LDPartEditor 1.8.91

Changes:
With the release of 1.8.91 you are able to...

• ...benefit from the fact that Rectifier "does not convert bordered rhombuses into rect primitives" by default.
• ...customise if Rectifier "does convert bordered rhombuses into rect primitives" by default.
• ...choose if Rectifier creates rect primitives with a shear or non-trivial rotation matrix.
• ...see a warning if the file is BFC CW certified instead of CCW.
• ...see a hint for "freezing the selection" when adding new objects.
• ...use the old sphere mesh for CSG operations, too (CSG_ELLIPSOID2).
• ...use a "Concave/Convex Heatmap" mode which visualises convexity between surfaces (type 3 and 4, double-click on heatmap button).
• ...see the !PREVIEW meta with syntax highlighting.

The following critical issues are fixed:

1. The selection filter logic was not consistent.
2. [OpenGL 3.3] LDPE didn't switch to "special condline mode" when the user tried to add a condline.

Installation

Windows

1. Download and run LDPartEditor-1.8.91.msi
2. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu

Linux

1. Download and install ldparteditor_1.8.91-1_amd64.deb
2. Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher

Mac OS X

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
2. Mount LDPartEditor-1.8.91.dmg
3. Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
4. Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
   4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
   4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor

When you install LDPE on Windows you will find your LDPE configuration files under
drive\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\LDPartEditor.

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LDPE is a 3D CAD application: The overall system requirements are higher. While I recommend to use a powerful 64-bit multicore system, it could be possible, to run LDPE on older machines as well.

System Requirements:

Minimum System Requirements:

• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
• RAM: 4GB
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
• Free Disk Space: 150 MB

Recommended Requirements:

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10,11, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
• RAM: >4 GB
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
• Free Disk Space: 500 MB
• For a faster start, the LDraw™ library should be installed on a SSD.

PS: I am still busy with the creation of the manual, so you "have to experiment" with my (complex) software product until you've got the manual.