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(...) That's not the way I learned the difference between transparent and translucent. So, I dug out my mini dictionary and looked 'em up: Transparent: "Capable of transmitting light so that objects and images beyond can be clearly perceived." (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) As long as we're taking the time to be official, we should also be correct. The "Trans" color names shouldn't be short for "Transparent" because transparent means a lack of color. The "Trans" should be short for "Translucent" which means (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: v1.99 impressions and ideas
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(...) i totally agree with this one (...) MLCAD does this already.. instead of using the all-inclusive zoom settings on the toolbar, right-click on the pane you wish to zoom and select "Zoom" from the pop-up menu, then zoom in or out... or (the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) A number of the color-codes you listed *are* in the LDraw FAQ, (URL), which is about as official as things get, for colors in LDraw-world. These codes are: (...) And you made some suggestions for alternatives to the standard color values: (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have a few requests of my own - in the parts list, when moving a part up/down, there should be a visible insertion point (just like windows does when you move something in the start menu) - the number pad should be available to move around the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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This post is here to start a discussion on color names for obscure combinations made by older programs. In LDLite, a few colors were added to the existing LDraw/LEdit palette. Among them were 21, the glow-in-the-color, 25, the reddish orange, and 2 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Move the mouse over one of the buttons in the color-bar. Right click this button and a color-dialog will be opened. Now select the color you like and with "OK" this color will be used for this button. Michael Jay Cal <janno666@hotmail.com> schrieb (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I agree. I'd put Tan in the first 16 colors too. I consider it more important and more generally used than some of the others that are up there. Problem is that the box is sorted by color number and Tan just isn't in 0-15. I'd also like to see (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Ok thanks for clearing that up (my dark ages were abandoned 6 months ago). I still would like to see tan as a standard listed color on the bar though. (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) LEGO SCALA has light red. :-) (...) LEGO TECHNIC has magenta/purple since around 1997. :-) (...) LEGO TECHNIC has a bit of light blue, just in the past year or so. :-) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I've been wondering this for a long time now: Why doesn't the standard on- screen colorbar contain all the standard LEGO colors? As far as I know Lego has never made any Light-red, Magenta or Light blue parts (correct me if I'm wrong please). So why (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Thanks, I like the ideas - I use the for 2.0 - but my major implementation for 2.0 will need some time and is secret ! :-) Michael Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G2t71I.Lq2@lugnet.com... (...) put (...) out (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hey Mike (and everyone else who *loves* this program) After spending a few days using v1.99 I've made note of a few things and put them on a page with graphics to help explain. Things are in really nice shape, but I wanted to throw a couple of ideas (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello For my work I use AutoCAD for modeling rooms / buildings and then the Radiance package for rendering. I am not unfortunatly a programming genious and therefore I would like to know if a program exists to export the MLCad.dat files into (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Crash-Bug fix available
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(...) WOW you're fast! Thanks, Jay (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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On my home-page at (URL) you can download a bug-fix release which solves the crash-problem. Regards, Michael (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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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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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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| | Re: **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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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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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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| | **** NEW RELEASE: MLCad V1.99 ****
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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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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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