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----- Original Message ----- From: "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> <snip> (...) <snip> John, You can export the submodels into individual DAT files. MLCad will allow you to browse to a directory that you will put them in, and (I'm (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Ah, yes, that could be. When I build virtual models, I don't put in steps. That could be the difference right there. Sorry. :-) -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Hess" <willhess@simflex.com> (...) all (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Oh, I see Gary. Sorry, I don't usually put steps in models that I build, because they are usually only for my own use. That's why I didn't see the problem that you were having when I looked at my own model. Sorry about the confusion. -Andy (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) OH OK that works,when I choose 'save partslist' should it save it in the form or that report? An option for the color might be nice. I'm sorry if I bothered with all this,but I guess I missed that check box! THank You! Gary (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In the report dialog there is a checkbox to enable the parts-per-step report. If this is not checked you will receive a report over the complete model. I'll check that in the file-report as well - (I'm not sure here) Is it ok, that MLCad takes care (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"James J." <jejackso@memphis.edu> wrote in message news:G5E0A3.ID6@lugnet.com... (...) Yes, it is a good idea to move past the old LDraw and into the new stuff like MLCad. Though LDraw will still be available and supported, the newer programs will (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) planned (...) nothing (...) Yes, it's true. We [the LCAD Comm.] are changing as the advancements do... (...) take (...) ideas (...) L3Lab, (...) lot (...) Is this a completely "good" idea? I've only recently learned LCAD and have been using (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Will Hess writes: Michael says. Perhaps you are using an older version of MLCad? (...) Thats it! like a set inventory,showing how many of each piece is in the whole model instead of in each step. (I have no idea why it wasn't (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"ludo soete" <ludo.soete@village.uunet.be> wrote in message news:G5D8zJ.2LH@lugnet.com... (...) That's a great idea. Right now, Tom McDonald is working on converting Bram Lambrecht's LDraw/LEdit tutorial to the LDraw.org format, and also we have (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Tim, Good idea, perhaps (i hope so !) we can get some more detailed 'help' on the new programs/ utilities. There are a lot unknow / un documented buttons in those programs. I'm looking forward to it. Ludo (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I believe Gary wants a list of parts that is NOT sorted by step number. For now, the best way to do this is to save a second copy of the model, remove all steps and then print a parts list. Will (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Gary, I'm not sure what's going on here, but if I select "Extras" on the main menu, then "Reports" and then "Pieces", I get a compiled list, just as Michael says. Perhaps you are using an older version of MLCad? -Andy Lynch (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well thats not exactly what I meant, This is what I get for a model(sorry its so long) I picked for this purpose: Step Numb. Color Part Description ---...--- 1 1 Black 3023.DAT Plate 1 x 2 2 1 Black 3795.DAT Plate 2 x 6 3 1 Black 3710.DAT (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Gary, wish number 1 is already on my implementation list, wish number 2 exists already and can be found under Extras/Reports/Pieces ... also you can save a part list into a file from the file-menu, or you print one. Michael Gary Blessing (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, Ive got a coupe of ideas that would make things easier(for me at least) 1. A "select all" function to go with "copy" and "paste". 2. A compiler, something that would list how many of each piece is in a model, ie:for ordering pieces you don't (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G58nLA.K79@lugnet.com... (...) but I (...) which are (...) The online-help is a thing to be improved - thats for sure. After I release version 2.0 this will be the next item. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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This one is in progress. I got this information elsewhere and 2.0 will allow to copy and paste between different models. What do you mean with inlining funtion? Michael John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I wrote a VB program to mirror the symetrical portions of my star destroyer. I can post it somewhere if anyone is interested : ) "Bryan Hodges" <bhodges@SPAMBLOCKco...ntweb.net> wrote in message news:G59Gqv.3p2@lugnet.com... (...) completed (...) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Please ignore my previous reply; I had a typo in it. :-/ Franklin (...) Here's how I'd do it. Suppose you've currently got this "left wing" sub-assembly in a subfile which, for the purpose of this example, I shall call "leftwing.dat". Inside your (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Here's how I'd do it. Suppose you've currently got this "left wing" sub-assembly in a subfile which, for the purpose of this example, I shall call "leftwing.dat". Inside your main model's DAT file, you will have a line as follows: |> 1 q x y z (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) as (...) I use LDLite for the rendering. There's a -W parameter that lets you increase the width of the lines when drawing at higher resolutions, which is a big help. You can get it here: (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G58Msq.Iyu@lugnet.com... (...) mean (...) to (...) where (...) That would be better if there were callback, but just being able to run the utility from within MLCad would be great. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) If you save your wing as a file (ex. wing.dat), then you can open a new file in MLCad, go to Multipart-Import Model, find your wing.dat file and import it. Then select the main model of the newer file, click the Add-Part button, check the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Unfortunately none of the CAD proggies (that I'm familiar with) support an automated mirror function. Hopefully we can add that to Michael's "todo" list for MLCAD. If the wings truly are identical you can probably get close by copying and (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes. The particular DLL interface is up to you of course, but the Idea of a user expandable system is what I am looking for. You could add comment tags bracing the generated lines with the DLL name and any parameters the DLL wants to save, so (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Can anyone tell me how to mirror a model in MLCad or LDraw? I'm currently utilizing MLCad to make dat files of my Imperial Shuttle, and I've completed the left wing for it. I'd like to simply mirror the right wing, since it's an exact symetrical (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:G55op5.140@lugnet.com... (...) Thought of another good one. It would be handy to be able to cut/copy and paste lines between models. Opening a model seems to flush the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G58nLA.K79@lugnet.com... (...) but I (...) which are (...) I've had this problem, too. It's mostly troublesome where two parts of the same color are stacked on each other. In 3D (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You may also look here. (URL) is not as advanced as Fredriks curves in ldrawmode and the first program I made so it's not that very well constructed. If you want the sourcecode (and risk serious brain damage) I can mail it to you. Koen Fredrik (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) It depends on what kind mechanics you mean. I have no experience with programming in Windows, so that part beyond me. Regarding the mechanics behind the Bezier curve thingey, I would recommend looking at a tutorial/documentation I wrote here: (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I don't have as much of a problem with that, but it's not as high quality as I'd like. Long term I think the ability to plug in different render engines is in plan. I do see this as a bit of a problem and would be interested in the opinions of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Chuck, do you mean a dll which generates some dat-lines to be included into the model? Than the idea is good, but the dll must be able to edit that as well. I mean assume the user generates something from the dll, and later he desides to change (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G57oqH.20r@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) That's possible to do ... if it helps I will implement this. <SNIP> (...) The UNDO will be slow and eat some memory - the only (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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We have been doing a lot of thinking and planning for the future focus of LDraw.org recently. Within a week or so, a new section of the site is planned to be released. From this, a slight restructuring will take place but nothing fundamentally (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad) !!
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G56o7M.9Fr@lugnet.com... (...) Newsbeitrag: (...) I (...) sub-models (...) just (...) would (...) the (...) Perhaps you could bring up the find file dialogue so that the user could (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I suggest a DLL plugin system like Photoshop. MLCad could search the directory it was executed from for files with the appropriate file extension. These files would be loaded as DLLs. These could have handlers for returning a name to be added (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G55op5.140@lugnet.com... (...) Good idea, I will do something about this. (...) There will be something in V2.00 (...) I will see ... (...) Uhhh, this bit is hard, after (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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After several weeks of heavy MLCAD use, I offer these suggestions for future versions (or perhaps these features are available and I just haven't found them): Decimals for position: currently if a part's possition contains decimals, pressing one of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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This might take till Jannuary next year, there are still some problems open which I have to fix. Michael vanda dreyfuss <cresida@nightmail.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4x5BF.4Gs@lugnet.com... (...) made (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi all! When will be the new version of ML CAD available ? Thanx! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) group, (...) Ohhhh YESSS! That would allow me to create an FLL group, with subgroups for beams, bricks, sensors, gears, etc. to duplicate the inventory boxes I made for the kids. Then MLCAD would be something my team could use, rather than me (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I noticed when running a piece report that it doesn't allow for pieces in sub parts. It might be nice to have an added column that shows the pieces in each sub part, then total the number of pieces in the overall model. In other words, if you have (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Two thoughts on groupings: 1. For the default groupings, read the parts list and create groups for all first-words (or use the 0 CATEGORY entries from the part-files). This creates some odd non-groups, but it's better (IMO) than going through (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Michael Lachmann writes: <SNIP> (...) You are right, that doesn't work at all - no matter if the inputs are valid or not, both buttons do not work. Please type the paths in by hand until I release the fixed version 2.0 Thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Ok, thanks for the tip - I will check that! Michael Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4r5I8.Hx1@lugnet.com... (...) doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4r5C3.H9C@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) validate (...) Blue" (...) search. (...) This will be a hint for me! I will add the possibility to put an exact search string into quotes, this should solve (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I did the following: 1. For the Brick group, I changed the search to '<Brick & !Pattern'. This excludes patterned parts from the Brick group. 2. I added a new group 'Brick, Deco'. The search for this group is '<Brick & Pattern'. This isn't (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hmmm... but when I press the "Browse" button to select a valid directory (C:\temp doesn't exist on my system) nothing happens. So it could be that you're checking the validity of the directory listed in the field before opening the Browse (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hmm.. I just tried this and I can seem to get the search string to validate with any spaces in it. I tried setting the search to "Brick 1 x 1 with Blue" which should capture all the letter bricks... but it says it is an invalid string. So I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jeff Boen writes: OK and if I want create new GROUP ? For example I want create GROUP for ONLY LETTER bricks and remove them from BRICK GROUP. How have I to do it ? Thanx. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCAD Tutorial in french - Tutoriel MLCAD en français
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Bonjour à tous. Le tutoriel pour MLCAD est disponible en français sur la page officielle (URL) The tutorial for MLCAD is available in french on the official page (URL) Klein (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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This sounds something is wrong - the dialog wan't allow to continue until all the data are correct: 1) Make sure export path contains a valid directory name (e.g. C:\TEMP) 2) If you are using the processing log-file make sure the entry contains a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Should be possible since I use a static link library for holding the renderer and file cache. When V2.0 is ready I will work on that. Michael Anders Isaksson <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4n910.Axy@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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Hy Jeff, thank you for the bug - reports, I will go through them soon and correct them in V2.0 - thanks for your help Michael Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4MCt3.Kq3@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) on (...) around (...) area (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Only Michael can say for sure, but my belief is that this dialog is simply not fully functional yet. I would guess that all the fields and actions will become active in the next release. J (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I don't use the export function so I can't comment. But if you want to raytrace, get POVray, install it, then get L3Lab (or L3P) and install it. What I do to trace is save my MPD with the design I want traced. Then I launch L3Lab, navigate to (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I'm fairly new to MLCad, and after I recently got ready to delve into the depths of raytracing my designs, I found that the export command was a little odd... I can't click the post processor configurations tab; it doesn't act as if it's a tab at (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, is there a possibility you could put the rendering engine from MLCAD into a DLL? That would make it very easy to create other add-ons for the community. One example is my LDList, which can be used to search for a part - my Delphi port of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sure can! Just click on the menu Settings | Groups | Group Configuration. You'll see existing groups and their search criteria. To create a new group simply type the group name you want to use in the "Name" field, then type the search string (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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1. When opening a file, if any sub parts are not found (the program alerts to this and offers a "Yes/No" dialog) and the file is opened anyway, clicking on the "Unknown" element will cause a Protection Fault Error: MLCAD caused an exception 10H in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, prior to an official update (available from www.ldraw.org) the unofficial parts are usually posted to (URL) officialisation is current managed via announcements to (URL) such as (URL) almost all my completed parts and most of those done (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hey Chris, I see a lot of cool parts marked "completed" on that tracker. How can we get such parts? The only links I see are to the author's email addresses. It seems kind of obnoxious to have everyone sending email to the authors to get parts. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Creating folders in ML CAD
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Hi, is it possible to create my own pieces folders in MLCAD ? Or have I only to use the predefinef folders ? Thanx. (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCAD Tutorial in french
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I have translated the MLCad tutorial in french. It should be available soon on the page of tutorials here (URL) the meantime, it is available on my site here : (URL) à tous. Pour tous les amateurs de construction virtuelle Lego, j'ai traduit le (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Gary - take a look at (URL) Ttracker at (URL) should indicate what is being worked on. Hope this helps, Chris (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi guys, How do I create new parts for MLcad? There are some that aren't made(or that I can't find)That I need. Thanks! Gary (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Ah! Now I see. Yes, that's exactly what I was trying to do. And now that I actually do it, I see that the previous response *should* have been helpful, but I was too dense to read it closely. Thanks! Now all I need is some Duplo Train (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well said. No lasting harm done to anyone's reputation in my book. I've seen some of Jay's work and it's tres cool. And nobody likes it when it seems like they're being ignored. People get frustrated... The takeaway lesson, though, is... play (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I will do something here ... should not be too hard to be implemented ... Michael Carsten Schmitz <casz@gmx.de> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G476LG.42L@lugnet.com... (...) AAA...AAAhhhhhhhhAAA...H!!!...!!! (...) AAA...AAA!!!...!!!HH...H!!!...!!! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You can use MPD for that ... an example: 1) You create your main scene without the figures ... 2) You IMPORT the figures now, either sitting, staying however 3) You switch back to the main-scene and include the sub-model (the figure) like any other (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello Ryan, "Ryan Farrington" <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:004f01c050ce$3f...dly.com... (...) 'Other (...) I ahve to say: AAA...AAAhhh...hhh!!!...!!! AAA...AAAhhhhhhhhAAA...H!!!...!!! AAA...AAA!!!...!!!HH...H!!!...!!! !!!...!!! (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G46nw6.pv@lugnet.com... (...) Lar, Though I agree with you in principle (both of your posts), I see Jay's side too. I know Jay a bit online, well enough to realize that English is (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, I was doing a little work in MLCad just now, and I discovered the Settings>Groups>Group Configuration! Now I don't have to go through 'Other Parts' to get to slope bricks and tiles! Also, I figured out what the function of grouping pieces (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) [snip] (...) sub-model (...) time? (...) To display both the main model and the submodel at once, open the Add New Part dialogue box. You can start typing the name of the submodel, and then you will see it in the list. Select it, click 'OK', (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) In view of the tone of this response I stand by my original comments... settle down and play nice, please. I'm glad you apologised to Michael, anyway. ++Lar (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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HELLO MR. SHORTSIGHTED!!!!!! (yes mr. Bliss, this includes you too) Can't you read the entire thread before attacking me????? I apologized to Michael! twice! Now please get off my back ok? I know my post sounded harsh but it wasn't meant that way. I (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks for the answer, but that still doesn't solve the main problem I'm having. I'm trying to build instructions for various models, and I typically put in a minifig or two in the last step. I'd like them to show up along with the vehicle. Is (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Great - Thanks Michael! I just want to say again how much fun I have with your program. I've gotten more good out of MLCAD than I have out of any other computer software I've ever had! Keep up the great work! Brad Michael Lachmann (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You were *forced* to download the previous version! 3 days elapsed between when you asked and when you posted this reply. I'm sorry but for a hobby program, I don't see 3 days as an unacceptable turnaround time. Be patient, man. There's no (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) This is very high on my current wishlist as well. I think I've asked for it before, and further, the ability to assign functions to new buttons, generically, would be even better. That way we can put any function on a button if we use it a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Michael Lachmann writes: <SNIP>I completed the drop. (...) Sh... it's a rounding problem ... but I could fix it. Bug-fix is available in the next release. Michael (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I had a look at this problem, and all I can say until now is: Thats true. However for me it is possible to place the new part using the enter position and rotation dialog, also it is possible to move the part in the view using the mouse (If (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Guido Heunen <heunen@crys.chem.uva.nl> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G452D3.CMF@lugnet.com... (...) managed to (...) basics (...) Great :-) (...) <SNIP> (...) read (...) I read every part just once and cache it in the ram. Parts only reference other (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Thanks :) And once again sorry if my previous post sounded too harsh, Jay Cal (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Tony Hafner <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G41GoC.EFt@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) My (...) pieces. (...) file (...) possible (...) The best thing would be to work with MPD - Submodels. Once you would like the load the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Jay Cal <janno666@hotmail.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G3wHrC.HpD@lugnet.com... (...) I also found this bug - and fixed it. The bug-fix will be available with the next release ... thank you for reporting it ... Michael (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I'm having a funny problem with MLCAD and I wonder if anyone can help. I have a very large model (just posted to lugnet.cad.dat.models as the Fantasy Skyscraper). Let's say I want to add a new part to this model. On a small model, I would drag (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello to all, Finally, I have some great progress in the dat->postscript conversion. I figured out how to use the .dat file and displaying the part. For now my test part is the tile part (only boxes and lines, 3070.dat). I also managed to get one of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I've found this one ... it's a bug in MLCad ... Every time you start MLCad with a file it will not store or retrieve group-configs and the help-files will not work either. Also generation of the log-file is effected in this case. I corrected (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I second that... I noticed tonight that my custom groups were gone.. but I hadn't put it together that it was because I hadn't launched the proggy from its icon, but had instead dbl-clk'd an .MPD. J (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have downloaded the latest version, changed the settings, altered the colour palette, moved the toolbars, and created customised part groups to suit the way I work. Whenever I start MLcad by selecting the program itself, all the settings etc load (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) No need to apologize, really. I have to say that I'm sorry if my post sounded a little harsh (It wasn't intended as such) (...) It's not about a single .mpd file in particular. All the .MPD files I've made have the same problem. (...) Anyway (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Sorry for that, I think I oversaw your posting ... again sorry. Could you please mail the mpd in question? Please send it to mailto:m.lachmann@xpoint.at I will have a look at it. Theoretically there should be no difference at all. Regards, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Jay, you didn't ask any questions that really required an answer. And even if Micheal had posted a response, it wouldn't have changed your situation at all. You still would have needed a way to get your main .DAT file. BTW, you could have just (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Well, because you haven't answered my question I was forced to download the previous version of MLcad last night. Is it that hard to figure out what went wrong? Greetz, Jay Cal (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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There are certain things that I'd like to be able to create once and then reuse many times in various different models. The most obvious example is a minifig. I want to build him once in a sitting position and once in a standing position, and then (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Peter A. Vogel <pavogel@pacbell.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G3zGvK.Eyv@lugnet.com... (...) This should be possible - will see when I have time for that ... (...) pretty (...) MLCad can do this already ... see ghost-parts and buffer-exchange (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Some of this I'm going to look into using PERL to fill in (any advice on quickly rendering a piece to a BMP greatly appreciated) but I just wanted to share with you my perspective on using MLCad to produce instructions to be used with kids... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Sorry for the double post, (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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