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(...) models, so it is quite common for the assembly not to fit on the page. The workaround I have used so far is to make my own custom assembly images from LView and them manually put them in the final PDF file. That's what I did (URL) here>. Eric (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Nobody ever listens to me on the issue of colors, but that doesn't mean I'll go quietly... (...) I don't see why they need to be added to the ldConfig file as long as they're documented somewhere and accepted as the standard default LDraw pallette. (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hello, In the instructions of set 8671 (Racers - Ferrari F430 Spider 1:17) it says there are buildinginstrucions of an alternative model to be found on (URL) Alas these instructions were removed. The topic of missing or removal of official building (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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(...) OK, here goes. When an assembly is too large to fit on the page, LPub crops the image. When one drags the assembly image to another position LPub does not redraw the image. See: (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sorry, but I really cannot understand the need to encode dithered colors. Personally I think that only colors used for parts should be coded, while, when you create a patterned part you can choose to use a "good enough" already coded color or (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) It might fix it (I think it would still gum up the PT with over-zealous hold votes); but why break anything when we're just talking about adding fewer than 200 lines to the config file? I think it's a terrible idea to make dozens of (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) I have had parts on the Part Tracker held because they used one of these colors. That means it is limiting. (...) Color numbers 32-47 and 256-511 is not every color under the rainbow. (...) This is exactly the problem. (...) If this is the (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Well, I'm interested in helping to maintain current builds for the Macintosh. We're still at 4.0.0.1. If you update the SourceForge page with the current code, I will work on that - and then my interest might be rekindled enough to delve (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Hi Willy, This is not the kind of help I was asking about. I was asking if anyone was interested in helping with the software development of LPub. It is getting too large for one person to work on alone. If would seem you have issues with the (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There are already two very old ways to specify RGB colors in LDraw files. One comes from ldlite with somewhere between 12 and 15 effective bits of color information, and the other from L3Lab/L3P with 24 bits of color information. If we're (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Of course it would - as well as it does LDView. But after adding x, y, z coordinates and correcting RGB code syntax would work fine with both LDView as well as L3Lab! 1 0x02F2F2F2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 part.dat Don't know about MLCad, but I (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Does finger pointing to bugs count? (URL) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Kevin (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Neither did I but if you really cannot find a suitable color for your pattern an RGB say in the form: 1 #F2F2F2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 part.dat would surely solve your problem. And I'm going to propose this to the new elected LSC. As for the broken (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) I wondered about that. I'll have to look and understand why. Man, LPub sure has gotten complicated :^) Anyone want to help? Thanks, Kevin (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) So many features, so few memories. The latest version of LPub (at least the Windows one), has support for mirrored sub-models. It knows about mirrored matricies (thanks to minds here that are mathematically superior to mine :^) One test model (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I never said that it was meant to limit, only that it is made up of these colors now. Please don't take this to mean that new colors can't be added, or that it invalidates other colors. We already know of at least one color that should be (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I disagree that this was the original purpose of the ldconfig file. I can say that definitively, since I was the one who first proposed the file here: (URL). The purpose was that when *new* colors were added, ldraw software tools would have a (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This isn't the first time that LDconfig.ldr has been updated - and it is just that, the file has been updated with MORE colors than before. I think we are loosing sight of the purpose of LDconfig.ldr... The LDconfig file is meant to be a quick (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Although I have decided to refrain from participation in this thread (you already know my position and you totally neglect it), I make one exception and say "Amen!" to all of Andy's points above. /Tore (15 years ago, 2-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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