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"David M." <ElectroTX@webtv.net> wrote in message news:G9vCCD.5BE@lugnet.com... (...) too. (...) sink (...) (or (...) how (...) with (...) This would be so great, but would slow down the software so much that it might be unusable. At every single (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Automatic part selection query
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G9uIE6.qq@lugnet.com... (...) explain (...) If it wasn't too much work to add a routine to do it I'd be happy to wait a bit longer for parts to be selected if I knew that everything (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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This is to Mike, but I want to see how many other people would like this, too. 1. Disallow the nesting of parts within other parts. When I drag a part (say, a 1x6 beam) onto another part, I don't want to be able to have it sink halfway into the part (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Automatic part selection query
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(...) So you are determining what to select based on something on the screen? I had expected you were doing it by coordinate filtering (but that may explain why you don't support selection in 3D) Personally I find it much more confusing not to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Automatic part selection query
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-- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' <snap> (...) HMM that could be useful too. maybe use the color toolbar to select the color, then drag to pick all parts that has that color? also add "select all of that color" too. i got (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Suggestion for fast access to settings
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Hi Michael I have a suggestion for fast access to grid settings: A double click on the icon should directly open the grid setting dialog. The same could be done for the general settings by clicking on mode icons (view mode, place mode, ...) Marc (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Automatic part selection query
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(...) Selection based on part number as alternatives for the name can be usefull in some case (when you now the part number) The selection base on the name should accept regular expression. The same kind of regular expression you used for part list (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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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)
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| | Re: Automatic part selection query
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(...) 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 (...) (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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(...) That would need a lot of time, since MLCad does not have any information about parts behind other parts in z order - which means it would have to go through the list of all parts and see if it's within the selection rectangle. Also I imagine (...) (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:G9tpvF.Ir5@lugnet.com... (...) On the subject of part selection, how about an option to capture all parts in a selection box rather than just the first ones found in the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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I got several requests on implementing automatic part selection based on colors and/or parts. If I implement one for selecting all equal parts ignoring the color, and a second which does the same, but takes care on the color would that be (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2 x 2 tile Lap Top screen
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(...) Cute... but you should have made it look like MLCad displaying *itself*. ++Lar (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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I forgot to post this DAT file here... It's not an official LEGO part. I needed to make small Lap Tops (by using 2 - 2x2 tiles) but the screens didn't look very well. So I made screens that looked like some software program. It's supposed to look (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Just a simple query I hope. I have just downloaded MLCad and found it very simple to use compared to LEDit/LDraw (although for the first time ever I can see what people mean when they praise a dos type program over a windows one, it does feel more (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Current version of ML-CAD
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Delay I guess being caused by Michael having a baby boy at Christmas (see Merry Christmas posting on 23rd Dec, only just read it), I've got a 17 month old daughter so I know how much of a handful they can be for the first few months/years! Michael, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Current version is 1.99R1 AFAIK so I guess you're on the latest release - MLCad development seems to have been a little quiet lately :( Dan (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Export to 3d models
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i wonder if mlcad will have export to 3ds or obj feature later on? currently i use leocad for that but i prefer to use same app for design as export. -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Current version of ML-CAD
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Hi, sorry I'm not too often here and I wanna ask if there is a new version of ML-CAD (this brilant LEGO CAD soft) ? My last downloaded version comes from November/December 2000. Thanx. Rene (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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