Hi all,

I'm (finally) nearing the end of implementing file reloading in LDCad 1.5 which leaves only one major 1.5 feature to add; namely editing shadow (part snapping) information.

This means I'm basically adding a (very basic) part editing mode to the main editor. I don't want to go full part editing support with LDCad (as LDPartEditor and others are much better at it) but I'm open to suggestions on part reviewing options etc.

so if anyone has some ideas on this, feel free to let me know as I'm still in the planing stage of this feature meaning everything is fair game

screen shot of a part being edited in the current editor (it's readonly and a bit of hack still though).

Some notes:
Part editing will only be available after enabling an 'advanced' option.
The shadow source and the part's source are shown joined as that is the way they are loaded/compiled internally. I'll add some separation line or something though.
Visualization of the snap data is the temporary one (available through F11 in the alpha's) and will be replaced by nicer / interactive ones.

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Hello all,

Just wanted to share some thoughts about the current LDraw colors / LDConfig.ldr

The thing is I think we need additional 'material types' to be used with new colors.

Take for example rope, people usually use black (0) but imho it should have its own number with a 'nylon' finish just as 256 has a 'rubber' finish.

And speaking of rubber the modern pneumatic hoses in technic sets seem to use a more plastic like rubber, I think those need a different 'finish' too.

And a minor thing: Shouldn't the file use dos line breaks instead of Linux ones as dictated by the standard?

Thoughts?

It would be wonderful if some kind person could produce this tire. Even a simplified version would be very helpful. It is very similar to 2902: Tire 81.6 x 15 Motorcycle, except that it has smooth tread.



Many thanks! Alexander

Greetings,

I've completed some more updates and enhancements from mostly community requests. The media is ready but SourceForge is not allowing uploads as they are still recovering from a major disaster. I'll upload as soon as Sf allows.

Media uploaded to SourceForge.net. You can update directly from LPub3D Help, Check for update...

Here are the completed items:

LPub3D 1.2.0.388.2

Features and enhancements
------------
-Sort PLI/BOM by part size (default), colour and category
-Improved model navigation - display selected model from model drop-down. Ignored 'meta=IGN'
submodels are not displayed even though they are in the drop-down list because they are
not assigned a page number. Previous behavior only displayed the model file in the LDraw editor.
-Display LDraw colour code on BOM/PLI tooltip - now showing colour description, colour code and
part description.
-Go To Page navigation combo box - allow page navigation using drop-down box.
-Show progress bar during display page processing/navigation etc...
-Text strings can now accomodate double quotes using escape character '\' - e.g. This \"Fat\" MOC
will display: This "Fat" MOC. For now, edits must always include the escape character '\'.

-CHANGE: Move PLI annotations settings to PLI/BOM Setup preferences.

-Fix: When changing the font on added text, the dialog starts with MS Shell Dlg 2 size 12.
The dialog now starts with display of the actual font perameters being changed.
-Fix: Change to PLI Times Used attribue on multi-step page now affects only the selected step.
when use local option selected.
-Fix: Change to PLI Text Annotation attribue on multi-step page now affects only the selected step.
when use local option selected.
-Fix: Change to PLI Background attribue on multi-step page now affects only the selected step.
when use local option selected.
-Fix: Change to PLI Border attribue on multi-step page now affects only the selected step.
when use local option selected.
-Fix: Change to Step number attribue on multi-step page now affects only the selected step. PARTIAL - Use
local selection still not working.

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Cheers,
Trevor

Is it possible to run DATHeader without the UI? I know there's a command line option but that still just starts the normal application.
Inspired by some of the build and deploy automation we use in work, what I'd like to do is set up a Powershell script that runs DATHeader every time I save a file and writes the report to a specified location.
Is that currently possible? Is it a feature you could implement in a future version?

Looking for someone to create part 11298.

Is there a way to track down a Brickshelf user and message him? I am trying to track down this guy:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/galler...m=GrapeApe

It seems the

http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...3#pid15663

thread has somehow gotten some of the

http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...4#pid15644

replies assigned to it.

I hope its not the result of db corruption?

DATHeader 3.0.18.1 is out now.

New:
1) Bad lines are now detected and reported
2) Triangle with the same vertices than one quad will be reported
3) The filenae of subparts usually ends with sXX. This will be checked and reported.

I hope you like the changes.

Please download as usually from http://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=datheader

Have Fun

mikeheide

Greetings,

I wanted to test LPub3D's fast-fix framework so I fixed some issues reported by the community. I also included a little enhancement to the PLI annotation management; hence, the version change.

To implement these updates, just click Help=>Check for Updates. Alternatively, you can turn on automatic update check in the Configuration=>Preferences=>Updates tab.

Here are the changes:

LPub3D 1.1.0.370.2

Features and enhancements
------------
-Enable/disable PLI annotations (Preference Dialog) - see image below
-Edit part title annotations - see image below
-Fix: .dat subFiles not processed for 3D viewer - causes abnormal end (expected
dat files to be treated as part and placed in Official/unofficial parts).
Dat subfiles are now treated same as mpd/ldr subfiles.

-CHANGE: isSubmodel check no longer observes meta !LDRAW_ORG as Submodel=False

-KNOWN ISSUE: When an image (e.g. logo) is placed bottom left or bottom right
right of the page header, dragging the image produces unexpected placement - the same
may be true with regards to placement relative to the page footer.
WORKAROUND: If you want to reposition by dragging, set the image relative to the Page
(any relative position) or bottom center of the header/ top center of the footer.

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Edit PLI Part Title Annotation