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(...) You are looking for a DOS utility called L3P. It converts .dat files to .pov files. -Chuck (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello, I was wondering can i ray trace with mlcad files ? If so how and if not is there an alternitive? (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Feature suggestion
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"Gino A. Melone" <gmelone@futurenext.com> wrote in message news:G68uv0.F1w@lugnet.com... (...) I'd (...) work (...) keys (...) select (...) would (...) I second this - I'm forever switching to the up-down view and trying to use the arrow keys to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Feature suggestion
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Michael, #insert STDPRAISE.h I've been using MLCad again. And I noticed something that vexes me. I'd like to be able to use the keyboard shortcuts more. What I think would work for me is to be able to setup MLCad to have the up-down/left-right arrow (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Can't find a peice
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(...) You betcha! Just make sure you post a pic of whatever you wind up rendering! Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Found it. Thanks for your help. Chris (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Can't find a peice
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(...) I don't know MLCad, but in LDraw parlance it's under the "bracket" category. Does that help? Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks. For MLcad, do you know where this part is listed? (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Can't find a peice
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(...) Try part# 2436. (URL) Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Can't find a peice
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I'm a newbie to Lcad and MLcad. I just downloaded the files today. I am trying to find the piece that consists of a 1x2 plate with a 1x4 thin plate attached at a 90 degree angle. To see what I' talking about, follow the link below: (URL) piece I'm (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Line Thickness
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(...) Well, after rendering at 300% and then scaling the images down again, I achieved an effect like that of anti aliasing. If I hadn't scaled down the image, the effect would simply be "thicker lines", as you say. It all depends on the useage of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Oh, I agree totally. (except do you mean anti aliasing? I'd call it "thicker lines") The images are very nice indeed. My issue is that I can't get a clean rendering of every step in every submodel of an MPD without jumping through some severe (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I've used this feature in LDLITE, and I'd say it's a great way to achieve an anti aliasing effect on the renderings. You simply render at 300%, say, with thick lines enabled. Then you scale down the resulting image. Here are a couple of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Free-Form Camera Positioning with MLCAD, L3P, and POV-RAY
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(...) No, L3P uses the LDraw coordinate system. This was an important design goal. L2P (LGEO) uses its own coordinate system. Otherwise a good description. You might also want to tell about the QUAL and STUDS variables in the POV file, used for (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Newbie help request.... rotation
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(...) Hi Derick, I'll try to explain how I go about doing that kind of work. I recently build the 8880 which needed a lot of angle adjustements. First step: Open a new file - set the grid mode to coarse. Now let's say the beam of your crane is 8 (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | RE: Newbie help request.... rotation
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(...) Like Lar, I set the fine rotation to something smaller than 15 degrees. However, I also move the center of rotation (little square on the center of the part) to the approximate correct position. I then click the button which looks like a brick (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Newbie help request.... rotation
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The file is 3.5kb - it must be the crane site that's slowing the D/L Ahhhh - I didn't realize that I could change the granularity of the "fine Grid" rotation... Many thanks, Lar! -Derick (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Newbie help request.... rotation
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(...) How close are you looking to get? (very slow link right now, so didn't try to download the file you have so far) (...) When I need to rotate parts I hardly ever use the rotation/position menu. I just go into fine mode (you can set the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LDraw Installation
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(...) Get yourself a recent copy of WinZip and you can specify exactly where things get unzipped to. Hope that helps, if not, ask again. ++Lar (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Line Thickness
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A few days ago I described in passing my desire for thicker lines in renderings, perhaps as an option. I'm wondering how hard of an enhancement that would be? I've spent a little time with LDLite and it's difficult to get the same easy renderings of (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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