[LDPartEditor] 0.8.34 Beta Released (Textedit.Hide&Show / Selection Info / Usability)
2017-07-20, 19:30 (This post was last modified: 2017-08-05, 19:53 by Nils Schmidt.)
2017-07-20, 19:30 (This post was last modified: 2017-08-05, 19:53 by Nils Schmidt.)
Hey,
here are eight new features and one bug fix with a new version of LDPE for Windows, Linux and Mac
As always, you can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/
Changelog:
(8 new features and 1 bug fix)
With this release you will be able to...
The program was tested intensively with "real world" files.
However, it is still a beta version and something can go wrong in about 100.000 lines of code.
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.
You can search for updates if you do the following steps:
LDPE 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 LDPE on older machines as well.
System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
How to check your JVM version (32- or 64-bit):
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You can try on the command line:
If it's not a 64-bit version, you'll get a message that looks like:
This Java instance does not support a 64-bit JVM. Please install the desired version.
here are eight new features and one bug fix with a new version of LDPE for Windows, Linux and Mac
As always, you can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/
Changelog:
(8 new features and 1 bug fix)
With this release you will be able to...
- ...see some information for the number of currently selected parts in the status bar.
- ...copy protractor and distance meter values in the clipboard.
- ...hide/unhide things from the text editor.
- ...see (in text editor) which lines are currently hidden (you can customise the colour in the options menu).
- ...use the shortkey "B" to toggle "Move Adjacent Data" (you can customise the key in the options menu).
- ...control if the mesh reducer tool should not destroy patterns.
- ..."Draw Only the Selection" (text editor context menu)
- ..."Draw Until Selection" (text editor context menu)
- The undo/redo feature for hidden and shown elements was not correct.
The program was tested intensively with "real world" files.
However, it is still a beta version and something can go wrong in about 100.000 lines of code.
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.
- Download the zip-Archive
- Extract the archive content to the location of your choice
- On windows, double-click "run.bat" to start LDPE.
- On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LDPE.
You can search for updates if you do the following steps:
- On windows, double-click "update.bat" to search for updates.
- On linux, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
LDPE 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 LDPE on older machines as well.
System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
- 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
- OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
- Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
- CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
- RAM: 4GB
- Video-Memory: 1 GB
- Free Disk Space: 100 MB
- Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
- OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
- CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
- RAM: >4 GB
- Video-Memory: >1 GB
- Free Disk Space: 512 MB
- For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
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:
This Java instance does not support a 64-bit JVM. Please install the desired version.