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(...) I've read Virtual Lego, LDraw.org tutorials and even used your BrickFestPDX Powerpoint Presentation in class. I've found them very helpful for creating parts line-upon-line. However, I am inherently a very lazy programmer. That's why I want to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) That's really cool. You might have mentioned this eariler and I missed it but where do you teach? This particluar presentation has gone through several revisions (I just uploaded the Brickfest DC version a couple of days ago) but I'm always (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi, I'll echo Orion's question: where do you teach? What level/subject(s) do you teach? I'm interested how and why you've chosen to insert LDraw parts authoring into your curriculum.. Was it difficult to convince your superiors? I teach CAD at (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) While it doesn't specifically use MLCad, Paul Easter's utilities pages has some nice screen shots of the part development process. And I'm sure you could use some of the ideas in MLCad. (URL) one shows a bunch of windows in polling mode with (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Just wanted to say I agree with what Don wrote, and add my own 2 cents. I use Paul Easter's zerobase.dat and point.dat files a lot when beginning a new part. I like to start by measuring the part, and using notepad or LDAO to record the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Excellent references! Thanks for pointing me to Paul Easter's site. Thinking that I may have previously missed it, I went back to search for Prim-Gen at the LDraw site. I haven't found a reference to it. Too bad, it seems to do a lot of things (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Perhaps it might be useful (maybe in a new thread) for folks to enumerate what they think some of those features are? Might give some of the authors ideas... (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Ahh, this looks like the perfect time to again point out how nice it could be if mlcad supported plugins. Hint, hint... Have fun, Don (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I am an adjunct instructor for Portland State University. I contract with a pre-college PSU affiliate called Saturday Academy www.saturdayacademy.pdx.edu> I teach programming and robotics courses to kids from 4th to 12th grade (that's 10 - 18 (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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