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Re: Behold! Bricksmith 1.1!
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Date:
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Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:22:13 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Allen Smith wrote:
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I’ve been coding away since last month when I unveiled Bricksmith, my new
Macintosh LDraw editor. And it’s time for an upgrade.
Bricksmith 1.1 adds the following
features:
- Shading!
- Fast-draw mode while rotating
- Piece Count utility
- Dimensions utility
- Zoom controls in the Part Browser
- A simple way to add submodel references
- “Customize Toolbar” menu item
A bug whereby the canvas size would be too small when large models were
opened was also fixed.
Despite the speed penality of adding of shading to the model renderer,
Bricksmith 1.1’s full drawing time should be on par with that of version 1.0.
Rotating large models should feel considerably faster, because Bricksmith
automatically switches to bounding-box-only mode when overall drawing time
exceeds four-tenths of a second.
The new Dimensions utility reports in
units of studs, inches, centimeters, and
Legonian
Feet, a scale unit I use in my own Lego world. In this scale, one stud is
just over 1 foot 1 inch long, which makes the standard bald minifigure about
5 feet 8 inches tall. I have also included for your convenience a printable
ruler graduated in Legonian Feet, which allows you to make measurements all
the way down to the scale inch. Measurement is a hobby of mine, and I’ve been
using this scale for years, so I hope others find it fun!
The Piece Count
utility recurses into MPD submodels without counting the model reference
itself. In other words, the piece count it reports is what you need to build
the entire model.
This update nullifies several major annoyances I had
with my program. I hope others find the same.
Bricksmith requires Mac OS X
10.3 or later, and may be download it at
http://bricksmith.sourceforge.net/.
Sincerely,
Allen Smith
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Hello Allen,
my own developper experience is my initial excitment vanishes when a first
version is complete. may be because i have no users or because i turn up at
maintenance, i don’t know. it’s really much work with application to mature an
LDraw editor. it’s amazing some people have the assiduity (for free). i wish you
receive the encouragements you deserve and will continue to support LDraw
editing for the Macintosh platform.
regrettably i can’t test Bricksmith (no access to a Macintosh box).
regards,
damien
my lego web page
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