LPub3D 1.3.0 Released !


Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback
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Hi Mattia,

Many thanks for your kind words. This all started because I wanted to help my daughter describe her Mindstorms project.


Mattia Zamboni Wrote:1) The incompatibility related to the "Add/CHANGE line type attribute to border configuration" with previous LPub versions should be in my opinion be fixed by assigning a value by default to the missing value in case of older file, instead of generating a parsing error which might not be trivial to understand to unexperienced users. This is of course just a suggestion.
I thought about this option and finally decided the time to write logic to do a one-time update was not worth the update itself. If it was the case where files would be useable between LPub and LPub3D then for sure I would have silently addressed this change but this is not the case. So old border metas must be manually updated and once a file is configured for LPub3D there is no further action for LPub3D or the user to do.

Mattia Zamboni Wrote:2) wrong text (I'm just being picky here!): when you export to PNG the window title says "Print to pdf"
I'll take a look at this - thanks.

Mattia Zamboni Wrote:3) in the menu which appears when right clicking on the main page the first top choice now is "Change page background". I personally preferred it before when it was "Add next step", just because I guess this command to be more often used overall. (I might be wrong though)
I'll take a look at this also - thanks.

Mattia Zamboni Wrote:New possible features:
1) Currently when you click on an step image the cursor moves to the corresponding location on the right commands list, which is great. It would be useful if the same would happen when while clicking on a line of code the corresponding instruction image would get highlighted.
What functional value does this feature provide ? A user must still 'select' the image by a context menu right-click to perform an action. While there may be some 'kool!' factor in having this behavior, I'm not sure what else it achieves.

Mattia Zamboni Wrote:2) Rotation steps: Not sure whether it is just me, but when it comes to rotation steps I happen to more or less always use the same angles of vision. (example: 25 50 0 ABS). In my view it would be very convenient to have some buttons to generate these standard rotsteps with just a click. (customzable in the prefs?) Additionally it could help to have buttons to rotate by +/- 90° each axis on the currently selected rotstep. Just throwing ideas out there :-)
Ok, this is a vary contextual request. If I were to implement this then I'd have to satisfy every user's expectation of having the options they 'more or less' use - so that would be a selection of 4 angles x 2 directions (positive, negative) x 2 ABS/REL x 3 axes = 48 buttons.

Mattia Zamboni Wrote:3)When I generate BIs I find myself often going back and forth from and to MLCAD to fix small issues, like an inaccurate bricks positions, or a wrong brick color.
In this sense it would be great to have the ability to change the color directly in LPub. Of course this can already be done by typing the color code, but it would be more convenient to have a table with the colors and just have to click on the proper one.
When it comes to brick position also here it would be great to be able to adjust the position of bricks back and forth up and down and so forth by just clicking on some buttons which makes them move by standard distances like 1 plate in height and 1/2 brick in x,y. (or custom configurable in the prefs)
I also like to move bricks temporarily to generate more clear instructions (For this there is a specific Ldraw instruction, but I find too cumbersome and time consuming to use). I personally indeed export everything to PNG and combine instructions in Photoshop.
Considering the effort to implement this this behavior in LPub3D, one should be sure every step is sufficiently configured before embarking on producing instructions - or be prepared to return to their modeling solution to make adjustments. With sophisticated modelers like LDCad, the experience should be better.
Perhaps a feature worth considering is being able to launch the current model file in your preferred modelling application.

Mattia Zamboni Wrote:4) possibility to add extra custom arrows? This is something I personally do not need, but somebody might find useful.
Ok - since you do not need this an no one else has requested this and as custom arrows can be added in any modelling application at this time - will you pay 1,000 Euros for this enhancement :-)

Cheers,
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Re: LPub3D 1.3.0 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-01-10, 14:27
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Re: LPub3D 1.3.1 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-01-19, 21:53
Re: LPub3D 1.3.1 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-01-20, 11:18
Re: LPub3D 1.3.1 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-01-20, 12:48
Re: LPub3D 1.3.1 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-01-20, 12:59
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LPub3D 1.3.5 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-02-05, 2:29
LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Mattia Zamboni - 2016-02-07, 15:59
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Travis Cobbs - 2016-02-09, 18:45
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Don Heyse - 2016-02-11, 3:17
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-02-12, 18:50
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Don Heyse - 2016-02-17, 3:32
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-02-12, 18:44
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Travis Cobbs - 2016-02-10, 22:49
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-02-12, 18:40
Re: LPub3D 1.3.5: Feedback - by Travis Cobbs - 2016-02-10, 22:56
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Re: LPub3D 1.3.0 Released ! - by Don Heyse - 2016-02-04, 2:13
Re: LPub3D 1.3.0 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-02-04, 17:20
Re: LPub3D 1.3.0 Released ! - by Don Heyse - 2016-02-05, 0:43
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Re: LPub3D 1.3.0 Released ! - by Trevor Sandy - 2016-02-12, 19:45
Re: LPub3D 1.3.0 Released ! - by Don Heyse - 2016-02-13, 14:38
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