LDCad 1.6 Alpha 3 (win+linux)

[David Manley]

I'm closing in on a Alpha 4 version,

So if anyone has some pending issues / bug reports please post them now so I might be able to address them before releasing Alpha 4 which will most likely be the last Alpha.

I'm wondering if the ROTSTEP viewing angle is a little off in LDCAD?

When the following model:

Code:

0 Author: David Manley
0 !LICENSE Free for non-commercial use.
1 14 0 16 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3024.dat
0 STEP
1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3622.dat
0 ROTSTEP 41 37 0 ABS

is stepped through in LDCAD, the following view is shown after the second step:

   

However, in LPub, this is rendered as


  rot_step_lpub_pdf.jpg (Size: 5.52 KB / Downloads: 41)

which does reflect the angle as shown in MLCAD


  rot_step_mlcad.jpg (Size: 8.31 KB / Downloads: 40)

Attempting the render in LPub3D, gives another angle altogether.


  rot_step_lpub3d_pdf.jpg (Size: 4.45 KB / Downloads: 40)

I think that MLCad introduced the ROTSTEP meta-command and LPub reflected the rotation accordingly. Unless there's a setting which I have accidentally tweaked , it appears the angle in LDCAD is a little bit out. This makes it a lot harder to use the "sample view" capability in LDCAD (which is nice) since what you see on the screen is not what appears in the build instruction.

Regards,

David