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(...) Are you drawing in the same *direction*? LineTo(x,y) draws a line upto >>but not including<< <x,y>. This is a thing of the Windows API that's always been there (since Win 1.0). The same goes for rectangles, I think. (I think the LPub results (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Very cool, Jaco! (...) I'm not quite sure why Borland's graphics routine does this. I use the exact same points to draw the triangles and the lines. (...) Yes, this is a bug, and it is in the area that I has just been heavily rewritten. If you (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Kevin (and others interested), Take a look at this: (URL) you can imagine by now, I am quite happy about this result :-) Though I have two points I like to do better: 1. There is a "halo" effect arount one of the pointers of the callout in step 8 2. (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You are so right! How can I be so ignorant? (...) Thanks so much again! Jaco (without a "k" :-) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Jacko, I originally developed mine in MPD file, but presented it as non-mpd file. The file you presented above is not in valid MPD file format. The first line needs to be: 0 FILE single-callout.ldr The file with this minor correction works (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Of course! I should have thought better... (...) ...but using a parameter in the LPub interface would leave the LDraw code resolution independant. Philo (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Right. This indeed works. However it does not seem to work in an MPD file. Render this: 0 New Model 0 Name: single-callout.ldr 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 0 BUFEXCHG A STORE 0 LPUB CALLOUT BEGIN 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This worked very well. I have this for my sub-model: 0 New Model 0 Name: single-arrows.ldr 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3023.DAT 1 8 0 -72 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3023.DAT 0 MLCAD ARROW 8 0 -16 0 0 0.707107 (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, I really like the idea of things relative to page size. I've been trying to figure out how to make this work. But, don't we achieve the same thing with DPI/DPI and absolute size? (...) Hey, I make up new meta commands all the time! (...) (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub problems
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(...) <snip> (...) I have made this change per Don's recommendation. (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't think this is the best way either. The best fix is to just get rid of the C:\ and go with a good relative path. I tested this a while back and found that entering "../Images" in the lpub URL box works on both IE and Mozilla. My image (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It just creates an alternate solution for something that I have already provided. (...) I'm wondering if this will work in your higher level model: 0 BUFFEXCHG A STORE 0 LPUB CALLOUT BEGIN 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 sub8callout.ldr 0 LPUB (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sorry, I meant: By placing LPUB SUBMODEL_STEP BEGIN IGN prior to the 0 STEP command in a submodel, the following steps will be ignored until the next LPUB SUBMODEL_STEP END meta command and not show in the callout. (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I agree that it does, but I think it is a bit too circuitous. I suppose this is too difficult to implement in LPub For now then making a submodel for each callout with only one part and no step in it, doing it like this makes me (once again) (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hello Kevin, I would prefer having all dimensions relative to page size. This way you can render fast, small rendering for debug and webpages, and with the same "source code" create high-res renderings for printing (ideally even CSI/PLI images (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Kevin, I'm really sorry if any of these have been brought up before but I have some problems with certain LPub features. a) When generating web pages, LPub references the images as <img src="C:\...\filename.png">. This is, to my knowledge, (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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I had added support for callout instance_count support, and when debugging it (for all possible placements around the callout image) things got very messy. I decided to retreat and try again. I rewrote my step packing code (used by both callout and (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) And this works. I use it often. (...) Why are step 8 and 11 unachievable in the current model of LPub using sub-models for callouts? Why do you want a different way to to what you can already do? (...) Can you please explain, in hypothetical (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Kevin, Settings to the Page Number Font (font, size and color) are not written to and/or loaded from the config file. Jaco (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Would it be possible to create a callout for a single part instead of a submodel? This would be useful for decorated parts that are positioned in the model so that you cannot see the pattern. Or parts that are partially "hidden" or that you want to (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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