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Re: !!!! MLCad V1.3 (Mikes Lego CAD) IS READY !!!!
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Date: 
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:32:15 GMT
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Mike,

First off:  thank you very much for MLCad!  It looks great, and seems very
spunky (ie, quick on the redraw).

A couple of things I found pretty quickly:

1. MLCad doesn't look in the current directory for subfiles.  The current
directory is a part of the standard "LDraw search path".  Specifically,
when LDraw is looking for file <filename>, it will look for:

<ldraw>\p\<filename>
<ldraw>\parts\<filename>
<ldraw>\models\<filename>
<filename>

It's most convenient for advanced models if that last step, looking for
<filename> with no extra path information, is interpreted as starting in
the same directory as the main model file.

2. MLCad doesn't recognize the LDLite extended meta-commands.  This isn't a
bug, but it would be a *great* feature.  At least so I could reference my
LDLite files in MLCad.

3. The function to update moved parts freaked out when I tried to use it.
I opened my file, clicked File | Scan Parts.  I got a message that new
parts were found, I OK'ed it, and suddenly I was left with a blank MLCad
screen.  No indication of what had happened.

4. Scan Parts should only update the model in memory, not overwrite the
model file on disk.  I later re-opened the file I had scanned/updated, and
tried to re-scan.  It didn't find anything.  Apparently, Scan Parts had
rewritten my file.

That's it for now, I'll come back with more as I use MLCad more.
Steve



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  !!!! MLCad V1.3 (Mikes Lego CAD) IS READY !!!!
 
MLCad V1.3 is ready for download now. MLCad is a powerful cad system for creating building instructions of your self- made Lego models. The program creates similar instructions as the known one from Lego itself. New features in this version are: - (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)

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