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Re: Part Authoring with MLCAD
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
Date: 
Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:26:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
  
   3. Copied all the primitives from the P folder to the PARTS folder. 4. Edited P.LST and inserted the word PRIMITIVE infromt of every description. 5. Cut & Paste P.LST into PARTS,LST (I am told this is not proper, Hence the question) 6. Used PRIMITIVES out of the Others>P folder and layed then out in MLCAD.

Don’t do this, it’s bad since the work is unnecessary and the primitve library is updated almost every time a new library update is release. I know there is some more substantial reason why doing this is bad but I can’t think of it right now.

A good reason could be that the resulting references to primitives would be to the wrong libary, but there must be another way to display the content of folders like /p, /p/48, and /s in MLCad’s availible parts tree/parts preview, so you can drag and drop them? - It seems to be possible with /models.

Talking of primitives, what is the correct name for the “normal” primitives like lines, triangles and quads? (and have these types a special name under one?)

-NB



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  Re: Part Authoring with MLCAD
 
(...) That's exactly what I was trying to accomplish ... a way to reference the primitives folder in MLCAD. I suspect that it is as simple as changing the MLCAD ini to include the P folder and perhaps another sub-parts folder. I tried stickng the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)

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  Re: Part Authoring with MLCAD
 
(...) Ok, you're good until here. The best way, in my opinion, to learn parts authoring is to look at other similar parts. (...) Don't do this, it's bad since the work is unnecessary and the primitve library is updated almost every time a new (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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