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I’m in the process if adding a new Hint feature to the Linkage program. When I was designing a mechanism recently, I had to do a series of adjustments in order to find the pivot point of a link based on two points that an end of that…
Continue readingI went ahead and released Linkage 3.10. Downloads from the download page will now get the 3.10 version of the software.
Continue readingNo, not “The Game of Life” board game: it sucks! I mean that some of the mechanics of board games are present in real life. For instance, one of the players a few nights ago made what they discovered was a bad industry placement as their first move….
Continue readingNote that this tutorial requires a yet-to-be-released version of the Linkage program. If you really want a copy, I can send you the executable file. But it won’t have a digital signature due to me being lazy and just now taking steps to get a new code signing…
Continue readingI’m adding a “Guideline” feature to the Linkage program. These lines will be added and manipulated just like drawing lines but will always be visible and can’t have more than two points (drawing lines are polylines with multiple segments if desired). The guidelines will be the same color…
Continue readingThe next version of the Linkage software will have a lot of changes. Besides the changes I outlined in this post, there are other new changes that make the program look and act differently. There are also some additional bug fixes I didn’t mention before. The popup element…
Continue readingOn high DPI displays, the MFC ribbon control shows tooltips at a surprisingly narrow width. This is because there is nothing to account for the DPI and scaling of the display. Fortunately, with a little bit of code during ribbon initialization, this can be mostly fixed. This is…
Continue readingI’ve been working on the Linkage software a little bit lately. There has not been enough time to add cams, a long-time desire of mine, but I was able to fix a few bugs and make a few tweaks. Here are some new and changed features: Add the…
Continue readingLinkage 3.8.1 is the current version as of this post. It is no longer a Beta test. Warning: The “Connect” feature is now called “Link” and the “L” button will do what he “C” button did before. I left the “C” button doing the same thing to help…
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