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    Thread: Simple LDCad script
Post: RE: Simple LDCad script

HWQ Wrote: (2025-07-02, 2:41) -- When will version 2.0 be released? I am so looking forward to it. -- I don't really know, it's going to take some considerable time though. First I need to finis...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 10 9,343 2025-07-02, 20:23
    Thread: Simple LDCad script
Post: RE: Simple LDCad script

HWQ Wrote: (2025-06-26, 6:10) -- Why can't we add a function to automatically save backups at intervals through scripts? -- The current scripting environment is not designed for this.  The one i...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 10 9,343 2025-06-28, 19:55
    Thread: Part Snapping missing/errors
Post: RE: Part Snapping missing/errors

I've processed things posted here up to message #230 and synced the shadow with LDraw library 2025-05 You'll find the latest version of the library at https://github.com/RolandMelkert/LDCadShadowLibr...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 228 247,191 2025-06-12, 20:25
    Thread: LDCAD about Add custom parts
Post: RE: LDCAD about Add custom parts

Jeff Jones Wrote: (2025-05-28, 21:07) -- i got a idea f12 would force ldcad to dump its cache and basically reload it -- Reloading the cache isn't a simple thing to implement in the current code. ...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 4 2,945 2025-05-28, 22:15
    Thread: LDCAD about Add custom parts
Post: RE: LDCAD about Add custom parts

HWQ Wrote: (2025-05-28, 9:24) -- After adding the custom parts, is there a way to refresh the software directly instead of closing it and reopening it? Or is it possible to refresh the software by sc...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 4 2,945 2025-05-28, 20:11
    Thread: I've been designing a minifigure scale Venator-class Star Destroyer
Post: RE: I've been designing a minifigure scale Venator...

Nice, I always wanted to build or draw a ridiculously large spaceship, ever since I read the Jim Spaceborn comic. Next one on the list: Red Dwarf @10x8x6 KM  :D
Roland Melkert MOCs (My Own Creations) 4 11,003 2025-05-26, 21:22
    Thread: Co-Authors Field in Header
Post: RE: Co-Authors Field in Header

Hageta Wrote: (2025-05-22, 17:41) -- Some parts may have been a collaberation between multiple people. Currently co authors could only be listed with history/help metatags or comments. Maybe there co...
Roland Melkert Official File Specifications/Standards 2 1,418 2025-05-22, 19:16
    Thread: File paths in various programs
Post: RE: File paths in various programs

N. W. Perry Wrote: (2025-05-14, 23:27) -- The only thing that happens with LDCad is that if I search a part, it won't show me both the official and unofficial version(s) of the part, only the one tha...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 5 2,499 2025-05-15, 17:17
    Thread: File paths in various programs
Post: RE: File paths in various programs

N. W. Perry Wrote: (2025-05-14, 21:37) -- I'm seeking your wise advice on proper file paths (relative or absolute) for the various LDraw tools, and why they don't seem to behave the same between them...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 5 2,499 2025-05-14, 22:30
    Thread: No/minimal parts in Parts bin
Post: RE: No/minimal parts in Parts bin

Mark Andrews Wrote: (2025-04-27, 14:13) -- I've just installed a clean version of LDraw, including LDCad but i'm having trouble building a new part from just primitives. The parts bin just contains ...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 2 1,270 2025-04-27, 18:19
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 1 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Beta 1 (win+linux)

Sam Potter Wrote: (2025-04-24, 8:32) -- If I may ask, what’s beta 2 going to add? And where is it holding? 😉 -- Mostly bugfixes, support for new LDraw meta's and some minor requested features. N...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 123 84,828 2025-04-24, 17:49
    Thread: Call for Votes: MATERIAL FABRIC
Post: RE: Call for Votes: MATERIAL FABRIC

Travis Cobbs Wrote: (2025-04-01, 20:50) -- Please vote on the FABRIC updates to the !COLOUR specification as presented in draft form here (https://www.ldraw.org/fabric-draft.html). -- I vote yes
Roland Melkert Standards Board 5 2,237 2025-04-01, 22:22
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 1 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Beta 1 (win+linux)

Yx Wang Wrote: (2025-03-17, 5:02) -- I finally managed to capture the error message I mentioned before.  -- Thanks for reporting, but I can't do anything to fix this issue myself. You could consid...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 123 84,828 2025-03-17, 20:45
    Thread: New !COLOUR finish
Post: RE: New !COLOUR finish

Orion Pobursky Wrote: (2025-03-15, 3:08) -- I agree.  Parameters can be defined later if there is demand. -- So the only thing left to do is determine and vote on the keyword list, I'm ok with: ...
Roland Melkert Standards Board 17 7,500 2025-03-17, 20:43
    Thread: New !COLOUR finish
Post: RE: New !COLOUR finish

Travis Cobbs Wrote: (2025-03-14, 21:30) -- I think we should list the known types, which I think right now are: -- Yes but what about e.g. 'level of furriness' or 'string stiffness' etc
Roland Melkert Standards Board 17 7,500 2025-03-14, 21:40
    Thread: New !COLOUR finish
Post: RE: New !COLOUR finish

Orion Pobursky Wrote: (2025-03-13, 19:32) -- I think the fabric parts have too many variations for each to have their own static name. In fact, just a bit ago, I learned of the "fur" style (most rece...
Roland Melkert Standards Board 17 7,500 2025-03-14, 21:23
    Thread: New !COLOUR finish
Post: RE: New !COLOUR finish

Travis Cobbs Wrote: (2025-03-13, 16:58) -- That's a good point. Since MATERIAL allowed params, I thought that adding a new finish of FABRIC could also allow params, but while this may be the case, it...
Roland Melkert Standards Board 17 7,500 2025-03-13, 18:40
    Thread: New !COLOUR finish
Post: RE: New !COLOUR finish

Travis Cobbs Wrote: (2025-02-23, 2:05) -- It has been requested that we set up a new !COLOUR MATERIAL to deal with fabric materials -- I'm ok with adding fabric. The only weird thing to me is 'C...
Roland Melkert Standards Board 17 7,500 2025-03-12, 20:49
    Thread: LDCad 1.7 Beta 1 (win+linux)
Post: RE: LDCad 1.7 Beta 1 (win+linux)

Yx Wang Wrote: (2025-03-11, 8:18) -- I'm not quite sure does this has anything todo with the sudden freeze up. Today it did crash again. But it did not show any error in the terminal. -- This is mo...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 123 84,828 2025-03-11, 20:31
    Thread: Aligning parts using rotation scripts
Post: RE: Aligning parts using rotation scripts

Yx Wang Wrote: (2025-03-10, 8:44) -- On the other hand regarding to aligning piece. for those pieces with three dimension rotation, is there a easier way to do that? For now I pre-adjust the positio...
Roland Melkert LDraw Editors and Viewers 35 30,513 2025-03-10, 20:49