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(...) I think the original suggestion that we mention that it is in row-major format is valid. I agree that the fact that OpenGL (almost certainly one of the top two most used 3D APIs on the planet) uses column major format is a good reason to (...) (19 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The "so-what" would be that I, as someone who will eventually read in these files to create OpenGL renderings of them, would expect the matrices to be in column-major order, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Rob (19 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Scott Wardlaw's GM EMD SD80 in Norfolk Southern trim
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(...) That's a nice locomotive! Seeing models like this that so closely resemble the trains I have seen near my house is neat. Jim (19 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Umm, so what? LDraw is not, and should not, be dependent on OpenGL. Having worked with transformation matrix in both formats, I find the row-major format much easier to hand-edit than column-major organization. At least for LDraw-type usage (...) (19 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - Call for Public Comments
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(...) Page 16 of the OpenGL spec, v2.1 states: "Only convex polygons are guaranteed to be drawn correctly by the GL." Rob (19 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)
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