[LDPE] 1.8.59 Released (bugfixes for view rotation, Ytruder, hidden lines)

[Nils Schmidt]

Hi,

here are just 3 more bugfixes
I had to fix one new issue from the 1.8.58 release.



As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

(3 bug fixes)

With this release the following critical issues were fixed:

1. The middle mouse button rotation was locked (in combination with the Alt key).
   
2. Different lines were marked as hidden in the text editor.
   
3. When the source lines came from an offset subpart, Ytruder's "symmetry across plane" didn't create the correct result.
   

The program was tested intensively with "real world" files.
However, something can go wrong in about 140.000 lines of code.

Installation on Windows:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_win32_x64.zip
   
2. Run LDPartEditor-1.8.59.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

Installation on Linux:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.8.59-1_amd64.deb
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher
   

Installation on Mac OS X:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
   
2. Mount LDPartEditor-1.8.59.dmg
   
3. Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
   
4. Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
       4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
       4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor
   

I listen carefully to your requests and possible complaints. Please leave me a message, with your thoughts and wishes to further improve the software.

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:

• 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
  

Recommended Requirements:

• 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.
  

[Max Murtazin]

Found two issues:
1. Can't scale rect2p when using scale selection action
2. On Mac, key combinations don't work when keyboard language isn't english

[Nils Schmidt]

Found two issues:
1. Can't scale rect2p when using scale selection action

I can't reproduce this. How is it reproducible?

2. On Mac, key combinations don't work when keyboard language isn't english

What key combinations are affected? What language is configured?

[Max Murtazin]

About key combinations, any key combination with "command" key doesn't work

About scaling rect2p, got that also on Mac but can't test if there is same thing on Windows:

1. Open any file with rect2p primitive
   
2. Select all elements in 3d view by command + A
   
3. Go to Actions > Scale Selection, set x, y and/or z scale to any value and click "ok"  
   

[Nils Schmidt]

About key combinations, any key combination with "command" key doesn't work

Thanks, I reproduced the problem on Mac with a French keyboard layout.
It even crashed the application. I was not able yet, to find out why.
I think it is related to the UI framework and how it is processing the keyboard events on Mac.