3P).  I'm guessing it is a problem with the way I constructed my
> original .mpd, as I was fairly unsure of what I was doing.  However, when I
> create instruction images using MLCAD on my final .mpd, it seems to work ok.
> Anyone have any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?  Thanks, in advance.  Feel
> free to email me.

I'll work on the blanks in filename problem in LPub.

Kevin
> 
> Raj



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  Re: Trouble creating building instructions using lpub and mpd file
 
(...) That will be so nice. Thank you! That one caught me again just this afternoon. And I know better. However, I just forgot at one point, added a space to a file name and.... well you know the rest. :) Anyway, glad to hear it's fixable. Best (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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  Trouble creating building instructions using lpub and mpd file
 
Hi all...I just found out about MLCAD/Ldraw/Lpub last week, and I've been trying to figure out all the programs. I was able to create an .mpd of an archway with a clocktower above it. It seems to work fine in MLCAD, but when I try to build (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)

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