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    L3Lab woes —Jeremy H. Sproat
   ...Okay, they're not actually woes, just a couple of nits that *really* slow me down: First, when I start up L3Lab, I get a message box telling me that the best drawings should be rendered in true color (24/32 bit) instead of my measly 64k-color (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: L3Lab woes —Lars C. Hassing
   Sproaticus wrote... (...) OK, I'll only prompt you only once. But I would like to prompt you. Don't you sometimes see unexpected colors? (...) Yeah, it's not really needed... (...) Are you aware that you can drag a file onto an open L3Lab window (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: L3Lab woes —Jeremy H. Sproat
   (...) see (...) Once per session, or once per installation? Once per installation would be keen. Also, it would be keen to be able to turn off and on error-reporting (e.g. missing parts, etc.) I use this feature when I'm creating a model or fixing (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: L3Lab woes —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) an (...) I should point out that it's not errors in my models that are triggering this message, but rather errors in parts files from the official parts updates. (1) This usually happens with patterned parts, like 973S01 (a subfile in the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: L3Lab woes —Lars C. Hassing
     Sproaticus wrote... (...) The problem with s\973s01.dat is that it has a color 24 reference to a 2-4cyli.dat, to render the mark on the minifig's neck. (I guess the mark is for automatic optical control of which side of the minifig to print on?) I (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: L3Lab woes —Lars C. Hassing
     Sproaticus wrote... (...) Each time L3Lab is invoked with color depth less than last invokation. If you always use 16 bit, you'll get it only once per installation. (You won't even get it, if you install a newer L3Lab!) On the other hand, if you (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: L3Lab woes —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) Oops! I thought I was running the latest... Lemme reinstall and play with the newer one... (...) Personally, I'd remember to switch it on and off, though I do understand that many (most?) users might forget. (...) That would be great! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: L3Lab woes —Lars C. Hassing
     Sproaticus wrote... (...) Just to clear things up: the above is how I intend it to work in the next release. The newest release is v1.2 20000616. /Lars (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: L3Lab woes —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) Okay, this is the one I was using... Thanks! Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
   
        (canceled) —Jamie Obrien
   
        Re: L3Lab woes —Lars C. Hassing
   Jamie Obrien wrote... (...) Thanks, your suggestions sound reasonable, I'll have them in mind. (...) L3P recognizes the light.dat file(s) if you call it with the -l option, see l3p.txt. The spotlite.dat file are, however, not supported: spotlights (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
 

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