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(...) Looks interesting, be sure to post to .trains when you have done. Why did you pick on a Brazilian loco? Thats a really good site. tim (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Its not really what you are looking for but I find this useful printed out as a reference (URL) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) right click in the part preview window and select "Find...". this will open the search dialog. you can either search in part numbers or part names. also a match case function is available. once mlcad has found a part matching your criteria (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) By "partial description" I was thinking more on the lines of just bringing up any and all "2x2" parts. Anyways, I'm not sure being able to sort by full description is all that helpful. You've got "_Animal" vs "Animal", "_TECHNIC" vs "TECHNIC", (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) You can click on the "Part Description" header to sort by description, at which time you can also start typing and it will take you to the next part in the list matching what you've typed. ROSCO (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Can I make this a feature request then? This program is SOOOO addictive :) I'm just trying to model a Garratt locomotive from: (URL) its 4:30 AM! Thanks again. (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Whoops, the same feature is available for adding new parts by clicking Edit/Add/Part. I often have the Mode set to Pan instead of Edit (which disables the Add Part function, but not the Modify Part function), since you can still click/drag new (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) There isn't, but there's a way to work around it. If you drag any random part into the display panes, you can right-click on it and select Modify. This will bring up a list of parts in alphabetical order (not numerical order, so 410 will come (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) First, all your model, including all sub-models, as well as unofficial parts *must* be in the MPD file. Some MPD generators put the full paht name of the file in the MPD. This is unfortunate, because when you try to unpack it stuff can end up (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi all. Is there a part search box anywhere in MLCad? It would be useful to search on part of the description as well as the number without creating a custom part tree group. Thanks (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I'm mentoring several First Lego League teams. I built a sample lifting device using MLCAD to illustrate the principle of a parallelogram. I had it in sections and uploaded the mpd. I soon realized that I needed to upload the sub-models and have the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I'll add that to the wish-list. best regards, Michael "Ross Crawford" <rosscraw@bigpond.net.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:I4uBBD.Ktn@lugnet.com... (...) it is (...) that (...) eye when (...) them a (...) (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I add that to the wish-list - As an option to turn off. Michael "Andrew Westrate" <loewe_29@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:I4M37z.1Hox@lugnet.com... (...) which (...) changing (...) directory, (...) then (...) made my (...) that (...) (...) (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I think that sounds like a great idea, the hidden ones will be a lot easier to spot when scrolling if grey (and finding the RIGHT piece to unhide). -NB (20 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi Michael, It is occasionally useful to be able to see the description of a part when it is hidden. I would like to suggest a new column, maybe to the left of "type", that has an icon depicting whether or not the line is hidden. Maybe a little eye (...) (20 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I also like this behaviour, I use it a lot (along with 0 MLCAD SKIP_BEGIN/END) when working on large Ldraw files. ROSCO (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Andrew Westrate" <loewe_29@yahoo.com> wrote in news:I4M37z.1Hox@lugnet.com: (...) Personally I really like this behaviour. Please don't simply change this back to the old style. An option would be fine, but sometimes it's invaluable to be able to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael, I recently noticed a couple of things in the newest version of MLCad, which behave differently from the previous versions. I hope you'll consider changing these back to the way they behaved previously. I was working with a file that had a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2004-03. The .ini file defines the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: www.holly-wood.it/mlcad-en.html The update (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks Don. I sure you're right. I thought they already were in the LDraw library. By the way, does anyone know how long maxifigs have been around? I'm beginning to feel that at the rate we're going, we would never catch up with all the new (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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