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(...) I actually saw the "ideal num threads" call in the QT 4 documentation when I was trying to figure out how to get the number of CPUs on a Linux box. However, even though the sysconf calls are in a QT-only section of LDView's code, I can't use (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I recently bought an AMD Phenom Quad core running vista 64 bit. I gladly do some tests if you want. I did some thread programming myself and discovered memory/disk bandwidth is the real bottleneck with modern cpu's, just can't get enough data (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi folks, For those interested, I thought I'd give you a peek at LPub 4.0's GUI. I started with and LPub free file well, except for PLI sub kind of metas. I converted the submodels to callouts, placed the callouts, added pointers to the calloutss, (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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(...) Hi Travis, Qt 4 provides threads. It can tell you how many ideal threads there are (presumably the number of hardware strands). Yes, the instruction set is SPARC, with 64 bit integer registers (31 of those), plus the usual 32, 64, 128 bit (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks. (...) Yowza! In theory it will run on Solaris as long as QT 3.3 is installed, but I'm not sure if anyone has tried that. Note also that it would have to be a 32 bit compile, which may or may not be easy on Solaris. The current source (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Travis, Congratulations on getting SMP working in LDView. If you can run on Solaris, I have an 8 core with 8 hardware thread box in my office I could try things on. Maybe you'll only use 32 given the above algorithm. I have access to a two (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'm working on SMP support in LDView, and I'd like to have someone with a machine with 4 CPU cores test it to see if it works properly on machines with more than 2 CPU cores (my CPU is a dual-core). (SMP is symmetric multi processing: multiple CPUs, (...) (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks Philo! I've limited to dots per inch inch and dots per centimeter. This is nice from a formatting pespective because margins and sizes fall into smaller ranges than with inches and meters. Kevin (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) DPCM might be enough: Photoshop (which can be considered as a reference...) only has DPI and DPCM. Philo (17 years ago, 9-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree. It was inconsistent. I've provided DPM, DPCM, DPMM, and the values specified in meta commands are scaled appropriately. (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree. It was inconsistent. I've provided DPM, DPCM, DPMM, and the values specified in meta commands are scaled appropriately. (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm actually can provide all of the above and to the math, I just don't want to have units expressed in individual meta commands. I ony want one unit and to have it expressed in the resolution meta command. So I could even have DPDM..... (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The problem isn't displaying un-modified keys, the problem is having those menu items work reliably. Un-modified menu items are very far back in the responder chain; if there is a responder before them, the system will never even attempt to (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I'd say that DPM or DPMM make perfect sense. The thing is, your description said that units are all in CM or IN, and that M and MM aren't supported. And yet, you force the user to specify which units to use in either IN, M, or MM. That seems (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) When I looked around on the net I saw references to DPM and DPMM.... I didn't see DPCM.... it does make complete sense to use DPCM, but I wasn't sure people would think its a standard name. Kevin (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Shouldn't that be: 0 !LPUB RESOLUTION <value> (DPI|DPCM) Based on this: (...) --Travis (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) SNIP (...) Only one question is left! When can we get that? cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I've got the math and implementation of resolution (dots per inch/meter/millimeter) as well as magnification for controlling model size relative to the page all worked out. Magnification 1.0 means a model that appears 8 inches wide will just fit in (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev) !
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(...) Hi Rosco, I'm going to make my font dialog, and default font picker only work with scalable fonts. They are perfect for this kind of situation. I guess that is why they were created by Adobe a long time ago (I read the Wiki!) Thanks, Kevin (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I learnt a fair bit fiddling with (URL) Freetype> in (URL) txt2dat>, which has to translate point size to ldraw units. Freetype makes it pretty easy, as it gives you a nice API that works for lots of scalable fonts. I chose not to support (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I just found the following in my VB description: 1440 Twips = 1 inch 1 Twips = 1/20 point (DTP) 1 cm = 567 Twips 1 point = 0,3515 cm (72 dpi) maybe this is also useful. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin L. Clague wrote: SNIP (...) Maybe the following link does help you a little bit: (URL) you use truetype fonts it should not be a problem to print them in the correct size. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Most of this feature is done. I had to identify every LPub meta-command that had something with the units of pixels, and treat them as a new class of "units", meaning known absolute distances (i.e. meters or inches.) Every time these values (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Remi, I'm working on DPM and DPI now. Here is what I plan on doing: You set the page size in either inches or centimeters. You define the resolution in terms of DPI or DPM. You control the magnification. For example, if I have a 1 inch page (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It applies it to everything that it considers to be a part, but not a sub-part. A sub-part is any sub-file (or sub-sub-file, etc) of something that is determined to be a part. Adding an unofficial part header is the easiest way to convince (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Travis. What does LDView apply the seam width settings to? When doing some part dev, I noticed it was "shrinking" a moved part, in this case, 3070.dat which includes 3070a.dat. I guess it is because it is missing an official part header? Thanks (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ask a friend, the webmasters, the steerco, the community - how should we know you were volunteering for the job? w. (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) No-one nominated me. (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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--snip-- (...) I'm very sorry to say that due almost entirely to my disorganisation it has been heavily delayed. With luck we should have an announcement soon. Tim (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) We were hoping you might volunteer, Al. Tim (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) -snip-> (...) Was there a James Jessiman Memorial Award presented for 2007? Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Excellent. Hopefully, it's only a matter of time before you realise the nominations are obsolete as well. (17 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hi folks, since only the LDraw Steering Committee members already in charge are running for the election of the 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee[1] and have accept their nomination in response to this message: (URL) election itself has become (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) at least in april your parts will have to run against mine. w. (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Looks like I'm going to win POTM anyway! question is "for which part?"... Parts authors are welcome in this competition ;o) Philo (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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The voting for the March 2008 contests is now open. Visit the (URL) page> to cast your vote. Willy Tschager LDraw.org Administration Team (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) That's right. I also did the Mac port of ldglite before BrickDraw3D. (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Ahhh... Sorry for completely missing that. (...) In LDView, you zoom with either the scroll wheel, or by right (or control) clicking and dragging up and down. (On a Mac, Control click is almost always considered to be the equivalent of a right (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Yes, I just realized I have misunderstood the Selected state in HIToolbar - only one item can be selected at any time, so I cannot use it for showing the state of the many toggles in the toolbar. Guess I'll have to change the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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