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(...) Well, I suppose that as long as we're stuck with lawyers in our society, we have to face realities like this. We don't have to like it, though. (...) Making LDRAW-using apps harder to use doesn't really help this, though. People who stick with (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that's my setup too. This machine is actually owned by my company, which is too cheap to buy me a cinema display, but is happy to buy me two 15" displays. And there are some minor advantages to this setup (mostly, if one dies, I can live (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Yes, but it is the best way. When the library isn't found, just display a window asking "1). browser for library" "2). search for library" "3). download library and install (New uses select this)" That should keep the low-attention-span Mac OS (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Nearly all of my computers use this resolution. On my main machine I at least have 2 monitors. James (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Dear Joe, I'm glad you like the program! Further comments are interspersed below: (...) Oi! So small! I just switched my computer to 1024 x 768, and I can promise you, Mac OS X was not made for that resolution! (...) My thoughts exactly. But I (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Wow, my first impressions are that it is very cool. I poked it with a stick and here are some observations that I made... *I'd love to have preset views like other LCad programs (press 1, 2, 3... etc for different views of model) (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Well that just sucks. They don't want too many people using LDraw, I guess? Because many users simply won't jump through that many hoops to get started. They'll download a CAD program, double-click it, see scary messages about LDraw not being (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Perfect. Sorry I missed that before, and thanks for pointing it out! Best, Joe (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Dear Joe, I'll write more about your previous (good!) suggestions when I have more time later. For now, I'll point you in the direction of the Tools menu, where you'll find a "Show Colors" selection. You'll notice that the Colors palette tracks (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) It's always nice to see new stuff like this. Especially with the source code available in CVS on the sourceforge site. Cool! (...) Hmm, I don't know, the file looks OK to me. I don't remember any limit on nested MPD subfiles. And I also don't (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, you aren't suppose to distribute the library with your app. The cool shniz would be to have the app auto find the library or download it for you if it can't find it though! The path should never change: (URL) looked at the app yet but (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Sure it's handy, but i wonder whether the LDraw Standard Commitee and the Jessiman family will agree. damien web page: (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Sorry, two more suggestions: Changing the color of multiple parts appears to be a royal PITA, because the Inspector palette just says "Multiple Selection". Well, yes, I know I have a multiple selection -- I want to inspect it anyway! You could still (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) First, let me say: Great work, Allen! We Mac-using ALEs really appreciate efforts like this. Initial impressions: Wow -- an LDraw editor that I can just download and use! I didn't have to install anything extra or futz about with paths; I just (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Only 6 months! You certainly have worked really hard! Congratulations :) I don't own a MAC but it's always good news when LDraw is lesser and lesser confined to the Microsoft world. Anyway i have seen the pretty screenshot, downloaded the (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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I'm not a Mac user, but I can recognize good news when I see it! Congratulations on getting your product to market! James Wilson Dallas, TX (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) NICE! I loaded it last night and the program is really well-done...I do need to figure out how to build on it though:-)! Joe (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Dang. Thank you... now I really *will* have to update my OS to Panther (I'm at 10.2 right now). Looking forward to it when I've got an updated system (or if you can back it down to 10.2). (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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I thought I would save my first post to Lugnet for something good. (URL) It is time to announce the completion of (URL) 1.0>, my new LDraw editor for Mac OS X. Bricksmith provides a number of features which have hitherto been lacking on the (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX) !!
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(...) Andrew, I finally got a chance to poke the 3.0b1 trail. Up until now, all my LEGO time was spent finishing my Super Chief to bring to BrickFest :) Here are my observations: Opening a file by ctrl clicking in the Finder and selecting MBC Trial (...) (19 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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