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(...) I'll do, but I think that SR3CAD is good to play with lego models... for building them I'm faster with MLCAD... I'm using Mlcad since 2005 by the way the author of sr3dcad is a member of ItLUG and I have the chance to meet him at every of our (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) wow thank you I'll give it a try soon! thank you Cristian ___...___ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3978 (20090331) ___...___ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. (URL) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVEgmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:KHC7AF.n5s@lugnet.com... (...) hey, it really works.... and it was so easy too!!! probably I have done some mistake in the Mike's suggestion!! thank you very much! Cristian (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) They should be fine if you use LDView to do the POV export, and make sure "Fix mirrored stud logos" is checked in the export options, and don't use LGEO parts. (Granted, that last requirement is annoying, but hopefully I'll get it fixed at (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) SNIP (...) That is also the way I explained it. But we have to mention that with this technic the Logo on the studs are not correct on the mirrored part! cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Just today there is a new version of SR3DBuilder out. This version now works also on my old system. So give it a try again please. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirror Building [DAT]
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(...) You are right, my fault. It should be for the second line: The next line is then 1 16 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 modelhalf.dat Sorry for any trouble made by this. cu mikeheide (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirror Building [DAT]
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(...) Oh, I made a mistake. It should be for the second line for rotation about Y: The next line is then 1 16 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 modelhalf.dat You have to make sure that the origin of your modelhalf.dat will be at the "mirror surface". Here an (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, we did. (URL) to the resulting programs lmirror and mirwiz here. (URL) believe both programs use a special mirror.ini file to avoid the nasty complications of just using a negative mirror matrix. By the way, has anyone ever done any (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirror Building [DAT]
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(...) If you put a minus sign in front of one of the ones in an identity matrix, and leave everything else alone, it will mirror about the corresponding axis. For example, this one uses your original geometry, and mirrors the black part around the X (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirror Building [DAT]
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(...) hello Mike, I think that this method only rotates the model... was if I have somthing like that: 0 Untitled 0 Name: test.ldr 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 COLOR 71 Stone_Gray 0 163 162 164 255 163 162 164 255 0 COLOR 72 Dark_Stone_Gray (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) hello Orion I know that software but I prefer to use mlcad.. srcad is too resource hungry and don't work very good on my pc and it draw a mirror of the model while you build it, I have already built the left part... and need to mirror it it's (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirror Building [DAT]
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(...) Christian, Mike is showing you a very nice magic trick that can be performed using the rotation matrix associated with each part added in an LDraw model. An LDraw type 1 line has this format: 1 <color> <x> <y> <z> <a> <b> <c> <d> <e> <f> <g> (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) SR 3D Builder already does this. (URL) (15 years ago, 29-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirror Building [DAT]
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(...) Why using a special program? First build the half of your model. This model is then referenced by the main file with a line like 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 modelhalf.dat The next line is then 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 modelhalf.dat Got (...) (15 years ago, 29-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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hello guys, I want to know if someone has ever thinked about doing a program to mirror a model! in other words, when you build a symmetrix model, you build only one side and then mirror it to the other side thank you Cristian ___...___ Information (...) (15 years ago, 29-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Oumph - cache refresh problem: there is an even more recent version (2008-12-25) here: (URL) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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LDraw author J.C. Tchang has created an updated MLCad.ini, including minifig unofficial parts as of 2008-03-21 It is available here: (URL) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I'm trying to learn how to use LSynth and I've run into a couple of 'problems' that appear to be MLCad related (please correct me if I'm wrong). TO begin with, when I add an LSynth command in MLCad I automatically get a full set of lines including (...) (15 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Domenico, There is no way to do this in MLCad. Kevin (15 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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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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| | Re: My 2009 wish list for 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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| | Re: My 2009 wish list for 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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| | New setup tutorial for LDraw and 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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| | My 2009 wish list for MLCad
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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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| | Bug when copying a group [DAT]
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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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