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LPub4 for Linux, 4th iteration
LPub4 is a program by Kevin Clague for creating high-quality instructions for Lego models. It runs on OS X and Windows. I ported it to Linux a while ago.
I have updated the patches for current versions of LPub4 and packaged it for Fedora 19.
LPub4 needs to know where to find the LDraw parts library and the ldview executable. Its configuration file is ~/.config/LPub/LDraw Building Instruction Tool.conf which (assuming you are using my package of the LDraw parts library and my package of LDView) you can edit to contain:
[General] LDrawDir=/usr/share/ldraw LDView=/usr/bin/ldview PreferredRenderer=LDView PliControl=/usr/share/lpub/pli.mpd
The .spec file shows how it was created, the *.patch files are the modifications I made, the .x86_64.rpm file (other than debuginfo) is the one to install, and the .src.rpm contains everything so it can be rebuilt for another rpm-based distribution.
lpub4-1-dev-doc-fixes.patch
lpub4-2-setmeta-args-fix.patch
lpub4-3-pro-case.patch
lpub4-4-main-case.patch
lpub4-5-openfiledialog.patch
lpub4-6-preferencesdialog.patch
lpub4-4.0.0.14-20140514.ec3.src.rpm
LDView - Packaged for Linux
LDView renders digital Lego models, both interactively and batch. I made a couple of small patches to it and packaged it for Fedora 19.
There are two executables in these packages. LDView is the interactive GUI. If you use the LDraw Parts Library I packaged, you will need to configure it to point to /usr/share/ldraw for the LDrawDir config option. You can do that by editing ~/.config/LDView/LDView.conf to include this content:
[LDView] LDrawDir=/usr/local/ldraw/
The other executable is ldview, which provides batch rendering operations for use by other programs such as LPub. It also needs to know where the LDraw model files are, so edit ~/.ldviewrc to contain this:
[General] LDrawDir=/usr/local/ldraw
The .spec file shows how it was created, the *.patch files are the modifications I made, the *.x86_64.rpm files (other than debuginfo) are the ones to install, and the .src.rpm contains everything so it can be rebuilt for another rpm-based distribution.
ldview-1-no-force-zoomtofit.patch
ldview-2-typo.patch
ldview-3-64-bit-fix.patch
ldview-4.2b1.20140530-ec1.src.rpm
ldview-4.2b1.20140530-ec1.x86_64.rpm
ldview-gnome-4.2b1.20140530-ec1.x86_64.rpm
ldview-osmesa-4.2b1.20140530-ec1.x86_64.rpm
LDraw Parts Library - Packaged for Linux
LDraw.org maintains a library of Lego part models upon which a number of related tools such as LDView and LPub rely.
I packaged the library for Fedora 19 to install to /usr/share/ldraw; it should be straight-forward to adapt to other distributions.
The .spec file shows how it was created, the *.noarch.rpm files are the ones to install, and the .src.rpm contains everything so it can be rebuilt for another rpm-based distribution.
ldraw_parts-201302-ec4.src.rpm
ldraw_parts-201302-ec4.noarch.rpm
ldraw_parts-creativecommons-201302-ec4.noarch.rpm
ldraw_parts-models-201302-ec4.noarch.rpm
