[LDPE] 1.9.04 Released (button for 5-digit-rounding / PrimGen2 usability improvement)

[Nils Schmidt]

Hey,

this release corrects two minor quirks regarding PrimGen2 and rounding in the text editor. It also provides a new button to simply round to 5 digits.



As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

https://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

(2 new features and 1 bug fix)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...use a "default rounding" button which rounds values with a precision of 5 decimal places (Parts Tracker limit).
  
• ...benefit from the fact that PrimGen2 don't reset "cross section edges" when changing the torus type.
  

The following critical issue is fixed:

1. A vertex that is selected in the 3D view is not rounded when you round a selection in the text window that contain this vertex.
   

The program was tested intensively with "real world" files.
However, something can go wrong in about 140.000 lines of code.

Installation on Windows:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_win32_x64.zip
   
2. Run LDPartEditor-1.9.04.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

Installation on Linux:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.9.04_amd64.deb
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher
   

Installation on Mac OS X:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
   
2. Mount LDPartEditor-1.9.04.dmg
   
3. Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
   
4. Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
       4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
       4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor
   

I listen carefully to your requests and possible complaints. Please leave me a message, with your thoughts and wishes to further improve the software.

LDPE is a 3D CAD application: The overall system requirements are higher. While I recommend to use a powerful 64-bit multicore system, it could be possible, to run LDPE on older machines as well.

System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirements:

• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Linux Mint >=22], Mac OS X [>=14]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 150 MB
  

Recommended Requirements:

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10,11, Linux [e.g. Linux Mint >=22], Mac OS X [>=14]
  
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 500 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
  

[Magnus Forsberg]

Why is a condline generated only between one of the pairs?

Code:

4 9 7.242 5.05 8.997 7.7553 4.282 12.859 8.3151 3.4443 0 7.2092 5.0991 8.344
4 12 7.89179 4.0777 13.4808 8.2981 3.4843 14.0764 8.3151 3.4443 0 7.7553 4.282 12.859


4 9 8.3151 -3.4443 0 7.7553 -4.282 12.859 7.242 -5.05 8.997 7.2092 -5.0991 8.344
4 12 8.3151 -3.4443 0 8.2981 -3.4843 14.0764 7.89179 -4.0777 13.4808 7.7553 -4.282 12.859
5 24 7.7553 -4.282 12.859 8.3151 -3.4443 0 8.2981 -3.4843 14.0764 7.242 -5.05 8.997

[Magnus Forsberg]

When I "temporarly" inline a selection the file is only opened in the 3D-viewer, and not in  the text editor.
Maybe that is intentional, but it gets confusing when I revers the inlining and wonder; Where is my edited subfile saved?
It is not in the texteditor, only in the 3D viewer.

To really save the "inlined" subfile I need to switch to the 3D-viewer, and only then, it gets visible in the text editor, and I can save it.

[Nils Schmidt]

Why is a condline generated only between one of the pairs?

Code:

4 9 7.242 5.05 8.997 7.7553 4.282 12.859 8.3151 3.4443 0 7.2092 5.0991 8.344
4 12 7.89179 4.0777 13.4808 8.2981 3.4843 14.0764 8.3151 3.4443 0 7.7553 4.282 12.859


4 9 8.3151 -3.4443 0 7.7553 -4.282 12.859 7.242 -5.05 8.997 7.2092 -5.0991 8.344
4 12 8.3151 -3.4443 0 8.2981 -3.4843 14.0764 7.89179 -4.0777 13.4808 7.7553 -4.282 12.859
5 24 7.7553 -4.282 12.859 8.3151 -3.4443 0 8.2981 -3.4843 14.0764 7.242 -5.05 8.997

Thanks, Magnus. I created an issue (#1202).

[Nils Schmidt]

To really save the "inlined" subfile I need to switch to the 3D-viewer, and only then, it gets visible in the text editor, and I can save it.

I am not sure which exact steps are leading to this result. I would need more details to find a solution for you.

[Magnus Forsberg]

I am not sure which exact steps are leading to this result. I would need more details to find a solution for you.

I'm using this button

  inline.png (Size: 21.51 KB / Downloads: 8)

the file is "expanded" inside the file I'm working on in the text editor. And then I closed it using Ctrl+ click, as instructed. 
But where is the edited file?  If I open it in another editor, like LDDP, I can see no changes.

Then I discover it is still open, but only in the 3D viewer. As soon as I click on it in the 3D viewer, it opens also in the text editor.
And then I can save it.