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Re: ? for the MLCAD Guru's
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Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:24:45 GMT
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Mark,
My recommendation is to use buffer exchange.
Buffer exchange lets you take the current state of the model, and put a copy
of it in a buffer. Later you can restore the buffer, and erase any changes made
between the store and the retrieve.
<step>
buffer_exchange
add disappearing part
add other parts
<step>
restore from buffer
readd other parts (less the disapearing part)
<step>
add even more parts
<step>
re-add the dissapearing part.
Does this help?
Kevin
In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Mark Chittenden wrote:
> Is there a way to make a part "disappear" while in step mode and "reappear"
> later?
>
> Here's what I'm trying to do:
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> <step>
> Part01 is shown
> <many steps later>
> Part01 "disappears" to allow viewing of another part's placement which otherwise
> would be obstructed from view if Part01 was still visable
> <next step>
> Part01 "reappears"
>
> An example of what I'm trying to do would be similar to what can sometimes be
> found in some LEGO instructions, in this case the instructions for model 4500
> Rebel Snowspeeder. In step 14, the completed canopy submodel is shown where it
> is attached to the main body. It remains "visible" during all subsequent steps,
> until step 18 which shows it 'removed' to allow placement of the minifigs inside
> the Snowspeeder, then step 17 shows the canopy back in place (this is also the
> final step). Since placement of the canopy submodel is not critical to placement
> of other pieces, I could just skip step 14 and show the canopy in place in the
> final step, but I'd like to try to immulate the LEGO instructions.
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