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Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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Date: 
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 21:58:50 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky writes:
Yet another coding frenzy on a rainy day, trying to stay awake while
shifting from a nights to days schedule, produced the next version of my plugin

Get it here:
http://www.pobursky.com/Ldraw.htm

New in this version:
-Added LDView preview support
-Added Footwear rotation ability
-Added Headgear Accessories (this is still under development but it works
for a few Hats)
-Added the ability to change the increment for the rotation angle
-The rotation text boxes now accept user input (sugg by Damien Guichard)
-For the arms, legs, hands, and footwear the color of both will change when
the color for one is changed for the first time (sugg by Damien Guichard)
-Parts are now sorted by name (sugg by Damien Guichard)
-Reduced dialog size to fit in 800x600 resolution (barely..) (sugg by
Damien Guichard)

To Do:
-Add ability to move the position of tools (Half done via .ini file)
-Add the ability to convert old style minifigs to new style
-Add ability to set the initial postion of the minifig

Suggestions:
-Add possible torso/tool default color in Minipart.ini (sugg by Damien
Guichard)
-Sort colors not alphabetically but according usage frequency (sugg by
Damien Guichard)

If you find mistakes in the ini file let me know.
As always, any comments, questions, suggestions, bug reports are welcome.

Email: billthefish@yahoo.com

-Orion

Thanks Orion,

Requirements:
  LDDesignPad version 1.19b or higher
  LDraw

Requirements for preview:
  L3Lab

Another reasonable (but hidden) requirement is having unofficial minifig
x981, x982 and x983 parts in Ldraw directory.

Known Issues:
  Minifig accessories do not place well for Minifig Hat Bicorne (2528.dat) and Minifig Helmet
  Type 1 (193.dat)

The more important issue with hat accessories is that they do not take
neckwear into account. Really annoying.

There is no issue with 193.dat helmet. The 2447.dat visor does not assemble
with actual 193.dat helmet. The old castle visor that assembles with 193.dat
can only be found in lego sets 6075 and 6083. This year 1979 part is not
present in current LDraw library. May sounds strange to you but 193.dat has
no town/space visor. Even more strange: 193b.dat has no visor at all as its
reinforced bar prevents a complete closed castle visor. In fact, the
introduction of a reinforced bar has been possible because of a new knight
helmet and hence abandon of the old castle visor (in year 1984).

Suggestions:
-Add possible torso/tool default color in Minipart.ini (sugg by Damien Guichard)
-Sort colors not alphabetically but according usage frequency (sugg by Damien Guichard)

May be having a popup color palette like in minifig wizard of LeoCAD would
be better. If non alpha-sorted textual colors then may be MiniPart.ini is
the canonical way to select custom order.

Have fun with minifigs,

Damien



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  Re: Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
 
(...) I know this, I just keep forgetting to add it to the ReadMe. (...) Good catch, thanks. (...) Then maybe I should remove it from the list of hats that accept accesories until someone makes the old style castle visor (...) This is what I wanted (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
 
Yet another coding frenzy on a rainy day, trying to stay awake while shifting from a nights to days schedule, produced the next version of my plugin Get it here: (URL) in this version: -Added LDView preview support -Added Footwear rotation ability (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)

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