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Thanks again for all the help! Rob (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Thank, that explains a lot. -Orion (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I use this color number: 0x0000017F,it makes more of a chrome than silver when rendered, but it showes as silver in MLCad.Jay Cal used it first and I got it from one of his .dats that I requested from him. it was this car, You can see how the color (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Heh, yeah. Hopefully that step was self-evident. :) Another step I left out is deleting the submodel line from the main model. --Ryan (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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You can specify the color in MLCad (silver: #383), but it takes on the characteristics of silver only when it's rendered in POV-ray. --Ryan (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Does anybody know how to make the color silver available/work in MLCad? Or is that a POV-Ray thing? Rob McMurray spaceghost0@dellmail.com (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Daniel Crichton wrote: [snip] (...) [more snip] I think Ryan just forgot the step 'save each section to its own .DAT file'. At least, I hope he didn't mean to just concatenate everything together in a single file. That'd be (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) One more part-finding suggestion: if you're online, use Partsref or Peeron.com. (URL) gives you a list of all the Partsref categories, and a search function. (URL) gives you a search box that will hit all recorded parts and sets. Once you know (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Heh heh. This topic deserves a FAQ all to itself, I think. Anyway, if you see a four or five digit number embossed on the part, that should be the number. Usually the number is embossed on the inside of the part, often in the smallest nook or (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:004301c0f280$9a...erv.net... (...) I new there was something that already did this, but I couldn't remember what it was. Guess I'll have to look at using LDAO again to make this easier. One (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) program (...) The Inline function in LDAO (by Steve Bliss) takes all the referenced subfiles in a DAT file and merges them into one file by transforming the parts. However, with the popularity of MPD, fewer people are inlining than they used (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You are right. That is absolutely what it did. I went through my sub models one by one to: - Create a comment line telling me where each submodel started - Opened both the master file and the submodel file in Notepad - Copied the submodel (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Ryan Farrington" <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> wrote in message news:000b01c0f0e1$03...dly.com... (...) with (...) If you do this then you end up with referenced parts in the dat that don't exist as they were part of the mpd format, and you get all the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Thanks for the help the minifigs guys. As for part numbers, here the story: A while back I was looking for a part to go in a technic model I was building. After looking up the number at Technica, I serched lugnet.cad.parts to find the particular (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi Orion, I just wrote about minifigs the other day in .castle: (URL) part numbers, check Partsref at (URL) Patrick's printable reference guide: (URL) this helps! Cheers, Heather -- Heather Patey Pirate Wench / Brick Detective LUGNET Member (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I have a couple of questions: 1.) What's the easiest way to put minifigs in your scene? Construction from scratch is a pain and I don't know how to modify the shorcuts in MLCad. 2.) What's the source for part numbers? All I can find is Technica for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Wow, that was such a simple, but effective answer! I was making it way too difficult! Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) The easiest way I know of is editing the text of the .dat/.mpd file in Notepad. -For mpd to dat, simply delete the lines starting with FILE, and those with the model title, Name, etc. -For separating .mpd's, open up a few Notepads and then (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Great! I'm glad to hear the Wonderful World of MLCAD has converted another LEGO head! (...) As numerous others have pointed out, this is a rotation point. It has caused me problems occasionally as well. Either hide it (by clicking on the brick (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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wait a minute i might b mistaken. checking. hmm im wrong then. i dont know what its for since i never used it. sorry about my mistake. -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' "Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Simple enough - right-click on a part in the list to add it to or remove it from Favorites. I don't think there's a way to change the order, except by hand, i.e. editing the text file 'MLC_Favorites.txt' in the program directory. Cheers, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Rolf" <rolf.spamlovesyou.r...fords.net> wrote in message news:GELqB7.32s@lugnet.com... (...) Oh, that - I use it all the time. I don't have MLCad in front of me for reference so I couldn't remember what the button looked like - I thought it was a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GELGz1.5nL@lugnet.com... (...) That dot is a custom rotation point, not the centre of the part. You can reset this from the Settings menu. (...) Never used it! (...) laid out? Sort of - you (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) it makes legos temperory hidden. great for cutaway views or move the misplaced part inside the model. i usually abuse that for very large models. ( like old big model of spaceship. i misplaced wings one stud forward and i had to use hide to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GELGz1.5nL@lugnet.com... (...) That dot is a custom rotation point, not the centre of the part. You can reset this from the Settings menu. (...) Never used it! (...) laid out? Sort of - you (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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that dot is a Rotation point id suggest you to set it to hidden after setting it back to part orgain. -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' "Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GELGz1.5nL@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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OK, well after months of using MLCAD to look at other people's creations, I have finally been bitten by the bug to make CAD models of my own stuff. However, as I get into MLCAD I have come up with a few things that I need some info on, as the Help (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I'd also recommend people go here: (URL) download Patrick's awesome Illustrated Parts Catalogue. Makes it much easier to find those pesky parts no one can name! :] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) This actually helps out a lot. Now I'll have an idea as to what I'm looking for. I'm sure this prevents a lot of "musical programs". Thank you. James J. P.S.: If only they'd make a similar fusion with 3D-rendering... "LDraw-Ray"... yeah, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, James Jackson writes: <snip> (...) First, make sure you are using MLCAD version 1.99r1. It is far superior to all previous versions.... Now, there are two ways to fix this problem: 1) Run Mklist.exe (found in your LDRAW (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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there should be in menu somewhere that updates entire parts list. -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' "James J." <jejackso@memphis.edu> wrote in message news:GEJ1yq.6G0@lugnet.com... (...) few (...) know (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) As I understand it, 1 x 1 brick is "3005.dat", but due to a bad alphanumeric order, ALL of the lettered and numbered 1 x 1 bricks (3005-*.dat) come before "3005.dat". As for the 1 x 2 brick, the normal (unpainted) one is "3004.dat". The one (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hit "Regenerate List"? Elaborate. Although I'm sure that it's a command I missed, but please tell me more. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I want to thank you and Simon for helping me. I've finished my first DAT and you can check it out if you'd like (be careful, it's space!): (URL) again! -- dataAndrew (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) World Origin or Custom, which means that the piece is rotating around either (0,0,0) or some other point, probably outside the piece you're rotating. Have you selected just one piece or more than one? If more than one, the rotation point will (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You are rotating it around a centre point which is represented by a cross that you will find somewhere on the model, you can grab this and drag it to the point around which you would like to rotate. Once you have performed the rotation right (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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OK, thanks all! Jaco (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Everytime I need to rotate a piece, it moves off the model. Then when I try to place it back where it belongs, it's off center (it's not completely on both of the studs). It seems hard to explain without a picture so let me know if you need one. -- (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I know the version you mean. One important note about that: It was <NOT> LDAO that was the problem! Steve Bliss would never have let something like that through! The problem was the self-extracting installation program he packaged it in. He (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes, there is that. I am using an older version. I thought Steve had put back a stable (older) version on the download site but I may be wrong. I do have the install image for that older version around somewhere if folks needed it. It hasn't (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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