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v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
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2026-03-03, 17:05
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
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RE: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
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2026-03-03, 23:05
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.
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RE: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
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2026-03-04, 7:43 (This post was last modified: 2026-03-04, 7:44 by Roland Melkert.)
(2026-03-03, 17:05)Nicolas19 Wrote: 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 Sad

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.
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RE: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
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2026-03-04, 17:00
(2026-03-04, 7:43)Roland Melkert Wrote: You are the second person to report this. At first I was also thinking configuration but some additional tests pointed to a bug Sad

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.
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RE: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
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2026-03-15, 20:09
(2026-03-04, 17:00)Nicolas19 Wrote: With the rar file all works fine.

It should be fixed in the new 2b version:
https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-29440.html
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RE: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
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2026-07-10, 1:26
(2026-03-15, 20:09)Roland Melkert Wrote: 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


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RE: v 1.7 beta 2a snapping feature
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2026-07-10, 8:03
(2026-07-10, 1:26)HWQ Wrote: 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'.
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