• ...see the distance traveled/angle rotated in the status bar while using the move or rotate tool.
  
• ...access the manipulator features from a sub menu in the 3D editor context menu.
  
• ...see a tooltip for view rotation in the primitive area.
  
• ...move the Manipulator with left/right or up/down arrows on keyboard.
  
• ...remove all "0 // Inlined:" notices with a "quick fix".
  
• ...download/update the "ldconfig.ldr" file from LDraw.org.
  
• ...download/update the "categories.txt" file from LDraw.org.
  
• ...benefit from much faster undo/redo.
  
• ...benefit fom a faster program start.
  
• ...benefit from the fact that when using the translate/scale/set etc actions, it displays the global axis, if global mode is active.
  

1. Sometimes, deselected elements were re-selected when selecting a subpart.
   
2. "Save As..." did not trigger a check for warnings / hints / errors
   
3. "LDConfig.ldr" / "ldconfig.ldr" issues on case sensitive file systems.
   
4. LDPE false reported that the single !HELP meta command was "split apart".
   
5. Sometimes, the UI freezed permanently under Linux.
   
6. Implementation: Little resource leak with org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Cursor instances.
   

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

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

• 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  
• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
  

1. Absolute LDU based scaling. Lets say you have an 4-4edge and you want to set the diameter from 4 to 6 to 8 LDU, or a box that has a width of 10 LDU and should be 20 or 30 LDU. You don't have to calculate the scale factor anymore (#546)
   
2. I fixed an annoying bug: When adding something in the 3D view, a mouse click was sometimes ignored (#547)
   

(2017-06-17, 23:29)Nils Schmidt Wrote:

• ...benefit from much faster undo/redo.
  

(2017-06-19, 20:00)Nils Schmidt Wrote: Absolute LDU based scaling. Lets say you have an 4-4edge and you want to set the diameter from 4 to 6 to 8 LDU, or a box that has a width of 10 LDU and should be 20 or 30 LDU. You don't have to calculate the scale factor anymore (#546)

(2017-06-20, 8:32)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: ...but now it seems that when I key in ctrl+z with focus on 3D window, the focus shifts to text window

(2017-06-20, 11:55)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: In current implementation, a vertex already snapped on a primitive vertex can move to another primitive vertex if Unificator distance threshold is increased, or if a new primitive was added in the vicinity.

(2017-06-20, 11:50)Philippe Hurbain Wrote:

(2017-06-19, 20:00)Nils Schmidt Wrote: Absolute LDU based scaling. Lets say you have an 4-4edge and you want to set the diameter from 4 to 6 to 8 LDU, or a box that has a width of 10 LDU and should be 20 or 30 LDU. You don't have to calculate the scale factor anymore.

I missed this feature for a long time, but I wasn't able to formalize my wish... Looks like you found a way!

(2017-06-21, 13:22)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: A low annoyance one...
If I create a new part (using the "New Part File" button) and reference other parts in the same folder, these parts trigger a "file not Found" error message. To get it working, I have to save, close and reopen the file.

(2017-06-21, 14:40)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Small annoyance: keyboard auto-repeat is not working for keyboard move/rotate (can be considered a feature, as you get better tracking of what you do!)

(2017-06-21, 13:09)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Another low priority wish...
For some tools (mainly Edger2 and Rectifier) I'd like to have a verbose mode telling about the elements created. For these tools I also somehow miss my "debug mode" that creates new elements in weird colors, allowing to easily spot them.

(2017-06-21, 19:39)Nils Schmidt Wrote:

(2017-06-21, 14:40)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Small annoyance: keyboard auto-repeat is not working for keyboard move/rotate (can be considered a feature, as you get better tracking of what you do!)

What does "keyboard auto-repeat" mean?

(2017-06-21, 13:04)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Low priority wish...
I'd like to have a multi-copy button for the translate and (more useful) the rotate action (eg. to create a tire from a single tread pattern)

(2017-06-22, 5:46)Nils Schmidt Wrote:

(2017-06-21, 13:04)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Low priority wish...
I'd like to have a multi-copy button for the translate and (more useful) the rotate action (eg. to create a tire from a single tread pattern)

I implemented this feature today (#553).

Now it is possible to create copies with the arrow keys if Ctrl is pressed.

This is an extension to issue #537.

Quote:and how this information should be formatted/delivered to the user.

(2017-06-21, 19:38)Nils Schmidt Wrote: You can click on the "Update/Compile linked Subfile Data" and the warning disappears.

Quote:What does "keyboard auto-repeat" mean?

Quote:I think it's a good feature.
I like that I have to press five times on the arrow keys to move something five steps.

(2017-06-22, 7:40)Philippe Hurbain Wrote:

(2017-06-22, 5:46)Nils Schmidt Wrote: I implemented this feature today (#553).

Now it is possible to create copies with the arrow keys if Ctrl is pressed.

This is an extension to issue #537.

Ah - interesting and useful, but that's not what I meant. I was instead thinking of dialog box Actions -> Rotate selection. there is already the (very useful) "make copy" button, I thought of adding a "number of copies" field next to this button (field default = 1). The benefit of Actions -> rotate is that it allows to specify an arbitrary angle without changing grid settings.

(2017-06-22, 7:48)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: For Rectifier: number of triangles paired into quads, number of condlines deleted because of tri->quad conversion, number of quads and number of edge lines converted to rect primitives.
For Edger2: number of condlines created, number of (normal) edge lines created, number of unmatched edge lines created.