[LDPartEditor] 0.8.1b Beta Released

[Nils Schmidt]

Hello,

I'm just releasing LDPartEditor 0.8.1b Beta I will try to release a new version each month or earlier.


You can download LPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Make sure that you choose the right architecture for your OS and Java Virtual Machine (JVM) (64bit or 32bit).
A short guide how to check if a 64bit JVM is installed on your system is located at the bottom of this message.

1. Download the zip-Archive
   
2. Extract the archive content to the location of your choice
   
3. On windows, double-click "run.bat" to start LPE.
   
4. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LPE.
   

Please note that this software is in the beta stage. Although, LPE 0.8.1b was carefully tested and developed, there are already known issues for this release. There is a potential risk of data loss. LPE could endanger your system stability, too.

You can search for updates if you do the following steps:

1. On windows, double-click "update.bat" to search for updates.
   
2. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
   

LPE 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 LPE on older machines as well.


Changelog:

With this release you will be able to...

• ...(you won't be able to) delete your parts physically from the harddisk anymore
  
• ...use the background image feature.
  
• ...benefit from better icon design.
  
• ...choose your locale.
  
• ...convert optional lines to edge lines.
  
• ...manipulate the subfile matrix numbers without the text editor.
  
• ...send error logs to me.
  
• ...use a coloured cross cursor.
  
• ...benefit from auto-reading the %LDRAWDIR% environment variable.
  

This release includes many bugfixes as well.

System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirements:

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7
  
• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (32/64bit): Windows [XP; Vista; 7 or newer], Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 2.5GB
  
• Video-Memory: 512 MB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

Recommended Requirements:

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7, Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >512 MB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  

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How to check your JVM version (32- or 64-bit):
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You can try on the command line:

Code:

java -d64 version

If it's not a 64-bit version, you'll get a message that looks like:

Code:

This Java instance does not support a 64-bit JVM. Please install the desired version.

In general, I recommend to install the 64-bit version of the JVM.

[Nils Schmidt]

Sorry for this double post, but I just released a minor version (0.8.1b) on the same day.
0.8.1b fixes an issue regarding the background picture feature (thanks Willy Tschager for the hint!)

[Willy Tschager]

* The .png loads. Thanks for that.
* The rotation on the 3D pane still doesn't work - neither with all imaginable STRG, ALT combinations - which I think is currently the most annoying thing.
* I tried to add a triangle in one of the front views, selecting via rectangle. In the 2/3 I saw that all vertices on the axis got selected and tried to cancel the selection progress. The prog got stuck with a "Progress Information", "Selecting..." and I had to kill the prog via the taskbar.
* Splitting a quad into triangles strips off the leading zero:

3 1 -79.6 -.25 9 -79.6 -.25 -9 -79.6 0 -9

w.

[Nils Schmidt]

* The rotation on the 3D pane still doesn't work...

You can rotate the view with the middle mouse button. I am still working on a feature to support keyboard keys instead of mouse buttons (for mouses without mechanical buttons).

* Splitting a quad into triangles strips off the leading zero:
3 1 -79.6 -.25 9 -79.6 -.25 -9 -79.6 0 -9

This is a valid output. As you can read here:

Numeric Precision and Format
[...]The leading zero before the decimal point is optional (ie 0.5 and .5 are both valid).

* The prog got stuck with a "Progress Information", "Selecting..." and I had to kill the prog via the taskbar.

There is a cancel button which should work. I have to investigate.

[Willy Tschager]

* The rotation on the 3D pane still doesn't work...

You can rotate the view with the middle mouse button. I am still working on a feature to support keyboard keys instead of mouse buttons (for mouses without mechanical buttons).

I perfectly know that: http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...3#pid16143
What do you mean by keyboard keys support? Is it STRG or SHIFT or WHATEVERKEY + LBM or are we talking about moving with cursor keystrokes?

* Splitting a quad into triangles strips off the leading zero:
3 1 -79.6 -.25 9 -79.6 -.25 -9 -79.6 0 -9

This is a valid output. As you can read here:

Numeric Precision and Format
[...]The leading zero before the decimal point is optional (ie 0.5 and .5 are both valid).

I've forgotten about that. I would prefer if you would leave it to the user. Could someone do a quick check how many parts come WITHOUT a leading zero. I would gess not more than 50.

* The prog got stuck with a "Progress Information", "Selecting..." and I had to kill the prog via the taskbar.

There is a cancel button which should work. I have to investigate.

The Cancel button didn't work. Wanna have my log file?

* Is there a "Switch BFC" in the Text Editor?
* Is there a "Draw to cursor position in text editor only"?
* I've got the impression that loading the library, loading a part takes longer now.
* Undo fired up a dialog "Loading Data" and it took a while. I saw the primitive pane getting re-drawn!
* It's kinda hart to tell the difference between a red and green BFC triangle in the left/right front/back view. It looks like the colors are somehow darkened. I also find the overall output with no antialiased edges coarse.
* Is there a way to "Show text line in the 3D editor"

w.

[Stephen]

I've forgotten about that. I would prefer if you would leave it to the user. Could someone do a quick check how many parts come WITHOUT a leading zero. I would gess not more than 50.

Assuming my quick perusal and sanity check of the search results to be sufficient...

...over 7500 lines (with one or more occurences) in over 200 .dat files use the form .5 or -.5

[Nils Schmidt]

Thank you for your feedback. I will need the log file. You can send the file to me with a click on the "Tools & Options" button next to "Merge / Split". Select "Upload Error Logs" to upload the logfile. The file will be stored on pastebin and contains no personal information.

I added your request for new features to my repository so they won't get lost in the forums.

What do you mean by keyboard keys support? Is it STRG or SHIFT or WHATEVERKEY + LBM or are we talking about moving with cursor keystrokes?

With the release of 0.8.1c it will be possible to emulate mouse clicks and pressed mouse buttons with three keyboard keys:

K triggers the Left Mouse Button on the 3D view,
M triggers the Middle Mouse Button on the 3D view,
L triggers the Right Mouse Button on the 3D view,

only if the 3D view got focused before.

This is similar to the behaviour of LDPatternCreator.

[Willy Tschager]

First time I used LDPE successfully to fix a part. However:

* Selection with a rectangle works only if you draw the rectangle from the top left-hand corner to the bottom right-hand corner or the bottom right-hand corner to the top left-hand corner. A movement from the top right-hand corner to the bottom left-hand corner or vice-versa won't select anything.

* I really wanna store the prog in my c:\Program files folder on Win 7 not somewhere in the documents.

w.

[Nils Schmidt]

I was able to fix this and will publish a new relase in the next week. I will investigate the "C:\Program files" problem.