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LDPartEditor total noob jurney - Jarema - 2020-01-27

Can you travel me to the place, where i find some user friendly tutorial HOW TO use LDPartEditor, for noob level ?
Can LDPartEditor can be simple to use as LDCad is?

RE: LDPartEditor total noob jurney - Magnus Forsberg - 2020-01-27

(2020-01-27, 21:37)Jarema Wrote: Can you travel me to the place, where i find some user friendly tutorial HOW TO use LDPartEditor, for noob level ?
Can LDPartEditor can be simple to use as LDCad is?

Don't know if they count as "user friendly" but there are two places with info.

The old wiki on Nils Github page
https://github.com/nilsschmidt1337/ldparteditor/wiki/home-backup

and this page (in french) at JC Tchang
https://jc-tchang.philohome.com/manuel/LDPartEditor.htm

RE: LDPartEditor total noob jurney - Jarema - 2020-01-28

Thanks for replay.
I discover that... using MLCAD to disassembled content of .DAT and create new part is easy this days. Just select object and press DEL.
It is another tool with GUI, that i use to accomplish this task ?

RE: LDPartEditor total noob jurney - Philippe Hurbain - 2020-01-28

Glad to see you back here Wink
(2020-01-28, 10:26)Jarema Wrote: Thanks for replay.
I discover that... using MLCAD to disassembled content of .DAT and create new part is easy this days. Just select object and press DEL.
It is another tool with GUI, that i use to accomplish this task ?
I used MLCad for years to create LDraw parts, but I am now super happy to have LDPE which is so much more powerful - and actually it's relatively easy to use past the (very) steep learning curve. I had a hard time initially, but it was well worth the trouble.
For some very simple parts, you could also try Bricklink's Studio companion, Part Designer. Hugely underpowered for complex parts, but very easy to use for simple parts.

RE: LDPartEditor total noob jurney - Jarema - 2020-01-28

For simple parts too, easy to use is https://www.3dslash.net . Does anyone know another cross-plaform utilities that work under LINUX or web browser ? STL<=>LDRAW Conversion do not hurt so much.

RE: LDPartEditor total noob jurney - Jarema - 2020-02-14

HOW TO:
  • remove existed and selected vertex from view
  • show correspondent line in *.dat of selected vertex
  • make hole in plate of desired size with circle or rectangle shape


RE: LDPartEditor total noob jurney - Orion Pobursky - 2020-02-14

(2020-02-14, 20:11)Jarema Wrote:
HOW TO:

[*]show correspondent line in *.dat of selected vertex
[*]
If you select a vertex, the corresponding point should have a black outline around it in the editor.