When it is done doing its thing you can delete the downloaded file and skip to the “First run” section below. Once downloaded execute it and follow its instructions. The easiest to install on Windows is the setup one, this is a normal Windows installer program like you probably used tons of times. After doing so skip to the below section of your choice. For Windows there are two options: a setup and an archive, you'll only need one. Grab the top most version for your platform from the downloads section. If you must unpack the library it might be an option to use your file system's “compress this folder” option if available.Īfter installing the LDraw library, or if you already have one installed, you are ready to install LDCad itself. The compressed state is preferred as the zip holds thousands of relatively small files which can be very wasteful disk space wise. This will give you another “ldraw” subfolder which you can leave as is or rename to something like “library”. LDView or LPub3D) you need to unpack the library contained inside the complete.zip file using your archive software's “unpack here” option. If you do plan to use other software (e.g. Once moved you can leave it as is when you are not planning to use any other LDraw tools besides LDCad on your computer. “Documents/LDraw” on Windows, or “~/LDraw” on Linux. Once this zip file is on your computer move it from your browser's download folder to some logical (new sub) folder. So before you install LDCad it self you first need to download and install the latest official LDraw library.Īfter opening the above link download the “complete.zip” file. The LDCad default package does not come with any kind of library as libraries are shared among all tools supporting it. If you do so be sure to check LDCad in the list of programs to install.ĭo note the AIOI package might contain an older version of LDCad, if so you can always run a normal LDCad windows setup as found in the downloads section afterward as it will upgrade the version installed by AIOI, given you used its default installation folders.Īfterward you can skip this whole chapter and proceed to the next one if needed. If you are on Windows and want to get going with a whole bunch of LDraw tools in a single step, you might consider using the “AIOI” program instead of doing the below manual LDraw and LDCad installations. There are multiple ways of doing this so below are some simple steps to follow. Before you can model anything you need to install LDCad and its LDraw dependencies.
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