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Re: open source ldd?
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lugnet.cad.ldd
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Tue, 15 May 2007 22:56:18 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ldd, Harry Schmitt wrote:
> Hello,
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> what programming language is used for ldd? Is it allowed, possible or even
> welcome that users can develop addons?
I don't know either, but based on what happened before and after the original
release of LDD 1.0, I'm going to have to say that I'd find it to be unlikely.
Prior to LDD 1.0 being released, someone from Lego contacted a number of LDraw
tool authors (myself included due to LDView). All of us who agreed to it signed
an NDA with respect to information they would provide us about LDD with the goal
of compatibility between LDD and LDraw tools. If I remember correctly, the NDA
had an expiration date.
It never went anywhere, though, and we never actually received any "inside"
information about LDD or its file format. LDD eventually had its own internal
support for LDraw files, so the outcome isn't necessarily bad. While the ldraw
import/export functionality in LDD currently has some serious issues, there is
really no guarantee that any of the tools would have been updated to support the
LDD file format, even had we been given the information. However, the fact that
we weren't ever given any information implies to me that they changed their
minds about 3rd-party support.
--Travis
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| (...) --SNIP-- (...) Take any LDD 2.0 file and change it's extension from .lxf to .zip. Unzip it with your favorite unzipper tool. Open IMAGE100.LXFML in your favorite text editor. It's XML. Go to town. -PD PS: Love to see a tool to control the (...) (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| Hello, what programming language is used for ldd? Is it allowed, possible or even welcome that users can develop addons? Thanks for your replies.... (17 years ago, 15-May-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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