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Converting lpub tagged ldr files to a single mpd |
Posted by: Philippe Hurbain - 2014-06-15, 18:10 - Forum: LDraw File Processing and Conversion
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I generally prefer to create my LPub building instructions from a collection of ldr files in the same folder (it's easier to find the right place to edit), but now I'd like to convert them into a single mpd file for distribution. Problem, the mpd (built with MPDCenter or MPDwizard) doesn't render correctly in LPub (pagination issues, callout converted back to simple submodels, page format modified from landscape to portrait and so on). Is this a known problem? how to solve it (I'd hate to have to scan and correct all pages again!)
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Transparent direct colors |
Posted by: Santeri Piippo - 2014-06-14, 6:03 - Forum: Parts Authoring
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I just wrote support for direct colors in LDForge and took to check the official specs again. It seems the specs only have the 0x2RRGGBB (opaque) form of direct colors but leaves the 0x3RRGGBB (transparent) form out? Didn't transparent direct colors become official as well? I know we had some more forms on the table which were dismissed as unnecessary but I thought the transparent ones were included...
http://www.ldraw.org/article/218.html#colours
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Time to say goodbye |
Posted by: Max Martin Richter - 2014-06-10, 16:49 - Forum: Off-Topic
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Dear friends,
I will be offline for the next 3 or 4 months. No, it's not because of the community, it's a much better reason.
Since today I'm graduated and that means for me, that I can start my last big cycletrip. I have planned to cycle around the Baltic sea... :-)
I wish all of you all the best and hope to see you again when the Summer is over.
/Max
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am I really the only one confused by this? |
Posted by: John Antkowiak - 2014-05-25, 16:28 - Forum: Help
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Hi! I'm a new user with next to no prior CAD experience, but with some ESRI GIS map-making background. I can see that LDraw uses a powerful and versatile suite of tools - very impressive!
However... ummm... it's my technical manual writing experience behind this question...
From where I stand now, at the bottom of a huge learning curve, I have to point out the huge pot-hole awaiting first-time users right out of the gate. By walking you through it instead of just blurting it out, I hope someone who's in a position to make an improvement will see why it might be helpful to do that.
I opened the Help page to get familiar with the environment. I intended to open the program to follow along. Here's what the Introduction section says about that:
"When you run LDView, it will open its main window and immediately present you with an open file dialog (assuming you didn't specify a file as part of the launch process). Select the LDraw .ldr, .dat, or .mpd file you want to view."
These forums and the first build tutorials are equally silent on the same critical (dare I say obvious?) detail. Being a first-time user, I have no .ldr, .dat, or .mpd files to select. There are of course the three .ldr files in the LDraw directory:
LDConfig.ldr
LDConfig_TLG.ldr
LDCfgalt.ldr
But since I don't know and can't guess what those files are for, I doubt they're meant to be monkeyed with by inexperienced users. So the $64,000 question is:
How does one create a new project file?
And, FYI, the place to explain this to new users is the same place to explain the difference between the file extensions - the Introduction section of the Help page (or, somewhere up front in whatever place new users are meant to start learning). I've since gotten the answer on this forum, but it would be courteous not to make new users hunt for it...
Anyway, thanks! I'm excited to see my design coming to life : )
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