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(...) Congratulations, Orion. That's nice to hear. (...) Thanks for at least trying it out. It is unfortunate you were unsatisfied, and you raise several valid points below. But you also lament about the "absence" of several features which are (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Moving things manually a long distance is cumbersome, even with the coarse grid. The inspector does show the coordinates of the selected part or submodel, although I'm not sure if that's what you mean by cursor coordinates. Note that if you do (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yes, this is very annoying as using the arrow keys to move a part/assembly all the way across the model can be slow and painful, especially since Bricksmith doesn't seem to display cursor coordinates. (...) Ok, I see. I'd like functionality to (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Bricksmith is certainly unlike MLCad, which is indeed a fine program. However, I'd like to humbly correct a few inaccuracies I perceive in your list of drawbacks. (...) True. That is a definite difference. (...) False. Keyboard controls for (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I'm going to have to disagree. As a long time MLCad user and a recent Mac convert (Nov 2007), I feel that while Bricksmith is a very good program, it has some very definite drawbacks that makes it difficult to use. Here's a list from off the (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I second that. I'm quite novice at virtual building, but Bricksmith has proven very straightforward to use (it's event better with two screens, too), and very convivial. MLcad is good to, of course, but I don't see why you'd go through all the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I would recommend (URL) Bricksmith> in either case. Jim (18 years ago, 1-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Thanks a lot for your answers. But you are right. In Windows System it is not easy to do something like this. But I will think of it. mikeheide (18 years ago, 14-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) search for sets instead of (or in addition to) parts. I had part identification in mind when I wrote the services, but I suppose similar set searches would be useful for collectors, too. Jim (18 years ago, 14-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Sorry I didn't respond sooner, Mike. Anyway, Travis is right. It's especially easy to make services out of simple little scripts with a utility called ThiService ((URL) what it's worth, the scripts are extremely trivial - they simply open the (...) (18 years ago, 14-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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