Announcements : 4022


Announcements / 4022

Subject:	Bricksmith 2.3
Newsgroups:	lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac
Followup-To:	lugnet.cad.dev.mac
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:25:16 GMT
Highlighted:	(details)
Viewed:	39245 times

Bricksmith 2.3 adds the following features:

Configurable viewport arrangements
Zoom to Fit
Views stay scrolled to center as they change size
Colors are more vivid

It also fixes the following bugs:

Reordering or copying steps no longer clears the step’s rotation
Selecting a part while in Step Display does not reset the viewing angle
Fixed condition where the viewing area would be the wrong size when a document opened

Many have written me over the years telling me they would prefer a different arrangement of viewports than the one I like. Some want one layed out like MLCad’s. Some want a big viewport on the right instead of the left. Today, we all win. (See below!) You may make any arrangement of rows or columns you like. Just click the convenient new splitting button above the scrollbars to make a new row. Option-click to make a new column.

Bricksmith now requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later, and may be download it at http://bricksmith.sourceforge.net/. It is both Intel and PowerPC native.

Sincerely,
Allen Smith

Subject:	Re: Bricksmith 2.3
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.mac
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:15:29 GMT
Viewed:	16400 times

In lugnet.announce, Allen Smith wrote:

Configurable viewport arrangements

This is awesome. Thanks for listening to fans and continuing to make a great tool even better.

-Orion

Subject:	Re: Bricksmith 2.3
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.mac
Date:	Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:23:06 GMT
Viewed:	16278 times

In lugnet.announce, Allen Smith wrote:

Configurable viewport arrangements
Selecting a part while in Step Display does not reset the viewing angle

Hi, Allen!

Great update. The configurable viewports are a pleasant surprise. I appreciate the change in behavior when selecting a part in step display - I didn’t realize it was a bug, but the view reset would be a hassle sometimes.

Thanks for your continued work and improvements.

Jim

Subject:	Re: Bricksmith 2.3
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.mac
Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:09:28 GMT
Viewed:	16820 times

In lugnet.announce, Allen Smith wrote:

Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â
Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â
Bricksmith 2.3 adds the following features:

(snip)

Bricksmith now requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later, and may be download it at http://bricksmith.sourceforge.net/. It is both Intel and PowerPC native.

Sincerely,Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â
Allen Smith

Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â

Cool! I haven’t become a power user of Bricksmith just yet, but have adopted this and LPub to create some of the instructions that are in BrickJournal. Many thanks from me and the readership of the magazine for your and Kevin’s ongoing work.

Joe Meno