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(...) Thanks for the MBC update! PowerBook G4, 400MHz, 512MB RAM, IBM TravelStar 40GN 40GB HD (4200 RPM), OS X 10.3.3 (build 7F44), 8MB Rage128. I don't have the .mpd extension mapped to MBC, so I dropped the Star Destroyer MPD on the MBC app. Timed (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Following the comments by James with Orion Pobursky's version of 10030 (Imperial Star Destroyer), I took a look at the file. In it's original form there was 3 problems: 1. MBC is case sensitive when referencing sub-models (don't know if this is good (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 2.3b1 New Release
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(...) The sort url for the above is: (URL) (22 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Very nice. It tells me when there are missing parts! (URL) it displays the Star Destroyer much better... meaning it displays more than 1 part, which is what 2.2b1 did. (URL) can get the dat here: (URL) op=modload&name=News...=0&thold=0 It slows my (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Well folks, I've been busy again and MBC2.3b1 is the result. This represents a fairly significant upgrade with new major features including: * Multiple Part Data (.mpd) files can be directly edited. * Exporting to instructions sequences is possible (...) (22 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations to LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) After careful consideration of this offer, I Andrew Allan accept the nomination (22 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I, James Reynolds, second this nomination. James (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Larry pointed out a spelling error in my last attempt at this nomination so I'll try again. Also, I'm cross posting to the Mac subgroup so maybe this'll be seen by the interested parties. Anyhow... I Don Heyse nominate Andrew Allan. (22 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 2.2b1 New Release
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(...) Two quick things spring to mind... One is adding on the Deletion of objects for Powerbook users, right now we need to keep the Fn-key pressed down in order to be able to delete a selected piece. Perhaps you could map the Backspace key as well (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Great stuff Jim, where possible I'll answer interspersed with your comments (...) I've noticed this too on some bricks. It has to do with the fact that some parts use negative scaling when drawing some primitives. Both OpenGL and LDRAW can handle (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Hi Andrew, I've been occupied lately but I was finally able to test drive 2.2b1 for many hours this past week. So, weighing in again... I'm absolutely enjoying MBC!... most especially now that I understand what you were saying about moving the field (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad.dev (2004.03.03.1000) #9551 (1 article)
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(...) Well, there is Mac OS 8-9 and Mac OS X. Mac OS 8-9: The search path for the ini/pref file is: /System Folder/Preferences There is no where else it should be saved. Andrew can tell you what the format is (I don't think it is xml/plist). Mac OS (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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Where to store the preferences? While I've been aware of this thread, I haven't actually been following it, so correct me if I've got the wrong end of the stick. (...) MacOS 9 and earlier is a single user environment and it was easy to place (and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Many thanks for yet another update on MBC! Can I vote for yet another key mapping...? You've added the Delete key for deleting selected pieces, can you please also map the Backspace key to the same function, so that Powerbook users won't have (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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(...) Oh. I didn't know it was as easy as: ~/MacOSX/environment.plist I guess that is one route. In Cocoa, which is what Andrew and I are both developing in now, it is really easy to grab prefs that have a unique name for the application. It isn't (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:HtwMAE.3BM@lugnet.com... (...) Done, sorry about that - but it was a hard day at work :-( (...) As mentioned earlier in this thread ... we should go with: 1) Users Home (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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(...) Actually Environment variables work pretty well on OS X because they've set up a standard place to put them, and it's one of those plist files. See here for details. (URL) would be nice though to have a standard fallback location for the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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One other thing. Environment variables work too, but only serious Unixy Mac OS X people actually modify them--that is, some developers, but no one else. Normal users would even know what they are. Heck, even I don't modify mine. For my l3p and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) /etc would work, except it would require admin permission to install, which is something the Mac OS X community doesn't like for an installer/app that isn't a system modifying type of installer/app. Saving stuff in /etc/ will also not survive (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev)
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