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(...) MacUpdate ((URL) but as you guessed I haven't registered with VersionTracker. I'm pleasantly surprised someone was using the previous version! That makes the time spent updating it feel worthwhile. Like I said be sure to let me know if you run (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I was using your old version last week! Awesome update. I'll make sure it gets updated on ldraw.org. Also, have you thought of posting this on VersionTracker.com? If you don't want to bother registering and all, I can post it under the name (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Hi! I'd like to announce the release of Mac MPD Utility 1.2, a little tool for assembling and disassembling multi-part data (MPD) files. (URL) is actually an update to a program I first wrote for personal use in 2002, revised and largely rewritten (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LDraw Birds of a Feather session at the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Oct. 25th
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(...) Good luck! have someone take pictures and write an article for the site :-) -Tim (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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If anyone is going to the O'Reilly Mac OS X conference next week, please come to the LDraw BOF, hosted by me! :D (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) one 3024 1x1 plate, selected Quit from the File-menu and didn't get a message or warning about whether I'd like to save my file yes or no...? Greetz, Anton (22 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I just downloaded the 2.4b1 version and yes, it loads files much faster, it reacts faster, all in all a great improvement! But I did run into a problem... I opened the M851.mpd and only added one single 3024 1x1 plate from Bricks Palette, only (...) (22 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Andrew, As always, thanks for a new version of MBC with yet even more features! Greetz, Anton (22 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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This is to inform the Mac users that Mac Brick CAD has been upgraded to version 2.4b1 There are a few new editing commands and some code changes that make the application launch and open new windows much faster. Also clicking on the column header in (...) (22 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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To the Mac users, I've begun writing MBC 3 (it will be a bit more time before it is published). This is a ground-up rewrite and incorporates an entirely new rendering system. At this early stage I'm looking for a couple of additional testers with (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD 2.3b2 (critical bug)
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Following my release of MBC 2.3b2 the other day, I've been notified of a critical crash bug in the editor, where inserting parts will cause the application to crash. I've now posted an update Mac Brick CAD 2.3b3 that fixes this. If you have (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Thanks for getting this out for us, Andrew! Even though the URL above doesn't work I was able to grab it and am now happily using it! (It should read mbc.html at the end I believe...) Greetz, Anton (22 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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Just a quick note, I've placed MBC 2.3b2 on my .mac site (URL) is only a minor fix update, * Improvements to the render engine * Bug fix for the display of .mpd files * The Imperial Star Destroyer will render about 2 seconds quicker on my system (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD and the Imerial Star Destroyer
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(...) I think this is what Don is refering to. Using Don's ldgliteargs to 800x537 on my aging 8 MB VRAM machine so ldglite would launch using the ATi renderer. GL_VENDOR ='ATI Technologies Inc.' GL_RENDERER ='ATi Rage 128 Pro OpenGL Engine' (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Actually, the same thing can happen in Windows if you resize a window too big (say 1600x1200) on an older video card. However, I'm not sure you can tell that it has switched to software mode on Windows, because as far as I know it is still (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yeah, watch out for that software rendering on the Mac. It sneeks up on you. I know it can switch you over while your program is running, but I don't know what causes it to happen other than resizing a window. You might want to query it about (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Just as a note, I found that Vertex Buffer Objects (VBOs) would crash my ATI card in Windows when used inside a display list. As far as I can tell, this isn't supposed to happen. Regular vertex arrays work fine inside a display list. General (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Travis Having done some experiments and research over the last couple of days, it seems that to get very fast drawing in OpenGL generally, vertex arrays are necessary. OpenGL has specific commands such as glBufferDataARB that will explicitly (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Ah, that explains my mysteriously low load time. I did the measurement on the 2nd try. So, I'd say anything drawing in the fps range is certainly getting some benefit from the opengl acceleration. Don (22 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Mac Brick CAD and the Imerial Star Destroyer
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(...) Well, for what it's worth, here are my numbers on a P4 2.4GHz, ATI 9700 Pro 128MB: Load: 3437 ms Draw: 1907 ms It's worth noting that if I load the file a second time, the load portion drops to 313 ms, so the only way to be sure that disk (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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