LDCad 1.7 Beta 2b (win+linux)

[Roland Melkert]

I've released LDCad 1.7 Beta 2b.

This version fixes three bugs:

- Part snapping not working when using an unpacked library.
- Potential crash during part editing combined with include meta's.
- Potential dead lock (program hangs) during mass file close.

It also includes the latest shadow library as found on github.

As always you can get the latest version at:
https://www.melkert.net/LDCad/download

[CJ H.]

Thanks Roland. I use LDCad daily and really appreciate your work on it.

[Jens Brühl]

In the new part bin I am missing some parts that were available in previous releases of LDCad:

Category Sorted | Technic | Connectors and Pins
- Technic Axle Pin (3749.dat)
- Technic Axle Pin with Friction with  2L Axle (17651.dat)
- Technic Axle Pin with Friction with  2L Pin (11214.dat)
- Technic Axle Pin without Friction with  2L Axle (65249.dat)
- Technic Axle Pin with Friction (43093.dat)

and some other parts with keyword "axle".

[Roland Melkert]

In the new part bin I am missing some parts that were available in previous releases of LDCad:

Someone mailed me about this problem just a couple of days ago.

It seems my attempt to declutter has resulted in some unintended excludes.

I will address this in the next version, but you can also fix it yourself thanks to the new part bin filter group editor.

Like so:

While the 'connectors and pins' group is visible in the part bin open its menu and select 'edit'

This will open a dialogue that lets you edit the pbg. 

In its rules section add ",axle pin" to the line starting with "keep" so it reads:

keep description axle towball,axle pin

Then click accept, this should readd your missing parts.

[CJ H.]

This fix worked for me. Thanks!

[Orion Pobursky]

I cannot get LDCad to load after the first run on Ubuntu 26.04. First I had to install glu. The program starts, asks for the LDraw dir, and then loads the gui.  If you exit and then restart, nothing happens. On a lark, I deleted the config folder and the program behaves as it did for the first run (i.e. asks for LDraw dir) and loads the gui. 

Log file attached.

P.S. All the links to the previous versions of 1.7 are broken. 1.6 doesn't work since it requires and outdated dependency.