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Hi folks, generating hoses, chains and electical cabels has never been easier - even for people with little CAD experience. Check out this tutorial about MLCad's newest feature and go down to the nuts and bolts of the prog: www.holly-wood.it "Synth" (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Reports in MLCad
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(...) Thanks Michael, I'll give that a try (and I'm looking forward to the next version as well) Ken (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Reports in MLCad
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Ken, this sounds like a bug in MLCad. I'll investigate that. The other point is that the next version of MLCad will support the offical color definitions based on the LDraw.org color standard. In the mean time you can do the following (so far I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Reports in MLCad
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Can anyone answer this question ? Why does this happen. If I use a colour from the "More" section of the colorbar toolbar eg; Sand Green (378) or Sand Blue (379) that show as their correct names when I view them in the parts section at the top of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Attention: Serious bug in MLCad V3.10 !
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Hello, (...) Parts. (...) This one does indeed work for me too. just downloaded version 3.11 and adjusted the .ini, this time without the backslash and it is still working :-) Keep up the good work, Michael! Greetings Maico Arts (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | *** MLCad V3.11 is available ***
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Hi, MLCad V3.11 is a bug-fix release to V3.00 and corrects the following bugs: 1) Scan path function causing crash and not working correctly 2) Hide Feature doesn't change modified attribute 3) Bug when removing sub-models from mpd projects As usual (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Attention: Serious bug in MLCad V3.10 !
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(...) I just did a quick test: [SCAN_ORDER] 1 = SHOW <LDRAWDIR>\Parts 2 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>\Parts\s 3 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>\P 4 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>\P\48 5 = SHOW <LDRAWDIR>\NewParts And the parts in NewParts showed up in MLCad without having to use Scan (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Hello Willy (...) I will try this kind of setup again. If it works for you, it should work for me too! Thanks (...) supporting (...) upgrading the (...) biggest (...) Hmm, I think we will see it at LEGO World... About the language dll, I think I (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Attention: Serious bug in MLCad V3.10 !
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Hi to all MLCad users. I just found a realy serious bug in MLCad, I must say I don't know what I did when I implemented the search-path feature but at least during testing my mind completely failed and I didn't see any obvious bug. I'm realy sorry (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) hi, it is working smoothly on my win2000+SP4 with the following config: c:\Programme\MLCad\MLCad.exe c:\Programme\MLCad\PARTS c:\Programme\MLCad\PARTS\s ... c:\Programme\MLCad\Eigene_Parts [SCAN_ORDER] 1 = SHOW Parts 2 = HIDE Parts\s 3 = HIDE (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Hello Michael and Niels, I just checked for myself, I have the same problem. paths for me are: D:\lego\ldraw\MLCad_V3.10 the unofficial parts are here: D:\lego\ldraw\unoff\parts and D:\lego\ldraw\unoff\p First I had a longer name for "unoff". Here (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) I am aware of that it is a new function in version 3.10. When I select Help, About MLCad it shows MLCad Version 3.10 Copyright (c) 1999-2004 by Michael Lachmann I just installed MLCad 3.10 on Windows XP Home Edition, and changed the SCAN_ORDER (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Sorry about this stupid question: Are you sure you are using version 3.10 of MLCad? Because 3.00 is not able to deal with that! Michael "Niels Karsdorp" <niels.karsdorp@pggm.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:I0DBM0.10Jy@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) I did a scan parts from the file menu, still no success. I even tried to change the order: [SCAN_ORDER] 1 = SHOW NewParts 2 = HIDE NewParts\s 3 = SHOW Parts 4 = HIDE Parts\s 5 = HIDE P 6 = HIDE P\48 7 = SHOW MyParts No success. I tried adding (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Do a scan parts from the file menu, then it should work. Michael "Niels Karsdorp" <niels.karsdorp@pggm.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:I02LGu.1v8I@lugnet.com... (...) don't (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Developing MLCAD plugins?
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Don, "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hztzr8.y0t@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) That will be documented anyway - sure. But for that feature I have to think even more ... but I have already an idea how that could (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Personally I would like to see a standard parts structure like this, at least for MLCAD; Parts oldparts unoffparts myparts Parts would be the officially released parts oldparts would be where old official parts are moved to when they are updated (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) My folder structure is as follows: D:\LDraw\MLCad_V3.10\ includes MLCad 3.10 install, including MLCad.exe and MLCad.ini D:\LDraw\Parts\ D:\LDraw\Parts\S D:\LDraw\P\ D:\LDraw\P\48\ D:\LDraw\NewParts\ D:\LDraw\NewParts\S\ D:\LDraw\MyParts\ (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) hi niels, the code looks fine. please check the following two things: * lets persume that that MLCad.exe and MLCad.ini is stored in: c:\Programs\MLCad and the parts are in: c:\Programs\MLCad\Parts then your custom parts have to be placed in (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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How does that scan_order thing work? I've added three more paths in mlcad.ini, but the parts in these folders don't show up anywhere in MLCad. [SCAN_ORDER] 1 = SHOW Parts 2 = HIDE Parts\s 3 = HIDE P 4 = HIDE P\48 5 = SHOW NewParts 6 = HIDE (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Developing MLCAD plugins?
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(...) While you're checking, think about this. What if the MLCad generators were reconfigured as some sort of plugins, and the plugin specs were documented? Then everyone could use your generators. You know, weird people like me who are frightened (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | *** Specification 2.0 of MLCad Extensions ***
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Hi, this can be downloaded from the developer section on (URL) you will also find the new language templates for MLCad V3.10 Best regards, Michael (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Developing MLCAD plugins?
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Done, "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hzrprv.14sB@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) No sorry, MLCad does not support plugins yet, currently I have a very quick way introducing new generators and pseudo commands by (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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Hi Don, now it's getting interesting ... "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HzrwBF.9t2@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) I'm actually reading it in as | a b c | | d e f | | g h i | and that is also how I'm writing my (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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(...) Total side note: I agree with Don, row/column ordering is not what I would have chosen. BUT, it is far easier (IMO) to hand-transform row/column LDraw commands than the equivalent column/row commands (like I've had to do in POV-Ray code). (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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(...) Yes, that looks right. The other thing that messes me up with LDRAW matrices is the row, column ordering. The ordering in LDRAW files is not what I would have chosen, so I always have to look it up. From the old FAQ: (URL) type 1's format is: (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Developing MLCAD plugins?
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(...) I forwarded this question to here because I don't know the answer. Apparently there has been some discussion in the past about developing plugins for MLCAD: (URL) there a specification for plugin development? Thanks, Don (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Niels, your wishes are welcome, just send them by e-mail. Regards, Michael "Niels Bugge" <buggelego2@+antiSPAMmail. dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HznpD2.o2v@lugnet.com... (...) get (...) right (...) close to (...) scroll (...) something (...) wait (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) First of all thanks for a really great program, I use it all the time and get much joy from it. But I was wondering: Are you only interested in bugs right now, or can I add (a lot of) new wishes as well? Anyway, here's a list of bugs I'd (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Hi Ross, Sorry I forgot that, I've just added it to the bug-list, i'll correct that in the next release. Michael "Ross Crawford" <rosscraw@bigpond.net.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HzFGEr.5Av@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLSave V1.10 ***
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Hi Jaco, "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HzB9Cy.AFx@lugnet.com... (...) do (...) <SNIP> It is called MLSaver.scr, like Tom already wrote - I'll take care of that in the readme.txt. Thanks for the hint! Michael (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) One bug I'd really like to see fixed though is in the parts reports, where a sub-model is included more than once, the part count is incorrect. Thanks again! ROSCO (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) Well then, I suppose it does! LOL. -Tim (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) L3P, LSynth and LPub all work fine with long filenames according to the examples in the book "Virtual Lego" :-) However, the old l3p16.exe compiled for die-hard DOS users obviously doesn't. /Lars (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) Also, not using 8.3 breaks in some other tools. I think L3P doesn't process long filenames. Not sure about LSynth, but LPub wouldn't be wise either cause it uses L3P. -Tim (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) The "ReleaseNotes.txt" file contains exhaustive info about what is added, fixed, changed and improved. - damien web page 1 : (URL) page 2: (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) a nice update to an already great software. many fixes that install MLCad in the maturity. especially welcomed is the neckware support. thanks, - damien web page 1 : (URL) page 2: (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) actually jeroen i believe it is a good practice to save all work in 8.3 rather then the 20 line file, simply because you never know who still uses LDedit. (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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Er, am I right if it desn't save long file names anymore but makes it 8.3? Or did I mis a preference somewhere? Jeroen "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:Hz9ExE.16qo@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.10 is available ***
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(...) Cool. Checking it out now. Woohoo! An arrow generator! That alone makes it worth downloading. Thanks. The website's a little vague on the subject: what's new or changed (apart from the new generators) in this version. Allister (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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