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Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:12:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Erik L. Knopp wrote:
> 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 Windows machine, so I'm thinking the files are okay. The behavior I'm
> seeing essentially amounts to no parts being shown (white screen.) Other files
> only partially display. Are there some steps I might have overlooked when
> installing the applicaions? How long should it take with either application for
> the parts to appear? I'm running them on a 20" 2GHz iMac G5, with Mac OS X Tiger
> 10.4.2.

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.

  http://ldglite.sourceforge.net/osxinstall.html

Good luck,

Don



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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 (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)

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  How do I get these new applications working?
 
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 (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)

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