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first created part - Remco Canten - 2013-08-03

im just figuring out how to build things and keeping how to build as a guide line.
Just finished a 1*1 block and just showing my first creation. always start something small and simple before going for a complex one. can anyone add comment and know how to get rid of:
0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom"
0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0

it keeps getting there after i save in MLCad.

Re: first created part - Max Martin Richter - 2013-08-03

Well, I couldn't open your file on my android phone. But for these lines created by MLCad, you can open your .dat file in any texteditor open delete it there.
I write nearly all of my parts by using LDDesignPad in combination with LDView.

/Max

Re: first created part - Willy Tschager - 2013-08-03

Remco Canten Wrote:how to build as a guide line.

Glad it was useful ;-)

Remco Canten Wrote:can anyone add comment and know how to get rid of:
0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom"
0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0

http://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=datheader

w.

Re: first created part - Max Martin Richter - 2013-08-04

Hej Remco,
now I have time and the hardware to view your part.
Did you try to build a 1x1 Brick?
If yes;
  1. normally the boarders are 4 LDU thick.
  2. you should use a stud primitive for the stud. (See Primitive Reference)

and generally:
  1. you should BFC your part. (See LDraw.org Language Extension for Back Face Culling (BFC)
  2. you should use a stud primitive for the stud. (See Primitive Reference)
  3. if you are doing geometrical elements like the stud manually you could use a cylc or cylo primitive
  4. please note, that MLCad generates a strange header that doesn't confirm with our rules. You should use Datheader (see posted link by Willy) and/or read our specs for the header.

Happy building!

/Max

PS.: Please don't get shocked, when seeing the mass of specs we have. Most of them will you learn step by step and I can tell you, that I don't know all by myself ;-)