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(...) Hi, Allen. Here's what I see when I open your example in LPub 4.0.0.1: (2 URLs) I'm not sure why the difference, but I'll list some possible factors. Side effects of other LPub options, e.g. to hide PLI LDView version (I use a "4.0 Pre-Alpha" (...) (17 years ago, 3-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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I'm working on rotation steps, and I'm not seeing LPub do what I expect it to do. I have the following file: 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3865.dat 0 ROTSTEP 0 0 0 ABS 1 4 -150 -24 70 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3005.dat 0 ROTSTEP 0 0 0 REL That should give me: (...) (17 years ago, 3-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: How to Rotate LPub Instruction Images with ROTSTEP (a crash course for fellow Mac users)
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Just want to say I appreciate (and use) this mini tutorial all the time! -Dan (17 years ago, 28-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Introduction to LPub 4 video
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Here is a video showing how to set up LPub and how to use it to create instructions for a simple model: (URL) to all the files used in the example are available on that page. The screencast was recorded on a Mac, but I think most of the features (...) (18 years ago, 6-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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I confess this is a strange post for me to be writing, but lo and behold, I discovered yesterday that I can run MLCad on my Intel Mac without Windows. And the installation is utterly painless. It goes like this: Download Darwine at (URL); it's a (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Bricksmith now using Subversion
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Bricksmith's source code has been migrated to a repository using the Subversion source code management system. Subversion is built-in to Mac OS 10.5, so you don't need any additional software to play. The CVS respository will no longer be (...) (18 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: How to Rotate LPub Instruction Images with ROTSTEP (a crash course for fellow Mac users)
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Hi Jim, Thanks for the great tutorial! I have a note or two.... <snipity doo, dah> (...) 0 ROTSTEP END Also cancels rotation. (...) Great stuff! Thanks again! Kevin (18 years ago, 22-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | How to Rotate LPub Instruction Images with ROTSTEP (a crash course for fellow Mac users)
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Now that (URL) LPub> is available for the Mac, fellow Mac users may be excited to start creating instructions for your LDraw models. If you're like me, however, you might at first be perplexed about how to tell LPub to show your model from different (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricksmith 2.0: Mousing Around
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(...) Allen, Thanks for developing a second release. Chris (18 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: B-Wing "Viper" Instructions and an Ode to Contemporary LDraw Tools
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(...) Thanks for the compliments. I agree with your point about the appeal of alternate models. In fact, you've nearly uncovered my master plan: Build alternate models Make instructions ? Profit! Here's a bonus: (URL) Jim (18 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: B-Wing "Viper" Instructions and an Ode to Contemporary LDraw Tools
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(...) terrific model, jim. the benefits of such a posting are compounded by not only posting the (very professional-looking) instructions but by the fact that it's an alternate model. a fan can buy the one set and have all the parts for the model (...) (18 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: B-Wing "Viper" Instructions and an Ode to Contemporary LDraw Tools
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(...) <snip> (...) A really good-looking model. I second your thoughts about the value of nice instructions to go with MOCs. I appreciate your expression of generosity by doing all that work. You play well! (18 years ago, 3-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Hi folks. Here is a little model loosely inspired by the Vipers of Battlestar Galactica. As with some of my other models, it is built with a single copy of the B-Wing Fighter ((URL) set 6208>). (2 URLs) What I'd really like to share, however, is my (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Bricksmith 2.0: Mousing Around
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.0> adds the following features: Use the mouse to drag parts within the model, and into the model from the Part Browser Global color list is read from ldconfig.ldr Anti-aliased drawing (much prettier) Lines are drawn with a (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX) !
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| | Re: LPub 4 Web page
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(...) Gentlemen, Thanks so much for the feedback! I'm quite happy about it myself. Thanks, Kevin (18 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I agree wholeheartedly. It's a great tool and a vital addition to the Mac LDraw ecosystem. Jim (18 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Custom Categories for Bricksmith's Part Browser
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Because I like to build alternate models, I realized that I often look for the same bunch of parts in Bricksmith's part browser - the parts from the original set. I worked out a way to add new categories to the browser and to automatically get the (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Making the DAT links work in safari.
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(...) Maybe you could email me your working plist because I'm at the "just making things worse" stage. I tried cloning the L3Lab plist file and that made ldglite disappear from the list of choices for ldraw files. I was kinda hoping lsregister with (...) (18 years ago, 25-May-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Well, I tried that, and all it did was make it so that LDView couldn't be chosen as the app to open LDraw files at all. Comparing to L3Lab's Info.plist, I haven't the foggiest why. The L3Lab one seems to work. However, when I carefully cleaned (...) (18 years ago, 24-May-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I don't either, but I think the problem is that ldglite uses a really, really old version of the info.plist settings, probably obsolete. I have to read up a bit on the new keys to see what they do. According to these notes, things changed a (...) (18 years ago, 23-May-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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