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(...) Thanks for the clarification. I'll include it in the second part of the basic LDraw tutorial that will appear later today on TechnicBRiCKs. Jetro (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 2.0.10
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(...) Ah - that was the problem... Though decimal separator in France is normally a comma, there are so many programs that work badly or not at all with that (including the dot on numeric keypad!!!) that I switched my system to dot separator! Philo (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2009-02 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) The Windows installer executables are not cumulative - they are the complete library - hence "Use this link to download the Windows installer for the complete library". The zip archives are just the changes (new files and updates) - hence "Use (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.3> adds the following features: Configurable viewport arrangements Zoom to Fit Views stay scrolled to center as they change size Colors are more vivid It also fixes the following bugs: Reordering or copying steps no longer (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 2.0.10
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(...) I just noticed that DATHeader had a serious problem since the first release. If your system has the comma as decimal separator you got wrong results. Alex Taylor just gave DATHeader a second try and we could track down the problems he has to (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) While creating instructions I have discovered that you can use extra dots in filenames as long as the name of the model before the first dot is unique per step in a callout. For example if you a filename like submodel.1.ldr and submodel.2.ldr (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) I think this is a good question for Kevin? ;-) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2009-02 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) I have a quick question about the 2009 Part Updates - As far as I can tell from the description at LDraw.org and here the updates are cumulative (I need to install 2009-1 and then 2009-2) However the names of both files are identical and as a (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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As long as we're having such a good dialog, here is another one. I have a very large assembly which is too large to fit on one page and still see the building details. I can zoom in and the assembly simply hangs off the edges of the page. The (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) Further research reveals that, at least in LPub 4.0.0.4, mirroring DOES work appropriately in the instructions as long as the mirrored submodel is in a callout. If it is not in a callout (for instance spanning multiple pages), then it does not (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) Thanks! I did not know about this. Presuming that I have already synthesized the axles, can I just change the Synth command to what you have above, or do I need to re-synthesize? Does LSynth take the length into account when synthesizing and (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) LSynth 3.0 comes with PLI_TECHNIC_AXLE_FLEXIBLE_x meta commands. If your Synthesis is not supported use this workaround: (URL) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub questions
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(...) I solved the problem by re-installing LDView and removing all PrefSets from the registry before the re-install. The odd thing is, though I changed the settings in the <Default> prefset LPub didn't copy them but showed the lighting (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub questions
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(...) Hi Ronald, it did the trick but only for landscape - portrait is still messed up and also a resolution bigger than 150 DPI or a different size doesn't work either. Ideas? w. (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) There are some programs available to create mirrored subparts without using a mirror matrix. (URL) don't know how well they work with all the new parts since they were developed, but it can't hurt to try them. Enjoy, Don (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) OK, good tip for other users too, to not use dots in filenames. (...) I believe you have to create the submodels individually indead. That is what I always do anyway. (...) I'm afraid I do not have the exact answer to that, but I believe LPub (...) (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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(...) Thanks Jaco. Through the process of doing it manually and a lot of other trial and error, I discovered the problem. My submodels had a dot (.) in the title. This seemed to confuse LPub and result in the problems I saw. I converted all the dots (...) (15 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw for teaching, drawings for production?
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(...) I guess you could use any tool that can produce images from LDraw models, but for print LDView would be the best choice. You can add text to the picture in the way Phile suggested, but any photo editing tool or DTP program can do that. I think (...) (15 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Callouts
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(...) Eric, I do not experience any problems in creating callouts. Positioning them is sometimes a bit tricky. Adding them manually is always a good thing to try. The syntax is this: 0 !LPUB CALLOUT BEGIN 1 x x x x x x submodel.ldr 0 !LPUB CALLOUT (...) (15 years ago, 26-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LPub 4 Callouts
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I'm trying out LPub 4 for the first time and am having some trouble. (Note that I am a veteran of LPub 3). Every time I attempt to make a submodel into a callout, the program simply crashes. Has anyone else used the callout function successfully or (...) (15 years ago, 25-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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