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(...) Undo Joy! thanks again Michael! Mike (12 years ago, 29-Dec-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks, Michael. Very much appreciated. Tim (12 years ago, 29-Dec-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello Michael, Highly appreciated (especially the undo!!!), a nice X-mas present for LDraw community. One small problem, in position/orientation dialog it seems that I can't check "Use rotation vector value"? Any hint? Philo (12 years ago, 28-Dec-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello all, I would like to announce that there is a new version of MLCad available! MLCad V3.40 What's new: - Implemented basic undo functionality (might be a bit slow, but should work) - Improvements for network installation or installation under (...) (12 years ago, 27-Dec-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) !
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(...) Okay, in MLCad (and possibly other LDraw GUIs), an individual part will rotate around its origin point. On any standard brick/plate/tile, this origin point is typically found in the exact center of the top surface, excluding any studs. So if (...) (13 years ago, 2-Oct-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) (URL) (13 years ago, 3-Sep-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Just getting my feet wet on MLCad @ long last, and one thing that's giving me trouble is the rotation of parts. I got to be quite good at manipulating parts in LEdit, but I can't seem to rotate them at all in MLCad. At least, not in any way that (...) (13 years ago, 3-Sep-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi all, Currently I am working on a model where I make extensive use of Groups in MLCad in combination with LPub command REMOVE GROUP. Regarding Groups in MLCad, can someone verify this: - Elements in a group should all be part of the same step in (...) (13 years ago, 24-May-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I get this bug too. -Mike (13 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 10179 - Millennium Falcon - project
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(...) And (URL) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) (URL) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, Just wondering if anyone is working on an MLCAD version of 10179 - Millennium Falcon. 5195 parts - quite a lot. I think the majority of parts required are available as DAT files. Feedback appreciated, Regards. (13 years ago, 28-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well done Willy. Thanks for keeping this updated. I noticed that the last (4th) batch from the Lego Universe team contained lots of minifig accessories (i.e. m30408, m30138) as shown in the following post: (URL) all/some of these made their (...) (13 years ago, 31-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2010-03. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (13 years ago, 27-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce)
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(...) As far as I remember we have only on the PT a '~Moved to' file that do not only change the name of the file but also the origin. My tests shows me that version 3.3 and 3.2 behaviour is the same. For that reason I thought it would be a good (...) (13 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Arghl! I guess this happens only with V3.3? I never noticed that with 3.2. (13 years ago, 23-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I just want to inform that MLCad does not handle the ~Moved to files in a good way. If you are asked for updating to newer parts the new reference will be written into your current file, but if there is any transformation this will not be taken into (...) (13 years ago, 23-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well, it's been a while since I've checked, and now there's a forum dedicated to SR3DBuilder, which looks like the best solution by far to what I'm looking for. It still doesn't run on Linux, but that is exactly one of the topics on the forum: (...) (14 years ago, 19-Oct-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Many thx Tim, feel free to post it to all other groups and discussion boards you're signed on. w. (14 years ago, 5-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I've posted it to TBB and the FLickr LDraw group for people who might actually need it ;) Tim (14 years ago, 5-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I can't think of a place more inappropriate for this announcement considering the high talented people visiting these groups. Anyway, here: (URL) find a new basic tutorial for MLCad. It has been fought as substitute for the outdated tutorial by (...) (14 years ago, 4-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce) !
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(...) Use the 'net, Luke! (URL) -- joshua (14 years ago, 19-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Dang, I wish I knew French! That is a pretty intense web page, and the results look amazing! Someone's been busy adding new belt and hose types! Also, Don, you've done a great job on the trickiest of the math bits. Thanks! Kevin (...) (14 years ago, 19-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) There's a tutorial in French here that appears to expand on Willy's tutorial. (URL) on the pictures it looks like there are plenty of examples of rubber bands and belts. Have fun, Don (14 years ago, 17-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) LeoCAM had a really rudimentary "snap-to" functionality added to LeoCAD. It didn't work entirely well, and was never entirely completed (as it was an academic proof, rather than an actual attempt to create a functionality). The sources have (...) (14 years ago, 17-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Andrew, This is not really a detailed tutorial, but the usage example I posted on this page shows rubber bands, including sample files: (URL) this helps. Jim (14 years ago, 17-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have been playing around with MLCAD and LSynth, and have had lots of luck when generating point-to-point and point-through-point items like cables and hoses. However, I have had exactly no luck trying to generate rubber bands and belts. I see (...) (14 years ago, 17-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You could try to track down a copy of leoCAM. Maybe that'll do it. Or perhaps some of the leoCAM features have migrated back into leocad? I don't know, but it might be worth a look. Good luck, Don (14 years ago, 15-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well, after a long discussion with Sergio via e-mail and a period of trying different things, it appears that SR3DBuilder will only run (both now and in the future) on a native installation of Windows (not even a virtual machine) that has a (...) (14 years ago, 14-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2010-02. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (14 years ago, 5-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Wow! I think you're right! SR3DBuilder looks exactly like what I'm looking for...except I'm on Ubuntu Linux and it doesn't work in Wine, where MLCAD is flawless. I asked Sergio about this through his website, so I'll see what he says. Thanks (...) (14 years ago, 20-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) That would be a great enhencement for MLCad and it should be possible. But I do not know how many hours Michael L. has to spend for that. If you want to try another application please try SR3DBuilder. As fas as I can see the required feature (...) (14 years ago, 23-May-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, This is something that's been bugging me for a while, but since MLCAD is free software and very useful even without this feature, I haven't made much of a fuss about it. However, I thought I'd throw it out here so others can comment on it and so (...) (14 years ago, 22-May-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I duplicated the error, and it looks to be a bug in MLCAD. Scott W. (14 years ago, 11-May-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) The "Failed to create..." message has popped up for me when I have lost connection with a network drive. Sometimes it will give the same message if the drive takes too long to respond. Joseph (14 years ago, 11-May-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello all, I got a question from someone who wants to create step images with MLCad but gets the dialog "Failed to create the file!" Ofcourse I asked if he had permission to write to the place he wants to save the images or if there was enough (...) (14 years ago, 11-May-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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There is a bug in the generated partslist when using a new color. For example when I use a part with color 81 Metalic_Green it reports as Chrome_Black. See: (URL) this be resolved with a change in ldconfig or is a real bug in MLCad 3.30? Jaco (14 years ago, 11-May-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) IMHO if the rotvector field is active when pressing OK, it should pop up that dialog (or maybe even ignore changes altogether and close the dialog - I do not know nor do I care) if |angle| > 180. Nowhere else. I'd personally want this be fixed (...) (14 years ago, 17-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Have you been authoring parts again? I thought your therapist warned you about that???? ;) ROSCO (14 years ago, 17-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Oh yeah. I encountered this one the other day too. The angle gets set to a very large number. I believe that the normal/angle mapping only applies to rotations, not scaling and should be ignored when ||R||!=1. Tim (14 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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