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    Re: Newbie Question —Thomas Main
   (...) Yeah, the part I am having trouble with is the "normalizing" of parts. In my 7834final.dat file, I have two "parts" that are marked with a red circle instead of a green brick...these are the two submodels (7834fig.dat and guardhouse.dat) that (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
   
        Re: Newbie Question —Mike Walsh
      "Thomas Main" <thomasmain@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GoI6sL.9y7@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snip ... ] (...) Isn't what Thomas is referring to known as "inlining"? I am also interested in this topic. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
    
         Re: Newbie Question —Andy Lynch
     ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> To: <lugnet.cad.mlcad@lugnet.com> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:24 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Question (...) seem to (...) minifig (...) paste (...) file (...) I (...) (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
    
         Re: Newbie Question —Thomas Main
     In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Andy Lynch writes: <snip> (...) Success! When I imported the model under the Multipart menu and then exported it using the export menu option, I was able to get the .dat file with individually selected pieces. I thought I had (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
    
         Re: Newbie Question —Jason Hill
     I'm having trouble following this discussion, could someone explain the steps required to get leg.dat (example filenames) to show up as it's parts in walker.dat? Thanks QBF "Thomas Main" <thomasmain@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
    
         Re: Newbie Question —Richard Marchetti
     (...) Yeah, I am having trouble posting files myself for something along these same reasons -- how to post files that include submodels. I am trying to look at Steve Lane's Zoid model, and I surmise he is having a similar problem. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
    
         Re: Newbie Question —Steve Bliss
     These sound like two different problems. (...) This is 'inlining'. To do this in MLCAD, do this: 1. Open walker.dat in MLCAD. 2. Use Multipart | Import Model... to import leg.dat into walker.dat. 3. Set the Active Model to walker.dat. 4. Use File | (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
   
        Re: Newbie Question —Ryan Farrington
   reviving an old thread... Thomas Main wrote on December 17, 2001, (...) Thomas, I have written a tutorial which I am about to send to Tim regarding MPD's, exporting, and inlining. That should be of help. Best regards, --Ryan (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 

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