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(...) Well.... Maybe not. -Orion (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I fixed the problem. -Orion (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I wanted to print this, so I clicked on LDraw'org's "print" icon, and got this... :( Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /usr/www/users/peero...serapi.php on line 580 Thanks, Franklin (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It looks good to me. --Travis Cobbs (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@earthlink.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:mna930t5n6agvkl...4ax.com... (...) etc. (...) Good idea, so how about [LDRAW_SEARCH] 1=SHOW <MODELDIR> 2=HIDE <LDRAWDIR>P 3=SHOW <LDRAWDIR>Parts 4=SHOW <LDRAWDIR>Models . . . (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, most of the patterned part for the Star Wars line haven't been made yet but that because pattern parts are relatively difficult to model. As far as the other part, which one are you referring too? (21 years ago, 23-Feb-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Whoa, good timing! Just a few hours ago I was poking around your site to see your LDraw-compatible K'Nex and Lincoln Log stuff, and I noticed the slick new design. Very sharp! One comment, though. The K'Nex and Lincoln Log links from this (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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I'm happy to announce after half a year in the making, my entirely re-designed web site has been launched! Visit (URL) to see it. With its new look, Virtual Construction has a better face for the world, and you can even see a separate experimental (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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(...) [snip] (...) This could be addressed by prepending each value/line with 1=, 2=, 3=, etc. Steve (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HtAD4n.BCJ@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) <SNIP> (...) FILE:// style is fully machine dependend as well, so there is no need to put file in front, but I'm open to additionaly (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ME and the NT variants store the environment in the registry so this would only make things worse for 95 and 98. That said, I'd still prefer to keep things short for the environment version of this. One variable, with as many shortcuts as (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In DOS/Windows the problem with environment space is (I believe) more a problem of limited total environment space. I don't think there's additional limitations on individual variables. So using multiple environment variables might conceivably (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right. In case the variable gets too long we can resort to multiple variables: [LDraw] BaseDirectory=C:\LDraw LgeoDirectory=C:\L2P LdrawSearch01=<HIDE>...MyPrims\In Work LdrawSearch02=C:\LDr...MyParts\In Work LdrawSearch03=<MODELDIR> (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Something similar (but probably not identical to) the above would have my vote (I'll explain below). I would clarify that if ldraw.ini can't be found in the user's home directory (aka the user profile directory), then the Windows directory (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Don, "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Ht8vwM.ps2@lugnet.com... (...) <SNIP> > (...) Have you ever tried to pull out a variable under MS-Windows with a length of 500 characters? Or what would happen if the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, as Lars said earlier: (...) [LDraw] BaseDirectory=C:\LDraw LgeoDirectory=C:\L2P LdrawSearch="<HIDE>C...MyPrims\In Work| C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\In Work| <MODELDIR>|<HIDE><LD...BFC\PARTS| <HIDE><P>|<PARTS>|<M...arts\Done" I like the single (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Ht6s7G.1792@lugnet.com... (...) major (...) ini (...) user (...) There is another disadvantage of this methode. Environment variables are very system dependend and usualy are (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A bit wordy, but not bad. How about a few more predefined tags for the standard directories to save environment space? Like using <P> instead of <LDRAWDIR>\P, <PARTS> instead of <LDRAWDIR>\parts, and <MODELS> instead of <LDDRAWDIR>\models? (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Ht1H5p.1G0v@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) ;-)))))) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Very true. Perhaps you should arrange for someone to email you whenever we actually agree on something here. Since that seems to be a rare occurance, it shouldn't be much of a burden on your inbox. ;^) Hmm, that'd be a nice addition to lugnet, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ok, I didn't get that. But it's not a problem to change that. Finding things we or some agreed on is a hard job, when you do not know what you are looking for, and follow the discussions regulary. Michael (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I disagree with the idea of platform specific solutions, especially since we're now thinking about including extra information in the list (such as directives to hide certain paths) to make it more compatible with the list used by MLCAD. If (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Perhaps the delimiter character needs to be platform dependent? I realize that's not an ideal solution for programs. But I don't think people will be shipping LDraw search path settings between OS's, so it would be alright for users. I don't (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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As has already been stated, Willy asked if I could add a feature to LDView to allow it to view models that are created in MLCad using the new feature of the MLCad beta version. It seemed like a reasonable request, so I added the feature, which made (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) So, it seems like the search candidates are: <MODELDIR> (of the currently loaded model (PROJECTDIR)) <LDRAWDIR>\P <LDRAWDIR>\PARTS <LDRAWDIR>\MODELS <LDRAWDIR>\AnotherDir <LDRAWDIR>\AnotherDir\SubDir C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\In Work (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) [snip] (...) Yes, I thought we agreed on that long ago (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think old Mac's (before MacOSX) use : as directory delimiter. (...) Only the specified directories. It's up to you to specify e.g. LDRAWPOSTDIRS=C:\Som...eDir\PARTS /Lars (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Since MLCAD is for fun, you should work on it in whatever way makes you happy. I guess you'll have to weigh the enjoyment you get from freely implementing your own standards against any disappointment you may feel if everyone doesn't agree (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think that in general it would be a bad idea to put anything like this in ldconfig.ldr. The reason is that this file is distributed with parts updates, so shouldn't contain anything specific to your particular system. Otherwise you have to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hsxs1M.rIC@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) Ok right, but when I start discussing new features I'm going to implement there will be a much bigger delay in new MLCad version than we (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree, however I'd like to point out that you could have started a discussion here, before inventing your own personal solution. That's what this forum is for. Getting back to your example, I have some questions. Are all of those paths (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, Just to give my two cents ... "Lars C. Hassing" <sp.lars@am.hassings.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hsw4I7.MxC@lugnet.com... (...) search paths for parts. (...) usual ones. LDView got its implementation after a preview release of MLCAD 3.01, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No, because you already need the LDRAWDIR environment variable, or ldraw.ini, or some other OS specific method to find the LDRAW directory. And since directory paths have filesystem dependent quirks, it's probably best to keep them out of (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) just for the record. first time I came across custom folder support was in mid november 2003 doing betatesting for mlcad's new release. for me one of the most significant improvements in 3.01 'cos for the first time I could separate unofficial (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hey, you're right. I wonder how the Windows PATH variable handles that. Probably it just doesn't work... Anyhow, the unix PATH variable uses ':' as the delimiter (at least with the bash shell). So maybe '|' is better, even though you need to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sure, I just chose | because ; is allowed in filenames. /Lars (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I like this idea. Can you support delimiting paths by ';' instead of '|'? ';' is more in line with the delimitation in the PATH environment varible. -Orion (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Several users have asked for an option to L3P for specifying additional search paths for parts. LDView already has implemented "Extra Search Dirs" to search after the usual ones. I think it would be of common interest and for the benefit of the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure you're right there. I think Steve may have been trying to achieve a specific dithered look, different from the effect created by the pre-defined metal code in say ldview or ldglite, probably to better differentiate some static (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Whoops. Silly me. It's amazing the tricks memory can play on you ;-). (...) While this is still probably do-able, I think my original argument about the possible creation of future tags still holds (unless you're also agreeing to the enforced (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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