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Good hint - thank you I was just about to forget about that ... just have to read the docs how to do it, but you are definitly right. Michael "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GuE3I7.Fy4@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Before you write one from scratch, try using the file save dialog to do directory selection. It's a common trick. The file save dialog has more features, including a pastein path bar, and you just check what's returned to make sure it's a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I'll take that into the wishlist. The dialog currently used is standard windows .. if I haven't overseen something that's all it can do. But generating a new one might not be so hard ... I'll have a look. Michael "Larry Pieniazek" (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) more (...) hoses, (...) From here what you can do is calculate the angle you need, based on the difference of the endpoints and a inverse tangent funtion. Or you can calculate the angle automatically using Paul Easter's handy calculator ((URL) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I think the File dialogs could benefit from some improvement in how path is determined. This applies to at least export model and export submodels (in Multipart mode) Both default to the root of the C drive and don't remember last filepath selected. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: GPF on manual zoom in MLCad 2.11
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(...) Hey, neat tip! Thanks. (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Is there an easy way to rotate by dragging in MLCAD? I have a situation where I want something to be tangent to two things and it's a complex 3 dimensional angle to calculate. I know the endpoints, more or less. What I would like to be able to do is (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) For those that can't download just yet, the zoom is a relatively easy fix to prevent the GPF! Simply click on a piece BEFORE you do any zoom! From what I gathered, the entire model isn't referenced before the zoom takes effect, thus, an (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Was that a serious question? Given the number of different things on this laptop (Apache AND IIS, WebSphere AND WebLogic, MQSeries, Oracle AND SQLServer, etc. etc.) my policy on software is only upgrade when you have to. Don't dump something (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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This bug is fixed in V2.12. There was a packaging problem at the beginning of V2.12 but that is also fixed now. So ... go on and download the latest version please! Michael "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, I did. It was that packeging error-whatever that was. And I've used GS SPlit to split all the files I need. Only problem is that pov-ray is slow on that computer.(of coarse) John Kruer (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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<snip> (...) OS stands for Operating System like WIndows 95, Windows 98, etc... In any case did you finally get it to work on the 95 machine? -Ahui (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks! You're right. Mine was downloaded at 8:45 in the morning on March 2. I got the old one. However, it (the older verision) worked perfectly fine on this (internet, win 98) computor. Maybe its the opperating system? My other one was a 95 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello John, there has been two 2.12 versions of ML-Cad. The first one was up only for a few hours and crashed for unknown reason. Maybe you caught that version. Try to re-download ML-Cad from the ML-Cad homepage and make sure it's really (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Tried the files... had none, but MlCad still crashed after I got them on the system. What are OS files?( I'm only twelve, and I don't have experience in many things) I had version 2.12. Also, my MlCad exe is 1.06 megabytes, more than yours. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well that was what I was getting at, my read of the problem he fixed neither confirmed or denied that the core fixed in 2.12 was my particular coredump. But two people now have asserted it is, and I imagine ML is pretty busy so that's good (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) The crash is caused by an overwriting of a section in the graphic memory or something like this. Ask Michael if you need a proper explanation 'cos I'm just a humble user and not an author. He has fixed the problem in 2.11 alpha 3 and therefor (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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<snip> (...) Ahh, whats the harm in download the latest version? AHui =) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I read through the back issues of this group before posting and got the impression that the crash being fixed was a different one than one related to zoom. (and I have to admit, I chuckle at the term... after all, what crash is "solicited" ?? (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) This problem has been fixed in V2.12.. This is what is news to 2.12 - Sorting of parts by color, name or position - Automatic insertion of steps ****BUGS Fixed***** - Unsolicted crash - .LDR not supported in some cases - Some corrections save (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have a fairly complex model as an MPD I am working on with lots of submodels, and when I have it set to "draw to current part", I am experiencing GPFs (or mysterious terminations) of MLCad 2.11 when I use manual zoom. I will be zooming in or out, (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hum.. may not be MLCad may be your system? But to be sure let see. My version of MLCad 2.12 is stable so let's make sure you have the same one. My says... MLCAD.exe 1,068KB Application 12/1/2001 6:34AM ALSO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Well, after finally getting Ldraw and MLCad to my other (non-internet) computor, MlCad decides to crash. It asks me if I want to register the file types. Then, when you click yes OR no, it crashes (illegal opperation) and whenever I try to open it, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Even easier way - right-click in the view, select "View angle" from the menu, and change it from back to front. Also means your model will display the right way 'round in all the other viewers out there 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Oh, ignore me - I'm being thick (well, it is nearly midnight and my brain is scrambled). Just select all the pieces and rotate them around - yeah yeah, I know that now!! Sorry to have troubled you all, I'm going away now. Thanks again, Andrew. (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi there all, I'm new to this computer Lego computer design malarkey - so have a very stupid question. Is there any way, once you have completed a model in MLCAD, to reset which view is the "front" view? Only I seem to have accidentally made my (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Lining Up parts in mlcad.
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Lining Up parts in mlcad How???? Like wheels and axles and stuff liek that. (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) written in 1999, so it's apparent that the project has been underway for some time. This may be bad news for Ryan Farrington, who not so long ago went to considerable trouble to write some very cool DAT files for K'nex parts, too: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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I know it's off topic, but for those that didn't know, one can use LDRAW or MLCAD to make models using Knex(R) pieces, LEGO(R), and Sploids(R). Sploids let one build with and interconnect LEGO and Knex. I just ordered some Sploids, but I noticed (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD not working. Please help!
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Hello Todd "Todd" <ToddASchroeder@aol.com> schreef in bericht news:GszwGu.LG7@lugnet.com... (...) drive. (...) Are the files in the same folder as the ldraw.exe is? When unpacking with winzip, click on extract-icon and select the folder c:\ldraw in (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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MLCAD: Since the 2.12 version does not work I downloaded version 2.12 and WinZip can't even open that up. Do you have any version that does work? Sincerely, Todd A. Schroeder (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCAD not working. Please help!
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MLCAD: I downloaded LDraw and opened up the files. They are saved on my hard drive. I then downloaded MLCAD onto my hard drive and opened up the file with WinZip. I get this error message when I double click on the red icon...Invalid path (no Parts (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Interesting non-LEGO uses for MLCad (also applies to LDraw and alike editors)
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Doh! Forgot the URL: (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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I've just uploaded the first renders of the progress on my room design. I've used a scale of 1 stud to 1 inch, and if I had enough of the right bricks I could probably build this later :) At the moment I still have quite a bit of work to - the 2 and (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: ** MLCAD V2.12 **
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It's working correctly now. Sorry for any bother. Must've been a problem on my end... Best regards, --Ryan (...) a (...) right? (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Interesting non-LEGO uses for MLCad (also applies to LDraw and alike editors)
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(...) I've used LDraw tools to design a loft my children's bedroom, and to design a corner unit for my wife's craft work. I think I posted both designs to one of the lugnet.cad.dat groups. Steve (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Interesting non-LEGO uses for MLCad (also applies to LDraw and alike editors)
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(...) I have started to create my own sf universe, so I came up to make 3D-maps of the galaxy and their states. For this I used ML-Cad and LDView to view it. Also I started to create Starships without bricks, only as polygone models. CU Bernd (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Interesting non-LEGO uses for MLCad (also applies to LDraw and alike editors)
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Last night I decided to remodel my living room - currently there's only 1 spot in the room suitable for watching DVDs with the full surround experience, and movie nights with mates are becoming a regular now. So I sat down and though "hey, why not (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: ** MLCAD V2.12 **
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Michael, The new features of version 2.12 look handy, including the option to save a parts list (shortcut button; I don't know if that option had been available). But I have noticed that the arrow keys, Home, End, and 'A' do not perform funtions (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Bug in MLCAD 2.12
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Bug in MLCAD 2.12 Model names are invlaid if they have spaces. EX. I created a model and called it 'Train Shed Part 01.ldr'. I next created another model and inserted the 'Train Shed Part 01.ldr' model into it and soem other parts. I then saved the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Was just about to email you & tell you this when I saw your post 8?) Thanks ROSCO (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Wow! What great new features!! Both two things I have been waiting to see for some time!! (...) Under "Edit" > "Sort" (...) Under "Edit..." > "Add" > "Autosteps..." I also just noticed something else new. I am not sure if this has been added in the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: ** MLCAD V2.12 **
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Some strange problem occured during packaging the new version. I've tried the executable in the zip-file and in my case it crashed all the time ... no idea what's going on. However I repackaged everything and now it seems to be fine ... Please (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: ** MLCAD V2.12 **
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What OS are you using? When I installed V2.11 on my Win XP, it crashed frequently and Michael sent me an Alpha patch to fix it (still had probs from time to time). I have not installed the 2.12 yet. Thanks. Adrian "Carsten Schmitz" <casz@gmx.de> (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: ** MLCAD V2.12 **
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Hello! I am happy there is a new version but this version is definetly not working here. If i reinstall the old version everything is perfect. The new version doesn't start up: no error , no window .. nothing. Just wrote email to Michael. Play well (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | ** MLCAD V2.12 **
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I happy to announce that MLCad V2.12 is out now. The most importand change in this release is the bug-fix for the unsolicted crash of MLCad, some corrections for LDR and two new things: - Sorting of parts in a model by color, name or position - (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: My transparency colors are all BLACK now
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Try going to Settings->General->Change and look at the shading optimizations. If it is set to maximum, change it. I've had the same problem before. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I knew I should not have touched that button but alas I did. I clicked on the default button (settings->general) and now whenever I want to make a part transparent it won't! MLCad said that the color is a custom color but shows BLACK on the view (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi John, I presume you are using Mlcad, if so you can go to settings, general, change and then (Step,Grid,Snap) simply change a rotation box ie 22.5 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks- I'll look into it. I guess it's time to start comparing the rendering of all the editors out there. For my current problem, I ended up rendering with POV-Ray. I realized while doing so that substeps may actually be a little easier (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Whenever I use the Rotation Matrix, it dosn't do anything. Is there a fix for this? I need a finely tuned rotation value. John Henry Kruer (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: I lost 3939.dat
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(...) I'ts coming your way ! Watch you email. Regards, Ludo Soete (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Somehow 3939.dat (Slope Brick 33 3x 6) got overwritten with the Cone 2x 2 file. Would someone please email it to me? Thanks! --Ryan ryanjf@ifriendly.com (URL) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Can you customize built-in colors?
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"Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:GrI0DH.6Iy@lugnet.com... (...) way, (...) tell (...) While I capture all of my models with ML-CAD but I render all of the images I use for instruction books with LD-Lite. You have (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Can you customize built-in colors?
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I would like to modify the standard colors as displayed in MLCAD. This way, I could make the black a little lighter and modify the line colors for certain colors. The purpose is to make instructions a little easier to tell where one part ends and (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Feature request
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That is a good idea! Have you emailed the author of MLCAD (look under the help about tab in mlcad) and suggested this change. That is the best way to get a change to MLCAD in a future relase of the program. -Ahui (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | A question for Mike
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Michael, (I just noticed you use Michael, not Mike. Sorry) I was wondering what your thoughts on sharing the code of MLCad were. I was wondering about the feasability of porting it to Mac. Any thoughts? Thanks, Gino A... (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Mike, I love MLCad. Ok, that's out of the way. I'd like to request a change to how the arrow keys work in MLCad. I'd like a configuration option that causes the up-down and left-right arrows to respond relative to the currently selected frame. With (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Parts List mis-ordered?
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(...) Sorry to reply to my own post, but I figured out what was going on. For some reason, the parts.lst file was rewritten. I deleted this file, and upon opening MLCad again, I was prompted to rebuild the parts.lst file. I did, and now everything (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Are you using some program which can reorder the part list ? Then it might be ... MLCad shouldn't sort in a different order ==> except you are using an old version which had troubles finding it's way home ... Michael "Jake McKee" (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Newbie Question
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reviving an old thread... Thomas Main wrote on December 17, 2001, (...) Thomas, I have written a tutorial which I am about to send to Tim regarding MPD's, exporting, and inlining. That should be of help. Best regards, --Ryan (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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reviving an old thread... Andy Lynch wrote on December 17, 2001, (...) Here's another way, but it involves hacking a bit in the actual .dat code. In the main model file, insert the first brick of the sub model where you want it. Save the file. Then (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Parts List mis-ordered?
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Help! Every once in a while when I start a new model in MLCAD, the thumbnail view of the parts list is not in alphabetical order....any ideas why? How do I fix this? Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 26-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 3D Myst III viewer of a castle
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(...) Yes, I'm pretty sure ldglite negates both the y and z coords just before calling any OpenGL functions. If I remember right, the reason the LDRAW coordinate system is so odd is because it started out in 2D screen pixel coords and the 3D view (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) This actually looks like the best solution to me. It gets around lots of unforseen problems. For instance, when I originally did the scene on the stairs, I tilted the camera by looking up the stairs with the look_at parameter. But that caused (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I actually had to do something similar in LDView in order to get models to view properly using OpenGL (although I used a 180 degree rotation about Z followed by one about Y). I wonder if any of the other programmers out there had similar (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Here is the new simplified camera: camera { spherical location <-320,-239,0> // position look_at <-320,-239,1> // view scale <0,0,-1> // flip it rightside up } I'm not sure why the flip works, or why it is needed. I think it is because or (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, as I recently suggested here in another thread: (URL) I think a comand line option of -ci<filename> to include a premade POV camera file might also benefit that technique." This would make all sorts of things possible, including things we (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 3D Myst III viewer of a castle
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(...) <snip> (...) Actually it would be cool to place the camera with L3P. I believe h_angle and v_angle default to 180, and 360, so they are probably not needed. I think you can avoid the translation with location/look_at. Not sure about the Sky (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) wait - Name of image (gif or jpeg) to be displayed during download. Specify path relative to html-document. This image is displayed centered in the applet window. Example: <PARAM name=fov value="room0preview.jpg"> (...) (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Wow, that's pretty cool! 2 questions Is there any way of getting rid of that grey color when the image first loads up? That's kind of ugly. Also, I bet you've been asked this before, but where can I find this viewer and instructions on how to use (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Chuck Sommerville wrote... (...) Wow, this is cool. Would you like just an option to suppress the camera, or some options to support spherical, h_angle, v_angle ? (are h_angle always 360 and v_angle 180?) Can you avoid the translate by using (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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(...) Gatehouse. You could break it up, but it doesn't really work for a full-scale gatehouse for a castle. The walls are 16 dots thick and filled with filler brick (various colors). Trust me the project is enormous! It really does do better to have (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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Doyle Nelson wrote in message ... (...) I don'y know if MLCAD will do 12000 pieces, but you'd probably want to break it down if at all possible. The most I've worked with is 2400 pieces and trying to work with the model once it's done (add steps, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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(...) That would be Great. I figured MLCad was only limited to your sytems specs. I have a Very powerful system that the Company provided me with.:-) Though it would be nice to know if anyone reached 12,000 or more? (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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I've found out that MLCad can at least handle 5000 pieces. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | 1 question on MLCAD does it have a part limit like Ldraw?
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Hello, You are all aware that LDraw has that 1000 part limit and then must be sub-constructed. What my question is, does MLCad have the same limit or is it unlimited? My projects (Castle) do not really have or a conducive for Sub-models in Quantity. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I did THANKS! (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) POV 3.5 Beta I guess you missed this: (URL) fun. -Chuck (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I was looking through my POVRAY doc and did not see a spherical camera. I only saw a fisheye projection, and a ultra wide angle projection. Were you using one of those? What version of POVRAY are you using? I'm using 3.1g. (...) Ditto! (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Actually, it was the Quicktime viewer that drives Myst III that got me started down this path. I couldn't figure out how to get the image into Quicktime. But I found this applet from an answer to a question I posted to the Yahoo povray egroup. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) The spherical camera did everything. No splicing. (...) Disneyworld is the coolest! -Chuck (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I found the same applet over the holidays and coudn't wait to try it! (...) Did you have to manipulate the image at all to get the projection correct? I used the panoramic camera for my images. It would only take 180 degrees, so I rendered two (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Hey, QuickTime will do the exact same thing. QuickTime isn't just a movie player, it is a media wrapper. And virtual reality images is just another media supported. It will do full cubic panos like the castle, hot spots like the castle (I think it (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Chuck, That was it, works awesome! You've made my week by posting this, thanks again! Later, Gary (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I am using POVRAY 3.5 Beta (URL) Spherical camera must be a new feature. -Chuck (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Chuck, Totally cool, I've been wondering if this was possible from POV-RAY. Thanks for posting this. I'm actually getting an error when I use this camera code though, is there something that's missing?: camera { spherical <----ERROR (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Since this was so popular, I decided to re-render it with aliasing, and fix the links so they were not on the seams. Nothing major, hardly even worth going back to look, unless you are curious. -Chuck (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Actually, its a Java applet thing. On my web page, the applet, and all the images are in the same directory as the html file. If you are interested in this type of thing, be sure to check out the web page where I got the applet. (URL) is (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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"Chuck Sommerville" <chucks@he.net> wrote in message news:Gq4Au0.D7u@lugnet.com... (...) viewing (...) Hey Chuck - This is so cool!! I haven't played with spherical renderings yet (acually, to be totally honest, I didn't know they existed until you (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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I must say this is very impressive. I haven't posted in quite a while, but this was too good not to reply to. Great Work!! I would love to be able to do this for some of my fire stations. I look forward to seeing more on this. Ryan (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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We could contribute some models and get a whole medieval type setting going on. -Mike (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) After you download COMPLETE.EXE, did you execute it? If you executed it, did you execute it in the right location (usually from C:\>, not C:\LDRAW> )? Did you search your hard drive for 6219.dat? If you ran COMPLETE.EXE, but in the wrong (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This got me thinking. Someone could do a tour of datsville with this technology. -Chuck (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) A "real life castle" example of such a tour : (URL) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Rene Virsik" <virsik@sco.svf.stuba.sk> wrote in message news:Gq3y37.5w4@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) plate" (...) parts (...) The only shuttle part I can find in lcad9802 is "Wing 16 x 14 Shuttle (needs work)" which is part 6219. In the current (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Did you run MKLIST.EXE (it's in the LDRAW-directory)? Jeroen (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Whoa cool...... I'd love to see more things done like this. Gary Chuck Sommerville <chucks@he.net> wrote in message news:Gq4Au0.D7u@lugnet.com... (...) viewing (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Now that is just plain damn cool. If one were to take the time, you could get some really awesome "tours" using a tool like this. Kudos Chuck, nifty. -Chris (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I built this proof of concept castle section using a java applet for viewing spherical renderings. It is kind of like the Myst III viewer. (URL) is a fun way to view models from the inside. -Chuck (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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