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(...) Hi, Travis. I've (URL) LDView 3.2> with Qt 4.2.2 using your updated code. I thought I'd share my leads on the remaining kinks before proceeding. First, how I got it to compile: I expanded libtool to /usr/bin/libtool at line 13 of Makefile.inc (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Wow, you need an upgrade almost as bad as I do. I'm still using a PC with Windows 95 on it. Here's another set of axis that've been around for a while now. They're not as big, but they're labeled so you don't have to remember which color is (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad)
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Jim DeVona wrote: [...] Bricksmith doesn't display coordinate axes. However, (...) [...]> (...) Hey, That's cool. I still am using the same old computer, so LDGLite is the LDRAWing tool of choice for me, but never the less, that is a cool trick. (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I took a look at the QChar docs in both QT 3 and QT 4, and updated the failing line of code to call the unicode() function on the QChar object. This builds fine in QT 3, and should also build fine in QT 4. I haven't had a chance yet to see if (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) On my MacBook, wchart is a 4-byte type. I'm not sure about the QChar definition. I've found a class definition in /src/corelib/tools/q...ar.h/.cpp, but my C++ is weak so on first glance I'm not sure how to interpret its type compatibility. (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I have to wonder what QChar is defined as in QT4. In QT3, it's just an integer type, as far as I can tell. The wchar_t type is just an integer type (4-byte integer in Linux, 2-byte integer in Windows, not sure about OSX). I suspect this error (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) It turns out I was wrong about the above. The back-ported QT 3.3 that Peter tracked down was the Windows version. The QT 3.3.7 that I'm using for Mac OSX is the official free version from Trolltech. (Peter compiled the QT version of LDView (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Wow! That's great news. Indeed, I wasn't aware that an up-to-date Mac version was in the works. (...) Making it universal with no dependencies is great - that will make it easily accessible to a lot more people than if prerequisites like Boost (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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It looks similar to Jim's (with a different model), but here's a screenshot: (URL) It appears that we compiled with different versions of QT; Jim's border around the graphics area is different, as is the toolbar area. I didn't mention it in my (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Thanks for doing that, Jim. Just as a note, the latest development code compiles and runs on Mac OS X without modification, and LDView 3.2 will have an official Mac Universal Binary version (although it might labeled as Beta). (Getting the Universal (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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Hi, everyone. I'm extremely pleased to announce that I've managed to compile (URL) LDView 3.1> on Mac OS X! Previously, I believe only (URL) version 1.0> was publicly available. Allow me to submit this piping-hot screenshot as evidence for your (...) (19 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Ah! I see James Reynolds has already written an excellent article on this topic: (URL) Animatable Models>. Recommended reading for more details on this approach to LDraw modeling. Jim (19 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I colorized the "nudge" toolbar icons to match the rotation icons: (URL) Colorized Nudge Icons>> Installation is the same as for the rotation icons described above. (URL) ArrowE+.tiff> (X+) (URL) ArrowW-.tif> (X-) (URL) ArrowS+.tiff> (Y+) (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I made some custom rotation icons for the Bricksmith toolbar to go with the XYZ-RGB color scheme of the coordinate axes. This is what they look like: (URL) Bricksmith toolbar with XYZ-RGB colorized rotation icons>> I would like to submit them (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I've been using (URL) Bricksmith> quite regularly recently (it's a great program, Allen). I thought it would be neat to share some ideas about how to get the most out of it, and I'd like to invite anyone else with similar hints to contribute them to (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I have uploaded a Universal Binary too. (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Bricksmith 1.5: The Minifigure Cometh
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.5> adds the following features: A (URL) Minifigure Generator> Move and Rotate panels Pressing x, y, or z keys rotates parts It also fixes the following bugs: Holding option while nudging parts reliably selects the third axis (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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I've updated my L3P Launcher application to version .8. (URL) update includes some additions by Allen Smith, namely a batch processing mode. It is also updated to use POV-Ray Mac 3.6 (although the AppleScripts that send the files to POV-Ray aren't (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.4.1> fixes the following bugs: Lines are colored much more consistently Fixed crash when referenced models had missing pieces Fixed problem with decorated elements getting incorrect coloring Fixed bug where typed-in part names (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | MBC 3 (At very long last)
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MBC 3 finally after several years of development is available. Actually I've just been so busy at work that I haven't had time to write any code (the new tunnel is nearly complete now), so the application was initially started in 2004 and now in (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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