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| | | (...) After some fixes in LPub, I got ldGlite renderer working with LPub! The images are comparable to LDView, but ldGlite renders blindingly fast! I rendered all the images for pedmatic in less than 5 minutes. Amazing. (URL) seems to be a bit of a (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Thanks! (although I thought I asked for LDLite, but I forget, besides this one is multiplatform!) Overall it looks great! However I have a nit, (perhaps???)... In (for example) (URL) this> image: (URL) I'm wondering: is there a bit of an (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | (...) It's not your eyes. I think this artifact is visible in *every* parts box. Maybe a bug in ldGLite when rendering a single part? The single parts are also clipped on the left side, the leftmost edge line is missing (or at least thinned) (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Don Heyse
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| | | | | (...) Possibly. (...) Yeah, I noticed this too, but I haven't been able to capture the exact ldglite command line and temporary .ldr file used by lpub to render a single part for the BOM. Lpub seems to delete them, and I'm not sure if I can keep (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Travis Cobbs
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| | | | | | (...) I got the command line by putting a MessageBox call at the very beginning of the main entry point for LDView. Then, I manually attached a debugger to the process when the message box appeared. This lets you debug. --Travis (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Don Heyse
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah, I can never remember how to attach gdb to a running process, so that one isn't in my usual bag of tricks. I'll have to try harder to remember it next time. Fortunately for me, Kevin already found the bug in lpub. :^) Don (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) Actually it was a bug in LPub. ldglite pre-crops the image to the smallest enclosing rectangle. LPub didn't expect this, applied its own crop routine, and added artifacts. Also this pre-cropping is why ldglite process is much faster than (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | In lugnet.cad, Kevin L. Clague wrote: I just timed rendering of all the pedmatic construction step images and part list images and the process took less than 3 minutes! Amazing. After I debug ldglite and ldview on windows 98, then I'll work on the (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | (...) Blazingly fast indeed... But I can't get it render complete images: (URL) (LPub 2.3.0.6, LdGLite 1.1.6, Windows 2000). Any hint? TIA, Philo (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | (...) Yes, and we have a fix. LPub automatically centers the 3D model about the origin. ldglite draws the origin at 2/3 of the way down the window, so it ends up rendering it partially off screen. You can manually work around this by using the (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Don Heyse
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| | | | (...) I think it's probably because ldglite defaults to the 2/3 screen offset used by LDRAW and ldlite, while l3p defaults to the center of the screen. You might be able to work around it (for now) by providing an offset in the ldglite command line (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) Hi, I've released a fix for this problem. It is available as 2_3_0_7. www.kclague.net://LPub (...) Kevin (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Jaco van der Molen
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| | | | | Time for me to come in! First of all: being able to render with LDView and LDGLite is GREAT!!! However I have a problem: I cannot seem to be able to render in isometric view in LDView and no images are generated using LDGLite. Can you, Kevin, or (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | | | | (...) I had the same problem that I solved by removing the -Z90000 default LdGLite user option (perhaps it was previous install dregs). Philo (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | | | (...) Is it still there in 2.3.0.7? It was supposed to be removed..... Maybe I removed it and saved a .lpb. I'll check when I get home. Yes. removing the -Z90000 is critical. LPub now figures out a value for this on the fly. Thanks for mentioning it (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | | | | | (...) Maybe I saved a global config, that was preserved "as is" through updates? Philo (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes. (...) Kevin (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | (...) Thank goodness someone else had this problem. I spent hours last night trying to solve both of these issues and was beginning to feel very stupid as noone else had reported the same problem. Perhaps Kevin could post the .lpb file (hope I (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | | | (...) Are you *sure* you have erased the part image cache? In case you are using Windows pre 2000, it has problems. I've got to debug that. If you're savvy with the system, and are willing to dig in, it would be a big help. Drop me a note and I'll (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Don Heyse
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Mangled URL alert! Try here: (URL) also added a link on the main ldglite site. Look for the "Beta Version" windows executable. Enjoy, Don (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Hi Kevin, I'm using Windows XP Pro so I can't help with testing on 2000 but anyway I had installed older versions of ldview and ldglite anyway and the problem seems to have gone away with the new ones. There is still little bit of a problem (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) ldglite crops the images before writing them to a file. LPub does no cropping when rendering with ldglite. When rendering with LDView, LPub crops the images. Which renderer were you using when you see the cropping problem? (...) You're (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) It was rendered with LDview and parts [LDrawPart 3957:0], [LDrawPart 104:15] and [LDrawPart 4215a:39] are cut (3957 and 104 at the top and 4215a at the bottom). I note that the two cut at the top are tall and thin whilst that cut at the bottom (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Travis Cobbs
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Just tested it and that seems to fix the problem. Looks a whole lot better too. Tim (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Travis Cobbs
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Jaco van der Molen
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Don Heyse
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| | | | | | | | | (...) ldglite 1.0.7 is too old to work with lpub. Get the newer beta version. (URL) (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Jaco van der Molen
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Kevin L. Clague
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Travis Cobbs
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Jaco van der Molen
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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: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Jaco van der Molen
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | | | (...) LPub settings are the defaults. Kevin (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Jaco van der Molen
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Yes. Kevin (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Philippe Hurbain
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Kevin L. Clague
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Philippe Hurbain
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | | LPub2.3.0.8 (was LPub 2.3.0.7) —Kevin L. Clague
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub2.3.0.8 (was LPub 2.3.0.7) —Philippe Hurbain
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub2.3.0.8 (was LPub 2.3.0.7) —Kevin L. Clague
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub2.3.0.8 (was LPub 2.3.0.7) —Philippe Hurbain
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 —Kevin L. Clague
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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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| | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | | (...) Thanks! I was hoping you'de pop in here soon! (...) Run LDView outside LPub, and edit/save your preferences. I don't think that the preferences have anything to do with view angle though. LPub communicates that to LDVIew (and ldglite) through (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Travis Cobbs
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| | | | | | (...) Here's what I did to get LDView to work. First, you need to be using LDView 3 Beta 1. LPub won't work right with LDView 2.x. In LDView, go into preferences, then to the Preference Sets tab, and create a preference set named LPub. Apply that (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | | (...) Works fine now! (I have yet to find how to change layout page dimensions, but I guess I have to plunge deeper in documentation...) Thanks ;o) Philo (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Travis Cobbs
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| | | | | (...) Bug report: (This happens in every version I've tried, by the way.) When you do the Generate->CSIs, PLIs and BOM, and then go do other things on your computer, LPub uses 100% CPU on the machine once it's finished, and has the progress panel (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Ross Crawford
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Travis Cobbs
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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 (20 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Minor Bug Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Travis Cobbs
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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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| | | | | | Re: Minor Bug Re: LPub 2.3.0.7 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous) —Kevin L. Clague
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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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