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(...) OK... Note that unfortunately I still don't have that updated documentation (installer problem, see (URL) In LPub traditional form (which is annoying), the "mistake" of using ASSEM, is (...) Yes, that deafening silence is annoying. After (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Some parts that consist of more subparts must be drawn as one part in the PLI. LPub has a command for this I used: 0 LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB hinge.ldr 1 0 0 -40 80 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 hinge.ldr 0 LPUB PLI END SUB I created the file inside the MPD file: 0 (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all, Though I am getting more and more good results from making building instructions using LPub I still have some questions. I know I posted a lot of questions already, but there are some new. Since I lost track of replies and answers, I decided (...) (19 years ago, 30-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think I did this, but the picture I get is this: (URL) parts at all for the hinge? With the code like this: 0 STEP 1 1 -30 -16 70 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 4085C.DAT 1 1 30 -16 70 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4085C.DAT 1 1 0 -16 -110 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Philo, In my code and the documentation I posted yesterday, STEP_NUMBER can only be placed relative to PLI or PAGE. It currently cannot be placed relative to the ASSEM image. Therefore you cannot do what you want. In LPub traditional form (...) (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This was not a documentation problem... in fact all my pages were multi-step, and LPUB STEP_NUMBER PLACEMENT doesn't seem to work in that case. I reverted a page to single step, and it works fine. Philo (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Kevin, (...) Great! (...) Kevin, I think there is something broken in your installer build process about the help file: 2.3.0.9 lpub.html is identical to the one I got with 2.3.0.8. (...) Not in the file I got here: the following item is LPUB (...) (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have this fixed and it is available in LPub 2.3.0.9. (...) Great! (...) I just updated the documentation with this: LPUB STEP_NUMBER PLACEMENT edge justification relative_to - The step number can be relative to the step image using a (...) (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'll wrestle with it. (...) I have to kill that example. (...) Reasonable. (...) L3P is required for LDView and ldglite to help me understand the camera distance needed. (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 29-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Good luck, I guess that the overall code is quite involved! The last problem remaining for me (the results I have so far are very good!) is the step number placement: (...) Any idea? Something on the documentation too: - I found no information (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There are a couple of things that throw LPub off and I'm trying to figure out how to make it "do the right thing". You have: ROTSTEP part part part STEP ROTSTEP END This is equivalent to: part part part ROTSTEP ROTSTEP END LPub ignores STEP (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I got this one fixed: it was caused by the "0 ROTSTEP END" at the end of the subfile (actually a plain 0 STEP at the end also brings on this behaviour) Philo (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Does anyone have a .dat / ldraw file for part 32467 Yellow Electric Computer Speed as in set: (URL) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello Kevin, (...) I have a similar problem: pack_callout: accumulated width too large but AFAIK it is not a recursive call problem... The mpd file is here (the problem occurs when generating layout 5) (URL) purpose of the callout (and tentative (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Philippe Hurbain wrote: <snip> (...) Fixed. Released. (...) Added. Not released. (...) Documentation made available. Kevin (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Jacko, This is because hinge.ldr references itself in a LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB hinge.ldr. I removed the offending LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB/LPUB PLI END. I copied the parts listed in hinge.ldr to the places you used hinge.ldr. I then surrounded those (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I found and fixed a bug in PLI. (...) It contains this: 0 Torso & arms 0 Name: torsoarms.ldr 0 Author: Jaco van der Molen 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION CONFIG 0 0 0 LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB torsoarms.ldr 1 1 0 0 0 (...) (19 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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OK. I am getting there :-) (...) This was a succes, though I do not have a pointer yet: (URL) further, I get an error: pack_callout: accumulated height too large And: layout_page: Failed to open file LPub\Layout\truck_0_05_co_0.png for reading Then, (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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How can I get something like this on the first page of the instructions? (URL) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I am getting this error: Cannot find user part image C:\LDRAW\MODELS\MISC...s_c.PNG_c. Did you create create construction images? What could be wrong? I have posted my MPD file on Brickshelf here: (URL) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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I had that problem until I installed an unknow version. If the helpfile is not found, perhaps a warning could be displayed? And while you're at it, perhaps a link to the file for download? "Help files not found. Download them here." Is it even (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote: <snip> (...) Yes, they are the same DATs that go through L3P. L3P leaves the steps in the POV file as comments. I then use those to determine what parts need to be grayed and which not. (...) Kevin (anyone notice (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) LDView supports 24-bit extended colors (color numbers 0x02000000-0x03FFFFFF, see (URL) here>). Does LDGLite? If so, just specify the RGB color, instead of the LDraw color. If not, you could still do this for LDView, and use the 12-bit dither (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Ooohhhhh, I like this last one. (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm not so sure about that quantizing bit. It may not be the best way, but I think the current beta version of ldglite could be controlled by lpub inserting a block of 0 COLOR macros at the beginning of each temp DAT file to dim the colors, (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Don, LPub modified the POV file creted by L3P to support previous part color scaling. Some amount of this could be done at the DAT stage, not the POV stage, but the color spectrum would be greatly quantized. Kevin (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Is this an lpub issue, or something that should perhaps be added on the ldglite command line? How is this done with the l3p/pov renderer? Does lpub manipulate the intermediate files or the rendering programs? Just curious, Don (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Got it this time! Thanks a lot for your efforts! Philo (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Agreed, but this menu entry does nothing for me (most probably because the help file is not there ;o) Philo (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Um...... Please re-get 2.3.0.8. (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This is also available from LPub's Help -> LPub Documentation menu :^) Kevin (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Works fine now. (...) My LPub about box correctly states 2.3.0.8, but unfortunately, LPub.html is still not there :-( Philo (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I found and fixed this problem. (...) I checked my Inno setup, and indeed I did not include LPub.html. I have uploaded a new LPub2.3.0.8 to make sure you have all the correct documentation. (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Kevin, Thanks for your answers... (...) Indeed (I just tried), this problem doesn't appear with MLCad or notepad. But I can't save when using another text editor (Textpad) or LDdesignPad. (...) Thanks... (see here: (URL) why I asked for (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I confirm, I made a new install on a "fresh" computer, the extra folder contains only the three half-size, color and orientation ldr files. No Lpub.html elsewhere on this computer. Another detail: as neither LDgLite nor LDView does previous (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Right! I will try this. (...) I would not have looked for the help file there :-) but I found it, printed it and reading (learning) it right now. Jaco (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It either means Crime Scene Investiation, or, in case of LPub, Construction Step Images :-) Jaco (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) While we're on the topic of the help file, I'd like to point out that "CSI" (without the quotes) doesn't show up in the help file anywhere. And I, for one, don't have any idea what CSI means. --Travis (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Kevin, (...) Indeed, I found this file in an old LPub install folder, but it doesn't seem to be included with 2.3.0.7 version... Philo (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Another possibility is to increase camera distance. This effectivly renders the images smaller. I used 50000 for ucogv. (...) I'll try it out. (...) Hmm... I'll have to look this up..... LPub should copy all the original files to LPub/LDraw (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Create a new LDR file (inside your MPD if you'd like). Lets call it minifig.ldr. LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB minifig.ldr add all your parts here. LPUB PLI END All of this stuff is in LPub/Extras/LPub.html Kevin (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm admin on my XP Pro box at home, and I've seen the problem when selecting a file from the recent files list. I don't have Delphi, or I'd offer to debug it for you. My steps: Open car.dat via the standard File->Open Render something from (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Questions about LPub
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(...) Thanks! (...) LPUB CALLOUT PLACEMENT LEFT CENTER ASSEM LPUB CALLOUT POINTER <SIDE> <OFFSET> <X> <Y> <SIDE> is which side of the callout the pointer should start (TOP, RIGHT, BOTTOM, LEFT) <OFFSET> For TOP and BOTTOM, this is how far from left (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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"Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:IH44Bp.4zn@lugnet.com... (...) I meant backlights :-) Another thing: How to combine parts that are actually subassemblies? Like the minifig parts arms+hands+torso and hips+legs? See: (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(FUT lugnet.cad.dev, which is where this reply really belongs.) (...) isn't in the LDView 3 Beta 1 release, but all the unnoficial test releases I've made since then (Beta 1A through Beta 1E) use his code. And if you build LDView yourself from its (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Questions about LPub
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I am heavily testing and playing with LPub. This is sooo coool. I render using ldglite = FAST! I (still :-) have some questions though... A. Callouts See: (URL) How to get the second set of lights (front light) into the picture? 2. How to get an (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I did delete ALL *.lpb on my computer, and was able to generate ucogv instructions using pov3.1 renderer: (URL) only small problem I had was that I needed to increase layout size (added line "0 LPUB PAGE SIZE 1200 900" in ucogv.mpd file) Then, (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I still have not been able to crack this problem. I cannot get it to recreate on my system. I've tried removing the LPub directory and then selecting the model using the recently used menu. No problems. Do we have any more ideas on this one? (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Eduardo, This has been talked about in the past, and we're planning on using an adjustable search path mechanism. (URL) Lars Hassing is working on this mechanism, but it is slow in coming. Here is the thread that Lars' work is based on: (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7
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(...) Yes. Kevin (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I assume I can reset these by deleting all config files (*.lpb) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) LPub settings are the defaults. Kevin (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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P.S. Would you mind sharing the settings for LPub as well? (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Gentlemen (Kevin & Travis :-) I thank you for these! I will certainly try it out. Jaco (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Minor Bug Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous)
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(...) You are missing: LPUB PAGE SIZE <width> <height> (...) You are right. I'll look into that. (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Minor Bug Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous)
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I just noticed a minor bug. For reasons that I don't understand, my layout images are being generated at 800x600, even though I changed all the 800x600 dimensions in the config file to 1280x960. (That's not the bug; I assume I'm just missing (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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I have a few comments about some of the settings. (...) In case it's not clear, the Transparent check box makes default-colored items transparent; it does NOT make the background transparent. That can only be done on the command line (which LPub (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) What version of Windows are you using? (...) My LPub preferences in LDView are General Antialiasing: 16x Antialiased lines Checked Background color: White Transparent checked Geometry Seam Width: Checked 0.5 BFC: checked Edge Lines: checked (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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LOL My mistake... :-( Having read that indeed I needed a higher version, I must have thought 1.0.7 was 1.1.6. I actually E-mailed the wrong zip file from work to home... Ofcourse it works now and beginning to understand how to set things up to make (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) ldglite 1.0.7 is too old to work with lpub. Get the newer beta version. (URL) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Using LPub 2.3.0.7 and ldGLite 1.0.7 and removed that -Z9000 stuff, I still am unable to create images on my PC at home. Though ldGLite is working fine manually and LPub is doing something, no images are created. I managed to do so on my PC at (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Making easier to reinstall ldraw
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I always have problems with ldraw parts when it comes to reinstalling it since I have unofficial part in parts folder and other unofficials files in p folder I whould like to see a unstaller that helps me to remove official files only so that after (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think the best hit on the search (URL) this post and its links: (URL) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Make Small BOMs
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(...) Thanks! Knowing the name of things makes it so much easier to find them. I did actually search for this type of algorithm at some point but I think I was searching for "rectangular packing" which wasn't very succesful. That's a nifty looking (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) And before I forget, here's a link to (URL), an open source bin packing program. Maybe there's some good ideas in there. Have Fun, Don (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) You know, I think Kevin and I were discussing this not too long ago. I vaguely remember something about using the (URL) minkowski sum> on the alpha channel of the png files. But I don't remember exactly what for. Anyhow, there's a nifty applet (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) That's essentially what my algorithm does but I give the bias to whichever side will make the biggest new area rather than basing it on a specific preference. (...) Although there's no particular reason for it to happen, my (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, I got your mpd-file. In the case of splitting up the MPD into individual files (Save As LDRAW files), there was an LPub bug. In the case where LPub extracts the files to LPub\Ldraw I found nothing wrong yet. (...) The only environment (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Znap parts
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When do I see Znap parts on the parts tracker? It seems to me to be good for construction of big technical buildings like bridges. cu MikeHeide (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Kevin L. Clague schrieb: (...) Hi Kevin, hope you get already my mpd-file. I think that the problem is not the file, but your code. If I put the file in the models folder the problem is not there. So the problem has to be 1) in the creation code of (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New parts by me..
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Thomas Burger schrieb: (...) Yes, please upload cu MikeHeide (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It's not a good solution, but if you turn off transparency sorting, the problem will probably go away. (The reason it's not a good solution is that other artifacts will likely be visible then.) I'll investigate. I don't see this in the UI (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Transparent parts in LDView using LPub
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Hi all, Is there some way to get this (URL) better? I mean without the triangles. I think this question has already been answered, but I cannot seem to find the right post... Thanks. Jaco. (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Anyone else seen jLug?
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No, I don't mean the (URL) forum for AFOLS>, I mean the (URL) Java-based LEGO model editor>! I just downloaded it, and although slow on my machine (what isn't!!) it seems to run OK. Loads and saves DAT & LDR files, looks like no MPD support, (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: New parts by me..
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(...) well the train window is ready for pt submit, but the boat window isnt.. i made it 1 plate to high and had to shrink it to fit.. i only needed it for cad.. ive actually done other parts, such as those seen here: (URL) the base plate from here (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Make Small BOMs
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(...) <snip> Here is pedmatic's BOM sorted by type with no subcolumns or subrows. (URL) is pedmatic's BOM sorted by width and allowing subcolumns and subrows. (URL) second one clearly has a higher part density. Kevin (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) <snip> Here is the BOM for pendmatic sorted by type and then allocated with rows and columns: (URL) is the BOM for pedmatic sordted only by width, and allowing subcolumns and rows. (URL) the second one has higher part density. Kevin (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Very cool! Welcome to the fold. (...) When LPub is doing PLI's it sorts all the parts by width, and drops the widest part in the first column (bottom of the PLI). The width of this part defines the column width. From there it tries to add (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've seen plenty of people post parts but not submit then so we need to go hunting to find them. Thanks Thomas. (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Dear all, I've decided to contribute my own small (no pun intended) contribution to Lego(R) CAD tools. For those who like to play, not read, here is the link. (URL) Basically it is a little perl program called (imaginatively) makesmlbom.pl which (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) The decision of whether to share a part with the community officially is one that each author has to make for themselves, but Thomas Burger is a pretty prolific parts author: (URL) those parts that are currently in the release process that are (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I attempted the 45708 a while ago and gave up :) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub
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(...) But are you sure that function gets called before attempting to create the first LDraw step file? From the error, it seems its failing to open the file for writing, which would happen if the sub-dir doesn't exist yet. It probably doesn't (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New parts by me..
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Ive redone the boat window for the maersk ship model i uploaded the parts to here (URL) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub
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(...) I commented on CreateProcess in another message. Here I just wanted to say, that explains why the console window keeps showing up in the windows taskbar. That should stop happening if CreateProcess is used to launch LDView. --Travis (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Glad to hear Anders' suggestion worked. One other thing. I can't tell off-hand looking at your code, but the command line string must include the full path to the LDView executable as its first argument even when that's also in the first (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Than you very much! LDView now renders without using a batch file. I cannot test this on Windows 98 until tommorow when I get home, but this is very promising. Thanks again! Kevin (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Don't know if this is significant, but I usually put everything in the second argument, both the .exe name and the parameters. In this way even 16-bit programs can be started (and I think I've read about some program having problems when (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hi Travis, I used to do a CreateProcess on LDView (rather than the batch file) with the same parameters as I provide in the batch file, and I get blank images. This is why I reverted to a bach file. Here is the code that I use: (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I agree, but I would suggest calling it something more like "Restore Defaults" to avoid confusion. A "set default" button might be misinterpreted to mean that the current settings will be saved as the default settings. --Travis (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've seen the described problem when I select a file from the recent files list, and then try to render it. Everything works fine if I manually open the file, but it definitely fails if I select it from the recent files list after having (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Great! One thing you do have to keep in mind when using LDView as the renderer is that LDView's background color will show through transparent pieces to some extent. The LPub background will also show through, but the color calculation that (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I have no explanation for this. The creation of the LPub dir and all subdirectories is all done in one function. The LPub\LDraw dir is the first one created. I just tested LDView and ldglite on windows 98. ldglite worked just fine. LDView does (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Just tested it and that seems to fix the problem. Looks a whole lot better too. Tim (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Kevin, this is the same error I documented here (URL) (before I saw this thread). It appears to be a LPub bug, as creating the sub-dir manually gets around it. ROSCO (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It may be common to all recent releases, but I've found when rendering with ldview or ldglite (havent tested with pov-ray, but can't remember the problem) if the lpub\ldraw sub-directory doesn't already exist I get an error. If I create it (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) LPub does a few things with mpd. First it unpacks the MPD file into LPUB\LDraw. If there is already a version of main.ldr there and read only, it could be a problem. Does your MPD have path information in the "0 FILE" statements? (...) If none (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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HI, got the following error create_mpd_construct...ats:Failed to open file: E:\LDRAW\MODELS\8644...w\main.ldr File is located at E:\LDRAW\MODELS\8644...644-05.mpd Main model is main.ldr I use winXP as admin. mikeheide (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Please note that the LDView beta will make transparent parts 100% transparent due to a problem with its alpha channel handling. That means that the entire transparent part will be cropped away unless you have edge lines turned on (and (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Yes, the crop routine only checks the alpha channel when cropping. LPub used to crop using the RGB channels, but alpha channel is much more reliable. That is one of the many reasons I liked transparency. I'll check to make sure I don't have a (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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