Hi,

I would be glad if someone could explain me LDPE's project concept and it's usefulness. Since I usually just open/save .dats I never came across the moment I would not have clicked away that "Save project dialog".

w.

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I am currently creating some stickers for models I own, I want to share some but where to upload these? MOC or Official Models? Somewhere else or just upload them to the parts tracker?

Would there be any benefit to creating 12 segment round primitives such as cyli, edge, and disc? This would allow them the be easily divided into thirds and it seems that many of the 'Digital Designer' parts by Lego use 12 segments for their round areas.

Hello,

I would need the part 71155 : String, Net 10 x 10 Square.

What would be the best way to create it?

As far as I know there is no official part for string segment.
And I know it already has been discussed but just in case: is there a chance that Lsynth primitive will one day be made official?
If yes: let do it.
If no: should we make ldraw equivalent of those Lsynth parts for string, hoses and so on.

A couple of questions regarding favorite parts bin.

1-When a part is brought in to the bin ( add current ) the orientation is often not the same as the rest of the bin.
How do I change the orientation of one cell of the bin?

2-I would like to have the favorite bin in a particular order - similar parts together.
How can I change the sequence of the parts in the bin?

3-My building style is to identify elements and pins by different color.( I change to the particular scheme after the model is drawn)
How do I change the color of a particular part in the bin?
How do I change the color of one element in the drawing? (Easier than going into properties and changing the number)

Thanks,
Ed

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I noticed the section in the user manual for grouping is still pending. Would someone do a brief note as to what the different functions do.
Particularly I'd like to know how to make a group 'permanent'. I selected several elements and grouped them, then selected and copied to another location. After moving I wanted to select the entire copy but, I only get the one element I am closest to. I really need to be able to select and move the entire group. My model has several identical portions and I thought grouping would allow duplication of the group as an entirety.
Thanx,
Ed

Yay!

Another day, another release. Curtains up for 0.8.8!


As always, you can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:
(10 new features and 8 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...insert a reference line (type 1) with Ctrl+R (Text Editor only)
  
• ...enable "Edge Adjacency" in combination with "Select Connected/Touching..." (instead of the default vertex adjacency)
  
• ...switch between "solid" edge lines and classic OpenGL lines
  
• ...get some usability improvements: When "Insert Objects Behind The Cursor Position" is active,
  a carriage return / linefeed will be inserted (you don't have to hit the Enter button anymore)
  
• ...set the pivot point to the manipulator position.
  
• ...use a "close" menu item in the context menu of the 3D editor (to close open files in the 3D view).
  
• ...use a "close" menu item in the context menu of the file tree (to close open files in the 3D view).
  
• ...use the new "two thirds" perspective (similar to the setting in LDView)
  
• ...benefit from a better description for the Intersector tool.
  
• ...benefit from another line colour during edge/triangle/quad creation
  

1. Risk of data loss: A rare deadlock is fixed. It occured during the development of 0.8.8 for the first time.
   
2. Select Connected/Touching in combination "with Whole Subfile Selection" did not select the subfile.
   
3. Several problems with empty sub-files (like "1-16chrd") are fixed.
   
4. Primitve caching issues on Win XP (32 bit) are gone.
   
5. The file search for file references/textures did not always use the base path of the current file.
   
6. The hide/show state was too volatile.
   
7. SymSplitter did not treat the first line of the file.
   
8. An uncritical drag&drop type exception is fixed.
   

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.
   

1. On windows, double-click "update.bat" to search for updates.
   
2. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
   

• 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
  

• 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
  

Does anyone here know anything about this LDraw Linux packages github repository? There's a wrapper script for setting the LDRAWDIR environment variable and I was wondering if it's actually in use, or is it just simply another different solution to the problem of locating the LDraw files on linux.

Thanks,

Don