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(...) I have a quick question about the 2009 Part Updates - As far as I can tell from the description at LDraw.org and here the updates are cumulative (I need to install 2009-1 and then 2009-2) However the names of both files are identical and as a (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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As long as we're having such a good dialog, here is another one. I have a very large assembly which is too large to fit on one page and still see the building details. I can zoom in and the assembly simply hangs off the edges of the page. The (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) Further research reveals that, at least in LPub 4.0.0.4, mirroring DOES work appropriately in the instructions as long as the mirrored submodel is in a callout. If it is not in a callout (for instance spanning multiple pages), then it does not (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) Thanks! I did not know about this. Presuming that I have already synthesized the axles, can I just change the Synth command to what you have above, or do I need to re-synthesize? Does LSynth take the length into account when synthesizing and (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) LSynth 3.0 comes with PLI_TECHNIC_AXLE_FLEXIBLE_x meta commands. If your Synthesis is not supported use this workaround: (URL) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub questions
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(...) I solved the problem by re-installing LDView and removing all PrefSets from the registry before the re-install. The odd thing is, though I changed the settings in the <Default> prefset LPub didn't copy them but showed the lighting (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub questions
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(...) Hi Ronald, it did the trick but only for landscape - portrait is still messed up and also a resolution bigger than 150 DPI or a different size doesn't work either. Ideas? w. (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) There are some programs available to create mirrored subparts without using a mirror matrix. (URL) don't know how well they work with all the new parts since they were developed, but it can't hurt to try them. Enjoy, Don (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) OK, good tip for other users too, to not use dots in filenames. (...) I believe you have to create the submodels individually indead. That is what I always do anyway. (...) I'm afraid I do not have the exact answer to that, but I believe LPub (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) Thanks Jaco. Through the process of doing it manually and a lot of other trial and error, I discovered the problem. My submodels had a dot (.) in the title. This seemed to confuse LPub and result in the problems I saw. I converted all the dots (...) (15 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw for teaching, drawings for production?
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(...) I guess you could use any tool that can produce images from LDraw models, but for print LDView would be the best choice. You can add text to the picture in the way Phile suggested, but any photo editing tool or DTP program can do that. I think (...) (15 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts
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(...) Eric, I do not experience any problems in creating callouts. Positioning them is sometimes a bit tricky. Adding them manually is always a good thing to try. The syntax is this: 0 !LPUB CALLOUT BEGIN 1 x x x x x x submodel.ldr 0 !LPUB CALLOUT (...) (15 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: calc_z4.c (Was: Math Problem Again)
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(...) True, but such triangles will not be visible in the 2-D front view of the UI and therefor not clickable - unless the program is buggy. And if you can't click on them, the function never has to encounter data from them. Hopefully... /Tore (15 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Path
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[SCAN_ORDER] 1 = SHOW <LDRAWDIR>Parts 2 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>Parts\s 3 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>P 4 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>P\48 5 = SHOW <LDRAWDIR>Unofficial\Parts 6 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>Unofficial\Parts\s 7 = HIDE <LDRAWDIR>Unofficial\P 8 = HIDE (...) (15 years ago, 25-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: calc_z4.c (Was: Math Problem Again)
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(...) Actually, if the original triangle is (for example) in the Y-Z plane, then just passing in an x4 that's different from x1, x2, and x3 will result in a failure. The equivalent goes for an initial triangle in the X-Z plane. --Travis (15 years ago, 25-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Unofficial Parts Path
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(...) Ten letters folder name... may it always remain a quasi standard! /Tore (15 years ago, 25-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Unofficial Parts Path
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Unofficial Parts Path Unofficial parts should not mixed with official part. Therefore the a quasi standard has been established as follow: Unofficial files should be stored in a directory structure like follows: <LDRAWDIR>/Unofficial/P (...) (15 years ago, 25-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LPub 4 Callouts
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I'm trying out LPub 4 for the first time and am having some trouble. (Note that I am a veteran of LPub 3). Every time I attempt to make a submodel into a callout, the program simply crashes. Has anyone else used the callout function successfully or (...) (15 years ago, 25-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 4721 - Tyre Minifig Bicycle has wrong part number
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(...) 4721.dat is a brazen cheat from me. I'm surprised that it has no hold votes. 8-) I wouldn't mind it being replaced by a more accurate version - when available. Like Michael correctly writes, I found the part # in Peeron. Changing the part # is (...) (15 years ago, 24-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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