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  2 x 2 tile Lap Top screen  [DAT]
 
I forgot to post this DAT file here... It's not an official LEGO part. I needed to make small Lap Tops (by using 2 - 2x2 tiles) but the screens didn't look very well. So I made screens that looked like some software program. It's supposed to look (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Outlin colours
 
Just a simple query I hope. I have just downloaded MLCad and found it very simple to use compared to LEDit/LDraw (although for the first time ever I can see what people mean when they praise a dos type program over a windows one, it does feel more (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Current version of ML-CAD
 
Delay I guess being caused by Michael having a baby boy at Christmas (see Merry Christmas posting on 23rd Dec, only just read it), I've got a 17 month old daughter so I know how much of a handful they can be for the first few months/years! Michael, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Current version of ML-CAD
 
Current version is 1.99R1 AFAIK so I guess you're on the latest release - MLCad development seems to have been a little quiet lately :( Dan (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Export to 3d models
 
i wonder if mlcad will have export to 3ds or obj feature later on? currently i use leocad for that but i prefer to use same app for design as export. -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Current version of ML-CAD
 
Hi, sorry I'm not too often here and I wanna ask if there is a new version of ML-CAD (this brilant LEGO CAD soft) ? My last downloaded version comes from November/December 2000. Thanx. Rene (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
I hope I'm not to late to add to this! Me at work direct link (URL) Lego home page (URL) Regards Andrew (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Convert to DXF format
 
I would like to use it also! Thanks, Iemke-P. Zeijlemaker iemke@compuserve.com "Martin Eriksson" <maeron@telia.com> schreef in bericht news:G9BnM9.Bn9@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Convert to DXF format
 
"Orion" <pobursky@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G9BDy1.JyB@lugnet.com... (...) Can't find it there, looked all around the place. Do you have the program? If so can you mail it to: martine@xdin.com /Martin (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Convert to DXF format
 
Yes DAT2DXF. There's a link at www.ldraw.org in the downloads section -Orion (aka BillTheFish) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Convert to DXF format
 
Is there any program to convert .dat files to .dxf files so you can use them in 3D studio or Maya? /Martin Eriksson (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
neato ! My coworkers will be jealuos once they're properly educated : ) "Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:MABBIBJJFOJIOHD...wru.edu... (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
(...) Ooo, nice! Thanks! Steve (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
My turn. See me and my electric chair at (URL) the fig's head is supposed to be gray! -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
Just to jump on the bandwagon... Here is my work space at home, but virtually (via MLCad and POV-RAY) and the model (with me in it). I had done this a while back... (URL) Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Patey" <hpatey@nfld.com> (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
(...) have to take a little Spyrius set to work, just to illustrate. Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
(...) Here I am. The head is a xacto-customization of one from a Divers set, which inspired the whole thing. (URL) Heather -- Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)  
 
  RE: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
(...) You asked for it: (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
Any links ? I seem to have missed it : ( "Heather Patey" <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote in message news:G96Lsp.Gq8@lugnet.com... (...) coffee (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
(...) That was me. Glad you liked it, thanks! I wish I had a minifig-scale coffee mug... (...) grief, I'd go blind. Maybe one of the more artistic among us could make a big replica of the Spyrius tile to use as wallpaper, that'd be neat. Life (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Yourself - made out of LEGO...
 
A little while ago a woman made a small LEGO model of herself at work. She had her own little cubicle, coffee mug, etc... I thought that that was a great and funny idea... Here's my addition: Royce at Work (URL) am really happy with Lap Top (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.build.minifigs)
 
  Re: Another MLCad suggestion
 
(...) I have a small network of Sun Microstations that have a very large amount of raw processing capability. I have already tested POV on it - I convinced my supervisor to let me install it to simulate a overload on the servers. They pulled through (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  (canceled)
 
 
  LEGO-group using MLCAD
 
Hey Michael, Did you notice that Jake is someone from TLC? You must be thrilled now! Iemke-P. (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Printing problems in MLCAD
 
I just found something about this - if the printer driver run's out of memory - MLCad doesn't get notified or at least ignores the errors - resulting in either blank pages (totaly blank) or also getting pages with just some rubish on it ... I will (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Printing problems in MLCAD
 
(...) Yep. The print preview shows it just fine. Everything is perfect right up until the actual print out process when the model won't print for anything. The header/footer and parts list have no problem at all, but the parts/models will not print (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Printing problems in MLCAD
 
(...) I have much better luck having MLCad generate images instead of trying to print directly, then embedding the images (converted from BMP to something else, such as PNG) in some other document. A lot more work, but more precise control, and you (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Printing problems in MLCAD
 
All, Has anyone had any trouble getting the model images to print out in MLCAD? I can print the parts list and header/footer just fine, but where the image would go, it is just printing out blank sheets. Please help! Jake (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Ideas page update...
 
I've updated, with around 20 new ideas since my last post on this subject. View them at: (URL) in this update are: -animals -castle/town spinning wheel -house items -TALL tree -more... Coming soon: -space/ remote control camera -side walks -Bottled (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
 
  solved: was Re: help, where are the technic beams located
 
found the "scan parts" menu item in mlcad. That found my installed parts library and i found all the beams i was looking for. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  help, where are the technic beams located
 
I just downloaded and installed ldraw, ledit, and mlcad per the web site instructions. I also installed the updated parts package. What i can't find are any of the 1xN technic beams. I found 1 part (a 1 x 14 beam), but where are all the others. In (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Golden Astronaut helmets? and Breastplates?
 
Hello Travis, hello James, (...) You can find this part on my webpage (URL) can find a reference to there from Partsref Parts Tracker too... Greetings, Carsten Schmitz (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: Help With MLCAD
 
"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@lm...tware.com> wrote in message news:G7EB99.A7y@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks, Michael! :-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Help With MLCAD
 
DONE! Available with the next release ... Michael -- ===...=== Ing Michael Lachmann Individual software development Tel.: +43 676 406 86 95 e-mail: michael.lachmann@lm-...ftware.com http: www.lm-software.com Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> schrieb (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Golden Astronaut helmets? and Breastplates?
 
(...) obscure, but accurate reference. In short, I use Color 366 to get the gold that LEGO fans are familiar with. Copying some lines from POV-Ray's representation of Color 383 (Silver), a metallic/chromy version can be acheived. To get a good gold (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.inv)
 
  Re: Help With MLCAD
 
"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G7Cyoy.F07@lugnet.com... (...) around. I agree it's probably a good idea, I've been caught out by it too many times. Dan (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Help With MLCAD
 
"Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message news:G7Coyo.LHr@lugnet.com... (...) Yeah, but I'm asking if he could set that default value to edit mode, and someone can go into the settings and uncheck it, versus the other way around. -- (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Help With MLCAD
 
"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G7BwCD.49I@lugnet.com... (...) news:G7Bv9x.M2@lugnet.com... (...) mode?? You can also change this yourself from the Settings menu. Dan (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: Help With MLCAD
 
"Thomas Keenan" <thomas@mets.com> wrote in message news:G7Bv9x.M2@lugnet.com... (...) Hey, it happened to me when I started using MLCad, and I venture to say it happened to many others. Mike - any chance you could change the default setting to start (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Online Ideas Page...
 
I've updated my page, and will be updating it multiple times today, I've decided to stick with the JPEG's for now, the GIF's turned out to be larger & slower loading. If a model has more then 10 steps it will get more then one page, with 10 steps (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.basic, lugnet.boats, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports)  


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