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    Thread: Poss computer bug?
Post: RE: Poss computer bug?

Martin Stockton Wrote: (2023-07-03, 15:18) -- Hi all' This is a new one to me? when I reload a design it shows a lot of the items with either a red or blue outline. When this happens I cannot inser...
David Manley Help 7 2,288 2023-07-03, 19:10
    Thread: parts snapping
Post: RE: parts snapping

Martin Stockton Wrote: (2023-05-14, 19:05) -- Hi I wonder if there is a genius out there that can help me out? I have recently updated all the new parts, but now in the selection window I have at lea...
David Manley General LDraw.org Discussion 18 3,586 2023-05-14, 19:28
    Thread: finding part
Post: RE: finding part

Sparky678911 Wrote: (2022-12-20, 22:06) -- Evening all would like some help i want a flex-system hose that i can bend how i want the one i have circled is normal i can not bend the one on far left is...
David Manley General LDraw.org Discussion 6 1,812 2022-12-20, 23:56
  Thumbs Up Thread: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2a (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2a (win+linux)

Roland Melkert Wrote: (2022-06-18, 21:12) -- - Negative searching using the '!' character, eg: "1x1 !round" to get all 1x1 parts except the round ones. -- Marvellous, thank you. David
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 46 20,912 2022-06-20, 8:04
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2 (win+linux)

A feature request rather than a bug. It would be helpful to be able to filter a parts bin on the basis of parts not matching. For example, if I'm looking at the part bin "By Category/Brick", I'd li...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 40 13,314 2022-06-15, 1:26
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2 (win+linux)

Something visually odd appears to be happening with the "choice" API in 1.7 alpha 2. This is a screenshot from 1.7 alpha 1: https://bricksafe.com/files/djm/djm_public_documents/ldorg/alpha_1_7_1...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 40 13,314 2022-06-13, 6:47
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2 (win+linux)

Roland Melkert Wrote: (2022-05-14, 0:05) -- Hello all, It took more time than planned (again) but I finally managed to finish LDCad 1.7 Alpha 2. It has stacks of tweaks and a couple of stabilit...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 40 13,314 2022-05-14, 0:43
    Thread: Set 8829 Dune Blaster - an angles solution
Post: Set 8829 Dune Blaster - an angles solution

So in my rotation scripts thread (https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-25736.html), a question was posed by Max (https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-25736-post-45063.html#pid45063) about a solution for the 882...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 0 721 2022-05-13, 23:08
    Thread: Part Snapping missing/errors
Post: RE: Part Snapping missing/errors

For part 41682 (Bracket 2 x 2 - 1 x 2 Up Centred), I can't seem to attach to the back of the vertical plate. The front of the vertical plate is fine. From playing around a bit, I think that this li...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 206 93,697 2022-03-07, 6:48
    Thread: Aligning parts using rotation scripts
Post: RE: Aligning parts using rotation scripts

Max Martin Richter Wrote: (2022-02-24, 17:04) -- I wonder if there will be an exact solution for this area at set 8829: I tried to find it by hand but it seems my brain capacity is limited  :s ...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 25 8,452 2022-02-24, 22:22
    Thread: Part Snapping missing/errors
Post: RE: Part Snapping missing/errors

Roland Melkert Wrote: (2022-02-24, 19:14) -- Only difference with yours are the clip orientations which may come into play in a future version of the snapping engine. -- Thanks Roland. When ...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 206 93,697 2022-02-24, 22:08
    Thread: Part Snapping missing/errors
Post: RE: Part Snapping missing/errors

For the part "Technic Sprocket Wheel 25.4" (57520), the following places snap points for each of the sprocket notches. That in turn makes placing the chain tread (57518) somewhat less fraught. 0 !LD...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 206 93,697 2022-02-24, 4:04
    Thread: Aligning parts using rotation scripts
Post: RE: Aligning parts using rotation scripts

8.6 Crank Slider Animation Caveats Two caveats are applicable with the Crank Slider animation; The slide axis must be on the same relative horizontal axis as that formed by the line segment of the c...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 25 8,452 2022-02-24, 2:36
    Thread: Aligning parts using rotation scripts
Post: RE: Aligning parts using rotation scripts

8 Align parts / Linkage Animations, revised This is a follow-up to provide information about revised scripts for aligning parts and the linkages animation. The appropriate scripts can be downloaded...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 25 8,452 2022-02-24, 2:34
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 1 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 1 (win+linux)

Roland Melkert Wrote: (2022-02-08, 20:01) -- This is probably because it samples shift+'+' instead of just '+'. You can fix it by changing the key assignment for zoom to shift+'+'. I'll have to...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 142 53,492 2022-02-09, 19:00
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 1 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Alpha 1 (win+linux)

Roland Melkert Wrote: (2021-07-16, 23:00) -- All feedback/bug reports are welcome. -- I am experiencing what appears to be a bug with not being able to zoom in using the '+' key. The '+' key on...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 142 53,492 2022-02-08, 6:25
    Thread: Detecting current editing plane using API?
Post: RE: Detecting current editing plane using API?

Roland Melkert Wrote: (2021-12-29, 20:16) -- You could calculate it yourself by using the current camera orientation if you really need it right now. -- Thank you. From some preliminary script f...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 3 5,565 2021-12-30, 8:17
    Thread: Detecting current editing plane using API?
Post: Detecting current editing plane using API?

Hi Roland, is there an API call which returns the current editing plane? Something which perhaps returns a value of 1, 2 or 3? By way of an example, when ctrl+R is pressed to open the Manual Rot...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 3 5,565 2021-12-28, 2:44
    Thread: Aligning parts using rotation scripts
Post: RE: Aligning parts using rotation scripts

Milan Vančura Wrote: (2021-12-23, 11:24) -- Another improvement is using current coordination system instead of the global one. To make script works for setups rotated in any way - just select a part...
David Manley LDraw Editors and Viewers 25 8,452 2021-12-23, 20:59
    Thread: i need more bionicle parts for leocad program
Post: RE: i need more bionicle parts for leocad program

If the parts you are looking for aren't available in the LDraw Unofficial library (https://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptlist.cgi), you may want to look at the Digital Bricks website (http://www.digital-bri...
David Manley Part Requests 2 1,477 2021-12-17, 21:02