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LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Nils Schmidt - 2012-04-08
Hey,
Here is the new and fast LPC 1.3.2.
I do not recommend to continue using the previous version 1.3.1 due to the massive performance and stability improvements I have included in this release.
Please uninstall older versions of this software before installing a new version.
New features:
- You can save with one click on the toolbar floppy icon.
- You can merge a vertex to a triangle/template border (with the new functions in the “Merge/Split..” menu).
- You can deactivate the triangle overlap detection when it's active (just click on the menu entry again).
- You can keep your Config.cfg file (this file stores all your settings) after you have uninstalled the LPC and use it for future versions of this program.
- The "very fast triangulation" will prevent the generation of malformed triangles.
- The DAT import will now recognize deprecated ring#.dat/ring##.dat primitives.
- Post progressing will be done with Rectifier 1.8
- The drawing performance is improved and overall performance was improved. The “Performance Mode” should be superfluous.
From now on the undo/redo history will be cleared if you start a new pattern.
Fixed Bugs from 1.3.1:
- Several language translation bugs
- Filled triangles disappear when all vertices aren't placed in the viewport
- "CSG rotate" does not update the internal data structure
- Fatal undo/redo errors
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Daniel Goerner - 2012-04-09
Nils Schmidt Wrote:[*]You can merge a vertex to a triangle/template border (with the new functions in the “Merge/Split..” menu).
Very nice! Just one thing, is it possible to make the menus "Add Primitive", "Merge/Split" and "CSG" accessable through keyboard so I could write makros for my keyboard?
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Nils Schmidt - 2012-04-10
It is possible but it is not implemented yet. What key combinations do you like to use to access the menus?
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Daniel Goerner - 2012-04-10
I don't care. Maybe if you do something like the Menu Bar with underlined characters, I can write a makro to get where I want to.
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Magnus Forsberg - 2012-04-10
Hi Nils,
Is there a way of showing colour 16, making it visible?
When making patterns in Quad2Dat the quads in colour 16 gets a criss-cross pattern, but when I turn on "Show colours" here, I dont see if these areas are "coloured" at all. I find it a bit anoying to find a missing triangle first after exporting my pattern.
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Philippe Hurbain - 2012-04-11
Indeed. Because of this I don't use color 16 when building a pattern but a place holder color.
Speaking of colors, it would be nice to be able to customize main color bar, eg. to replace old grays with nowadays more useful blueish tones...
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Daniel Goerner - 2012-04-11
Since I mostly use templates from selfmade photoshopped images or hires fotos, I always use different colors to see where I actally placed a triangle. I'm also using different colors for touching facets on round surfaces to avoid problems when projecting the pattern.
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Nils Schmidt - 2012-04-12
I will improve the triangle design in the next release.
Here is a first impression:
[img="http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BlackBrick89/LDPatternCreator/Release-1-3-3/colour16.jpg"]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BlackBrick89/LDPatternCreator/Release-1-3-3/thumb/colour16.jpg_thumb.jpg[/img]
Please notice that I will provide a function to modify the colours from the colour bar, too.
Re: LDPatternCreator - Release 1.3.2 - Philippe Hurbain - 2012-04-12
Thanks, Nils!