I had some time today to continue getting acquainted with your program and here are some more thoughts...
When I create instructions I often don't include steps from the very beginning. I build a model and then start grouping parts and add them to different steps. (How) can I move pieces to a different step? Suppose I want to divide a step in two. How do I insert a new step between existing steps and then assign which parts go in each step?
In this context I miss the ctrl+x shortcut to copy and delete a set of bricks. Maybe there could be a shortcut to past selected parts into the next step or maybe even into a submodel.
When I saved my files I couldn't find them on the disk. I saved several files in the Examples folder that comes with the program, but when I went to that folder with the Windows explorer, the files were not there. LDCad does appear to open them from that location, though. When I did a thorough search of my drive I found the file to be located at C:\Users\Jetro\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\LDCad\examples. This is not exactly a convenient location... I realise this is probably due to the fact that Windows / doesn't allow you to put any files in sensitive locations without providing admin credentials, but rather than sending the files into the unknown, maybe there could be some fail-safe that recommends/tells you to place the files somewhere else.
Have you given any thought to how you will handle unofficial parts? Maybe you can make a specific category in the main parts bin for unofficial parts. Will you make LDCad look into the "Unofficial" folder inside the LDraw folder where the official parts are located, or maybe add an option to tell the program where the unofficial parts are?
In your short tutorial on your site you mention that the program will update content only at first start and when new content has been added. On my system the program updates every time I start it, also when no changes have been made.
When I create instructions I often don't include steps from the very beginning. I build a model and then start grouping parts and add them to different steps. (How) can I move pieces to a different step? Suppose I want to divide a step in two. How do I insert a new step between existing steps and then assign which parts go in each step?
In this context I miss the ctrl+x shortcut to copy and delete a set of bricks. Maybe there could be a shortcut to past selected parts into the next step or maybe even into a submodel.
When I saved my files I couldn't find them on the disk. I saved several files in the Examples folder that comes with the program, but when I went to that folder with the Windows explorer, the files were not there. LDCad does appear to open them from that location, though. When I did a thorough search of my drive I found the file to be located at C:\Users\Jetro\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\LDCad\examples. This is not exactly a convenient location... I realise this is probably due to the fact that Windows / doesn't allow you to put any files in sensitive locations without providing admin credentials, but rather than sending the files into the unknown, maybe there could be some fail-safe that recommends/tells you to place the files somewhere else.
Have you given any thought to how you will handle unofficial parts? Maybe you can make a specific category in the main parts bin for unofficial parts. Will you make LDCad look into the "Unofficial" folder inside the LDraw folder where the official parts are located, or maybe add an option to tell the program where the unofficial parts are?
In your short tutorial on your site you mention that the program will update content only at first start and when new content has been added. On my system the program updates every time I start it, also when no changes have been made.