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Re: LPub4 and Killer Dozers
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic
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Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:05:48 GMT
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These dozers look like a lot of fun, Philo! I especially like that you managed
to build them as alternate models. A great model to share with instructions.
In lugnet.cad, Michael Heidemann wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
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Once you have correctly
added steps to your models (that remains a lenthy process to get a really
buildable thing), LPub 4 makes instructions creation and layout really easy!
Thanks again, Kevin!
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It sure does!
Good point - including steps is an important step for making instructions. Had
you not done so originally? I am fortunate in that I was in the habit of
LDrawing models step-by-step even before I tried LPub. Credit is probably due to
Bricksmith’s hierarchical file contents list for starting that habit.
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It would be interesting for me to see the mpd file that was used to create
that awaresome building instruction. I am yet not familar with LPub4 to get
such results.
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I would be glad to share the LDraw/LPub files for the instructions I’ve posted
on Flickr, although they aren’t Technic models:
http://flickr.com/photos/anoved/tags/lpub/
If you are having difficulty placing callouts, note that there is a bug in LPub
4.0 which inserts the callout placement command in the submodel instead of where
the submodel is referenced. I understand that Kevin has fixed this but I don’t
think an update has been released. I just cut-and-paste to work around it; Philo
might have done the same thing (?).
Traditionally I’ve made MPDs with submodels based on bits that move or are built
separately in the actual model. This works fine with LPub for the most part, but
in the case of very simple submodels callouts seem unnecessary, and I’ve found
that submodel callouts help clarify some assemblies that I wouldn’t otherwise
have built as submodels.
Playing with LPub has added a new layer of possibilities to LDraw for me. I
think it is fun, so I encourage you to keep experimenting with it too.
Jim
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| (...) Well - I try to do that, but often forget... and looking at the generated instructions, I often see areas where things would be easier to follow when done another way (eg small assembly callouts you mentionned). (...) The file is on another (...) (16 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Jim has the advantage because he can build his own Mac version of LPub4 from sourceforge sources. His (and my) version have the fix for anything "callout" related being put inside the callout. Some things go in the callout, and others go in (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) It would be interesting for me to see the mpd file that was used to create that awaresome building instruction. I am yet not familar with LPub4 to get such results. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 13-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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