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Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 05:51:37 GMT
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
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> After several weeks of heavy MLCAD use, I offer these suggestions for
> future versions (or perhaps these features are available and I just
> haven't found them):
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> Decimals for position: currently if a part's possition contains decimals,
> pressing one of the movement arrows removes all the decimals. Sometimes
> this is helpfull, but sometimes it is disasterous. For example, if I
> rotate a technic beam on an axle hole, the beam's possition will contain
> decimals. If I then decide I need to move it by x=20 and hit the arrow
> button, it loses all its decimals. Note that if I drag it in the view
> window, the decimals remain. The ideal would be an option to turn
> rounding on or off.
Good idea, I will do something about this.
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> Rotation points: this has certainly improved with the use of multiple
> custom rotation points. What would help is when I define a new custom
> rotation point, there would be a way to copy the coordinates of the part
> origin into the coordinates for the custom rotation point. Or maybe even
> a shortcut to select a part and create a custom rotation point from that
> part's origin.
There will be something in V2.00
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> Enter Rotation: The Enter Rotation and Orientation dialog box is
> difficult to use to set the orientation. Rather than (or perhaps in
> addition to) the rotation vector values option, there should be a way to
> simply enter three angles for x,y, and z. I find it quite frustrating to
> have to "head calculate" three factors applied to one angle in order to
> achieve the needed result.
I will see ...
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> Multipart Files: This part of MLCAD is just awesome! The one option I
> would like to see added is the ability to "refresh" one of the sub-models
> from disk. You have "remove model" and "import model" options, but to
> "refresh" a submodel, I have to remove, then re-import the model, then
> edit the reference in the main model. A "refresh" option that would just
> replace the contents of the sub-model with its contents on the disk would
> be great.
Uhhh, this bit is hard, after importing MLCad discards all references to the
original file from which the data where imported. But you could modify the
sub-model in MLCad - in that case the main-model will be refreshed
automatically.
> UNDO! A working undo feature would really be great, even if it only
> "undoes" basic move and rotate actions.
What I can offer is something slow, but I do not have a fast working ready
yet.
> And now for a real dream: inclusion of Ldraw-mode-like support for
> flexible elements. If MLCAD could somehow utilize the programs that
> create flexible elements, I'm sure we'd see many more people making use of
> these elements. They really add a professional touch to models.
Can you explain in more detail, how this should work. Maybe you have an
example where I can see something like this ... and then please tell me how
it works :-)
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> Additionally, I found what might be considered a bug. If you go into the
> add-rotation-step dialoge, set to relative, and rotate the model using the
> mouse, the "true" view of the model is different that what you set it to.
> Pressing the "Preview" button will show the actual view angle that will be
> used. Also, if you subsequently just click on the model but don't move it
> at all, the x and/or y values will change for each click. The view on the
> screen doesn't change until you hit the "Preview" button.
Ok thank you for this one - I will correct it.
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> I'd be happy to further discuss any of these suggestions. In any case,
> thanks yet again, Michael, for creating and constantly improving this
> program!
You are welcome :-)
Michael
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> -John Van
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| (...) I suggest a DLL plugin system like Photoshop. MLCad could search the directory it was executed from for files with the appropriate file extension. These files would be loaded as DLLs. These could have handlers for returning a name to be added (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| "Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G56o7M.9Fr@lugnet.com... (...) Newsbeitrag: (...) I (...) sub-models (...) just (...) would (...) the (...) Perhaps you could bring up the find file dialogue so that the user could (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| After several weeks of heavy MLCAD use, I offer these suggestions for future versions (or perhaps these features are available and I just haven't found them): Decimals for position: currently if a part's possition contains decimals, pressing one of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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