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| Ok, I have n00b question for LPub. I am using a Mac with Bricksmith 2.3. I have the latest LDview installed and LPub 4.0.0.1. I have 2 issues (they might be related. 1. When starting LPub I get this error: failed to open (...) (15 years ago, 10-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) The parts.lst file should not be under Bricksmith or have anything to do with Bricksmith. It should be in the same LDRAW folder where the parts library is. (...) In order to do a BOM (Bill of Materials), you need to have a cover page. See this (...) (15 years ago, 11-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) (15 years ago, 11-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Chris is referring to the LDraw folder which is distributed with Bricksmith. You can move it wherever you want, but by default it comes in the same folder as the application. (Having a single distribution dramatically lowers the barrier to (...) (15 years ago, 11-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| (...) Allen - Thanks for that response. So to any other newbies, I simply downloaded the latest parts update from ldraw.org, and grabbed the parts.lst file and copied into my LDRAW folder under the Bricksmith folder. After this, the per step parts (...) (15 years ago, 11-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| (...) FWIW if you want to generate the parts.lst file yourself, the OS-X version of ldglite comes bundled with a mklist executable. If LPub needs a parts.lst file perhaps it could be bundled with mklist as well. (15 years ago, 11-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| (...) Parts.lst is crude and kind of annoying but given your desire for 'just works' (which I highly commend) could you not generate one to help other software to come a bit closer to that goal? Tim (15 years ago, 12-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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