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(...) I agree in principle with everything Amaury says, but before everyone gets their knickers in a knot (or their shorts bunched up) the word jealous is probably a small error in translation. I'm going to assume Amaury is a native French speaker (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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replying to both here : (...) No, this is a bad idea, in that it would lock up the software to MS and make it much more difficult to use under other platforms (read linux+wine) (...) Agreed, I like the way the 3d view controls from autocad works. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I see. Now I understand. rob (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hey, that's great! I also just discovered the plus and minus keys on the numpad also zoom in and out by increments. --Ryan (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You can change all movement increments including angles in the Settings>General>Change dialog box, "Step, Grid, Snap" tab. --Ryan (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Besides us Admin/Programmer geeks gotta stick together...as to direct X.. (...) Joe Greene UNIX Systems, Network and IT Specialist a.k.a. Guesseppi Piegatura di Carta If you aren't having fun, you're doing the wrong thing! All opinions expressed are (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Andrew, Your feature request is no less important than a bug report. I think it is good to put out new feature requests because they typically are meaningful to more than one person. This is how the program gets better. I'm just a stickler (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) CTRL + cursor key (left/right) on z-axes CTRL + cursor key (up/donw) on x-axes CTRL + PageuP/Down on y-axes hmm ... I might have mixed up the axeses - anyway you'll find out. at least I'm 100% sure on about the "A" key rotating on the y-xes (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I guess I was mistaken in my first post, it's a feature request, sorry. But I still think it's major, maybe because I am used to the functionality of an "Absolute" rotation system. -AK (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) But.... was it a bug or a feature request? (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I am in no way saying MLCad is bad, just the 3d view rotation. By the way, you were wrong about both of those programs being paid for, ZModeler is free. I do know how much work goes into 3D, but I'm not referencing to anything that involves changing (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Check out this reference guide from Jeff Boen: (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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<WAAH> Angle connectors.. specifically #5 (haven't played with others much yet) can't quite seem to get the rotation to match the angle of the pice.. any suggestions? </WAAH> I love MLCad. It is an excellent piece of software.. I'll have to remember (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Wow, cool!! I didn't know this either. (...) And I was just about to post asking what the heck STRG was, glad I caught this in the reply field :-) -Tim (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Wow, I didn't know this. Learn somthing new every day. Thanks for shareing. -Orion P.S. By the way, it's ctrl-shift for U.S. keyboards. (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) nothing to add! (...) don't get you? just press SHIFT+STRG and move the mouse to zoom in and out in the edit mode. press SHIFT only to pan in the edit mode. w. (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) First of all.... The LDraw family of CAD would not be where is is today without MLCad. It seems like you are biting the hand that feeds you. The CAD programs you are referring to are paid for, which probably means that one or more people work (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Huh? What do you mean by extremely difficult rotation? Do you mean that it's extremely difficult to rotate things in MLCad or do you mean figuring out what the rotation is for a given line is extremely difficult? I find the former very (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) you (...) it's (...) time (...) folder (...) when (...) That's not quite what I'm talking about. There's a "Models" category in MLCad's internal parts catalog that's set to look display the contents of the \LDRAW\MODELS folder. This lets you (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In my opinion, the whole rendering system should be made Direct3D although that I know will create problems with culling. What really bugs me though is the EXTREMLEY difficult-to-use 3D rotaton. What happened to any kind of coordination at all? Not (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi, I know it's little bit late to respond, but still: You can do it easily even now. All you need to do is save your model where you want to have it using MLCad's standard dialog File/Save... Windows (as it's standard Windows dialog) DO (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hmmm. This is indeed strange. I made the same changes again to a backup I had on my WinXP machine at home and it worked! I am having trouble with my Win2000 machine at work. If I compile there, the file is not recognized. Jaco "Pieter Desnerck" (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Jaco, I had the same problem. Just change one letter in the name of the DLL and the problem will be solved. Greetz, Pieter www.brickcreations.tk (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, I am have trouble with the Dutch DLL file again. With the last changes in place I rebuild the DLL file but now it does not work anymore! The file is there, the name is good, but I cannot choose Dutch. Please help! Jaco (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) -*snip*- Might I suggest you look into Lsynth. This applciation can create hose, rubber bands, the black cables for the mindstorm sets, etc... You can find it here: (URL) -AHui LDraw Help Desk (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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Hi, I have some questions, abouth MLCAD V3.00 one's abouth the ' Flexible hose generator ' witch is implemented in MLCAD. 1) Where can i find a good Help file or manual about this utility? I need it to create a flexible hose for my train. 2) I (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:HJzKJw.woq@lugnet.com... (...) Fair enough. Thanks, Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Will, something like that is foreseen in the next release, but this will take another while until its ready. Michael "Will Hess" <nc_hokie@ripline.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HJuHzn.19Dv@lugnet.com... (...) change (...) ease (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, Could you look at the possibility of adding an option to let the user change the default Models directory to something other than the directory created by LDRAW? I like to keep my models in Windows' My Documents folder for ease of backup (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:slrnbja4tt.8bj.....bu.edu... (...) You might also wan't to try InnoSetup (URL) is also free. Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Try NSIS. (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi all, Does anyone know a good but easy to use program to create an installer? What I am looking for is an installer that first searches the users computer for the MLCad executable and then puts the DLL file in that directory. I need this since one (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HIxxMn.t3A@lugnet.com... (...) Hi, just to make things clearer: My web-space is hostet by Inode, a huge private competitor of the Austrian Telekom. This company head a main (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Its available at : (URL) just checked, and it's available. Regards, Ludo (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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What's happened to the MLCAD homepage? Jason Railton (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Good evening. Does anyone know where I can acquire a scorpion (Animal Scorpion 30169)? I need one for my Fleebnork model that I'm working on, but I can't seem to find one in my files (I have all the parts updates and unofficial parts). Thank you for (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that makes sense. Hey, I did a little searching and found some references to "depth sprites" which seem to be supported in some of the latest graphics hardware. I haven't read it yet, but the pictures in this article seem to indicate that (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Don, "Don Heyse" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HHrE7q.1vCq@lugnet.com... (...) The image buffers, just keep the light information in it, but not the color itself, the color is assigned during pasting the image onto the screen. I think I haven't (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I'm a bit behind on this thread, but thanks Michael. That explains a lot. I never thought of the image buffering approach for orthographic displays. It's a really neat idea! I do have a question though. How do you handle colors in the image (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Unfortunatly this is not true with files that have synthesized hoses and cables. They are quite large and take a *very long* time to load. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I guess points are shared only on a part basis, not on a model basis. So, 400 distinct points for a part is already a fair number. Thus I think the sorting technique I discuss is not candidate for implementation unless the ldraw library goes (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) <snip> Cool! Should perform a lot faster on searching I would expect 400 points? That seems low to me. Most of my models have more than that many elements! Even with shared vertices that seems low. (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Ok, the practical figures relativize the problem for everyday use. Thanks Michael. For the sake of sharing here is how I imagine a sorted point list. The sorted list is also implemented as an array, so points can be accessed by index for (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Damien Guichard" <damien.guichard@wanadoo.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HHKMxB.225G@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) the (...) in a (...) So far I could find out, it doesn't effect loading much, I think it was something about 10% less then without this (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks Michael. So, at loading time, each added point has to be compared to all points in the point list. Does this impact the loading time of big parts or big models in a significant manner? Or is it only minor slowdown? Regards, Damien (21 years ago, 5-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Damien Guichard" <damien.guichard@wanadoo.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HHIuq2.BMG@lugnet.com... (...) MLCad's (...) parameters. (...) file (...) each (...) carrying (...) No this list is not sorted at all, its just an array of points, directly (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks Michael. Is the list of points sorted? How do you sort it? Hashcode? Octree? Regards, Damien (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Ok since a lot of you are asking me to provide more details about MLCad's rendering technic I'll go and tell you some details about it: During the development of MLCad I went through several stages trying to make rendering faster, some of them with (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hey, that's right, please do tell. After all you did promise to tell us eventually. (URL) was under the impression that the method was already revealed, but all I could find when I searched was a guess. (URL) looks like a pretty good guess, (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Even if it were active you should not be able to *see* any difference on the screen, but a drawing should happen faster. (...) L3Lab has supported it since April 2000, and still does. (...) Interesting, do you mind sharing the ideas of your (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Here's what I dug up, it hasn't made it to the server yet because I don't recall being presented with a final version to post. (URL) this helps! -Tim (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi Jaco, "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HHEyG3.LoB@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm there is a specification about this feature somewhere on ldraw.org or on this server. Maybe Tim Courtney has the link somewhere or if you (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi all, Since I am translating (and re-writing) the helpfiles of MLCad in Dutch, I would like some more explaination on BFC. What does the option Use BFC Statements do in MLCad? Settings > General > Change... Tab Rendering and only available when (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) If you could somehow inline-insert such 'submodels' it would be fine, too. Niels (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) What I have done sometimes with an assembly of parts I use often is "hand" make the model in MLCAD and save it in the Models folder. When I want to use it in another model, I select Multipart>Import Model and choose the pre-made model. HTH, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Niels, "Niels Karsdorp" <nkp.nkp@hetnet.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HH133z.1nG4@lugnet.com... (...) Maico is right, with his suggestions. Your suggestion would more rely on parts with complete assemblies, where you loose the possibility to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Niels Karsdorp" <nkp.nkp@hetnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:HH24AF.GF7@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) I think you have to place them by hand the first time. Maybe a submodel is an idea? Make a second part as a submodel with your selected parts in it (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well, that was my suggestion about: placing the parts (like a windowframe and it's panes and shutters) without having to move the panes and shutters to their positions by hand. Niels (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello Niels Place the parts in your model as you like. Then select all desired parts holding the control-key down. Then move the selection arround. When using Control-D the selected parts are duplicated all on te same position and you can place all (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Another feature for MLCad (and other programs): Some sort of macro to insert more than one piece simulteneously and aligned to eachother (e.g. for windows with shutters and panes, or doorframes with doors), but each part gets its own line in the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I don't quite understand what the problem is. Could you be more specific? Better yet, could you email me the file? -Orion (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Orion ! Thanx. I did. There are no more problems with this I/O restrictions but now everytime I wanna render with LGEO parts new file appears - colors.inc - and POV-ray wants render that file and not the selected LEGO model. Can you help me (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Here's the solution: Open POV-Ray Go to Options->Script I/O Restrictions and change the value to something other than 'Restrict Read and Write' --Orion (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi all, I downloaded the newest version of POV-Ray. All is OK besides that when I want to rebder some scenes using LGEO parts library I get this message in POV-Ray: I/O Restriction Activated I/O restriction prohibits read acces to 'C:\lgeo\' for (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Anders Isaksson <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HGJAwA.1v2D@lugnet.com... (...) the existing search tool from ML-CAD. CU Bernd --- I hope in future there will be an all inclusive program. (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) working example of the drop/paste part of this can be seen here. (URL) for WM_COPYDATA or WM_DROP or something like that. Don (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HGDy0x.2137@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) to see (...) view. I (...) will (...) useful (...) when (...) on (...) Ok registered in my bug-tracker .... (...) putting (...) Sorry - I didn't (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Paul Easter" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HGFCwx.3wo@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) would (...) primitves (...) on an (...) a (...) versions (...) may (...) you (...) parts (...) Hi I will think about that and maybe I find something more general and (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I was actually thinking about the parts authors as they develop parts. You would want the directory/folder you are working in to be scanned first for primitves and sub-parts. Occasionally I will work on part in a new directory/folder on an (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael Lachmann <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: HGDx5L.1uJA@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) updated (...) to (...) ooh i'd like that. it would be usefull to be able to edit the extra path for unofficial parts though. i (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I also have a suggestion. There could be included a "Search in Keywords" in the search tool. CU Bernd (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hmm, I see what you're saying. I am envisioning a tree where you can check if you want to see: • Submodels • Official Parts • Unofficial Parts • Primitives Each one can be checked/unchecked individually. So, say if I just wanted to see (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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Hi Paul, I was thinking about something like that but in a different more generic way: I could insert another path into the part search path just after any official path. Thus if you use unofficial parts which haven't been defined yet MLCad would (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Tim, would it be enough to have some sort of extra window opened on request and showing the tree of an individual selected part or mpd? Otherwice I guess the window would be overloaded and most of my users wouldn't have any benefit out of this (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Orion Pobursky wrote in message ... (...) Thanks Orion! I'll try those Kevin ---...--- Railroad Depot kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have a small request for MLcad too. (okay, so it might not be a small request) ;-) I use many folder levels as I create new parts. I would like to be able to view a folder on the left as the models folder does currenty. If this is already done, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have another MLCad feature suggestion - what about a tree view of all of a model's dependencies? It would be nice to be able to toggle on/off views of parts and primitives (and submodels for completeness). I'm sure it will be useful for part (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi, Travis, First of all, nice model! I don't have too many tips on making a render photorealistic, but one thing that may help is if you decrease the camera angle and then move the camera farther away so you see the whole model. That will (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes they do exist: Ctrl - Up Arrow(Num pad 8)//Down Arrow(Num pad 2)/ = Rotate on x Ctrl - Left Arrow (Num pad 4)/Right Arrow(Num pad 6)/ = Rotate on y Ctrl - Num Pad 7/Num Pad 1 = Rotate on x --Orion (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) A rotates around Y. I think CTRL-A rotates in another axis, but I might be fuzzy. Perhaps SHIFT-A does the same in the third?? -Tim (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Tim Courtney wrote in message ... (...) How about key shortcuts to rotate the current piece about the x, y or axis. Maybe they exist and I just haven't found them. A related suggestion: if something has a key shortcut, put it in the ToolTip text (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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well i'm still at it. and i'm please to say that I think that things are getting better and better. Still not photo realistic, but I think that certian parts (ei... the inverse wedges on the roof) will never render correctly until the part is more (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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Michael - Can you add key shortcuts to do the following: Insert comment at the active line (open comment dialog) Insert Step Insert Clear Insert Rotation Step Insert Buffer Exchange Thanks! If anyone else has key shortcut suggestions, please post (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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hey guys, the emails about the color libraries came all morning, and i'm glad to say that now I can use all the cool colors from (URL) well as the original colors from color.inc. This souped up render has replaced the orignial. Here is the link. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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hey guys, I studied all weekend and after a serious amount of trial and error, I have a rendering that I'd like to share and get some feedback on. here it is... (URL) is done with the Jeroen's radiosity library2. I used ambient light and 2 actual (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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I was wondering if anyone had the 1x2 tile with the western cards pattern on it. If so please reply. Thank you! (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Jaco, the changes on my server are active now ... Michael "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HFr99u.1sL0@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Michael, It is on my website: (URL) you could just link to that, I would be happy! Jaco "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> schreef in bericht news:HFptx3.1rv8@lugnet.com... (...) download (...) bugs (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Orion, "Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HFDqFz.1tCt@lugnet.com... (...) file (...) Sorry I guess I forgot that ... will make it into the next release. (...) ignore): (...) I will take that into (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Damien, this bug will be fixed in the next release. Michael "Damien Guichard" <damien.guichard@wanadoo.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HFEvC7.1sHE@lugnet.com... (...) file (...) ignore): (...) thanks (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Ludo, please find my answeres below ... "ludo soete" <ludo.soete@village.uunet.be> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HF776p.FA0@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) pc (...) next (...) selection (...) My idea is to collect all version (at least them from (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, not much ... if you are happy with the dll, I can either mention a download address of you on my web-page or host the dll for you on my server. Anyway I need an e-mail address where people can contact you in case of bugs or questions. Michael (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, MLCad is may be the best free program I've ever seen. Thanks Michael. The bug that annoy me most is in minifig generator: the head position doesn't take neckware into account (note that Orion LDDP plugin does, thanks Orion). Thanks in (...) (21 years ago, 24-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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First things first and I know I have siad this before but... Thanks Micheal for such an excellent program and for making it free. Bug: I think I reported this already but since it wasn't fixed with v3.0, I'll report again. The extension for the (...) (21 years ago, 24-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Michael, While i followed a bit the progress of the Dutch translation for MLCAD, raised me following question(s). If i remind me correct,there seems to be different language translations reddy (Italian,Dutch...). Is it possible to centralize (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have finished the first "draft" version of the Dutch MLCad. See (URL) (in Dutch :-) Globally it says where people can download LDraw and MLCad + Dutch DLL file. The next step for me is to finalize and correct my typos and inconsistancies. What do (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Problem solved. Phew... :-) But the thing is... I did not do anything. I just copied the same files from an old backup I had and could not find any changes. No matter. I can finish what I started now. (cross posted to lugnet.loc.nl) Jaco "Michael (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.loc.nl)
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You should not mix language id's in resource files. Since I'm from austria, every project uses german (austria) resource ids as default. Changing that will cause the parser and compiler to fail because it cannot find any important definitions. Try (...) (21 years ago, 18-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Anyone? "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:HEzvrG.oKv@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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