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Re: Newbie Question
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Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:41:13 GMT
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reviving an old thread...
Andy Lynch wrote on December 17, 2001,
> If I understand correctly, you just want to place the sub files into
> your main file so that they display in the correct place?
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> Try this:
> Drop down the Active Model list, just above the list of pieces in your
> model.
> Remember the name of the file exactly.
> While you have your main file active, Click on the "Add Part" button.
> In that window, click on the "Custom Part" check box to turn it on.
> In the text field next to the checkbox, type the name ot your sub file,
> exactly.
> Click Ok.
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> This will add the sub file to your main file, and allow you to move it
> around as if it was a part itself.
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> If you want to "normalize" all of the parts inside your subfiles into
> your main file, then on the file menu there is an option named Export
> which will do that. I haven't used it too much, so I would backup my
> work before I worked too much with it.
>
> If anyone knows of a shorter method to do the above tasks, I'd love to
> hear it too... :-)
>
> -Andy Lynch
Here's another way, but it involves hacking a bit in the actual .dat code.
In the main model file, insert the first brick of the sub model where you
want it. Save the file. Then open the file in notepad, type "0 FILE
guardhouse.dat" (or the like) right before that piece. Also type in a 0 FILE
command at the beginning of the file. Save as an .mpd.
Now reopen the file in MLCad. There are two models in the mpd file, and you
can work on building the guardhouse as a separate model. When finished, go
back into the code and delete all the 0 FILE statements. Save as your
original file (.dat extension, or if you like, .ldr).
Hope this helps!
--Ryan
ryanjf@ifriendly.com
http://home.ifriendly.com/~fourfarrs/home.htm
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