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.
   

1. On windows, double-click "update.bat" to search for updates.
   
2. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
   

• 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
  

• 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
  

Quote:PS: I am still busy with the creation of the manual, so you "have to experiment" with my (complex) software product until you've got the manual.

Steffen Wrote:I just used Ctrl+Z on windows for "undo", but then something strange happened...

Michael Heidemann Wrote:1) I [...] got the message that 'The program can not be used, because you have no rights to write to the application folder.'
2) I would like very much if the enviroment variable 'LDRAWDIR' is checked for the path. Also the unofficial part path can be filled by using the 'unofficial' path rule.

Philippe Hurbain Wrote:I am slowly starting to understand a few things, but a documentation will definitely be useful
The thing that puzzles me most is the manipulator concept!

-a) While the mode selection keys (F2, etc) work fine, it seems I can't get the tool keys (1, 2, etc) to work. Can be related to my French keyboard layout... Tried with main keyboard digit keys, shift+digit keys and numeric keypad. Nothing work.
-b) Though I have period ('.') defined as decimal separator on my system, but numerical fields display numbers with a comma.
-c) primitives icons are quite illegible

Michael Heidemann Wrote:It seems that It was a bad idea to create the folder 'LDPartEditor' in the folder 'C:\Program Files (x86)'. Now I copied the folder to the location 'documents' and I got the windows for the first installation.

Quote:c) You can zoom in/out with CTRL+Mouse Scroll

Willy Tschager Wrote:* a) I managed to move a vertex, but it seams I can only view in 2/3. No rotation in 3D?
* b) Looks like I cannot select a vertex via drawing a rectangle around.
* c) Looks like I have to press SHIFT to move a selection while I expected that toggle between Select/Move/Rotate would be enough
* d) Shortcuts 1,2,3 work fine
* e) Looks like the "Move Adjacent Data" button in the toolbar is not connected with the button of the same title in the Selection tab
* f) Is there a render mode which shows the part with the cond. lines working, say the part rounded?

But the rest looks impressive!

w.

Orion Pobursky Wrote:Trying this out on my Mac:
OSX 10.10.3
JRE/JDK 8u40 64bit installed.

Ran run.sh and the following error:
***WARNING: Display must be created on main thread due to Cocoa restrictions.

Philippe Hurbain Wrote:java.exe: "instruction at 0x69c23ea7 uses memory address 0x00000, memory can't be read".

Nils Schmidt Wrote:

Willy Tschager Wrote:* a) I managed to move a vertex, but it seams I can only view in 2/3. No rotation in 3D?
* b) Looks like I cannot select a vertex via drawing a rectangle around.
* c) Looks like I have to press SHIFT to move a selection while I expected that toggle between Select/Move/Rotate would be enough
* d) Shortcuts 1,2,3 work fine
* e) Looks like the "Move Adjacent Data" button in the toolbar is not connected with the button of the same title in the Selection tab
* f) Is there a render mode which shows the part with the cond. lines working, say the part rounded?

But the rest looks impressive!

w.

a) Press the middle mouse button and move the mouse to rotate in 3D.
b) Maybe it is the wrong mode? You can select vertices in "Vertex Mode" only.
c) You can press LMB+SHIFT to move a selection directly. You can use the manipulator or "Merge/Split...->Translate Selection", too.
d) ok.
e) This is intended.
f) LPE does not support smooth shading at the moment.

Quote:a) Ain't working. But admittedly I've got this thing and it's kinda hard pressing anything on it. Would STRG+RMB be doable?

Quote:i) Is it just me or do others find the icons turning light blue when I hover over them irritating? Sometimes it looks like they are already pressed. I'm also irritated that they "fade" to gray (quite slowly) when deactivated.

Quote:l) Is there a setting for the cursor's color? Light gray cursor over main color (showing up in light gray) isn't ideal.

Willy Tschager Wrote:a) Ain't working. But admittedly I've got this thing and it's kinda hard pressing anything on it. Would STRG+RMB be doable?
b) Hmm ... looks like I can only select the vertices hidden in the background, but not those in the foreground

g) I would like to have the "View angle icons" mirrored to the toolbars
h) I hould like to have the "Mesh lines, Vertices, Lights, ... mirrored to the toolbars
i) Is it just me or do others find the icons turning light blue when I hover over them irritating? Sometimes it looks like they are already pressed. I'm also irritated that they "fade" to gray (quite slowly) when deactivated.
j) For the next version I would love to have the Text Editor integrated below the viewing are. Nothing special. Just the line number and the code. Something that doesn't require pressing the "Show Selection in Text Editor" firing up the other window.
k) Is there a list of the last opened parts somewhere?
l) Is there a setting for the cursor's color? Light gray cursor over main color (showing up in light gray) isn't ideal.

w.

Philippe Hurbain Wrote:Even though it works for me, I too would appreciate another mouse shortcut, middle mouse button is quite harder than other buttons to press and it hurts my poor little finger!

Nils Schmidt Wrote:

Willy Tschager Wrote:a) Ain't working. But admittedly I've got this thing and it's kinda hard pressing anything on it. Would STRG+RMB be doable?
b) Hmm ... looks like I can only select the vertices hidden in the background, but not those in the foreground

g) I would like to have the "View angle icons" mirrored to the toolbars
h) I hould like to have the "Mesh lines, Vertices, Lights, ... mirrored to the toolbars
i) Is it just me or do others find the icons turning light blue when I hover over them irritating? Sometimes it looks like they are already pressed. I'm also irritated that they "fade" to gray (quite slowly) when deactivated.
j) For the next version I would love to have the Text Editor integrated below the viewing are. Nothing special. Just the line number and the code. Something that doesn't require pressing the "Show Selection in Text Editor" firing up the other window.
k) Is there a list of the last opened parts somewhere?
l) Is there a setting for the cursor's color? Light gray cursor over main color (showing up in light gray) isn't ideal.

w.

a) oh well... -.- it's the best CAD mouse I've ever seen.
b) okay.. try another viewing angle (open the context menu over a 3D view and select "Viewing Angles-Front")
g) h) I will not do this for now. I have plans to make the GUI more customisable. Any major changes to the toolbar will make the customisation more difficult.
i) Okay.. you are using Windows 7? The appearance of the button depends on the OS. It has nothing to do with LPE.
k) This will be a new feature for the next release.
l) very good point. Will be a new feature for the next release, too.

Willy Tschager Wrote:b) Ain't working. When I select "Front" the rectangle selects the vertices in the back. When I switch to "Back" the rectangle selects the vertices in the front.
m) I've got multiple warnings for BFC Certify. Right-Clicking offers a "Quick Fix" but nothing happens. Also "Quick Fix Similar Problems" doesn't work.
n) "Move the camera to the manipulator position" set (im my case) all views to "Back" but the labels said something different:
p) Closing LDPartEditor all my settings for split view, windows size, ... are gone.
w.

Willy Tschager Wrote:* Deleting a part from the project deletes the part physically from the disk. No trash can backup, no luck with tools like Recuva. It's GONE!

Quote:Are you sure you want to permanently delete "your filename"?

THIS ACTION CAN NOT BE UNDONE!

Quote:* LDPE took a while to load a 1700 line part

Quote:* When I finally managed to load a background image (*.png) there was just a black square instead

Quote:* Did not find any settings to set the transparency of the triangles I'm used in LDPC

Nils Schmidt Wrote:

Willy Tschager Wrote:* Deleting a part from the project deletes the part physically from the disk. No trash can backup, no luck with tools like Recuva. It's GONE!

Well, I am very sorry to hear that. I will change this behaviour in the next release immediately.
I hope you saw this warning before:

Quote:Are you sure you want to permanently delete "your filename"?

THIS ACTION CAN NOT BE UNDONE!

Willy Tschager Wrote:This isn't what I'm talking about. There is no way to reload or close/open a part. When you close a tab in the text editor the part is still loaded in the project and open a file from the disk with the same name just reloads the already loaded file in the project with all the manipulations you have done.