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| (...) So in LDGlite, most of the files open up and show nothing, and a few of the files show a couple of bricks? launch your teminal.app and type more .MacOSX/environment.plist Do you see something like this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) Now I know! There is a bug in set-ldrawdir.command. Set-ldrawdir.command should not be using a "~". I just confirmed this by chaning mine to a "~", and ldglite could not find my ldraw directory. So, you did everything right, we didn't. Sorry. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) I do have the parts that came with the Bricksmith download. I placed the folder in the /Library directory. I believe I have set both applications to look at that location. After some further experimenting, I have now found some files that (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) [snip] (...) Well, not actually required; rather, that location was recommended. Both LDGLite and Mac Brick Cad will use an LDRAW library where ever it is as long as you set the location using the Preferences panel. I think the programmers (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) Is there more to it than just logging out and logging back in? I moved the ldraw foler to my user library folder, reran the set-ldrawdir.command, and logged out and back in using the "Log Out..." command under the apple menu. (is that the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) Well that just sucks. They don't want too many people using LDraw, I guess? Because many users simply won't jump through that many hoops to get started. They'll download a CAD program, double-click it, see scary messages about LDraw not being (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| It is good to see new LDRAW applications (Bricksmith 1.0, LDGLite 1.1.18) coming out for the Mac. However, I can't seem to get either of them to display some of the .dat files I've collected from various sources. I have viewed them using MLCad on a (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) Well, I suppose that as long as we're stuck with lawyers in our society, we have to face realities like this. We don't have to like it, though. (...) Making LDRAW-using apps harder to use doesn't really help this, though. People who stick with (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| (...) If ldglite is just floating around in your applications folder then you would do ln -s /Applications/ldglit...OS/ldglite ~/ldglite and a file (actually a soft link--something kinda like a Mac alias) named ldglite would appear in your home (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) I don't have a Mac, but if your file system is case sensitive (like most Unix file systems are), then that might be the cause of the problem. LDraw files assume a case-insensitive file system, or an application that's smart enough to deal with (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) Mac OS X is case-insensitive. It is possible to get a case-sensitive file system, but the user would have to know what they are doing and many things would break. I remember some old LDraw apps being written case senstive so that if it was one (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) Yeah, you aren't suppose to distribute the library with your app. The cool shniz would be to have the app auto find the library or download it for you if it can't find it though! The path should never change: (URL) looked at the app yet but (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| (...) Congratulations Allen on getting a 1.0 version out the door so quickly! I've added a quick fix to my Converter at: <link(URL) so that it no longer chokes on the excessive amount of space-characters, Bricksmith generated LDraw-files can now use (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| (...) First, let me say: Great work, Allen! We Mac-using ALEs really appreciate efforts like this. Initial impressions: Wow -- an LDraw editor that I can just download and use! I didn't have to install anything extra or futz about with paths; I just (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| (...) Only 6 months! You certainly have worked really hard! Congratulations :) I don't own a MAC but it's always good news when LDraw is lesser and lesser confined to the Microsoft world. Anyway i have seen the pretty screenshot, downloaded the (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, but it is the best way. When the library isn't found, just display a window asking "1). browser for library" "2). search for library" "3). download library and install (New uses select this)" That should keep the low-attention-span Mac OS (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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