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  LPub4 for Mac?
Posted by: Don Heyse - 2016-04-14, 12:09 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers - Replies (1)

I'm sure this has been asked before but... Is there a recommended place to get LPub4 for OSX? The "Working with LPub" instructions look promising, but the link for LPub4 sends you to a "You don't have permission" message.

I'm tempted to try the dmg from 2010 on thinkbricks.net, but that says it's for 10.6 and my newest Mac is only 10.5, so I'm looking for other options.  If none exist I'll try it though.  Bricksmith says it's for 10.6 and so far it works ok on 10.5.

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  [LDPartEditor] 0.8.10b Beta Released
Posted by: Nils Schmidt - 2016-04-11, 21:42 - Forum: Parts Author Tools - No Replies

Hey!

ten is my lucky number... and here is LDPartEditor 0.8.10b ;)

[Image: imgDuke2.png]
As always, you can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:
(8 new features and 4 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

  • ...customise GUI colours with the new "Options" dialog (text / 3D editor).
  • ...activate/deactivate the error detection for new faces (with the new "Options" dialog)
  • ...activate/deactivate no-structure-aware sorting (text editor)
  • ...copy/cut/delete modifies the currently "selected" line in the text editor (without text selection, it works now on the line where the caret is placed, too)
  • ...benefit from better performance / usablility for "Toggle Comment / Toggle TEXMAP" (text editor)
  • ...benefit from better performance for "Synchronise Folders / Editor Content".
  • ...benefit from auto-removal of CR/LF line endings at the end of the file (on save)
  • ...benefit from usability improvements for Add... Line, Triangle, Quad & Condline (the selection rectangle does not create a new vertex anymore)
The following critical issues were fixed:


  1. Subfiles references with "s\" as prefix were not found when they were located in the same folder as the parent file
  2. Toggle comment/toggle !TEXMAP on multiple lines did not work as expected.
  3. SymSplitter: Result was shifted if there was a "0 BFC INVERTNEXT"
  4. Bounding-box calculation errors with empty sub-files (some sub-files were invisible).

What will the next release 0.8.11 deliver? A feature to edit CSG shapes in the 3D view, quick triangle-to-quad conversion, measuring tools, a unit converter...



The program was tested intensively with "real world" files.
However, it is still a beta version and something can go wrong in about 100.000 lines of code.

Make sure that you choose the right architecture for your OS and Java Virtual Machine (JVM) (64bit or 32bit).
A short guide how to check if a 64bit JVM is installed on your system is located at the bottom of this message.

  1. Download the zip-Archive
  2. Extract the archive content to the location of your choice
  3. On windows, double-click "run.bat" to start LDPE.
  4. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LDPE.
Please note that this software is in the beta stage. Although, LDPE 0.8.10 was tested, there are already known issues  for this release. There is a potential risk of data loss.

You can search for updates if you do the following steps:

  1. On windows, double-click "update.bat" to search for updates.
  2. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
I listen carefully to your requests and possible complaints. Please leave me a message, with your thoughts and wishes to further improve the software.

LDPE is a 3D CAD application: The overall system requirements are higher. While I recommend to use a powerful 64-bit multicore system, it could be possible, to run LDPE on older machines as well.

System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirements:
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  • OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  • Operating System (32/64bit): Windows [XP; Vista; 7 or newer], Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  • CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  • RAM: 4GB
  • Video-Memory: 512 MB
  • Free Disk Space: 100 MB
Recommended Requirements:
  • Operating System (64bit): Windows 7, Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  • CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  • RAM: >4 GB
  • Video-Memory: >=1 GB
  • Free Disk Space: 512 MB

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How to check your JVM version (32- or 64-bit):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You can try on the command line:

Code:
java -d64 version

If it's not a 64-bit version, you'll get a message that looks like:

Code:
This Java instance does not support a 64-bit JVM. Please install the desired version.

In general, I recommend to install the 64-bit version of the JVM for Java 8.

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  Toys 'R' Us Bricktober set
Posted by: Christian Maglekær - 2016-04-11, 14:18 - Forum: Official Models - Replies (13)

Topic for the Bricktober sets .

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  Overhang on turns for monorail
Posted by: Ben Supnik - 2016-04-11, 2:51 - Forum: Parts Authoring - No Replies

Hi Y'all,

I built a design that uses the old 4-wide monorail, e.g. this:

(picture of monorail)

From the picture, you can see that as the train goes around a turn, the front of the train extends outside the track.  Once the train straightens, the train fits within the 4-wide track's "airspace".

Does anyone know how far into a straight-away the train has to advance to no longer overhang the outside of the track?  Does the motor have to reach a straight segment to fully 'straighten' the nose?

(I fear that by building adjacent station platforms outside the loop just after a turn, I have built an "impossible" MOC...)

Thanks!
Ben

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  ldglite 1.3.1
Posted by: Don Heyse - 2016-04-10, 0:45 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers - No Replies

So, after 12 years of dithering, I've finally incorporated the ldrawini sourceforge code into ldglite so it can use a part search strategy compatible with ldview and l3p.  The new code is in the ldglite CVS and github repositories.  And for now, I've built a pair of new Windows executables.  One is a regular ldglite release, and the other is a special build that automatically uses the new -2g,2x command line setting for any offscreen rendering.  The new setting renders a cleaner antialiased image.  That might be useful as a drop in replacement for ldglite in lpub4 or LPub3D.

You can find it at the same old ldglite.sourceforge.net location.  If I can convince myself that some version of lpub works on Macs,then I'll also try to crank out a new OSX build.

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  LPub3D How to Add Rotation Step
Posted by: Sean - 2016-04-08, 17:02 - Forum: LDraw File Processing and Conversion - Replies (11)

Hello,

The feature list for LPub3D mentions being able to add a rotation step with the 3D viewer.  I can get it to add a ROTSTEP tag to the code, but I can't get it to insert any rotation information.  Does it not do that, or am I missing something?  I can't seem to find any mention of this feature outside of that one list.

Thanks!

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  LDCad: rubber band in 3D
Posted by: Milan Vančura - 2016-04-08, 4:31 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers - Replies (3)

I tried to put the rubber band on a construction which is not flat. Something like
    .

The default what LDCad does is
    .
There are two problems: the green and red ball rods do not point to the previous and next circle correctly and rubber band is twisted between the top left an top circle. Is there a way how I can fix it manually? I did not find any way to change rods directions (only their length). And any change of their "roll" did not help with the twisted band problem.

Or should I use "bezier" instead of circles? Thanks.

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  The Death Star
Posted by: Neil - 2016-04-07, 23:26 - Forum: Part Requests - Replies (2)

Hi!

Would be great to have these two pieces:

98115
98114

Thanks in advance!

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  Apply pattern to part using LD Pattern Creator
Posted by: Reuben Pearse - 2016-04-07, 20:32 - Forum: Parts Authoring - Replies (3)

Hi there,

I've created a sticker part using LD Pattern Creator (it's the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo for the Quinjet) - see attached file sticker_v8.dat

However I've now realised that I need to add/apply the pattern to an existing part - 6881b.dat.

Do I need to create a new projection template for this brick?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Reuben



Attached Files
.dat   sticker_v8.dat (Size: 13.96 KB / Downloads: 6)
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  Change to LDraw.org Forums guidelines
Posted by: Orion Pobursky - 2016-04-07, 6:04 - Forum: LDraw.org Announcements - Replies (2)

We've made a change to the Forum Guidelines to address the fact the PMs are now enabled. The follow paragraph has been added:

Private Messages

  • Private messages are subject to the same rules stated above
  • Private massages are monitored by the forum administrators and not "private" in the strictest sense of the word
  • Private messaging is a privilege that will be revoked for a user permanently and without warning if any abuse of the rules is reported or discovered

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