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It is good to see new LDRAW applications (Bricksmith 1.0, LDGLite 1.1.18) coming out for the Mac. However, I can't seem to get either of them to display some of the .dat files I've collected from various sources. I have viewed them using MLCad on a (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Sounds like it can't find the parts. For ldglite, you can use the instructions here. For BrickSmith, I suspect your best bet is to use the one that comes with the parts. (URL) luck, Don (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I do have the parts that came with the Bricksmith download. I placed the folder in the /Library directory. I believe I have set both applications to look at that location. After some further experimenting, I have now found some files that (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I don't have a Mac, but if your file system is case sensitive (like most Unix file systems are), then that might be the cause of the problem. LDraw files assume a case-insensitive file system, or an application that's smart enough to deal with (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Yes, exactly. The LDraw file is case-insensitive so the onus is on the programmer to provide for this on case sensitive OS's -Orion (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Mac OS X is case-insensitive. It is possible to get a case-sensitive file system, but the user would have to know what they are doing and many things would break. I remember some old LDraw apps being written case senstive so that if it was one (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) So in LDGlite, most of the files open up and show nothing, and a few of the files show a couple of bricks? launch your teminal.app and type more .MacOSX/environment.plist Do you see something like this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) And package manager/instructions writer/web page updater... I'll get you programming soon enough. :^) (...) Another thing to try is open up a terminal window and run it on the command line. I think there's some information on setting that up (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I found the following in the instructions at (URL): (...) Do I just type in the command above into Terminal, replacing "path-to-ldglite.app" with the path to where I have LDGLITE? (In my case, it is in a "LDGLtite for OSX" folder in the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I tested the dat the you sent me. I copied from Mail to TextEdit, and I left in the extra lines too. I'm guessing that these "extra lines" were "added" by MLCad. It's that whole LF vs LF CR thing... or what ever is... I keep forgetting. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) If ldglite is just floating around in your applications folder then you would do ln -s /Applications/ldglit...OS/ldglite ~/ldglite and a file (actually a soft link--something kinda like a Mac alias) named ldglite would appear in your home (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Is there more to it than just logging out and logging back in? I moved the ldraw foler to my user library folder, reran the set-ldrawdir.command, and logged out and back in using the "Log Out..." command under the apple menu. (is that the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Now I know! There is a bug in set-ldrawdir.command. Set-ldrawdir.command should not be using a "~". I just confirmed this by chaning mine to a "~", and ldglite could not find my ldraw directory. So, you did everything right, we didn't. Sorry. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I thought the "~" looked out of place when I was looking at the environment.plist file, but didn't know why. (...) Typed pico, got nano. So, I guess Mac OS X must fit into the "most *nix systems" category. (...) Indeed it does. Thanks for (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Short Answer: That's how it's programmed. In order to really display a model made with references to parts in its enclosing folder, we have to make a number of decidedly unpleasant assumptions. Firstly, we have to assume the referenced parts (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I'm glad you got it working. I am also glad that you had the patience to fix it. Now we know we have to fix the distribution. I wonder how many people just gave up. Chris (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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