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Re: I finally used MLCAD!
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:43:13 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> 1) Every time I started MLCAD, it asked me if I wanted to register
> file types to MLCAD. I had DAT files nicely set up so I could
> right click and open in just about every LDraw related program.
> Unfortunately, at one point I clicked "Yes", and now that's all
> gone :( Is the message really necessary more than once? Maybe a
> "Don't show me this message again" checkbox would be a good idea.
Yes! This bothers me (and confuses my sons) everytime we use MLCAD. I'm
really sorry, Micheal, but I *don't* want MLCAD to be the default option
for .DAT and .MPD files.
> 2) When I hit 'I', it asks me for a part number. This drove me nuts
> since most of my design was symmetrical, so I had to enter the part
> number at least twice as many times as in LEdit. Hitting 'I'
> should be the same as copying and pasting the current element.
> (and if you really want to stick to the LEdit convention, it should
> set the orientation matrix back to 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1)
I agree, I like the way LEdit handles this. But it's not too hard to use
ctrl-D.
> 4) When I hit X, Y, or Z, I would like to be able to enter exactly how
> far to move the current part. Would this be hard to add?
Or is there a keyboard shortcut to get all three at once?
Steve
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| I decided to use MLCAD for my latest model: (URL) time I used LEdit, my monitor didn't behave very nicely since I was switching resolutions so often, so I decided to give the latest edition of MLCAD a shot. I'm glad that the keyboard short cuts work (...) (26 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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