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Re: Missing primitives after part update.
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives
Date: 
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:51:07 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, William Black wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> > > If nothing else works, download LDView, tell it you don't have the LDraw parts
> > > library installed when it asks, then point it to the parent directory of where
> > > you want the LDraw directory to be.  Rename your existing LDraw directory so
> > > that LDView won't find it.  It will then download the full official library.  If
> > > you then open up a model that contains unofficial parts, it will automatically
> > > download all the unofficial parts to the LDraw\Unofficial directory.  LDView can
> > > be downloaded from here:
> > > 
> > > http://ldview.sourceforge.net/Downloads.html
> > > 
> > > --Travis
> > 
> > Thanks Travis. I tried your first suggestion with no success. As for your
> > second, I already have LDView. It seems like several people have had the same
> > problem. What about uninstalling the whole LDraw package and then reinstalling?
> > How do I go about doing that and getting all the parts, official and unofficial
> > to download? I think I need an LDraw tutor. :-)
> 
> It sounds like maybe the LDraw directory you have selected in MLCad isn't your
> real LDraw directory.  Go into MLCad and check where it thinks the LDraw
> directory is (Settings->General->Change...->LDraw base path).  If that differs
> from where you meant it to be, change it, then delete the other LDraw directory
> to try to avoid confusion.
> 
> As for reinstalling, my personal suggestion would be to just delete your
> existing LDraw directory and then let LDView download and install a new one for
> you.
> 
> --Travis

My base path is C:\LDraw. I don't know what else it would be. As for your
suggestion, how would I go about that? Thank you so much for your patience
-Bill.



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  Re: Missing primitives after part update.
 
(...) I don't understand your question. How would you go about doing what? And while you might not know what else the MLCad base path would be, your description of the problem makes it sound like MLCad has to be looking for parts in some other (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)

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  Re: Missing primitives after part update.
 
(...) It sounds like maybe the LDraw directory you have selected in MLCad isn't your real LDraw directory. Go into MLCad and check where it thinks the LDraw directory is (Settings->General->......->LDraw base path). If that differs from where you (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)

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