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Re: LDD vs LDraw
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:54:06 GMT
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> I still don't get this.... submodels mean separate LDR files. In
> MLcad you can
> have separate LDR files, or you can use MPD. To edit these sub-
> models you have
> to switch files.
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> Groups is a collection of parts that you can treat as a unit
> without the use of
> a separate file. They each have their use, although historically
> sub-models as
> separate LDraw files has been used a large majority of the time.
I have a question about this. It is very important to me. I like to
make animations, and to rotate things correctly, I must use
submodels. In using other people's models, I've discovered that
nobody centers their submodels to the pivot point, but the origin is
just randomly placed (usually wherever they put the first piece). I
wrote this article trying to address this issue:
http://james.magnusviri.com/lego/articles/animatable_models.html
But got no feedback. Maybe it isn't very obvious what I'm saying?
I use a Mac, and thus Bricksmith. Bricksmith makes it easy to use
submodels (in fact, it isn't even obvious you are using submodels).
This makes arbitrary rotations very easy. Any time I rotate
anything, I put those pieces in a submodel and rotate them in a
group. Together, they are aligned normally and are easy to edit. I
only used MLCad a few times, so I'm not sure how it works, but is
editing submodels difficult on it?
James
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| (...) Ahem Ahem... I know that at least Mladen and myself do this and I've been spreading the word. You pretty much have to if you design mecha. I do, however, agree that it is annoying to deal with when people don't (I'll name no names... Swami). (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Well, MLcad cannot click things into place. I've learned over the years to be careful to add parts to the model when using course grid, and then switch to medium or fine as necessary. MLCad will allow you to place on whatever grid resolution (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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