Hey,

this version fixes many bugs and supports "invisible subparts".
It is not required to uninstall the previous LDPartEditor version, before installing version 1.8.55.

LDPE uses now a very modern technology stack and does not need a Java installation anymore.



As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

(3 new features and 9 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...to see a warning for subpart references with no content. You can also transform empty subparts and "see" them as a single vertex in the 3D editor.
  
• ...use "Show Selection in Text Editor" to show the first line that uses that vertex, when you selected a vertex (or the next lines when you repeat the function).
  
• ...benefit from a better contrast of hidden lines in the text editor.
  

1. Empty primitives couldn't be selected/rotated (e.g. 1-16chrd's)
   
2. The zoom value for newly created files was not the default value (3D Editor)
   
3. When the user did not wanted to save the file in the text editor it was still displayed in the 3D editor.
   
4. "Show selection in 3D View" did not select the vertices from subfiles.
   
5. When you used separate text and 3D windows and created a new file, a new text window was opened, instead of using a new tab in the already opened text window.
   
6. If you used "save as", a new file was created, but no text window or tab was created, although the sync tabs button was active.
   
7. "Sync. 3D Editor Tabs with Text Editor" setting was sometimes deactivated.
   
8. (back-ported to 1.8.54) LDPartEditor 1.8.54 won't start on Linux (because of a classpath error)
   
9. Minor IO error regarding the "(no file selected)" tab.
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_win32_x64.zip
   
2. Run LDPartEditor-1.8.55.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.8.55-1_amd64.deb
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
   
2. Mount LDPartEditor-1.8.55.dmg
   
3. Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
   
4. Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
       4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
       4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor
   

• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
  
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
  

I think something is wrong in these wheels.
   

When I look at them in LDCad the axlehole is "inverted". Anyone else see the same thing?

im using LeoCAD, i looked at the hotkey shortcuts and couldn't find the shortcut for snapping the camera (not a camera you place, but the default view you use) i couldn't find a shortcut to snap it twords a part you select. For example, on Maya Autodesk, if you click on something and press F the camera frame is snapped onto it. i was wondering if there was no alternative to that here. since it feels very tedious to have to rotate / pan / rotate / pan / rotate / pan / for 30 seconds, and do what on the other hand would take 2 or 3 seconds if you had the options to snap to a part. 

is there no option to snap the camera to a part in LeoCAD? or did i just overlook it?

is there no key shortcut to snap a piece to the center of view? 

for example on Maya Autodesk ,if you had something selected and pressed F, it would bring that object to the center of the frame, in other words it would bring the frame to that object where it would then be centered on it and the rotation of the camera would be orientated around it aswell. 

is there no shortcut for bringing the camera frame to a part?

One thing that was bothering me for the all time I was using LDraw-powered software, and especially after I started making parts for the repository, is that the npegholes are very oddly unsmoothed. It doesn't look good, it is not accurate, and requires not that much work to do. Maybe update this set of primitives to make corners a bit rounded?

1. As shown in the picture above, some parts are missing, how to solve this problem?

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I was not able to find 24783 on the parts tracker. 
I would like to use it in my moc. Can I request this part?
If it is very difficult to make, could you give me some advice? I really need this detail in 3d

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Hi all,

I flexed a part in LDCad which needs to be rendered in Studio. In Studio instruction maker, the part looks fine, but when I render it has gaps:


That's the catalog (unflexed) part on top and the flexed part on the bottom. 

Maybe this is a hint: I notice something I haven't seen before in the file: the flexed part has a subfile. It says:

Hey guys,

Here's my first build! 

Can I please get some help from someone more proficient at advanced editing. I need to feed the gas line and the supercharger belt correctly and I've spend all day being unable to get the 'insert' button to do what it should. I'm sure I'm just repeatedly making noob mistakes because I've managed to get the other two belts on correctly.

I'd really like some feedback on this build. I spent about a week with it on my desk as a paperweight before being urged to share it and came across this website and program(s).

As someone who uses (Auto)CAD professionally, I appreciate that this community exists: it's clearly useful and very functional, so thanks for any additional input/support!

Enjoy!
Alex

Edit: uploaded latest version to original post

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Newb Question:

Is there a way to shape the rubber belts around the pulleys? I am using LeoCAD, but will use whatever to accomplish this for my instructions.

Thanks in advance,
Alex