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    Thread: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
Post: RE: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature

Nicolas19 Wrote: (2026-03-03, 17:05) -- With version v1.7 beta 2a, I no longer have the automatic part snapping feature. Is there a specific configuration for this new version ? -- You are the sec...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 3 401 2026-03-04, 7:43
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

Hageta Wrote: (2026-02-28, 16:56) -- I like how layers are implemented in this example. In this examples the coordinates of the pattern match the coordinates of the part, how would you reuse a patter...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-28, 21:04
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

First test result: Source mpd attached. This projects the ldr given in !TEXMAP onto a tight fitting 1280x1280 texture. And then use it like any normal TEXMAP texture. The final version has ...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-27, 22:40
    Thread: Dropping Frame Rate when MPD View is open in Part Bin
Post: RE: Dropping Frame Rate when MPD View is open in P...

Gerald Lasser Wrote: (2026-02-22, 13:16) -- My question is more towards the direction if the rendering of the preview-images can be reduced, e.g.: - only once a part has been placed, or e.g. a secon...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 5 833 2026-02-24, 20:12
    Thread: Dropping Frame Rate when MPD View is open in Part Bin
Post: RE: Dropping Frame Rate when MPD View is open in P...

Gerald Lasser Wrote: (2026-02-21, 23:16) -- I had an intermittent issue with LDCad where i experienced an incredible drop in the frame rate, down to 1 fps from a 20 fps rendering. -- It renders whene...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 5 833 2026-02-22, 7:29
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2a (win+linux)
Post: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2a (win+linux)

Someone reported a semi severe bug in beta 2 concerning file reloading. This version will fix that and a couple of other minor issues reported so far. No new features though. As always yo...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 0 299 2026-02-21, 20:13
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

Max Murtazin Wrote: (2026-02-19, 16:51) -- In short, when you use anything non-raster as a texture, you gotta rasterize it at some step, and that step would most likely be before supplying it to the ...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-19, 18:23
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

N. W. Perry Wrote: (2026-02-14, 15:04) -- I'm a little ignorant on this side of things. What projection info is needed that's different for LDraw code than the three methods we have now for PNG? -- T...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-14, 20:02
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

Travis Cobbs Wrote: (2026-02-13, 0:15) -- So, I want to step back. Is this functionality really something that part authors will use, and is it useful enough to justify implementation? -- Besides t...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-13, 22:05
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

Been thinking about implementing a proof of concept in a special build of LDCad. Needed: - Projection (probably best to let the spec define a static one like Ortho looking at the z direction) - Inter...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-12, 21:07
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

N. W. Perry Wrote: (2026-02-11, 19:45) -- !DATA does that—my idea was that !CODE would do the same for non-binary data. It was originally meant for SVG code, but I thought it code also be useful for ...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-12, 18:23
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

N. W. Perry Wrote: (2026-02-11, 14:34) -- Do we need !CODE? For library purposes -- No it is only for embedding png's inside a mpd on the user side. N. W. Perry Wrote: (2026-02-11, 14:34) -- How ca...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-11, 15:50
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

N. W. Perry Wrote: (2026-02-11, 5:50) -- This reminds me to ask, how would the LDraw texture code be provided? -- I don't see the need to make any kind of special type of subfile, any ldraw file coul...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-11, 7:55
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

Max Murtazin Wrote: (2026-02-09, 13:56) -- Reason for banning overlapping geometry is very much practical, as it leads to a lot of trouble when rendering it, such as z-fighting -- I would suggest to ...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-10, 22:25
    Thread: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specification
Post: RE: Discussion - proposal to extend !TEXMAP specif...

Max Murtazin Wrote: (2026-02-03, 17:25) -- Also, with any such extension to me a problem of backwards compatibility begins to look worse with each time. Realistically, this would only enlarge the num...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 60 7,848 2026-02-03, 22:09
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)

Johann Eisner Wrote: (2026-02-01, 16:42) -- Small bug found:  If a part or submodel is replaced by another, this change is not recognized and the file cannot be saved. -- Very weird the 'Changed i...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 24 4,186 2026-02-02, 20:39
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)

Magnus Forsberg Wrote: (2026-01-31, 20:57) -- Why do I see a copy of my LDConfig after I close any model? I'm using the (renamed) LDCfgalt-file. -- Like a session?  I made big changes to the wa...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 24 4,186 2026-01-31, 21:18
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)

Roland Melkert Wrote: (2026-01-17, 22:31) -- Well it took over 2.5 years but here it finally is: 1.7 Beta 2 -- FYI:  There is a bug relating to external file change reloading which will crash th...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 24 4,186 2026-01-31, 20:05
    Thread: 7660 not showing in partsbin & looks terrible
Post: RE: 7660 not showing in partsbin & looks terrible

Both issues indicate a wrong search path configuration. The mystery donor location is the default one added when none are set. Could you post the '' section of main.cfg?
Roland Melkert Parts Authoring 3 679 2026-01-30, 0:27
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Beta 2 (win+linux)

Jaco van der Molen Wrote: (2026-01-28, 7:00) -- OK, no idea why, but I set the search library paths to my Custom unofficial parts and Helper parts again and I set up a link to my LDConfig.ldr on Goog...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 24 4,186 2026-01-28, 20:48