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Re: Automatic part selection query
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lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad
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Wed, 7 Mar 2001 13:41:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Daniel Crichton writes:
> I'm not sure I understand why this is complicated, surely you just need to
> check each part to see if it lies within the bounding box in the appropriate
> plane, just as I guess you do for the ones that are in front. I find it
> confusing that it doesn't select everything within the bounding box, only
> those parts that are at the "front". It makes it really hard to move a
> section of a model in one go, as I have to use the bounding box to select
> the first level of parts and move them, then again to get the ones behind
> those, and so on until I've moved all of them. In a model where I might have
> only 3 or 4 layers of parts this is a bit of a pain, but on a model with 10
> or 20 layers it adds hours to the operation.
Regarding the selection, MLCad uses a special buffer which keeps track of
the parts visible on the screen. For all other parts I would have to go
through the list of triangles, lines and quads until I find something in the
rectangle. This can take a long time since you have to check for each point
on the screen within the rectangle, and some bigger models quickly can have
millions of triangles ...
Why don't you use the mpd mode of MLCad. You can define the sections of a
model in a sub-model and use them in the main-model. Clicking on the
sub-model will automatically select all parts of it (as with any normal brick).
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> > > I spent a while last night just trying to select all the parts in 1 wing
> > > plane of my TIE Interceptor MOC because of this, and also had a couple of
> > > GPFs on Win98 while using the selection box around the parts.
> > Sounds like you are using the buggy version of MLCad. Make sure you have • the
> > latest from my server (http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/).
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> I'm using 1.99R1, isn't that the latest version? I'm running it on a Dell
> Inspiron 7000 laptop (PII 233, 64Mb RAM, ATI graphics card). I'll try
> updating the ATI driver to see if that helps.
I made a mistake when releasing the last bug-fix - it doesn't have a
different version number or anything. The only thing I can say is that I
corrected such a bug and released the bug-fix on my web-page.
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> > You can use CTRL+C and CTRL+V, by selecting the parts, use CTRL+C to copy
> > them, select the last part in the list, and press CTRL+V to insert them • end
> > the end of the file.
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> Any chance of adding a "move to end of file" option on right-clicking a part
> in the parts list window, or even a shortcut? (say Ctrl-L for last and
> Ctrl-F for first, depending on what keys are already assigned of course).
Whoooo ... many wishes ...
- Whats about my original question????
Michael
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@maxmobil.at> wrote in message news:G9ty1F.CpH@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) point (...) have (...) OK, I guess it could be more complicated than I thought - on my Mechanical Engineering degree course I took CAD (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Automatic part selection query
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| "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@maxmobil.at> skrev i meddelandet news:G9ty1F.CpH@lugnet.com... (...) No need to test every line etc. - compute a bounding box (once) for each part, and the testing boils down to a few transformations and a region (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| "Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@maxmobil.at> wrote in message news:G9tt3D.1Mx@lugnet.com... (...) parts (...) z-ordering. (...) go (...) rectangle. (...) I'm not sure I understand why this is complicated, surely you just need to check each part (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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