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Can anyone tell me how to mirror a model in MLCad or LDraw? I'm currently utilizing MLCad to make dat files of my Imperial Shuttle, and I've completed the left wing for it. I'd like to simply mirror the right wing, since it's an exact symetrical (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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"John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:G55op5.140@lugnet.com... (...) Thought of another good one. It would be handy to be able to cut/copy and paste lines between models. Opening a model seems to flush the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Custom Built LEGO Sets in 2002
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G58nLA.K79@lugnet.com... (...) but I (...) which are (...) I've had this problem, too. It's mostly troublesome where two parts of the same color are stacked on each other. In 3D (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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You may also look here. (URL) is not as advanced as Fredriks curves in ldrawmode and the first program I made so it's not that very well constructed. If you want the sourcecode (and risk serious brain damage) I can mail it to you. Koen Fredrik (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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(...) It depends on what kind mechanics you mean. I have no experience with programming in Windows, so that part beyond me. Regarding the mechanics behind the Bezier curve thingey, I would recommend looking at a tutorial/documentation I wrote here: (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Custom Built LEGO Sets in 2002
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(...) I don't have as much of a problem with that, but it's not as high quality as I'd like. Long term I think the ability to plug in different render engines is in plan. I do see this as a bit of a problem and would be interested in the opinions of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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Chuck, do you mean a dll which generates some dat-lines to be included into the model? Than the idea is good, but the dll must be able to edit that as well. I mean assume the user generates something from the dll, and later he desides to change (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G57oqH.20r@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) That's possible to do ... if it helps I will implement this. <SNIP> (...) The UNDO will be slow and eat some memory - the only (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | LDraw.org Future Plans/Help
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We have been doing a lot of thinking and planning for the future focus of LDraw.org recently. Within a week or so, a new section of the site is planned to be released. From this, a slight restructuring will take place but nothing fundamentally (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad) !!
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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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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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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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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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G55op5.140@lugnet.com... (...) Good idea, I will do something about this. (...) There will be something in V2.00 (...) I will see ... (...) Uhhh, this bit is hard, after (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCAD Suggestions
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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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| | Re: Creating folders in ML CAD
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This might take till Jannuary next year, there are still some problems open which I have to fix. Michael vanda dreyfuss <cresida@nightmail.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4x5BF.4Gs@lugnet.com... (...) made (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Creating folders in ML CAD
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Hi all! When will be the new version of ML CAD available ? Thanx! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Creating folders in ML CAD
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(...) group, (...) Ohhhh YESSS! That would allow me to create an FLL group, with subgroups for beams, bricks, sensors, gears, etc. to duplicate the inventory boxes I made for the kids. Then MLCAD would be something my team could use, rather than me (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Report Generator | Pieces
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I noticed when running a piece report that it doesn't allow for pieces in sub parts. It might be nice to have an added column that shows the pieces in each sub part, then total the number of pieces in the overall model. In other words, if you have (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Creating folders in ML CAD
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(...) Two thoughts on groupings: 1. For the default groupings, read the parts list and create groups for all first-words (or use the 0 CATEGORY entries from the part-files). This creates some odd non-groups, but it's better (IMO) than going through (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Export Problems
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Michael Lachmann writes: <SNIP> (...) You are right, that doesn't work at all - no matter if the inputs are valid or not, both buttons do not work. Please type the paths in by hand until I release the fixed version 2.0 Thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Export Problems
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Ok, thanks for the tip - I will check that! Michael Jeff Boen <onyx@flash.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G4r5I8.Hx1@lugnet.com... (...) doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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