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Re: How is parts.lst created / solving VEC problem
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Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:02:33 GMT
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Steve,
You've cleared up a lot for me, and hopefully for others, too. I guess THIS is
the write-up :)
James
In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, James Wilson wrote:
>
> > Is there a description somewhere of how the parts list is created and
> > maintained, and changed when new updates are added?
>
> parts.lst is created by mklist.exe, makelist.exe, or LDAO. You have to
> remember to re-run one of these utilities after installing a new parts update.
> Although the current versions of LDAO watch the parts directory, and prompt
> you update the parts list when necessary.
>
> > The reason I ask is, using LDAO, I really hate it when my VEC is wider than
> > one screen's worth of pictures. It appears that the screen width is
> > determined by the size of the images (maybe I'm wrong here).
>
> The horizontal scrolling is determined by the number & size of the images in a
> category. As many columns as will fit in the display window are used to show
> the parts in a category. But, there is only a certain amount of vertical
> scrolling allowed (it's a limit of the way the VEC is coded).
> If a category is big enough to overflow this vertical limit, more multiple
> columns are created, even though horizontal scrolling is required to view all
> images.
> > What I'd like to do is go through and find the biggest parts and render them
> > at a smaller scale, so they take up less screen real estate. I'm guessing I
> > could mark them as "new" somehow in the parts list and re-render them.
>
> What I do is to right click the offending image, and choose "Delete Image".
> Once I've got all the images deleted, I do another Make Catalog. The default
> mode for Make Catalog is to only generate images which are missing or • outdated.
>
> > Also, by the same token, I'd like to be able to set up the VEC with different
> > colors for different parts, either changing colors when parts are replaced or
> > added. Or having some parts rendered in certain colors because that's how I
> > visualize them -- 45-degree slope bricks, for example, will always be red in
> > my mind.
>
> For now, the only way to do this is to delete the images, and rerender them
> with the color selected.
>
> On the Make Catalog dialog, in the lower right corner, you can save specific
> rendering settings as a 'scheme'. I have two catalog schemes -- one for most
> pieces (zoom to 85%), and another for baseplates (overhead view, zoom to 45%).
>
> > These are probably several separate problems/steps, and if there's a FAQ,
> > tutorial, readme file, or message out there somewhere that would get me
> > started, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> There's no write-up for this issue, sorry.
>
> Steve
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