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Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:10:06 GMT
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cjmasi@*nogarbageplease*rcn.%spamcake%com
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Erik L. Knopp wrote:
> Don Heyse <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> wrote:
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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 appear to fully display in Bricksmith, but only a
> couple of parts show, if any, in LDGLite. (Still have files that do not
> display in either application.)
>
> I followed the instructions at the link you provided and downloaded the
> .tar archive from ldraw.org and replaced the ldraw folder with that one.
> Still having the results decribed above.
>
> Erik
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"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.
com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>LDGLITEARGS</key>
<string>-LE -v800,537</string>
<key>LDRAWDIR</key>
<string>/Users/username/Library/ldraw</string>
</dict>
</plist>
<string>/Users/username/Library/ldraw</string> should be the path to
your LDRAW folder. But if some of the parts are showing, then LDGLite is
finding them. If LDGLite couldn't find your LDRAW folder you would see
only a white window. I am not a programer, but I am Don's beta tester :)
Could you e-mail me one of the dats? I want to see if they will work here.
Thanks
Chris
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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)
| | | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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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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| (...) 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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