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The next version of MLCad will support reloading of the project / model - which means (revert to saved). Michael -- ===...=== Ing Michael Lachmann Individual software development Tel.: +43 676 406 86 95 e-mail: michael.lachmann@lm-...ftware.com (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Free-Form Camera Positioning with MLCAD, L3P, and POV-RAY
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I've never tried to use camera options until now, but I think we can enhance that if we have a camera-file (like the light.dat) which L3P counts in. This way it's easy to define the camera - position and orientation ... Regarding the description (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | New Colors
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Can anyone pass on the numbers of the new colors? (i.e. grays other than light/dark grey, LoM colors, grey green from the Statue of Liberty Sculpure) Thanks. (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Adding new pieces in MLCad
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I've been meaning to suggest the same thing! John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:G5KD1w.D0H@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Free-Form Camera Positioning with MLCAD, L3P, and POV-RAY
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Hi, This is a little write-up I did on free-form positioning of the camera. It is taken from several posts by myself and others on LUGNET. Tim Courtney has asked for new material for www.ldraw.org focusing on MLCAD, L3P and POV-RAY, so I offered to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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(...) mlcad (...) If the model is not right , it may be easier to open it with ldview. then you can just recreate the hose untill it looks right. (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD Suggestions
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(...) I insert hoses like this : first I create my model in mlcad, then I create the hose in ldraw-mode and name it hose1.dat last part of my model in mlcad is hose1.dat then I save my model in mlcad and if the hose is not right, then I change it in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Adding new pieces in MLCad
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Hi, I will see what I can do :-) Michael -- ===...=== Ing Michael Lachmann Individual software development Tel.: +43 676 406 86 95 e-mail: michael.lachmann@lm-...ftware.com http: www.lm-software.com John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Adding new pieces in MLCad
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"Andy Lynch" <andy@andyandjackie.com> wrote in message news:G5IsLC.FuB@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) and Y (...) as (...) becomes (...) the (...) I agree that this would be very helpfull. Since parts are often added in "layers", it makes sense for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Adding new pieces in MLCad
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MLCad being a Windows based program, I often find myself using "drag and drop" to place my next piece into my DAT file. If, for instance, I drop it into the "Front" view, then the piece goes into the DAT file at the X and Y location that is (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Part rotation point
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I will think about that things and post my suggestions here. Michael John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G5GoHx.AD8@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Suggestion
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On the Print Picture screen, it would be nice if it would remember the options and picture size you select (at least while MLCad is still running). -John Van (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: License - again
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Bram Lambrecht writes: [snip] (...) Filip Spacek did the conversion. (...) It would be great if when/if MLCad started allowing plugins, someone wrote a converter to POV which worked directly in MLCad. This would make life a bit (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Future Plans/Help
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When I started using MLCAD/L3P/POV-RAY, I had quite a few issues. - Installation - The existing ldraw.org was pretty good in instructing how to find and install these things. However, I had to wade through a bunch of stuff to figure out that these (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Custom Built LEGO Sets in 2002
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(...) If I remember correctly, LDLite cheats lines towards the user by 1LDU, so they are more likely to show up. This would also mean that they are more likely to bleed through from other surfaces. Again, that's if I remember correctly. (...) Can (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Part rotation point
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"Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G5FxIw.746@lugnet.com... (...) different (...) the (...) So are you talking about two types of part-based rotation points: rotation points contained in the part file _and_ user-defined (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I thought it this way: o Each part can have several custom rotation points - each with a different name for the user o The user can select the general rotation point strategy (e.g. world origine, part center ... part rotation point). o Here I (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Part rotation point
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I noticed one of Marc Klein's parts had comments for a part rotation point. I assume this is because he used MLCad to open the part and saved it. It got me thinking, though. What if a part file had extended commands for custom part rotation points (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sugestions and Requests.
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Michael Lachmann wrote in message ... (...) When you do the save partslist to file, there's no checkbox for the steps and you get everything separated by step. It would be great to have the option (I'm currently sucking the file into Foxpro and (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mirroring models
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(...) I'd be interested in it. I used one of the methods suggested, and while it works ok for me I plan on making the DAT file publicly available and I want it to be to be "correct." If you want to post it somewhere and provide the URL that'd be (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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