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(...) The original definition for MPD states that data before the first 0 FILE statement will be ignored. This is because it was assumed that MPD streams would appear mostly in e-mail messages with included DAT content. Something like: ===...=== Hi! (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) But an include function is different from a subfile function. Basically, anything in a subfile is scoped to that subfile, and doesn't exist outside of the subfile. Yet another reason for a 0 INCLUDE (or 0 MACRO) meta-statement. Steve (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Rubber bands? [DAT]
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This model, called the litewing, uses a rubber band to turn the engine when the wheels move. I built the ruber band piece by bent piece using a light saber blade that I scaled down. To make a part smaller, it's best to put it into the default center (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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|I also have some questions, having just installed MLCAD 1) Is there a CAD/LDRAW/MLCAD FAQ anywhere? 2) When you download a file from cad.dat.models, how do you know if it should be a DAT file or a MPD file? 3) Why, when i click the DAT link in the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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So you could make it an option in settings. I think it would be a great option to add. Thanks, Adam Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:FzDAFD.LGy@lugnet.com... (...) missing (...) the (...) previous (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) An MPD header, hmmm? Handy for storing metadata, non-DAT directives, loose change, etc... I *really* like this idea. How many MPD-capable tools would need changes to allow this? Is non-DAT content before the first 0 FILE generally ignored? (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Cool! :-, (...) (Also answering Steve's post) Nah, I wasn't thinking of restricting it to a sub-file only, but rather to have the option of doing so. In fact, for simple one-off models (which the majority of mine are, anyway), it would be best (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Rubber bands?
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(...) Right now, there isn't any good way to handle rubber bands in L-CAD programs. LDraw's language was written to handle objects that don't change size or shape. The current popular approach to strings, rubber bands, tubes, hoses, etc. is to avoid (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) It should be possible. You can add a ring (with the diameter of the rubber band) and curve it like you do with flexible hoses It should work but it is a lot of work. See Richard Goldfinder's bezier curve generator (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Rubber bands?(Ignore.: Smart*ss answers)
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Smart*ss answers: 1. Just put one end around the post, and stretch it around the other post. Or 2. The same way you add any other CAD part on a Mac. :) Sorry, nevermind. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Good question!! I have no idea .... not yet .... Michael Peter A. Vogel <pavogel@pacbell.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: FzD2F9.FwC@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion?
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I guess with plop you mean dropping it ... than it's clear. If you add a part by hotkey 'A' the position is inherited from the previous one, if you drag and drop it, than it uses the position where you place it, the missing coordinate value which (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD rotation (future request)
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I like this idea of storing the rotation data. But I wouldn't restrict it to mpd but store it in any dat file ... This allows having different rotation points per sub-model. I will forsee something like the statement suggested from Sproaticus (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Hakan Tandogan" <hakan@iconsult.com> wrote in message news:yxwr97z5z5t.fsf...plus.de... (...) According to the ldraw faq, gold is color 334. It ends up looking somewhat orange, but it's not too far off. I don't know if l3p recognizes it as gold and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.inv)
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How does one add rubber bands (the kind that come with a lot of Technic sets, esp. the star wars sets) to a model in MLCad, or any other lego cad program for that matter? Thanks, -Peter (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD rotation (future request)
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(...) Cool idea. (...) Is there an advantage to stuffing them in a separate subfile, other than neatness? That approach *requires* the use of MPD for storage. If they could scoped to be 'located' in specific subfiles (or the main file), that would (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion?
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I turned off shading and turned on BFC, it seemed to improve speed a little. The settings you mentioned below were already set. I still have the problem with drag/dropping 'plopping' new parts into the window. Why don't they take on ALL the position (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) An idea, straight out of left field: named rotation centers. Why restrict yourself to just one? It should be possible to have *several* user-defined rotation centers, and when the user wants to rotate a subpart, MLCad could use the *current* (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion?
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Adam Howard <abhoward10@hotmail.com> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:FzB...net.com... (...) as (...) keep (...) in (...) to (...) layer, (...) I second that. I even made a icon for that :-) But I thourght it sounded silly at the time. So I diden't send (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:FzB...net.com... (...) I think no. 3 is unnecessary. You'll be able to do that, by setting user-set-rotation-point to (0,0,0). (...) As above, I think Rotate-via-world-origin might (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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