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Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:33:10 GMT
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WOW ! If ML-CAD will be faster that will be really breakthrough ! ;) It will
be SUPER !
Rene
> 
> > ....currently I'm trying to eleminate a side effect of this optimization
> > which increases the initial loading time of the model sligtly. However I
> > think the result is worth a efford.
> 
> > Another example I can give to speak in numbers:
> > 
> > On my machine (Pentium II 350MHz, 128MB Ram) loading the SkyScraper model
> > from Brad Hamilton takes 18.747 seconds with MLCad V1.99R1 1280 * 1024
> > full-screen (all toolbars and other windows removed) (2.364 seconds loading,
> > 11.767 seconds drawing, ~3 seconds for displaying the part list of the
> > model)
> > 
> > With the version I'm currently working the same thing needs 6.509 seconds
> > (2.403 seconds loading, 1.662 seconds drawing - remaining time for part-list
> > and overhead)
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > Michael
> 
> 
> Stop it, Michael!  You're making me drool on myself!  This sounds so good,
> I can hardly stand the wait.  It's almost as bad as the wait for Christmas!
> 
> When do you think you'll be able to incorporate this into an MLCad release?
> I don't want to hurry you,  but with news of this new feature, I can't be
> the only one anxious for your next version of the BEST (IMHO) free CAD
> software available.
> 
> NOTE:  I didn't say LEGO CAD because I use MLCad's excellent primitive
> support for lots of non-LEGO projects, too.  I should show you some of them
> sometime.
> 
> To be honest, about the only feature I could really admit to wanting to see
> in MLCad that ISN'T there (yet?) is to write .pov files directly from MLCad.
> 
> My wife says to hurry up and release the next version because I'm driving
> her crazy.
> 
> But the most important part of this message is:
> 
> Thank you, Michael, for sharing your software with us all.
> 
> 
> Tim Romine
> AFOL for Life
> enimor@earthlink.net



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  Re: *** The best LEGO CAD software ? ***
 
(...) Stop it, Michael! You're making me drool on myself! This sounds so good, I can hardly stand the wait. It's almost as bad as the wait for Christmas! When do you think you'll be able to incorporate this into an MLCad release? I don't want to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)

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