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| | | (...) I've been using this method, too. The one thing I'd add is that these steps also need to be performed for the p/48 directory, or you risk deleting some or all of the 48-segment primitives. It's been years since I've had a copy of the 'pro' (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | (...) Hmm, I don't think you need Fink to get unzip (I am running 10.2.8). %whereis unzip gives /usr/bin/unzip Thats some attitude that program has. I tried %unzip help and unzip replied, and I quote unzip: can't find help, help.zip or help.ZIP, so (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Tom Bozzo
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| | | | | | (...) True -- it's also present in my 10.3.2 installation, too. Fink *also* installs unzip in /sw/bin. (...) That is quite an attitude! (...) That sounds more appropriate. The grain of salt for my previous suggestion was that I've been doing the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Travis Cobbs
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| | | | (...) I don't have access to a Mac, so I can't say anything with certainty, but I've used the Unix version of unzip (which I'm guessing is the one from Fink above, only compiled for a different *nix flavor). I would expect the above to extract the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Tom Bozzo
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| | | | (...) This is right. Combining this with Chris's observation regarding the -u switch, then here is the procedure (ready for the OS X install document), which I have tested on my own installation: - Assumption: ldraw folder is in ~/Library (the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —James Reynolds
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| | | | (...) If someone wants to write up instructions, we can post this to the www.ldraw.org website under the Mac section. I would have done this but I have been too busy. I have never done a parts update either, so I don't know any more than any of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Don Heyse
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| | | | (...) Very nice. What about running mklist so the new parts appear in the lookup? James wrote: (...) It'd be nice to make this information available on ldraw.org. However, I have no idea how to submit the documentation there. Is that written up (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —James Reynolds
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| | | | (...) I don't know if mklist will work or not. (...) I can submit pages and then they get approved by the site admins. (I'm kinda site admin for the mac stuff--please don't boo and hiss at me for not doing much...!) (...) I can add links or make (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Don Heyse
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| | | | (...) Well, the DOS executable in the part update from ldraw.org won't work, but you should be able to use either the point-N-click version or the OSX command line executable that are included in the ldglite bundle. What's missing is some simple (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Tom Bozzo
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| | | | | (...) This is easy for Mklist.app 0.1 -- just launch the app, and select "Create Menu, Then Quit" from the File menu. (In 0.2, that should say "Create List, Then Quit" -- as the human factors department will hopefully not have had a martini with (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Christopher Masi
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| | | | (...) And don't you forget that we (all three of us ;) appreciate it! In fact, this afternoon I was ldrawing with ldglite instead of working. (...) Let me know what you think of the updated install instructions (URL) they are ok, I (or you) can put (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Don Heyse
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| | | | (...) I'd switch steps 6 and 7 and maybe add a sentence that explaining that some options are still only available on the command line for ldglite and mklist. I'm also thinking about adding a link to the MegaBlock ldraw library if I can find it. The (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates —Christopher Masi
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| | | | (...) Hi Don, Yeah, looking at it again, I have to say that I agree; six and seven should be switched. I also need to mention that the user should download all the updates. My best guess, since the date on the ldraw parts for linux file is not (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates (and clone parts) —Don Heyse
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| | | | (...) I believe one of you Mac guys may have actually inquired about the clone part files at one point. So clone part makers, what's the current status? I have a copy of clone001.zip. Should I make that available from the Mac ldglite startup page, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates (and clone parts) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Glad you asked, because it gives me another good excuse to get off my duff and finish what I started. My collaborator in setting up a clone.dat website has been very patient with my procrastination, and he's put together an attractive site (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: Adding part updates (and clone parts) —Tore Eriksson
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| | | | | | | (...) I wouldn't bother too much about that issue. With a fair computer (P120 and above) and not any extremely huge models, the difference in rendering time is hardly noticable. Just add <zero>* BFC NOCERTIFY and you have a really quick and easy fix (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: Adding part updates (and clone parts) —Don Heyse
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| | | | | | (...) Since it's been about a month now, I figure it's time to check up on this again. Anything happening here, or is it now a hopelessly lost cause. Given the recent happy announcement, I'm assuming it's been indefinitely put off. By the way, where (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Adding part updates (and clone parts) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Fortunately, I had already made some small steps in that direction prior to Matthew's debut! (And my clone-collaborator wasn't involved in the birth at all, so his efforts have proceeded unabated.) (...) Oh, that... The well-designed site (as (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: Adding part updates (and clone parts) —Christopher Masi
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| | | | (...) snip (...) Hey Don, When I click a [DAT] link the windowbar of the ldglite window says "/Users/cjmasi/Deskt.../mini.dat" which is where the dat file is put before is it handed off to ldglite. If I do a "control click send to ldglite" the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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