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Re: Conversion file for ldraw to ldd
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lugnet.cad.ldd
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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:45:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ldd, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.ldd, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> > When I try to use the Export menu, it always saves the model as lxf. I get no
> > choice to export to LDraw file format.
> >
> > Has anyone figured out how to do this on the Mac?
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> I haven't ever tried LDD on the Mac, but I do have some Mac info that might
> help. First of all, unlike the system Windows Open/Save dialogs, the system Mac
> Open/Save Panels don't support file type selection, so doing this at all
> requires custom code unless an app is NSDocument-based. (If your app is based
> on NSDocument, NSDocument handles things and custom code isn't needed.) Based
> on what you have said, it sounds like LDD doesn't have the custom code needed to
> support multiple file types.
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> Having said that, you might check if the "Hide extension" (or maybe it's "Show
> extension") check box is available. If it is, set it so that extensions are
> visible. Also, make sure you've clicked the arrow next to the filename so that
> you have the full Save interface, instead of the abbreviated one. If you are
> allowed to show the extension, change it to .ldr manually, and see if that
> works.
>
> --Travis
Hi Travis,
Thanks for the thought. I had made it this far. I tried to save my test file
to my home directory and got this message:
Warning
Unable to export model to "/Users/kclague/test.ldr"
Kevin
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 | | Re: Conversion file for ldraw to ldd
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| (...) I have no clue for MAC’s, but when you copied the ldraw.xml to the location, did you see the original ldraw.xml from the LEGO LDD install? If not search for it and see where it is. As far as the error you get while exporting, could be a bad (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Conversion file for ldraw to ldd
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| (...) I haven't ever tried LDD on the Mac, but I do have some Mac info that might help. First of all, unlike the system Windows Open/Save dialogs, the system Mac Open/Save Panels don't support file type selection, so doing this at all requires (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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