[LDPE] 1.8.78 Released (move subfiles to manipulator / text editor transformations)

[Nils Schmidt]

Hey,

this version gives you the powerful ability to move a set of subfiles to the manipulator, using "Move a selected Subfile to the Manipulator".
You need to pick one subfile as a reference and it transforms the selection accordingly!
There are also other helpful features, too, e.g. configuring Edger2 to include or not include unmatched edges by default.
And last, but not least the "long awaited" buttons for global translate+rotate via text editor.



As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

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

Changelog:

(4 new features and 1 bug fix)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...move a set of subfiles to the manipulator, using "Move a selected Subfile to the Manipulator" (only one subfile was supported before).
  
• ...customise Edger2 in the options ("Tools..."->"Options...") to include or not include unmatched edges by default.
  
• ...use buttons for (global) 3D transformations (rotate + translate) in the text editor.
  
• ...choose on which line the point gets projected when you calculate the nearest point between two skew lines.
  

The following critical issue is fixed:

1. Rounding in the text editor did not update the vertex meta commands.
   

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-1.8.78.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

Installation on Linux:

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.8.78-1_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-1.8.78.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.
  

[Bertrand Lequy]

Hi Nils, thank you for your work.

I had an issue with LDPE I allready had with the previous version (I download this one hoping it would solve the issue) : The software get stuck when I try to exit the "option" window. Even if I just go to the window and press "ok".

The exit button doesn't work. The window is stil active, I can navigate in the three tabs, modify things but not leaving. The main window's exit button doesn't work either, to leave LDPE and start again since the option window still has the focus.

I need to go to the task manager to kill the process. I tried several times but nothing works. I didn't kow if it happened in other verions since I jumped from 0.8 to 1.8.77


EDIT : It still work on my old v0.8.52 version. Could it be because I have 2 versions on the same computer ?

[Nils Schmidt]

Hi Nils, thank you for your work.

I had an issue with LDPE I allready had with the previous version (I download this one hoping it would solve the issue) : The software get stuck when I try to exit the "option" window. Even if I just go to the window and press "ok".

The exit button doesn't work. The window is stil active, I can navigate in the three tabs, modify things but not leaving. The main window's exit button doesn't work either, to leave LDPE and start again since the option window still has the focus.

I need to go to the task manager to kill the process. I tried several times but nothing works. I didn't kow if it happened in other verions since I jumped from 0.8 to 1.8.77


EDIT : It still work on my old v0.8.52 version. Could it be because I have 2 versions on the same computer ?

Yes, unfortunately, those two versions cannot be used in parallel on the same computer since they are sharing the same configuration file.

• In this case you need to uninstall the old version (0.8.52)
  
• On the new version you need to reset your settings and reconfigure LDPE again ("Tools..." -> "Reset All Settings On Restart")
  
• Restart version 1.8.78
  

[Bertrand Lequy]

Yes, unfortunately, those two versions cannot be used in parallel on the same computer since they are sharing the same configuration file.

• In this case you need to uninstall the old version (0.8.52)
  
• On the new version you need to reset your settings and reconfigure LDPE again ("Tools..." -> "Reset All Settings On Restart")
  
• Restart version 1.8.78
  

I followed your indications, but it doesn't work either.
But my antivrus software displayed a message noticing that java.exe was infected by idp.generic. it happened the last time I updated, but it appared not having concequencies (the option difficulty excepted) I created an exception and it's working now (it seems to be a false positive with some antivirus softwares)

[Philippe Hurbain]

A minor one (already present in previous version):
Position of source window (I work with separate 3D and text versions) is lost when it is closed, it reappears in the middle of screen. Its size is remembered though.

[Nils Schmidt]

1.8.78 was built for the wrong MacOS X version (ARM instead of Intel).
As a result, you can't install this version on MacOS X at the moment.

[Vincent Messenet]

1.8.78 was built for the wrong MacOS X version (ARM instead of Intel).
As a result, you can't install this version on MacOS X at the moment.

Is it possible to get a link with 1.8.77 until you can provide us with a fixed version?

EDIT: I just noticed the link for OS X version is redirecting to 1.8.77, thanks!