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  Re: Piece Number?
 
(...) refer in the Link ? Is this a US set only, or something brand New, that I haven't seen iet ? It seems like an Original Lego Set, looking at the box in the Picture. But I can see any Reference Number (only Star Wars printed on it). Can someone (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
(...) In this case, (since we are ridding the wave of change), I would sugest, using .mpl (Multipart Ldraw) instead of .mpd (Multipart Dat) I think it makes reasonable sence. Another pet peeve for is the fact, that we should agree, on the Case of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GnvML4.LFC@lugnet.com... (...) That was my impression too, but I also go with Lars, to make the filter like he suggested. Should be more easy for the user anyway. Michael (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> wrote in message news:GnvM1B.K54@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I thought Microsoft Project used .mpp for it's extensions. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (URL) - (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
(...) How about just using .ldr? Otherwise you Windows folks are going to have to fight it out with Microsoft for the .mpd extension, and we already know who'll win that battle. :) Microsoft registers .mpd for Microsoft Project Documents. Give it up (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Piece Number?
 
Hi all, I was wondering if there is a part number associated with that large phone-handset piece that's been showing up in the UCS sets. There are two in the UCS tie fighter, I believe, and at least two in the Star Wars RBR. They are clearly seen in (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
Michael Lachmann wrote... (...) Maybe our views are biased from the actual handling of the file types in our applications? MLCad has an "Active model" droplist and lets you switch between model/submodels. L3Lab always displays the complete model. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
"Lars C. Hassing" <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:GnsJ68.Bzr@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) For me it's the kind of file - while mpd contains multiple models, ldr and dat contain only one file (I thought it's more logical ???). But I'm always (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
Tim Courtney wrote... (...) L3P accepts any extension. The only special feature is, that if your model is called MODEL.DAT or MODEL.MPD you can leave out the extension and just type "l3p MODEL". This will of course also apply to MODEL.LDR from the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
"Rui Martins" <Rui.Martins@Link.pt> wrote in message news:3C0BB8B1.803010...Link.pt... (...) No, for now parts stay .DAT. (...) It isn't as big of a deal as you are making it out to be. I've had many discussions with Steve about this, and he (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
(...) This is Not exactly required! (...) Yes, but it will break compatibility, with older programs. (...) Don't really know. (...) So, the actual goal, of switching to an unambigous extension, doesn't really work, because, everybody, must keep (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
NO good in l3pAO ver 1.3.27 either. =( (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
Hello, (...) its (...) LEdit can be changed. I did it myself. Just patch the extension with a hex-editor from .DAT to LDR. No reverse-engineering necessary ;)) Greetings Carsten (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
The .ldr file format WILL NOT work with l3pao Ver 1.3.26 (latest version). You can select the file by choseing to see all files but it will NOT open it. Currenltly the only way to use MLCAD v2.11 with l3pao is to save yoru file as a .dat file. =( (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
Michael Lachmann wrote... (...) No, but it narrows the range of programs to the LDraw related ones :-) /Lars (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
ohhh...... maybe thats why I have so many .dat files that I don't know where I got them. Gary Michael Lachmann <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:Gnr6BG.I8@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
ahhhhh, ok that exlains it. thanks! Gary Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GnrB9B.7yC@lugnet.com... (...) more (...) not (...) for (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GnrB9B.7yC@lugnet.com... (...) more (...) I forgot to add, DAT will always be compatible, and should always be compatible. LEdit has .DAT hard-coded (and we have not found a copy of its source (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  LDR - New LDraw File Extension
 
Hi everybody - A few of you are curious about the new default file format the latest version of MLCad uses, .LDR. I will attempt to explain this to eliminate any confusion. For a while we (website organizers and core contributors) have wanted the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
(...) Will the file change effect programs like L2P and L3P and other "*.* to *.dat" programs that convert to or from dat? i mean, could i still use l3p to conert the new file type to pov files, or will some one now need to make a .ldr to .pov (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
"blessing" <blessing@icefog.net> wrote in message news:Gnporq.7D@lugnet.com... (...) The change for the file-type was requested from many people and got an official ok from ldraw-org. Since many programs register for ".dat" they always fighted (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
I was wondering: Why the change in file type? Gary Michael Lachmann <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:GnpF0K.7IM@lugnet.com... (...) one (...) 1 (...) mouse (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
Ok thanks for the tip, I couldn't solve all the issues anyway - but this one is a harder one ... Michael "Carsten Schmitz" <casz@gmx.de> wrote in message news:GnnMw5.F82@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
Hello (...) But the rounding error is still there when i use a stepsize smaller than 1 LDU :((((. If I set it to less than 1 LDU (lets say 0.1) I can move it with the mouse in that small distance but the arrow-keys won't work correctly. Greetings (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
Yahoo! Thank you for your great work, Michael! Carsten "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GnnLBu.CIF@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  *** NEW: MLCAD V2.11 ***
 
Hi, quickly get to (URL) and retrieve the latest brand new version of MLCad! Have fun .... Michael (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Arctic tracks dat?
 
If you're in MLCad look in the Other Parts - Others category (it's under the alphabetical listings). There all sorts of useful parts in there :-) Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: umb 'ol me
 
"poorpip" <poorpip99@netscape.net> wrote in message news:GnJKL2.Kpo@lugnet.com... (...) only (...) stumpted (...) Have you used the Scan Parts option off the File menu? So long as the parts are in the correct place (in the PARTS dir under the LDRAW (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  umb 'ol me
 
Hey guys!! I'm just downloaded all the stuff I need to use ldraw and mlcad only one problem. . . The mlcad isn't reading my parts list! I am really stumpted here so ANY help would be nice. -poorpip (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Vision Command Camera, Mindstorms IR Tower
 
Bill, nice work ! Perhaps you can model the electronics some times. I noticed that rendering time rises if you put something into the transparent model (or even if you only use a transparent model). What about modeling 2 Versions? One for general (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Vision Command Camera, Mindstorms IR Tower  [DAT]
 
Rainer, Thank you for your suggestions. I added the lens like you suggested: 0 Electric Camera USB TrBlue/TrDkGray 0 Name: 32561c01.dat 0 Author: William J. Wood 0 Unofficial Model 0 Note: This is the camera from the Vision Command set. 1 33 0 0 0 1 (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Request: Recent used elements tool
 
Hi I am wondering if it is possible to have a window containing only the used elements in the .dat file. I know that the ascii version is available. However, finding a previously used element in a rather big .dat file can take a while. I make a lot (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Wishes for next version
 
(...) I too would like the ability to easily zoom in more. Assigning this to the mouse scroll wheel would be even better. I also have the same problem moving things when setting the grid to less than 1 LDU. A couple more requests: When moving a type (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Vision Command Camera, Mindstorms IR Tower
 
Hi Bill, thanks a lot ! Sorry for beeing such late with answering. I like your model very much. I did'nt know that there are such good transparent parts ! I've got some suggestions. (Please remember I'm new to MLCAD and i don't know the effort of (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Arctic tracks dat?
 
(...) (URL) Geert-Jan Meeuwissen used it here. I would sure like to know where he got the dat, or how he made it. hmmmm. Thanks anyway. ~Trev (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Vision Command Camera, Mindstorms IR Tower
 
(...) Rainer, I have a model of the Vision Command Camera that I developed. It can be found at the LDraw.org Parts Tracker. Go to: (URL) download the following files: 32561c01 Electric Camera USB TrBlue/TrDkGray 32561 ~Electric Camera USB Top 32562 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Arctic tracks dat?
 
(...) I don't think the Arctic-style treads have been modelled yet. Steve (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Arctic tracks dat?
 
Greetings! Can anyone direct me to a .dat of the treads/tracks from the arctic sets/mission control set? ~Trev (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Vision Command Camera, Mindstorms IR Tower
 
Hello all, I'm new to MLCAD and did nothing else the last nights :) I'm impressed. I did not find the pieces i mentioned in the subject. Does anyone know if this parts allready exist ? Thanks in advance, Rainer (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Wishes for next version
 
Hello! Because i do part authoring with ML-Cad i would like to have the ability to zoom muuuuuch more than onl 300%. Sometimes i need like 2000%-8000% and more. It makes it alot easier to determine the position of points. So it is a lot of trial and (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)


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