[LDPE] 1.8.75 Released (bugfix for drafts / cheat sheet)

[Nils Schmidt]

Hey,

this release fixes the bug regarding "Save" for newly created drafts.
It also introduced a little help "?" icon which will display a reference card (cheat sheet) for some of the very basic actions needed to use the program.
I am planning to extend this cheat sheet to cover more advanced topics, too.




As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

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

Changelog:

(5 new features and 3 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...export a reference card (cheat sheet) for LDPE ("?" button).
  
• ...lock the protractor angle between the opposite and adjacent side.
  
• ...use the OpenGL 3.3 renderer on AMD graphic cards.
  
• ...inrease/decrease the font size of the text editor (with Ctrl+ and Ctrl-).
  
• ...benefit from the fact that the manipulator position between 3D views is synchronised now for CSG manipulations.
  

The following critical issues are fixed:

1. Drafts can't be saved under their original filename.
   
2. [OpenGL 3.3] Selected vertices stay hidden behind surfaces (uncritical)
   
3. The "Smooth Vertices" action had swapped labels for "Iterations:" and "Factor:".
   

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-1.8.75.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

Installation on Linux:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.8.75-1_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-1.8.75.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: 150 MB
  

Recommended Requirements:

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10,11, 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: 500 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
  

[Philippe Hurbain]

Thanks Nils!
the font increase/decrease doesn't seem to work here, maybe related to my French keyboard layout?