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(...) Thanks for a great documentation job! Just a quick question. I've had a look at the lsynth.mpd file that comes with the new installer and the one that's in the tutorial and except for a few differences in spacing and capitals I don't see any (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: List of keyboard shortcuts
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(...) Scratch that. It's in the help file. (15 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | List of keyboard shortcuts
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Does anyone have a list of keyboard shortcuts for MLCAD they could upload? Thanks! -Mike (15 years ago, 24-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated
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Hi folks, I have updated the LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial at: (URL) also moved it from the betatest section to its permanent location. Furthermore I added more examples to: (URL) revised the troubleshooting page: (URL) In the updated tutorial you will (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Adding to Catagory Group
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(...) Ok, that helps out a lot, things are getting better organized now, but I haven't noticed any reference to sub-groups like the "Other Parts" group, I'd like to be able to sub-group parts as well, for example. Bricks Bricks 1 x 1 Bricks 1 x 2 (...) (15 years ago, 8-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Adding to Catagory Group
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(...) Here's a link to my MLCad.grp file: (URL) been meaning to share this for a while. It's much more finely granulated than the default MLCad groups. I even asked Michel if he could make it the default but alas nothing came of it. -Orion (15 years ago, 6-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks for the info guys, I've only been building for about a week now and haven't set down and gone through all the tutorials yet. I've been having too much fun just building. I noticed in the thread link that Ducky had altered the names of (...) (15 years ago, 6-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Adding to Catagory Group
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(...) (URL) (15 years ago, 5-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Adding to Catagory Group
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(...) Sure. Right click on the treeview, and go to Parts Tree -> Tree Configuration. This opens a dialog box with all the treeview entries. Now just type in the name of the category, and the rule that matches it (to make a minifig category, enter (...) (15 years ago, 5-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Adding to Catagory Group
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Is it possible to alter the catagory groups in MLCad? I'd like to be able to add groups/sub-groups to the list, for example a group that has all the minifig parts. (15 years ago, 5-May-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCad.ini 2009-01 Update Now Available
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Hi folks, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2009-01. The .ini file defines (among other thigns) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (15 years ago, 4-May-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Peeron_to_MLCad
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Hi All I have developed a program called Peeron_to_MLCad. It's useful to simplify the initial phase of implementation of existing Lego sets. With Peeron_to_MLCad is possible to reduce drastically the time needed to select the parts and find the (...) (15 years ago, 4-May-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: bendable track
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(...) Yeah, about that... I guess Willy and I were both thinking at some point that maybe bands and hoses aren't really so different that they require two distinct paths through the lsynth code. So we did a quick and dirty experiment with the (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: bendable track
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(...) Hi Willy, Thanks for the explanation. I've never touched the STRING_BAND synthesis, so we'll have to let Don speak to this. Kevin (15 years ago, 15-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: bendable track [DAT]
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(...) Upps! Looks like there is a gap in communication. Don started writing code which would allow using "bendable" and "band" constraints together. A first result can be seen in STRING_HOSE + STRING_BAND at: (URL) SYNTH BEGIN STRING_BAND 19 0 SYNTH (...) (15 years ago, 15-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: bendable track
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(...) Hi Willy, "Spouse" bendables with treads? I'm not even married! LOL! I do not recognize the topic you are asking about. Kevin (15 years ago, 15-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Kevin, correct. It's easier to work this out in our mothertongue. If there are problems we get back to you. Just wondering: Is there progress in "spouse" bendables with treads? w. (15 years ago, 14-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Willy, Could you please translate this for me? I suspect that you are saying, yes, we can resolve this by personal email? Thanks, Kevin (15 years ago, 14-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Ciao Christian, se mi mandi una mail personale e spieghi piú in dettaglio cosa ti serve forse ti posso aiutare. w. (15 years ago, 14-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | bendable track
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Hello, is it possible to draw a bendable track with the new track and sprocket with lsynt (the one from the bulldozer)? thank you Cristian ___...___ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4004 (20090413) ___...___ (...) (15 years ago, 13-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Mirror Building
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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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| | Mirror Building
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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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| | Re: Unofficial MLCad.ini
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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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| | Unofficial MLCad.ini
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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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| | MLCad and LSynth
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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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| | Re: How to have geometry locked
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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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