[LDCad] v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature

[Nicolas19]

Hello,

With version v1.7 beta 2a, I no longer have the automatic part snapping feature.
Is there a specific configuration for this new version ?

Thank you

[N. W. Perry]

You may just need to reconfigure the shadow library in search path settings.
Simplest fix might just be to copy main.cfg from your previous installation into the new one.

[Roland Melkert]

With version v1.7 beta 2a, I no longer have the automatic part snapping feature.
Is there a specific configuration for this new version ?

You are the second person to report this. At first I was also thinking configuration but some additional tests pointed to a bug 

It seems I've broken the shadow handling combined with an unpacked library. I didn't notice this myself as I always use the complete.zip as-is.

So a workaround is to also use complete.zip as-is until I can fix the bug and prepare a Beta 2b version.

[Nicolas19]

You are the second person to report this. At first I was also thinking configuration but some additional tests pointed to a bug 

It seems I've broken the shadow handling combined with an unpacked library. I didn't notice this myself as I always use the complete.zip as-is.

So a workaround is to also use complete.zip as-is until I can fix the bug and prepare a Beta 2b version.

Thank you for your help.

With the rar file all works fine.

[Roland Melkert]

With the rar file all works fine.

It should be fixed in the new 2b version:
https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-29440.html

[HWQ]

It should be fixed in the new 2b version:
https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-29440.html

I found a really weird issue. I made a shadow for a custom part that involved ball and socket joints. It worked fine in 1.7a, but it stopped working in 1.7b

[Roland Melkert]

I found a really weird issue. I made a shadow for a custom part that involved ball and socket joints. It worked fine in 1.7a, but it stopped working in 1.7b

Is this in a separate library? If so be sure it is above the official one otherwise its 3614 will 'win'.

[Magnus Forsberg]

How do I make LDCad use my Unofficial folder instead of the zipped files?

Code:

<LDrawPaths>
off->C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\->C:\Users\Magnus\AppData\Roaming\LDCad\shadow\offLib\LDCadShadowLibrary-main.zip
off->C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\complete.zip->C:\Users\Magnus\AppData\Roaming\LDCad\shadow\offLib\LDCadShadowLibrary-main.zip
donors->C:\Users\Magnus\AppData\Roaming\LDCad\donors\->none

Everytime I try to change it, I get an error message.
I don't want to use complete.zip or ldrawunf.zip.

[Roland Melkert]

How do I make LDCad use my Unofficial folder instead of the zipped files?

Do you mean trough editing the main.cfg file?

line format is:
(off|unOff|donors|user)->(path to ldraw root ending with dir sep | any compressed file name NOT ending in a dir sep)->(path to shadow root ending with dir sep | any compressed file name NOT ending in a dir sep)

The warnings/errors you get are probably due to overlapping ldraw paths, I added a check on that in 1.7 to prevent a known caching issue.

Also as of 1.7 the program will also look in the unofficial folder besides parts and p (just like LDView does, but only for official lib locations).

[Magnus Forsberg]

Also as of 1.7 the program will also look in the unofficial folder besides parts and p (just like LDView does, but only for official lib locations).

How do I then prioritize unoffical above the official?
I was annoyed and wondered why my updated file didn't show up, until I realized it was still present in the official folder.

[Roland Melkert]

How do I then prioritize unoffical above the official?
I was annoyed and wondered why my updated file didn't show up, until I realized it was still present in the official folder.

The behaviour of the unofficial folder inside an official root should be identical to LDView. Far I know you can't change that in LDView (Travis?)

In main.cfg (In the current version) you will need to make sure the two libraries are parallel folders.

Something like:

Code:

unOff->C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\unOff\->C:\Users\Magnus\AppData\Roaming\LDCad\shadow\offLib\LDCadShadowLibrary-main.zip
off->C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw\2606\->C:\Users\Magnus\AppData\Roaming\LDCad\shadow\offLib\LDCadShadowLibrary-main.zip