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  How to find a font?
Posted by: Magnus Forsberg - 2016-10-07, 16:07 - Forum: LDraw File Processing and Conversion - Replies (3)

Hi,

Is there an easy way to find and choose a font, to use in making a lego sticker in txt2dat or LDPE, without having to look through gazillions of dubious webpages with free fonts?


Magnus

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  LDPC and part 3626 (minifigure head)
Posted by: Tom Burger - 2016-10-01, 19:39 - Forum: Parts Authoring - Replies (1)

I recently got LDPC and i need to create a minifigur head pattern, is there currently any way to do it (quad2dat could)

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  Solar panel sticker
Posted by: Michael Horvath - 2016-09-29, 14:21 - Forum: Part Requests - Replies (1)

Has anyone modeled the sticker for part 87079pb060?

http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cata...0#T=C&C=11

I am planning on using it in one of my builds.

Thanks.


Mike

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  "Reply" button
Posted by: Damien Roux - 2016-09-28, 21:08 - Forum: Website Suggestions/Requests/Discussion - No Replies

Hi all,

I don't know if I'm the only one, but I often post something in the forum under the wrong post when I click on the black Reply button.
Apparently using that button will answer to the last created post. As for me it should answer to the original first post, when the user wants to reply to a particular post, he should press the Reply button on that particular post.

Would it be possible to modify the black main Reply button to answer to the original first post instead of the last written one?

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  10252 Volkswagen Beetle [Creator]
Posted by: Roland Dahl - 2016-09-27, 23:34 - Forum: Official Models - Replies (23)

[size=medium][size=large]10252 Volkswagen Beetle [Creator]

[Image: 29842223374_55db5f72b6_c.jpg]

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[/size]MPD-file (OMR compliant)

Done with LDCad 1.5

Edit 21.10.16: Stickers added. [size=x-large][size=medium][size=large]Thanks to Magnus for generating all stickers![/size][/size]

Unofficial parts and stickers imported into the mpd file via mpd center
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[size=x-large][size=medium][size=large]Known Errors: None[/size][/size][/size]

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  [LDPartEditor] 0.8.25 Beta Released (64bit only / usability / bugfix)
Posted by: Nils Schmidt - 2016-09-27, 22:12 - Forum: Parts Author Tools - Replies (49)

Hey,

here is version 0.8.25 with 8 bug fixes and <3 enhancements!
Unfortunately, I have to drop the 32bit support for a moment.
Currently, I  implement a new render path and I write some content for the wiki/manual.
The last build failed on Windows XP (32-bit) and I had no time to track down the issues, yet.
But yeah... I want to keep the release train rolling Wink


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

Changelog:
(3 new features and 8 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

  • ...double click on a decimal number to select the whole value, including integer part, decimal part, decimal separator and minus sign if any (Text Editor).
  • ...see that all three coordinates are unchecked when the coordinate dialog opens. The coordinates where you type in a value will become active (3D Editor, Merge/Split -> Set X/Y/Z).
  • ...benefit a little from a faster draw method for lines and condlines.

The following critical issues were fixed:

  1. Flipper: Condlines were "not recalculated" so their control points were wrong after flipping.
  2. The calculation for quad (and triangle) collinearity detection was wrong
  3. Last added elements were not saved (3D Editor).
  4. Wrong winding colour in some rare cases (CW: clockwise winding only)
  5. Merge/Split -> Set X/Y/Z did not work sometimes
  6. A ConcurrentModificationException occured in the process which hides condline control points
  7. A ConcurrentModificationException occured during normal calculation for the LDraw Standard Mode
  8. There were non-threadsafe method calls within the logger class.

What will the next release 0.8.26 deliver? Bug fixes, more header validation features, usability improvements and maybe a new fast render path (I don't know how much time it will need)...



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, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LDPE.

Please note that this software is in the beta stage. Although, LDPE 0.8.25 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, 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:
  • 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  • OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  • Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  • 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
Recommended Requirements:
  • Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  • 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 a SSD.

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

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  Technic hole in part 10247 does not accept parts with snap in LDCad
Posted by: Jaco van der Molen - 2016-09-27, 11:39 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers - Replies (3)

Hi Roland (and others :-)

Recently I used part 10247 in a model and tried to put a pin in the hole.
[Image: 6045988.jpg]
It did not snap. So it looks like there is no snapping information in the part?
How do I add it or do you have to do that?

There are more parts that have partial snapping, don't snap good or don't have snapping at all.

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  Licenses
Posted by: Michael Horvath - 2016-09-26, 14:22 - Forum: MOCs (My Own Creations) - No Replies

What is the best way to add a "Public Domain" or "CC BY-SA" license to a MOC?

I've been adding this for the latter:

Code:
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CC BY-SA version 3.0 : see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Not sure how to do public domain, though.

Thanks.

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  HTML gallery
Posted by: Michael Horvath - 2016-09-26, 6:26 - Forum: LDraw File Processing and Conversion - No Replies

Is there a tool I can use to generate an HTML gallery of my models? I want to be able to extract author, title, etc. information for each mode, as well as generate a thumbnail image.

What is a good workflow for accomplishing this?

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  Datsville bottom and top layers
Posted by: Michael Horvath - 2016-09-24, 21:06 - Forum: MOCs (My Own Creations) - No Replies

Currently, Datsville is split into city blocks. Each block is then split into top and bottom layers. The bottom layer has grass, driveways and other stuff you walk on. The top layer has buildings, trees and other stuff that is above the ground.

I did this because when converting Datsville into 2D video game sprites, you need this separation of layers or else your player character will walk over walls and underneath driveways, for instance.

The problem is that editing the blocks becomes a chore, since you can't edit all the layers at the same time. They are stored in separate files.

Is there an alternate way of using the concept of "layers" that I'm missing? Something in the LDraw specs I'm not aware of?

Thanks!

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