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    Modeling an entire City —David Carriker
   Does anyone have any tips on doing really large models? I am trying to build a city. I have several buildings built, but when I start adding roads and the separate buildings to the scene, MLCAD bogs down. Even when I turn stud rendering off and go (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
   
        Re: Modeling an entire City —Ahui Herrera
     (...) My recommendation is to use NOTEPAD or another text editor. 1. Use MLCAD to make all your buildings, each in it's own file. (eg. building1.ldr, b2.ldr, b3.ldr) Make sure all the buildings are say on a 32x32 baseplate per bulding. 2. Use MLCAD (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
   
        Re: Modeling an entire City —Tore Eriksson
     (...) MLCAD is a very powerful program, 100% LDraw compatible but not the fastest alternative. When making buildings, I recommend BlockCAD. (I still use SimLego sometimes, but that's just for sentimental reasons or when I'm at my parents' house (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
    
         Re: Modeling an entire City —David Carriker
     Thank you both for all the tips. I will have to give them a try. "Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:GztsIE.KJn@lugnet.com... (...) I have heard the name, but that is all. I did not know what it was (I am new to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
    
         Re: Modeling an entire City —Steve Bliss
     (...) Start with: (URL). HTH, Steve (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
   
        Re: Modeling an entire City —Jimmy Figiel
   (...) <snip> I have started working on the same problem. I wanted a really large scene renderd with POVRAY. My example can be seen at. (URL) is a full 360 degree view that can be viewed in a panoramic viewer. The area of the model is 24 baseplates (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
 

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