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Subject:	Re: Problems exporting from LeoCAD to LDraw .dat format
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.leocad
Date:	Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:08:45 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.leocad, Philippe Hurbain wrote: > > Actually the only problem with LeoCad Ldraw export is that it is limited to 2 > decimal digits. I had some precision problems (slightly moved parts) because of > that. I didn't know that people needed more precision, it's just a matter of changing a printf and you can have more decimal places. > Maybe your problem can be caused by decimal separator problem. If it is > different from the "." used by LeoCad, then Lpub might not understand floating > point values. Depending on how your computer is setup other programs may not read the files correctly if you have something other than a dot for the decimal separator. Leonardo

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		Re: Problems exporting from LeoCAD to LDraw .dat format
Hi Leonardo, (...) This is seldom a problem, but I noticed this with rubberbelts generated with my rubberbelt parts ((URL) aligned in LeoCad but were not perfectly placed when exported to Ldraw/Pov. Philo (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.leocad)

		Re: Problems exporting from LeoCAD to LDraw .dat format
(...) From what I understand, the .00 values aren't specifically prohibited in the LDraw format, but that they may be unnecessary. It also appears that in some cases, it throws errors when trying to use these files in LPub. (...) Is this a user (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.leocad)

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		Re: Problems exporting from LeoCAD to LDraw .dat format
(...) You are not alone, I prefer LeoCad too... (...) They should not cause problems. These numbers are indeed floating point values (space coordinates and transformation matrix) and while the .00 is not useful in your case it shouldn't be harmful (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad.leocad)

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