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Niels Bugge wrote:
> So, I made this tutorial about being a reviewer and review parts in the Parts
> Tracker:
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> <http://www.l3go.bugge.com/articles/Reviewing-parts-tutorial.shtml>
>
> {Eventually it’ll end up in the article section of Ldraw, but right now I’d just
> like to hear some feedback/suggestions from the general community, especially
> concerning illustrations.}
A couple of other points that may be worth mentioning:
1) LDView can do BFC checking now (I use this all the time)
2) LDDP has a "fix error" option for most errors L3P can find, including
bowtie quads.
Other than that it looks good.
Thank you
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Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web: http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)780 8369596
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In lugnet.cad, Dean Earley wrote:
> A couple of other points that may be worth mentioning:
> 1) LDView can do BFC checking now (I use this all the time)
You can still only look at the files in ldview right? (it doesn't have any extra
features compared to lab?)
> 2) LDDP has a "fix error" option for most errors L3P can find, including
> bowtie quads.
Cool, thanks! I'll add a note about that (and use it heavily :D )
Cheers NB
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> > A couple of other points that may be worth mentioning:
> > 1) LDView can do BFC checking now (I use this all the time)
>
> You can still only look at the files in ldview right? (it doesn't have any extra
> features compared to lab?)
Yeah, its just a viewer, but looks a lot nicer.
I never got on with L3Lab, not entirely sure why.
> > 2) LDDP has a "fix error" option for most errors L3P can find, including
> > bowtie quads.
>
> Cool, thanks! I'll add a note about that (and use it heavily :D )
IIRC, it can fix all but the non coplanar quads.
--
Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web: http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)780 8369596
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In lugnet.cad, Dean Earley wrote:
> Niels Bugge wrote:
> > So, I made this tutorial about being a reviewer and review parts in the Parts
> > Tracker:
> >
> > <http://www.l3go.bugge.com/articles/Reviewing-parts-tutorial.shtml>
> >
> > {Eventually it’ll end up in the article section of Ldraw, but right now I’d just
> > like to hear some feedback/suggestions from the general community, especially
> > concerning illustrations.}
>
> A couple of other points that may be worth mentioning:
> 1) LDView can do BFC checking now (I use this all the time)
it will not work on all graphic cards corretly. at least it doesn't on my ATI
Radeon 9000. trinagles with a wrong winding will always show up in correct
green.
> 2) LDDP has a "fix error" option for most errors L3P can find, including
> bowtie quads.
>
> Other than that it looks good.
>
> Thank you
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In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote:
> > A couple of other points that may be worth mentioning:
> > 1) LDView can do BFC checking now (I use this all the time)
>
> it will not work on all graphic cards corretly. at least it doesn't on my ATI
> Radeon 9000. trinagles with a wrong winding will always show up in correct
> green.
Just out of curiosity, have you tried using the latest ATI drivers? Or is it a
notebook that the manufacturer hasn't posted updated drivers for? (I know you
emailed me about this a long time ago, but can't remember the specifics.)
Since the feature was originally developed on an ATI card (9700 pro), I know it
can work on ATI cards. The red/green back/front faces feature uses really basic
OpenGL functionality, but ATI historically has had horrendous OpenGL drivers.
They had a lighting bug that affected LDView any time subdued lighting was
turned on with specular also enabled. They fixed that within the last six
months. And that was a bug in basic OpenGL lighting functionality that's been
in OpenGL since it's very beginning.
--Travis
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote:
> > > A couple of other points that may be worth mentioning:
> > > 1) LDView can do BFC checking now (I use this all the time)
> >
> > it will not work on all graphic cards corretly. at least it doesn't on my ATI
> > Radeon 9000. trinagles with a wrong winding will always show up in correct
> > green.
>
> Just out of curiosity, have you tried using the latest ATI drivers? Or is it a
> notebook that the manufacturer hasn't posted updated drivers for? (I know you
> emailed me about this a long time ago, but can't remember the specifics.)
the latter :-( the driver is two years old and was a one shot for those notebook
series.
w.
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In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity, have you tried using the latest ATI drivers? Or is it a
> > notebook that the manufacturer hasn't posted updated drivers for? (I know you
> > emailed me about this a long time ago, but can't remember the specifics.)
>
> the latter :-( the driver is two years old and was a one shot for those notebook
> series.
You may be able to install the Omega drivers on your laptop. They're tweaks of
the official ATI drivers, and claim to allow installation on all supported ATI
chipsets, not just the "Built by ATI" desktop chips. The Radeon 9x00 chips are
on the supported list. You can find them here:
http://www.omegadrivers.net/
I would strongly recommend reading the info on that site carefully before trying
the drivers, but I believe they will work.
--Travis
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