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Hello, a new converter exists since a few days. It can convert LDraw Objects (*.DAT) into Lightwave Objects (*.lwo) and Lightwave Scene Files (*.lws) (compatible with Version 5.5, 5.6, 6.x); running under Win 95 / 98 / NT / 2000. It is completly (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad
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Well, assuming it's left in some bitmap format, I could update LDView to use a texture map to draw the image. However, adding bitmaps to a .DAT file in some ASCII format is going to make for some really big .DAT files. Alternatively, of course, it (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: File management
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(...) put (...) you (...) That sounds reasonable. I was already kind of thinking of doing that, but it is nice to hear what others do. Regards, --Ryan ---...--- -- E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com -- Amateur Radio call sign: KB1FOB ---...--- (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) BMP2DAT can be used as a start, but it's not generally viewed as a good final product. Other programs have an option to use a bitmap as a background image. That can be useful for drawing patterned parts. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I could provide a MLCad specific bitmap element very quickly. This element could be sized, moved and rotated. Internaly MLCad would handle this element like a normal quad. The disadvantage of this would be that no other program would be able (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have separate directories in which I store models. example: /models /mine /fire /space /others /Tim Courtney /Terry Keller /TLG /s1234 /s2345 This is basically how I do it. This is where I store all dats and mpds. hope that helps. Ryan (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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When making official models (and unofficial models for that matter), there are minifigs, submodels, and sub assemblies to deal with. You put them all together in one .mpd file, but then you also have these other files left in the \Models directory. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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:-) Michael Ryan J Farrington <ryanjf2@juno.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 20000825.091555.-987...uno.com... (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project)
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(...) I believe their use of the software is cumbersome and limited, because even though they have state of the art CAD systems, they still print out LARGE sheets of brick graph paper (~6' wide plotter) with images on them and trace the studs. Plus, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project)
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(...) Well, Entirely possible, but not necessarily... I know of many Industrial Designers & Architects who use very state-of-the-art CAD/CAID software at work, but use very cheap & limited software at home for their personal creativity... Why? (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well, its clear that the LCAD advancements are the BEST we've seen of any 3D Lego design program, with the exception of the illusive TLC instructions program (which, from what I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if it was VERY limited). So, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Wow. Somebody pinch me. This is about as close to unofficial endorsement as you can get! Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Wow, thanks! Now I can put minifigs in all my models. A whole world is opened... --Ryan ---...--- -- E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com -- Amateur Radio call sign: KB1FOB ---...--- (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, I have thought of Sourceforge... The only reason I didn't propose it right off the bat, is that given that *I* won't be doing any programming, I didn't feel like it was my right to decide how the code would be offered. Sourceforge (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I agree, having an Open Source cad project would be a very good thing. I definetely recommend taking a look at (URL) It's a free site sponsored by VALinux for hosting Open Source projects. It provides everything from cvs repositories and bug (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hehehe, well, That's not necessarily a *good* thing :) But it's true, I used screenshots of Photoshop to composite the interface screens, as that was what I had at hand. It also looks like the best interface I have seen, (...) He has. I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Karim, I happen to like the look of the user interface. It definitely has the "Adobe" look and feel. It also looks like the best interface I have seen, although it looks like it adds a little to the learning curve. Of course, added power comes at (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Help! Need advice please!
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(...) <SNIP> Yes, they are saved in the model. In case of MPD each sub-model has it's own rotation points which are saved within the sub-models. Michael (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Hi Michael, I found this would be very usefull at least for the beginning. Do you intend to save the user defined rotation point in the model ? (...) Marc Klein A Mindstorms fan. (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Hy, As some of you might know, I'm currently implementing the possibility for a user defined rotation point in MLCad. This is the actual situation for the new version: From a menu/toolbar/shortcut the user can open a dialog where the type of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Create another sub-model 'Multipart/New Model' and drag the remaining models from the tree-section Document into the drawing area - that is the new sub- model. Michael (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have some models to which I want to add minifigs as sub-models, but I can't figure out how to insert them as MPD files. When I select Multipart>New Model, I can build a minifig, but can only view one model at a time from the Active Model bar. How (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) It's probably easier to provide a "flush cache" option in the editors. By "Easier", I mean easier for both developers and users. Steve (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) <SNIP> The problem is, that MLCad does never access a file during drawing ... First MLCad loads all the parts into memory and starts drawing directly from the memory. This means you never will be able to change a part without refreshing the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Should we propose a "0 NOCACHE" metacommand that would prevent a file from being cached? You could add it while working on a new piece, without having to disable caching for all parts. -gyug (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) MLCad is using a internal cache to increase loading speed. Once a part or sub- part has been loaded it's cached and will not be reloaded. Currently you will have to restart MLCad in order to clear the cache. The next release of MLCad will have (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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When I updated a sub-part file, even I reopen the .dat file that includes that sub-part file, MLCAD doesn't update the part of sub-part, is it a bug? Zhengrong (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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The next version log's this information in the 'MLCAD.log' file, I will check the option again to make sure that it doesn't print the messages. Michael Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: FzH8yE.GLL@lugnet.com... (...) when (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) FzEzE2.4FF@lugnet.com... (...) Have a look at www.ldraw.org there is an faq for ldraw and it's dat file format (...) should (...) If you find a statement like '0 FILE something' in the .xxx file it's an mpd otherwise not. (...) There was some (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I wouldn't think it's a good idea since this would confuse people. If you drag then drop it at a certain place then goes to a different location?! Michael Adam Howard <abhoward10@hotmail.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: FzEGrn.A95@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Bravo!!! LOVE the little computer 'neath the desk!!! :) --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hey... Pardon me if this has been mentioned before, but I'd like to see MLCad when it starts up not display the warning messages 'file not found, continue loading?' - instead, why not generate an error log at the bottom of the screen in another (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:FzG04H.DFn@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) move (...) but (...) whatever (...) and (...) is (...) P(rotated) (...) almost (...) That would be very cool, and combined with Adam's (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Just press the "Print Scrn" key on your keyboard. That will copy the desktop to the clipboard. Pressing "Alt + Print Scrn" Will copy the current window to the clip board. After copying the screen or window to the clip board, Launch some art tool (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Isn't there a way to copy what you see on the screen into the clipboard, and paste it into a paint program? I think it's like: Alt+PrintScreen or Shift+PrintScreen or something, then open your paint program and hit Paste. Right? Am I wrong (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Since MLCad now implements the ability to rotate the oblique view to whatever viewing angle you want, how about a command that just takes the current oblique view and gives you an absolute rotation step to that rotation and origin value, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) If you by "subfile" mean an MPD subfile, I think the scope is public, see the thread (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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