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Since many people are asking for the enhanced color dialog in MLCad I'm planning to introduce it now. But before that I have some questions where I hope you can answere them, and help me out: 1) In general there exist some predefined colors, in the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Chrome in new LCAD programs
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) official (...) difficult (...) the (...) :) I don't think I personally have any sets with chrome parts, so I'm not sure how they appear in LEGO instructions. Anyone have a URL to a scanned instruction page? (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Chrome in new LCAD programs
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Gary: It'd be great if your program rendered color 383 (and 503) more like official LEGO instructions rather than like LDraw/LDlite. I don't know how difficult that would be too implement, though. --Bram PS: try not to be overwhelmed by all these (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestions for developers of LCAD programs
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37e905c6.145432...net.com... (...) Have you even opened output from the MFE into LEdit? The result reminds me of the movie Total Recall. -John Van (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT format question
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37e9033a.13891366@l...et.com>... (...) Yup. The simplified one I made last night is here: (URL) over-complicated one isn't on the server anymore. -Gary (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestions for developers of LCAD programs
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(...) And use the shifted versions to go CCW would be great--shift-A goes -90 around Y, shift-S goes -90 around X, shift-D goes -90 around Z. LDAO's Modeler allows A/shift-A, but not the others. (...) The color-list is loaded from ldraw.ini. Open (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT format question
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(...) Complexity also increases as over-specification increases. (...) Yes, polygons and lines should be allowed. Maybe that should be on the advanced interface, but it should be allowed. (...) Yes. (...) Exactly. And if you right-click an object, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT format question
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(...) For new files, LDAO allows the user to specify the type of the file, separate from its location. The type information is written to the file as part of the header lines. When a file is loaded, LDAO looks for the typing information. If the file (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT format question
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Gary Williams: (...) [...] (...) Then give the user a _choice_ of interface. (...) I would limit command types 2-5 to the "extended interface". (...) The selected object would of cause (imo) always be the level referred directly to by the root level (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DAT format question
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Gary Williams: (...) This makes sense for the editor, but the renderer should consider any LDraw file equal wherever it resides. It it also worth remembering that some parts files actually uses specific colours (not only 16 and 24). Play well, Jacob (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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