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Re: How to break up multi-dat files?
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:10:25 GMT
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I thought the previews were "canned". I wouldn't mind a similar ability to
can sub-model images. In other words, put the burden of updating on the
user. Not having any way to get a preview image is pretty frustrating,
especially if you do a lot of building with standard chunks. Or maybe I am
missing some other way to do it? I just need some understanding on how it
works right now, and I could probably do what I want.
--Jack Gregory
Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message
news:FMzoJ1.G8F@lugnet.com...
> I'm hardly working on previewing the sub-models. The problem with it is • that
> if you edit a sub-model which is used in another sub-model (e.g. you have
> two sub-models A and B. A includes B and you are editing B) you are
> modifying the view of the sub-model using it as well (means A is changed • as
> well if you change B ...).
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> So without redrawing the preview all the time I will have to freeze the
> model previews until the modified one is saved ... otherwise MLCad would
> redraw all the time :-(
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> J G Gregory wrote in message ...
> > I apologize for lack of terminology. Here is the question:
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> > I downloaded the AT-ST model posted a couple days ago, and want to build • it.
> > But it is a "multi" file or whatever they are called, and only has 5 or • so
> > parts at the top level. I really want to drill down into these and see • how
> > they are made. But short of manually editing the dat file, how can I do
> > this?
> >
> > One more thing. The preview pictures show big red x's. (MLCAD 1.5) How • can
> > I get proper pictures put in there?
> >
> > Is there a document which contains answers to these questions?
> >
> > --Jack Gregory
> >
> >
> >
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 | | Re: How to break up multi-dat files?
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| Currently MlCad scannes a .dat file on its first access and cashes its data, these data are used for the preview which is not a problem since the data of a dat file do not change (at least not for MLCad during run-time). But the sub-models you (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: How to break up multi-dat files?
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| I'm hardly working on previewing the sub-models. The problem with it is that if you edit a sub-model which is used in another sub-model (e.g. you have two sub-models A and B. A includes B and you are editing B) you are modifying the view of the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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