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I think I found the problem. In the mean-time please DO NOT the following: Deselect a part and select AND move another part at the same time (means clicking into a part holding the left key still down (when none is currently selected) and then (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I had quite a few Fatal errors with the new release (almost made download the previous version..back again). It was (probably) caused when I selected multiple parts with a mouse drag and immediately wanted to move the selected parts. I know it (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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It seems there is a crash-bug in the new release. I got already two error reports, but I cannot reproduce it with Windows NT. Can someone tell me if she/he has problems with the new release? MLCad should crash with a GPF. If you have this problems (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Where are the hinge plates?
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Aha! I found them under Plate 1 x 2 with hinge. --Ryan Lugnet member #517 E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com Amateur radio call sign: kb1fob (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G2LzIA.GDp@lugnet.com... (...) release (...) No need to apologize. I may do some more testing to give you better info. I guess I better get the new version first, though. Meanwhile, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have an update for you Michael. I am now using 1.99 If I have three parts in my Parts List... For ease I will call them in this order and position: A 0,0,0 B 10,10,10 C -100,-100,-100 If I take a new part D and drop it onto C, D will show up at (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Nah, you have _always_ been in the mood of "... I need to find the parts in ldraw", it is not something new. ;-) Fredrik (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Just lately I have been the opposite. Since buying some technic just the other day I have been in the mood of "now that I have bought this lego I need to find the parts in ldraw" (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Tim Romine here! I could not agree more! What a great job overall, but right now I'm still enjoying finding my parts where *I* put them, not where someone else makes me put them. Woo Hoo! Great Job, Michael! Tim Romine AFOL for Life (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G2L1x3.Fv6@lugnet.com... (...) ... (...) This is GREAT! Now I can pull all the Minifig parts into 1 group to make them easier to get into, and easy access to all the Wings (hmm, lots of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I will try to fix this now ... sorry for ignoring it in the current release Michael John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G2JM56.87v@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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There was a bug in the previous version which caused the complete model to be refreshed most of the time ... now this bug is solved. This incremental refresh works only when the option "Draw to selection only" is turned off! Otherwice it will use (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hey, I started playing with this and it looks nice. It seems to have an incremental screen refresh mechanism. It appears that when I make certain edits, it only updates that piece and perhaps a small amount of the rest of the model. Did the previous (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I was able to find the new release at the following link (for people that don't know how to find it) (URL) Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G2L1x3.Fv6@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! Yes!... no more LEdit for complicated rotations!.. Thanks a MILLION, Mike! Love the ability to flush cache as well... Thanks a TON! J (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I think I myself *have* said this, actually. But it bears repeating! Thank you for creating a modern, more intuitive lego drawing program. (...) I think I speak for many when I say that we owe a debt to James for showing what's possible while (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Finaly I release this new version of MLCad ==> V1.99 New features: - Rotating model now in view mode also (option) - Changing sequence of models within a mpd - Differenced pane settings for edit/view mode - Bigger step advances and display of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Michael, I know I should have said this long ago: Thank you for creating a modern, more intuitive lego drawing program. Although the work of James Jessiman was great and extensive, it was not especially user-friendly. I know I never would have (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I'd like to add my thanks to that as well. I think that you have a great program. I look forward to the new revision. I also think its great that everyone contrribute to the development of the software. It will only get more powerful and easier to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Michael, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you once again for the time, effort and creativity you've put into this project. It seems like there's a great deal of nitpicking going on (from me included) about MLCad and its features. I'd (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: A couple questions.
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 Matthew Moulton writes: [snip] (...) 1. Put in the right wing and angle it. 2. Next, duplicate it (Ctrl+D). This will create an identical piece with the same orientation, etc. Now the next part is kind of complicated :) When you (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Mark van 't Hooft" <markslegoland@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G2J9HK.J9v@lugnet.com... (...) seem (...) do (...) just (...) Make sure that the path to LDraw is correct so MLCad can find the parts. Also go to the File menu and choose Scan (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I will release MLCad 1.99 this evening. It should fix major problems and provide some new usefull things. The release will not contain a fully updated help. Instead I'm going to release MLCad with it's help files as they are (a real mess) but (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Royce Fay" <royce.fay@home.com> wrote in message news:39eb32dd.169128...net.com... (...) Same for me. -John Van (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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My other question is are there (...) I've spoken to Michael (Lachman) about the need for better control of angled pieces... it's easy to rotate a piece, but not to set the point of rotation.. my vote is for a point of rotation object that shows up (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Why is it that if I group objects together and then exit the program and come back the pieces are magically gone? I mean I'd like to group things to gether but I don't want to end up losing everything I've done. So far I've learned that the you (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi all, I downloaded MLCAD to my PC and ran into the following problem. I cannot seem to locate any of the basic bricks, e.g. a 1x4 or 2x4 etc. It seems like I do not have those in my downloaded file. Any ideas why that may be, or am I just looking (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Michael; I get the same problem. When I drop a new part in the "list of parts in the model" it will show up at 0,-8,0 (or close to it depending on the size of the part- the "y" value will change, but x,z=0). I have tried selecting the "part which (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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[FUT lugnet.cad] (...) Umm, do you mean (URL)? In LDraw, it's called Technic Wing Back, which is not a very helpful name. Steve (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I guess it's somehow strange to use ... previous part is the part currently selected when you insert the new one :-/ so please try selecting the part which position should be inherited ... then add the new part by dragging it to the "list of parts (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G2ErpI.5DH@lugnet.com... (...) I assume you mean to the list of parts in the model. When I do this, the part is inserted at 0,-10,0. I have the Document Settings for new unplaced (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Is this what you are looking for: 2744 Technic Wing Back -John Van "Matthew" <moulton@hscis.net> wrote in message news:39e99ded.769619...net.com... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) point I really need to go through and resort my list. -Matthew -(URL) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) By any chance, are you referring to one of these?... 2744.DAT Technic Wing Back (URL) Wing Front (URL) Ski (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Um...I know I said I was going to LDraw the Black Hawk, however there was a piece that I could not find so I chose to do the Inferno instead. The dat file is below, along with a unrendered 4 perspective view of the ship. Right now I'm too tired to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Well I finally decided to get with it and learn LDraw, etc, etc. Although when I went looking for it I found MLCAD...WOW! SO much easier to use, build, understand, etc, etc. I mean I went halfway through the tutorial and jumped right into making my (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You can drop the part to the part list, or add it from the menu, providing you configured it correctly in the settings. Michael John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G2Dz1F.ADL@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I like to support this question because I've been wondering the same thing for a long time now. (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Is there a way to drag a part from the part window into the model, and have it put in the same location of the previous part? Every time I drag a part into the overhead view, it ends up at z=0. -John Van (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Look for: 4276.dat, Hinge Plate 1 x 2 with 2 Fingers 4275.dat, Hinge Plate 1 x 2 with 3 Fingers Run the program "...\Ldraw\Mklist.exe", to create the text-file "...\Ldraw\Parts.lst", containing the descriptions of all parts in the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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