 | | Help! - MLCAD won't read 754.dat
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Help! I've tried to load several different models into MLCAD that use the "hose" subparts, and EVERY TIME, MLCAD responds with the message "The file 754.DAT was not found. Continue loading?" for EACH AND EVERY occurrence of 754.dat. I've tried (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Pictures/stickers
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I think that in some version of something, it should give you the ability to add your own customized pictures or stickers to put on either figures or just whatever you want. (i accidentaly put this on the main board, i don't think it matters (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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(...) Yeah! That's EXACTLY the problem I'm having! The transport door is one big dat file and since MLCad wants to rotate on the center of the box and doesn't actually give me a choice to move where it wants to roate elsewhere. Kya (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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(...) Yeah, that makes sense, I'll have to give it a try. (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Sv: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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I'm not critizing the part authors. Not at all. Sorry if my english could be misunderstood. I'm grateful for the parts as anyone else. As I wrote: I was just guessing. I have never made a part ... yet :-) I was just pointing out, that from my point (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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(...) LIGHT.DAT, >which is nice because it consists of nothing but six lines representing (...) IIRC, LIGHT.DAT is included in the standard LDraw download. At least, it's used in my tutorial[1], and I never had anyone complain :) Personally, I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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(...) Expanding on what Jeremy wrote, the <0 0 0> point for pieces has been the subject of much discussion. Part of the reason things seem so odd in MLCAD is that MLCAD rotates on the center of the bounding box, not on the <0 0 0> point. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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(...) It's actually pretty simple, once you get the hang of using a couple of tricks. First of all, you want to *visually* define 0,0,0 in your submodel. To this end, insert a 3070.DAT (1x1 tile) located at 0,0,0; its top surface is centered upon (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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(...) Alright, that's what I was talking about, rotating submodels. Like I've got a 3x4 hinge plat with some of those hexagonal pieces at the end to make a door (think Message Intercept Base) and I want to set the submodel's rotational axis along (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sv: Changing the Rotational Axis
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(...) Be careful criticizing the parts authors when you don't know what you're discussing. They've put a helluva lot more thought into this than you have. For example, at which logical rotation point should 0,0,0 be put? A corner? The centerline for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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