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Just out of random, or perhaps not so random curiosity, is there a tool that can take the red/ green of the BFC tools in Ldview/ L3Lab and highlight the corresponding lines? I ask because I'm slowly trying to reverse lines between MLcad/LDview/LDDP (...) (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: BFC Tool?
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(...) I think the easiest thing to do is put LDDP into polling to cursor mode, then move down the part one text line at a time. When you see a reversed polygon, fix it. It's not perfect, but it's what I did when I decided to BFC an existing part. (...) (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: BFC Tool?
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(...) This button allow to add BFC statements in LDraw code. To change winding of a tri/quad in MLCad, double click on its line in code window (or select it in one view and hit Ctrl-M), then push "swap" button. Philo (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) If you have a Mac you can select a line in L3Lab's Tree View and it will be highlighted in the main window. I will release a new Windows version shortly when I have finished L3P (currently writing update notes). /Lars (16 years ago, 5-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm currently knee-deep in LEGO database stuff; which I've put on hold to try to get the color stuff for ldconfig ironed out; all of which has this OTHER project on hold, but... I have a buddy who's only peripherally interested in LEGO, but (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) better :-P), but if you get display anamolies with this app, you might want to try upgrading your OpenGL drivers (standard stuff). I have two machines, both ATI, one runs this thing perfectly, the other displays lines that just go haywire (yet (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: BFC Tool?
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(...) SNIP (...) It works for me just like you explained above. Looks good. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Very nice!!! I love the possibility to select an element in 3D view (I miss that A LOT in MLCad!). But I seem to have some issue launching an editor, it doesn't seem to work when there are spaces in editor path or LDraw file path. (...) A VERY (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, Philo; you're doing some of the cutting edge toolmaking for LDRAW these days, so I appreciate the nice comments from you (as will the author). (...) I see that as a problem now too ["mumble, mumble, you tell them it's a Tech Preview, (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) What, like the ones that have existed pretty much forever on Unix? :) I will also point out (in case it catches anyone out) that it is possible for something to NOT have a 8.3 filename, but on most systems, this won't be a problem. (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yeah... sorry for that ;o) I hesitated before posting this comment, but... (...) I had problem with both. I'll try your DOS trick in the meantime! Philo (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I had to change the entry for the editor like this: C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe "%f" and it works on my machine. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I want to change to LDDP but the following line does not work: "C:\Programme\LDraw Design Pad\LDDesignPad.exe" "%f". But normally it should. With the 8.3 names the following also works on my machine: C:\PROGRA~1\LDRAWD~1...DESI~1.EXE "%f". cu (...) (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) INTEREST is what keeps authors going. Apparently, the interest here has had its effects... :-) (...) Please try (URL) spaces issue should hopefully be resolved, and we've added a "reverse winding" right-click menu item for triangles and quads (...) (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This version does not work with the following line for the editor: "C:\Programme\LDraw Design Pad\LDDesignPad.exe" "%f" cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Mike replied: (...) Agreed. Sorry I didn't test it better. We fixed one issue, but not both. (URL) to have fixed the issue. No other new changes. (FoundryB.zip is gone, there wasn't much of a point to keeping it around) -- joshua (16 years ago, 8-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, works great now! Two new bug reports nonetheless ;o) - Line number shown in status bar is off by one (eg it shows 234 when actual line in the file is 235) - Both display and tree expansion use Hi-res primitives (when they are (...) (16 years ago, 8-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Works fine here also (regarding spaces in filenames) with "C:\Programme\LDraw Design Pad\LDDesignPad.exe" "%f" as entry for the editor. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 8-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hey! I told you we were old-school programmers. Doesn't the whole WORLD count starting from zero now? :grin: I'm imagining that it's easy enough to fix. Oddly, I find that it takes me to the right line in the file in notepad2 anyway. It's (...) (16 years ago, 8-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, I had written: (...) This had been purposeful, base-0; I convinced that the status bar should start at 1. %d should now represent base-1 line number in the command line issued, and %D represents the base-0 line number. (...) Yes, this (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Foundry, (was Re: BFC Tool?)
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(...) Thanks - text editors I know start numbering at 1. (...) ;o) In a perfect world Hires would be a good choice, but since everything is not hires substitution yields misfits and gaps I find especially ugly (same thing in LDview). I have another (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Foundry Technology Preview Tool (was Re: BFC Tool?)
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(...) That's why the easier one to use, lower-case, is 1; and the backup option is there "just in case". (...) Oh, we agree, and that's why it's now an option. The original intent was to get the best looking viewer for developing the OBI syntax (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Foundry Technology Preview Tool (was Re: BFC Tool?)
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(...) (drooling over the possibilities...) (...) Sorry again... I totally agree that it is something that can wait for an official release! (...) Yes - parts/ too. (...) Sure. Keep us posted with new previews! (...) Thanks! Philo (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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