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(...) LPub will OVERWRITE your settings anyways so you will either have to re-type yor settings or in the case of most beginners just erase whatever is there. (...) He knows of the issue and is working on it. -AHui LDraw Help Desk (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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"Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H523L4.8Hx@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) just (...) This solution only works if you don't haven't specified your own settings with the "Set But Don't Render Process". (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) I don't have an example of the Buffer Exchange, I've never used it. The model I pointed to before has an example of the Rotation Steps though. In MLCAD, insert the Rotation Step immediatley after a Normal Step. This will set the view for any (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) it. (...) will (...) MLCad, (...) you (...) the (...) Duane, Do you know how the Rotation Steps and Buffer Exchange exactly work? Do you have some examples? Thanks. Jaco (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) I know that the rotation steps DO work with LPUB, but do not know about the buffer exchange. One example: (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Hum.. not sure I have never tried using either with LPub. If and when you do can you please let the rest of us know if they work or do not work. -AHui LDraw Help Desk (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) This has NOT been fixed yet, but the soultion is very very simple. After using LPub and you want to use POV WITHOUT LPUb just open up POV-Ray and click on the INI icon button. A pop-up window will appear look at the command line option text (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Once I figure out how the Buffer Exchange and Rotations Steps work in MLCad, will LPub do these aswell? Jaco (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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Hi Ahui, I know LPub, but it ruins my POV Ray. Once I use LPub, POV Ray won't work anymore! It has problems with the ini file(s)... Or is that solved in a new version of LPub? Greetingz... Jaco (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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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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"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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"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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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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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Hello, I'm having a little trouble too do some editing in MLCAD (v2.12). Question 1: How too make a bend on a hose, part 79.dat (Technic Ribbed Hose) or 78.dat (complete 120LDU long)? With 79.dat I can put piece by piece and just rotate each new (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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thanks for the great headsup... -tk "richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:H2CKpt.DLy@lugnet.com... (...) great (...) on (...) normally (...) and (...) way (...) for (...) follows): (...) with (...) hassle (...) just (...) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hey Y'all: I know this is answered elsewhere, but it's a hassle to look for. As great as MLCad is (for me it is "THEE" CAD tool for LDraw action), the documentation is just not there in some ways. Recently I had cause to mess with an angled element (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Something about MLCad that's worth noting is that fact that when you add a new part is uses the same rotation matrix as the part above it. Therefore, if you mirrored the part above the part you just added, the part you added is mirrored as (...) (22 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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thanks a lot that worked just fine. -tk "Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:H1qJHx.A88@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I had this problem and it turned out it was because there was a long name in the path, ie a directory > 8 characters or with space etc in it. I changed back to using old DOS 8.3 directory names (to MLcad) and it worked. HTH ROSCO (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I don't know about it repeating itself like that, but you can turn off checking for file type registration. Go into Settings > General > Change and at the bottom left of the window you will see a check box next to "register file types." (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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im running windows 2000 and get an error on startup that doesn't seem to affect anything. It says : MLCad is not (properly) registered for it's file types. Register now? yes or no. I click yes everytime, but it doesn't seem to actually do it. any (...) (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Ludo, "ludo soete" <ludo.soete@village.uunet.be> wrote in message news:H1MH00.D1L@lugnet.com... (...) select (...) is (...) MLCad is using a language dll and an autodetect mechanism to load additional languages. For example there is already a (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Sorry for any confusion on that point, I knew that but maybe didn't state it very clearly... the initial error is being introduced there. But the tool is SO useful that it's worth working around, hence my questions... I think I've got it now. (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) "Bogus commands", eh? Interesting choice of words. However since Parts Tracker is going to complain about any unofficial or undocumented meta commands in submitted parts, it'd be nice if MLCAD didn't insert these 0 ROTATION lines unless they (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) no, your both wrong. the rotating/mirror problem is within q2dat. -bug report- when doing a 1 x 2 tile q2dat mirrors your quads. when doing certain panels or bricks, like for instance. do a 1 x 4 x 3 panel and make a quad in it. then save it. (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) OK, this isn't because of the "rotation" of the parts, it's because MLCad is inserting bogus commands at the top of the file 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 It also is changing the value of the filename (removing the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Michael, Is it possible to have more language selections available? Now we can select between German & English. My kids love to make there own buildings using MLCAD, but they don't understand German or English. How are those language files made (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: DAT files: Do No Harm
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(...) This sounds counter-productive to me. Judging from the official LDraw files, it appears that many of the original files follow these guidelines with respect to indentation: o Comments are not indented o All other lines are indented by one (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) These 2 are the 2 biggest problems I have with MLCAD. For some reason MLCad changes the filename in the NAME comment block to an .ldr extension even if the source file is .dat. As more of a part author than a model builder, this is very (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I run WinME (on AMD Tbird 1.4, 512MB DDR) and I've had a couple of DATs with many thousands of parts not LEGO models, I was using MLCad to redesign my living room on a 1 stud to 1 inch scale!), and never had a problem with it. I find WinME is (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Bosh. Win98 is perfectly fine for this kind of thing; MLCad worked just fine for me for large models with a similar piece count and RAM size. It was a little slow, but it worked just fine. That being said, it looks like Michael has found the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Wow 2000 parts now there you problem try not to make big models make them smaller or divided that models in to 8 dat or ldr files of 250 parts each so that way windows 98 SE can work with out pain is a crapy os I don't recomember to anyone 9x or ME (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Windows 98 Second Edition. Memory, ummm (the machine is at home), I think 64M with a spare gig . But it is a 3 year-old laptop so that means it's probably a bit light on everything (CPU, memory, disk), but it is sufficient for most of my (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Markham Carroll" <mc_booga@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:H15Iu8.86y@lugnet.com... <snippet> Um... I found out what was wrong. I used to have two hard drives in my computer, and when I took the old one out, the drive letters changed and my (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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When you are on a NT system make sure you have access to that path and that you can write to the registry. On XP this requires admin rights - or to be the owner of the computer. Michael "Markham Carroll" <mc_booga@hotpop.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Kerry, there is a known problem with MLCad on none NT machines which will be fixed in the next release. There is nothing what you can do against this message yet, but MLCad itself is still fully operational. You can delete the log file from time (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) What OS are you using? How much memory? I've seen *huge* models (>10000 parts) work fine in MLcad, so I doubt thats the problem. ROSCO (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:H15HKz.3o4@lugnet.com... (...) this. (...) LDraw (...) I can't start MLCAD, but the error message lets me change the path. It still doesn't work. -- Markham Carroll (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Try this: In MLCad, go to Settings->General->Change... Check and make sure the Lego Base Path is the directory where you have LDraw installed. -Orion (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I am getting the error "Invalid path (no Parts and/or P dir found)!" The program has been working for months, and all of a sudden I'm getting this. The P and Parts directories are in the same folder, and the parts.lst is there too. What is going (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) detail (...) I ran MLCAD again and opened my model and started to manipulate it. It became grindlingly slow while engaging in furious disk activity. This time I managed to kill the MLCAD process before it consumed my entire disk, but the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I downloaded MLCAD on the weekend and have been trying to build my first model. All seemed to be going well, but gradually the program started running very slowly. At first I just assumed that as my model got larger, the program got slower (and my (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Great! I tried it and it works. Thanks Patty "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H13K1H.p7@lugnet.com... (...) file (...) the (...) subassemblies (...) don't (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You could open your files in a text editor, copy the code from your sub-mpd's and paste them on the end of your main mpd. As long as you don't use the same subfile name(s) in different mpd's, it should work. Steve (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I want to take an mpd file then add several mpd files to it. The mpd file import does not recognize mpd files. It only allows dat and ldr. Also the models group does not list mpds so there is no way to put several mpds together. I am working with (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:H0wzAr.88t@lugnet.com... (...) something (...) the (...) Thanks! (...) sure (...) of (...) An easier way, which I didn't notice anywhere in the documentation, is to simply hold (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) If I understand you right, you want to be able to zoom in and then pan around. To do this, hit the plus '+' key on your keyboard keypad (make sure number lock is turned off) until you reach the desired zoom level. To pan around, click on the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi everyone! I'm EXTREMELY new (just hours) to MLCAD and I was wondering if there is a way that I can move around within a window. Like if I'm putting something together can I just move to the far end of the model instead of having the entire model (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Isn't the only reasonable way to handle that, to have clear version numbers on the specifications, as well as insisting that any »compatible with MLCAD« text includes the version number of the implemented specification? Play well, Jacob -- (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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This is an internal error message indicating memory problems. When reseting the stub memory is allocated, if that fails it means MLCad can no longer display anything on it's window and terminates. This one is realy bad since MLCad can deal with low (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Then again, if it's all in the "do not delete this notice" section, Michael's concerns will be addressed. Here's some suggested verbiage: (...) Steve (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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What does a Fatal Error - Terminating Stub.Reset(...) ! message mean while starting MLCad? After a reboot, no problem anymore... Greetingz.... Sjaacko (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Put a version number and a publication date at the top of the spec along with a recommendation to visit your website for the most up to date version of the specification. You may even want to provide an email address and suggest people email (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Agreed ... the only thing I would like to make sure is that there are no out-dated versions hanging arround somewhere in the net. And I believe thats only possible if the spec can be downloaded from one single location. Do you think different about (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Note for onlookers: the key thing I get from Don's suggestion is that it reverses the "you may not distribute this spec" from Michael's document to "you can, and should, distribute this spec". Which, IMO, is a better approach. This information (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Michael, I think we're making progress here, but I'd like to take a stab at speeding things up. I'd like to suggest the zlib license as one that could perhaps make everyone happy. I cut and pasted it here, replacing the word "software" with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Ahhh, this license is ment for developers of programms only , not for autoring parts!!!!! I've to corret that in the document. For sure the use of this commands in parts is totally free and open to use ... Michael "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) My understanding is that because of the ... enthusiastic ... IP laws in Austria / Germany, your claim of IP rights on the design of part of the content of DAT files, any lawyer could, on their own volition, come after ldraw.org if any of your (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Us bloody brits use licence normally, although often have to use license as the terrible spelling of the yanks has crept into our daily lives ;) Dan (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ote2lu87meh0ltv...4ax.com... (...) Maybe it's not written in the right way ... what I ment was that developers should make clear that if they are not 100% mlcad compatible from the language (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) This is an improvement, I think. However, the requirement for authors to clearly document what (parts) of your meta-commands they've implemented contradicts the restriction from reproducing your document or its contents. There are still basic (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello Michael (...) I think the new license is working out well and people will be happy now ;). (see! i told you all!) ;) Play well Carsten (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Michael, Looked over it briefly- misspelled 'listed' on page 3 (listet). Didn't really check too closely for spelling errors- that just jumped out at me. Also 'lizence'? :) We here in America use 'license' or more uncommon 'licence'- No (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, there is a new draft version of the MLCad command spec available for download at (URL) is in version V1.1 state draft. Please feel free to comment this document. I have rewritten the lizence section and added a section for the rotation points. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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