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(...) You can use a very simple program called LPub. Here is the link for it. LPUB will creating building instruction images for any LDraw file and will also create the parts needed per step. (URL) Help Desk (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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Hi all, Another post here to seperate the threads. I am making instructions for a model that uses submodels (MPD). But to generate the same proportion renders for all these submodels as individual instructions is hard. Is there a way in MLCad to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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Hi all, Does anyone have example DAT and/or MPD files that are using the Buffer Exchange, Ghost parts and Rotation Steps in MLCad? I do not understand these at all, but I know they can be a powerfull tool in making instructions. No offense Michael, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Feature Request - Unofficial Parts category
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"Bernd Broich" <bernd.broich@online.de> wrote in message news:H4r4My.809@lugnet.com... (...) I'd forgotten about that. Oh well. In that case I could probably knock together a VB script that could look for the comment Unofficial part and add (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Most, but not all, of the unofficial parts have "Unofficial Part" or something like that as a comment. -Orion (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Unfortunately is this no option because MLCad looks for parts in the parts.lst. And there are only the first lines of each dat-file. CU Bernd (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:H4qAnF.n1n@lugnet.com... (...) category (...) has (...) and (...) Don't the unofficial parts already have a comment line saying Unofficial Part? So a simple way would be for (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Actually, you would have to put all the /P items into the main directory with the 48 segment files in a /48 subdirectory. So basically you would have a directory with all the parts and primitives with a /S subdirectory for subparts and a /48 (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You could do this but it requires 2 things that are rather undesirable: -You have to go through all the unofficial part to make sure that all of them had the word "Unofficial". Since the unofficial library currently has almost 1000 parts, this (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You can do this. Just add the word "Unofficial" somewhere in the description of the part. Then, rerun mklist.exe. Afterward, edit the file MLCad.grp in the MLCad directory. To add a new category called "Unofficial", you would add the following lines (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I agree that a good feature to add in the next version of MLCad would be a user specified unofficial parts directory. Yes, this directory would require a /S and /P subdirectories. But if you dump the entire contents of the ldrawunf.zip the /S (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) This IS a good and clever workaround but I think the idea of an UNOFFICIAL directory DOES have merit... the issue is that to do it right would you need an /s and /p directories too? (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Ouch! Now that I've recovered from smacking myself in the head, I can only say, that's a simple, elegant solution. Then I can use folders for MOCs. Jeez, I hate when I miss something so obvious! James (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) One way I use is to dump all the parts into the LDRAW\MODELS directory. They can't be in a subdirectory of the MODELS folder. This works fine if you don't make extensive use of the MODELS directory. If you do use this directory for storing you (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Would it be possible to add a category for Unofficial parts to the MLCad tree? That way unofficial parts could be dumped into a separate directory (sorry, "folder") and yet still show up in the list. Or is it possible already? Thanks, James Wilson (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Incomplete 'Complete' parts list
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"Tony Alexander" <tw0nst3r@startrek.net> skrev i meddelandet news:H3wHo7.284@lugnet.com... (...) Glad to hear that! Don't forget to check in on the Home Page sometimes, there may be a newer version available, and sometimes I even update the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) First, a note of thanx to all who've replied and offered help. I followed the instructions given at LDraw.org, first installing ldraw027.exe, then installing complete.exe, then running makelist. I've not tried to Scan Parts, so I will try (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes but MLCad won't run unless LDraw is installed, therefore I assumed that he had downloaded Ldraw but not the updates (which is a common mistake) or had downloaded complete.zip but had not used Scan Parts or MakeList. -Orion (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Just to reinforce what Anders posted, the "complete" file is actually the "complete parts update", not the "complete parts library". You have to install LDraw (ldraw027.exe) first, then install complete.exe. Get the original ldraw package (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H3v7v0.9HK@lugnet.com... (...) LDRAW release. You first need to download, and install, the original LDRAW package, then install 'Complete'. I got bitten by this when I cleaned (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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If you don't find what you are looking for using my previous post, look here for the part you need: (URL) search LUGNet -Orion (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Go to the LDraw.org website here: (URL) to the complete updates section and download the file and follow the directions to install. After you do that, open MLCad and the File menu chose Scan Parts. This will have MLCad look in the LDRAW\PARTS (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Incomplete 'Complete' parts list
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I'm not a programmer, and I'm new to MLCad. I'm just wondering why MLCad's "complete" parts list...isn't. I downloaded Jamie Neufeld's pod.dat, and when I went to look at it, found that a part file was missing. It still drew most of the model, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You know, I noticed this myself. At first I thought I was doing something wrong. Then I thought that maybe he only implemented a short (1 action) memory for undo. Sadly, I finally realized that he probably didn't get to code in an undo. Undo's (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Maybe.... I have been using MLCAD for about a year now, and have never really had a need to address this problem. But I'm doing some large models, and can't get the UNDO function to work. It won't work on any of my installations- and I have ML on (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Front wheel drive with suspension
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Hello? I have made some steering mechanism that I want you all to have a look at. Can anybody make it smaller? (URL) Ldraw file can be found at (URL) have just seen one way to make it 2-knob smaller in with. By placing the difrential "outside" the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: searching for dat-file for part x68.dat
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(...) I searched LUGNET and didn't find it either. I'll make it if noone else has. (...) For Technic go to Jim Hughes's Technica at: (URL) others, Peeron lists the year a set came out so just find the earliest year in the list of sets that have that (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Microscale City - Kehaar
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Hey, all! I've just been playing around, trying to learn a little about MLCAD, and liked the microscale stuff by Paul Hertzog and Jeremy Sproat. So I virtually made a few buildings and locations just for fun. Please LMKWYT. Folder's at: (URL) and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I've got the 8461 Williams F1 Team Racer set and there are some of these Technic Liftarm 1x2 - x68.dat parts there. Where can I get the .dat file for that part? I've searched on www.ldraw.org but it is not there. Another queestion; Where can I (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: "Part Unknown!" warning, what does it mean
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(...) You should download and use the revised part: (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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[X-posted to .mlcad] (...) While I can't help because of what Orion revealed here (I'm no programmer!), perhaps Michael Lachmann can help. I have discovered that a simple way to (as a user) rotate around one object's origin is to select the origin (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: "Part Unknown!" warning, what does it mean
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(...) Thanks, Damien! It looked like they were rendering OK, but I just wasn't sure. James (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi James, Don't worry. "Part Unknown" in MLCad only means the part is not in the ldraw/parts directory. So even official draw primitives are "Part Unknown" because they are in ldraw/p directory. Otherwise primitives display correctly and no (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have not delved much into the inner workings of parts, but I'm using Thomas Burger's x814 6x6 "bubble" windscreen in a model. I took his file and included it in my MPD as another part. When I view the part (or open the x814.dat file by itself), (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: A few question about editing in MLCad
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Øyvind Steinnes writes: I perceive Question 2 as a general LDRAW format issue not limited to MLCAD. I'm adding support for this and related issues to LPub (my automatic building instruction generator). The format looks like (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You are going to have to do several LDraw files to show this. This will be a sub-assembly of a complex part. Look at examples that LEGO has done for their BIs. The usualyy do a 1,2 combo showing how this is done and then point to an arrow of (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Missing a few parts
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(...) These are new and as far as I know noone has made them. I'd give it a go but unfontunately I haven't recieved my set yet. (...) Go to Peeron for part numbers: (URL) Parts Tracker is also a good place to look: (URL) a last resort search for the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Missing a few parts
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Hello, As I started to make the building instruction for the 8461 - Williams F1 Team Racer set, I first got a problem by editing some parts (bendt ribbed hoses), now that is solved by some utility from "Orion Pobursky" (Thanx). And Orion has even (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) BTW, you can use whatever portion of the coding you want from my file of the Silver Champion. ( (URL) ) -Orion (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Two ways to make these: 1.) Download LDDesignPad and use my Make DAT Curves Plugin. LDDesignPad found here: (URL) Plugin found here: (URL) Use Fredrik Glockner's LDraw Mode for GNU Emacs LDraw Mode found here: (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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