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Re: Lego Digital Designer
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Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:02:57 GMT
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"Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.pobursky.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.cad, John Henry Kruer wrote:
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> I'm glad to see that they finally released a public beta. I am • disappointed
> that the program requires an internet connection to download the pieces • and then
> deletes them when you exit. I wanted to see the new LXF format. Also, I • lothe
> programs that force full screen mode. There's also the usual gripe about • exe
> vs. zip installation, but I'll never win that one.
I'm not sure I understand. I didn't do the "setup install" over the
Internet - I instead opted to download the full installation and install
locally.
In my database\bricks folder, I have the following two files:
5/29/2003 7:38a 296,925 4000makeandcreate.lxf
5/28/2003 10:24a 7,891 4000makeandcreate.xml
The XML appears to be just a basic parts listing, here's an example entry:
<Object_235723>
<SetID>4000MakeAndCreate</SetID>
<DesignID>2357</DesignID>
<ColourCode>23</ColourCode>
<MainGroup>201</MainGroup>
<MainGroupIcon>false</MainGroupIcon>
<Quantity>1</Quantity>
</Object_235723>
The lxf file is actually a standard ZIP file, and unzips to the following:
8/30/1994 7:00p 10,392 BRICK1.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 24,872 BRICK2357.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 21,416 BRICK2420.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 26,484 BRICK2431.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 93,088 BRICK2445.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 38,656 BRICK3001.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 28,288 BRICK3002.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 17,920 BRICK3003.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 10,132 BRICK30039.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 100,864 BRICK3006.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 30,880 BRICK3020.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 23,104 BRICK3021.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 15,328 BRICK3022.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 21,028 BRICK30244.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 61,984 BRICK3034.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 14,176 BRICK3048.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 20,556 Brick3049.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 57,412 BRICK30602.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 18,708 BRICK3068.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 10,132 BRICK3069.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 20,972 BRICK3300.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 78,444 BRICK3709.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 46,432 BRICK3795.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 77,536 BRICK3832.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 69,972 BRICK4032.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 47,220 BRICK4162.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 165,220 BRICK4282.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 87,028 BRICK44237.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 8,508 BRICK4865.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 81,916 BRICK6143.CHUNK
8/30/1994 7:00p 28,012 BRICK6231.CHUNK
These correspond to each entry in the XML. Each of the chunk files,
however, appears to be pure binary. An example from BRICK1.CHUNK:
0000 0000 1C 27 6A 09 7B 4B 4B 0C A8 8D 36 08 3C 35 51 54
0000 0010 00 00 00 00 94 BE 2C 17 A1 DC 42 E7 A9 64 4C 68
0000 0020 AC C0 B3 E2 7C 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E4 D4 77
0000 0030 E8 28 38 AA D5 26 43 1E 87 1B 8A 37 FB DD F9 A6
0000 0040 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E4 D4 77 01 00 00 00
0000 0050 76 87 F1 27 A8 D0 42 16 AF 10 A4 F5 50 84 04 5C
0000 0060 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E4 D4 77 01 00 00 00
0000 0070 86 A0 F7 6B 74 0E 4F 96 A1 17 96 1E 1F 48 7B 2F
I can't make much out of that. Anyone done further research?
With all due respect to LEGO, while I think this might be a fun diversion
for children for a few hours, I don't see this as a product I would purchase
as a modeling adult. The LDRAW system continues to be a win for several
reasons:
- Open, (relatively) easily understood architecture
- Somewhat large support/fan base with multiple contributors and good
information available
- A wealth of various modeling/support/render tools, fostering "competition"
and a great deal of choice
- Far more flexibility with respect to part layout and orientation
- Ability to manipulate visual output through several types of rendering, 3D
display tools, etc.
- Submodels (those who have ever worked on larger projects know how
essential this has become)
Does anyone know what LEGO's intended market is for this product? Perhaps
they will consider an 'advanced' version at some point. Of course, the big
win would be to have interoperability with the CHUNK format parts, where we
could mix and match DAT parts with CHUNK parts in a single model, but I
shudder to even consider the technical difficulty of such a feat.
Just my thoughts...
Rodney
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| (...) My understanding is that it doesn't have a target market, it has a target audience. Based on posts made here on Lugnet by Jake McKee, I don't believe they plan to charge money for it (although I could have misinterpreted what he said, and I'm (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Actually there were two, quite lengthy discussions about this program: (URL) glad to see that they finally released a public beta. I am disappointed that the program requires an internet connection to download the pieces and then deletes them (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad)
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