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(...) Thanks Michael for your useful tip. Now what I'm looking for is a way to "lock" this imported model, for "lock" I mean unselectable: I want to see it but I don't want to select it accidentally. Domenico (15 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) If you are working with MLCad this is simple. Just go to 'Multipart'->'New Model' and then scroll in the parts tree to 'Document' then you can put your imported model as a subpart into your new part. Make sure that you put it at the location (...) (15 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello, I would like to import geometry in MLCAD and using it as reference then it should be locked and unselectable. Importing an external DAT file, it has read as several triangles and also if I gruop them in a single element is very heavy to work: (...) (15 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: My 2009 wish list for MLCad
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(...) Oh, wow. I had no idea that was possible... Thanks Philo! (15 years ago, 22-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You may see condlines in MLCad this way: Select everything, then refresh screen (Ctrl-R). Condlines will be displayed and can then be selected. For more complex cases this method can be helpful: (URL) (15 years ago, 21-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You can see all condlines in MLCad: Select everything, then refresh screen, or scroll the view you want to work on. All condlines will be displayed. For complex cases, this method can help too: (URL) (15 years ago, 21-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I'd love to have an option that shows all conditional lines like the one in ldview, would greatly ease (my) hunts for excess conditional lines! (15 years ago, 21-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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(...) Actually you can search for parts, just hit Ctrl-F to pop up the search dialog. Note that if the search string has spaces, it must be encased in "quotes", otherwise MLCad will complain. To get the next match, hit Ctrl-Shift-F (the context menu (...) (15 years ago, 20-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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(...) At this point, I think the answer to this is unknown. Hopefully, yes there will be a next version, and there has been at least some effort put into it. However, at this point, I'd say that there are no guarantees. I have more info, but it's (...) (15 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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(...) I've a few more but also a question: is there actually going to be a next version? It's been over three years since the current version was released... Fix the scrollbar bug. In large models it takes a number of times moving the scrollbar to (...) (15 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Defining edge colors
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As it's known, when you define a color in MLCad, say 71 into Stone and 72 into Dark-Stone, or whatever color you make, the edge color is always black. I was, though, just fiddling with the color definition system of MLCad and managed to make (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi folks, I have written a new tutorial that will teach you how to set up a simple LDraw system with the MLCad editor and the new LDraw Parts Library. (URL) writing it I had in mind newbies with little or no experience with LDraw and hopefully the (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad) !
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(...) Hi Philo, Nice list. Here is something else. * Mode that does not allow meta-commands that violate the restriction for official ldraw parts (those hidden ROTATION meta-commands just after the header, step, rotstep, buff exchg....) Happy New (...) (15 years ago, 5-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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I have prepared a list of new features/improvements I'd like to see in MLCad. Most of these features will be useful mainly to part authors... The list is long, but I would be so happy even if only a few were implemented! Philo File operations Insert (...) (15 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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(...) I thought more about that. Maybe the most effective way would be to keep these tools outside MLCad, but bring support with two new MLCad possibilities: - Save a selection - Insert a file. This way, you could visually select elements to process (...) (16 years ago, 6-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Release of Color Manager
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I am proud to introduce Color Manager for MLCAD and Ldraw. (URL) The main feature of Color Manager is to filter your parts list to only those pieces that are available (from Bricklink) in the color that you choose. This allows the user to build (...) (16 years ago, 5-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX) !!
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| | How can I fix this bugged fractal landscape MLCAD generated?
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I generated a scene of a small amount of fractal landscape in MLCAD, however, there is a problem with some illegally generated bricks which have been placed to intersect other bricks, of course that's impossible to do with real LEGO. Is there a (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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hi all, today I played around with the group feature and found out that MLCad "ungroups" a Group when you try to copy'n'paste a Group withing the file. furthermore the order in the .ldr looks kind of weird though it is sorted fine in the parts list (...) (17 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCAD <> LDD 2.0
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Hi all, I can't run LDD2.0 on my PC (Win 98 SE - P3 667MHz) and not yet thinking of getting me a new one. So the question is as follow: Are there any plans to have the possibility to import LDD2.0 files into MLCAD and visa versa, using the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Complete Install on Windows Vista
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(...) Could you tell us which version of POV-Ray worked under VISTA? The next ALL IN ONE INSTALLER may end up having to be "2 flavors" one just for VISTA and one for "Pre-VISTA" from the feedback I have been slowly getting back at the LDraw Help (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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