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  DATHeader 3.0.19.0
Posted by: Michael Heidemann - 2015-12-21, 8:28 - Forum: Parts Author Tools - Replies (31)

There are some new features build in now and also (as always) bugfixes and changes.

New
1) Command line option /r changed to ui less version for scanning of files only and write the report to a file in "<userdocuments>\MPDCenter""
2) Command line option /c (correct) in conjunction with /r will correct the file and write it to "<userdocuments>\MPDCenter\corrected".
3) Command line option /l (library) works with both options on the library with report and correction (library will not be touched). (auf Recifier postprocessor achten-erl.)
3) If a conditional line and a line have the same values, the conditional line will be deleted.
Changes
1) Message for wrong comment lines changed.
2) Message for not corrected triangle because of colinear vertices changed.
3) If you "Save as" then the new name is written to the "Name:"-tag of the new file.
4) the application has now a new icon
5) There is no test for flat files scaled in the flat direction.
Bugfix
1) Correct colinear quad sometimes bring wrong lines.
2) Check on file name ending ...s01 or ..p01 could generate an error.
3) using of rectifier postprocessing gave wrong messages.
4) parsing of the author line improved.
5) If a subfile could not be found the boundingbox is set to all zero.
6) If the entire file will be flushed, also the picture will be flushed and the new header

You can download the tool as always from http://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=datheader

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  LDCad 1.5 Beta 2 (win+linux)
Posted by: Roland Melkert - 2015-12-20, 22:39 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers - Replies (8)

Hello all,

I've finally managed to finish beta 2.

It mainly fixes some minor and some potential very annoying things.

It also introduces some minor new features, namely:

(sub)model duplication.
New path part skin options (to better emulate LSynth behavior if wanted).
Part bin search tweaks (you can now search for e.g. 2x4 and it will find "2 x 4", "2 x 4", "3 x 2 x 4" etc).
New/updated snap info (mostly done by Philo, thanks to him for that).

If no major problems are found / reported based on this version I'm hoping to do a final 1.5 version in a couple of weeks.


As always the latest version can be found here:
http://www.melkert.net/LDCad/download

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  error message on ldraw.org download page
Posted by: Steffen - 2015-12-19, 19:39 - Forum: Website Suggestions/Requests/Discussion - Replies (2)

the page
http://www.ldraw.org/parts/latest-parts.html
shows the error message

Code:
WARNING:
The {breadcrumbs} tag is removed from CMSMS Core
Instead, now use in your HTML template: {nav_breadcrumbs} !
who can fix this?

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  Call for votes: Allow flat primitives to use any non-zero scale
Posted by: Travis Cobbs - 2015-12-18, 21:47 - Forum: Standards Board - Replies (5)

Please vote on the following change to the LDraw Primitives Reference.

Update the following text from

Quote:must be given a scaling factor of 1.
to
Quote:must be given a non-zero scaling factor.
in both places that it occurs in the document (change is in bold). (Both places the original text occurs refer to flat primitives.)

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  10018 - Darth Maul
Posted by: Florent Faramond - 2015-12-14, 11:31 - Forum: Official Models - Replies (8)

Hi,

You can find in attached the official model 10018 Darth Maul.

Regards



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.mpd   10018.mpd (Size: 84.25 KB / Downloads: 10)
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  [Mostly Fixed] Main site problems due to upgrade
Posted by: Orion Pobursky - 2015-12-14, 4:09 - Forum: LDraw.org Announcements - Replies (11)

We are aware of the problems with the Main Site. It is due to a software upgrade and will be fixed shortly.

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  [LDPartEditor] 0.8.4 Beta Released
Posted by: Nils Schmidt - 2015-12-13, 20:27 - Forum: Parts Author Tools - Replies (49)

Hello,

as promised, here is the new feature release 0.8.4 Wink
In the meantime, I prepare the migration to Java 8. Later releases will require Java 8.

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You can download LPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

With this release you will be able to...

  • ...use the new "MeshReducer" tool, to simplify generated CSG meshes.
  • ...use a more "aggressive" T-junction-finder (can destroy the mesh geometry under some circumstances!)
  • ...use the "Move on Line" function, to move a vertex on a line between two vertices (its a beta tool! Soon I will explain how to use this.)

The program was tested intensively with "real world" files. Especially, "Undo" and "Redo" should work now fine.

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 LPE.
  4. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LPE.

Please note that this software is in the beta stage. Although, LPE 0.8.4 was carefully tested and developed, there are already known issues for this release. There is a potential risk of data loss.
Something can go wrong in about 100.000 lines of code.

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".

LPE 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 LPE on older machines as well.

System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirements:
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7
  • 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: 2.5GB
  • Video-Memory: 512 MB
  • Free Disk Space: 100 MB

Recommended Requirements:
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  • 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: >512 MB
  • 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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  Technic 1990
Posted by: Max Martin Richter - 2015-12-12, 23:33 - Forum: Official Models - Replies (16)

Technic 1990 models

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  flat primitives scaling
Posted by: Philippe Hurbain - 2015-12-11, 9:20 - Forum: Official File Specifications/Standards - Replies (6)

I suggest to update text from primitive reference from

Quote:To avoid matrix arithmetic problems in some renderers, the third dimension ({y} in the default orientation) of two-dimensional primitives must be given a scaling factor of 1.
to
Quote:To avoid matrix arithmetic problems in some renderers, the third dimension ({y} in the default orientation) of two-dimensional primitives must be given a non-zero scaling factor.
There is no reason to restrict this value to 1, the only point is to avoid a non-degenerated transformation matrix.
This change should avoid sterile discussions such as this one: http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cg.../u9228.dat

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  Call for votes: Update OMR spec to require unofficial parts to be included in MPD
Posted by: Travis Cobbs - 2015-12-10, 19:15 - Forum: Standards Board - Replies (6)

Please vote on the following change to the Official Model Repository (OMR) Specification Version 1.0.2 (added text in bold):

Quote:Unofficial parts are allowed to be used, but must be included in the MPD as referenced subfiles. The filename of the unofficial part is subject to the following naming rules:
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