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(...) Since some popular LDraw programs are available for the Mac these days - LDView, LPub, L3Lab, and of course Bricksmith - I think it's only reasonable to provide parts updates in a format readily accessible to Mac users. Happily, the (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 31-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 4.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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(...) I second that. I've been using it for all my latest renders and it's eliminated almost all hand-editing of POVray files. Top stuff! Tim (17 years ago, 7-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 4.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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(...) ... (...) This is a big update. I heartily recommend you give it a try, especially if you are working with LPub or using a Mac (or both). Travis has made some great additions to the program. Jim (17 years ago, 2-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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(...) I'll be putting ROTSTEP to use properly now, too. Thanks. (...) LDView 4 is awesome. From my perspective, recent versions of LDView, LPub, and Bricksmith form a Macintosh LDraw Power Triad. Jim (17 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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(...) I know. I used the form I did to confirm that the default viewing angle was mathematically messed up (and for dramatic emphasis). (...) I've got them, now it's time to test them. (...) Yes, actually, it was LDView that was confused. Travis' (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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(...) And you were right! The new version of LDView works. LDView 3.2 does not. Thanks very much for your help! Allen (17 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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(...) Well, Allen said that the LDView 4 test build fixed the problem. At a guess, LPub using -cg on the command line (to set the camera angle to 0 so that all the rotation can be in the model itself?) and the QT version isn't handling that like it (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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(...) Please note that instead of "0 ROTSTEP 0 0 0 REL", the preferred meta command is "0 ROTSTEP END". (...) There are 4 kinds of ROTSTEPS: REL, ABS, ADD, END For REL, you add the angles from the ROTSTEP meta to the default viewing angle to get the (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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(...) The more I think about it, the more I suspect that LDView 3.2 on the Mac is to blame. I sent Allen an email with a link to an LDView 4 test build. --Travis (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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(...) snip (...) Alas. That is what I'm supposed to see, not what I actually do see. Something is convinced that the 0,0,0 rotation is actually equal to the default 3D angle, which causes requests for the real default 3D angle to be over-rotated. (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Rotation Step angle woes
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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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| | MLCad with a 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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