LDCad 1.5 (win+linux)

[Willy Tschager]

I know that the file extension doesn't matter but is there a setting which proposes to save as .mpd once I have added a submodel?

It will save as mpd if the new file has more then one model. If you saved before adding the second model it will not change the extension, but you could do a saveas manually.

OhhhKhhh ... but where are my files gone? Looks like I do not properly understand your MPD concept. Obviously I have not read your manual - I simple do things the way I think they should work:

* I have created my subfiles:
* I create a container file "Main Model" and open the .ldr subfiles I'd like to add.
* They all pile up fine in my model pin.
* I drag them to the "Main Model" add a few parts to complete my scene
* Save and name it .mpd

This was the result - no subfiles attached:

6716 - Covered Wagon.mpd

0 FILE main.ldr
0 Main model
0 Name: 6716 - Main model
0 Author: Willy Tschager [Holly-Wood]
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see CAreadme.txt
1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6716 - Wagon.ldr
1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6716 - Drawbar.ldr
1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6716 - Horse.ldr
1 0 0 10 279 1 0 0 0 0.966 0.259 0 -0.259 0.966 6716 - Cannon.ldr
1 0 0 -109 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6716 - Cavalry Soldier.ldr
1 6 159 9 131 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2489.dat
1 6 126 9 59 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2489.dat
1 7 126 2 57 0.616 0.765 0.191 0 -0.242 0.97 0.788 -0.597 -0.149 30141.dat
1 47 158 40 -13 -0.276 0 -0.961 0 1 0 0.961 0 -0.276 3069bp03.dat

Loading the 6716 - Covered Wagon.mpd the silly thing is that they get loaded from the disk and show up in the "Change current model" but are not added to the file. This behaviour is misleading!!!

w.