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| Parts Tracker Searching |
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Posted by: Mark Kennedy - 2014-03-20, 5:11 - Forum: Website Suggestions/Requests/Discussion
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Would you be willing to make it so that when a user searches the parts tracker the appended list of all the existing official library parts meeting the criteria not only showed the names, but also had links to the actual .DAT files for that part? This would be extremely useful for part authors.
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| Keyframe missing? |
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Posted by: Tommy Shan - 2014-03-18, 17:54 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers
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Hello!
I'm just going through the tutorial for Ldraw, and making the blue car, and it mentioned setting a keyframe by clicking on the blue key icon.
There is no blue key icon to be found. My tool bar is also missing the stop and play buttons, and the animation icon (film strip). Do I need to activate or add them somehow? Or did I install LeoCAD incorrectly?
Oh, and my version is 0.80.2.
Thanks!
-Tommy
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| Yet another WebGL-based renderer? |
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Posted by: Sebastian Wahl - 2014-03-16, 20:07 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers
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So why you might ask, to be honest I'm not quite sure. Nevertheless, it happened and you can find a very early version here: http://webldraw.spillerrec.dk/ (Source on Github: https://github.com/spillerrec/WebLDraw )
I have only spend a week on this so far and this is the first time I done something more advanced than a triangle with OpenGL, so this is very rough implementation. This is also written in Dart, which again I have never messed around with before.
Quick overview: - Understands all the basic LDraw stuff, i.e. anything else than META commands
- Basic controls, left-click rotates, middle click moves and right-click zooms.
- Fullscreen support, hover over the canvas and press 'F'. Want to have a button, but not sure where I should get the icon from... Seems only to work in Chrome now that I tried it again, I have to check up on that.
- MPD support
- Simple to embed on a page, add: <div class='webldraw' data-file="X.ldr"><canvas width=X height=X>fallback message</canvas></div> and the script will do the rest.
Issues:- No rendering of optional lines, I have to learn more about OpenGL to figure out how this should be done
- Transparency is buggy
- Zooming with scroll-wheel doesn't work because a bug in dart2js
- It looks absolutely horrible in Opera 12, and I'm not really sure why. Looks much better in Firefox and Chrome. Anti-aliasing is turned of in Opera, but I wonder if that is the only cause.
- Some lines are not clearly visible
- Potential race-condition during loading when having multiple models on one page.
- No progress bar when loading, that is next up on my list. Also I suspect the conversion can be a bit slow, but I need to profile it.
I intend to look into network performance as having to do a 100 requests to get all the parts used in a model is just bad. Not surprisingly, I want them to appear as quick as possible on my website. Actually, I think the best solution is just to embed all the parts into one MPD file and configure the server to send it GZIPed.
Another thing that could be fun would be to make a browser extension to show .ldr and .mpd files in 3D, instead of just text. Don't really know how much you can do with extensions, but I would be surprised if that is not possible.
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| Updated LDraw tools for parts authors: Selector and SymSplitter |
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Posted by: Philippe Hurbain - 2014-03-14, 13:32 - Forum: Parts Author Tools
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A new version of Selector (V1.2) is available: - Bug correction: using discolor (-d, -d+) previously implied -m option
- Bordering condlines are no longer selected if -b option is specified.
- Condlines and edge lines are now sorted separately when -s option is specified.
A new version of SymSplitter (V1.2) is available, introducing new options:- -x++..-z-- are similar to -x+..-z-, but use an offset parameter to be able to use any plane in main directions, not just origin planes. "-x++ 0" is the same as "-x+".
- -i inverts direction of split. No need to invert winding of elements in splitter file. This is active also for main plane splits, so -i -x+ is the same as -x-
- -d0 options deletes nothing. This allows to snap elements of a file to splitter plane(s). Warning: splitter planes are infinite, so snapping may occur in areas far form the area you want to modify!
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| Repost: SR 3D Builder version 0.9.5.9 |
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Posted by: Magnus Forsberg - 2014-03-11, 17:58 - Forum: LDraw Editors and Viewers
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Hi all,
How many of you have seen that Sergio has a new release of SR 3D out?
How do we convince him to announce it here, at our forum, the next time?
Code: Hi again,
a new version of my program has just been released.
It has some much requested and very interesting new features all about copy
parts.
Following is a brief of what is new.
Also I recommend you to have a look to the 4 videos to learn on how to use the
new features.
Since I don't post latest 2 updates on this forum, for the ones interested, here
is a link to the missed new features last introduced:
http://sr3d.spoonclan.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=717
http://sr3d.spoonclan.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=724
Enjoy building !
Sergio
PS: If you installed new version and get an error starting the application,
please download and install it again (missed a dll in the package)
0.9.5.9 - Changes to previous version (2014.02.14)
Fix
- Starting Mirror building with a selection do not causes selection deletetion
- Program installation now works correctly and let you choose program
installation path
Added
A lot of enhancements in selection copy. Some limitation with unregistered
version.
it is recommended to look at the videos for new features instructions
- the mirror copy selection feature
- Selection can now be easily duplicate in a rectangular array region or just
its perimeter
- Creation of regular polygons based on your current selection and two
connection points
- Creation of star based shapes based on a selection and a center rotation point
- Update parts availability
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwNQ-MA-zZE Mirror
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWD6L5Ohcbg Array
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rxikliP_zA Polygon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpx3r3o23A Star
Original message is here:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=17924
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| Proposed changes to LDraw.org Standards Committee Charter |
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Posted by: Orion Pobursky - 2014-03-08, 13:23 - Forum: General LDraw.org Discussion
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Hi all, in light of the last few voting periods I'm proposing the following changes to the LSC Charter. The SteerCo has control of this document but in the interest of community input and transparency, I'm posting my suggested changes here for discussion prior to the SteerCo voting any change.
The reference document is here: http://www.ldraw.org/article/382.html
My proposed changes are listed below:
Nominations
Rename to Election Candidates
change text to:
Candidates for the election will be:
- The currently sitting LSC
- Any person who volunteers and meets the LSC eligibility requirements
Candidates may withdraw their candidacy at any time before and during the election cycle.
Elections
change text to:
Elections will be held according the the schedule listed in the Recurring Dates section. Only LDraw organization members will vote on the candidates by privately listing the five (5) nominees they select for the position. Votes will be received and tallied by the LDraw.org Steering Commitee, who will be accountable to each other and to the community for accuracy. In the event that the pool candidates is less then or equal to the number of available positions on the LSC, no election will be held.
Inaguration
Remove this section
Recurring Dates
change text to:
October 1: Annual summary published. Call for candidates.
October 14: All petitions for candidacy must be received and recorded
October 17: LSC Elections begin
October 31: LSC Elections end
On or before November 7: LDraw.org Steering Commitee announces election results
November 15: New LSC Members take office
* The dates may flex a few days in either direction due to the personal schedules of the site admins.
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