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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Yes. (...) Kevin (20 years ago, 19-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) LPub settings are the defaults. 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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(...) Yes. Kevin (19 years ago, 25-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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(...) 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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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)
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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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(...) 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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(...) Um...... Please re-get 2.3.0.8. (...) Kevin (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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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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