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(...) I gave away the source to LSynth and publicly asked for help, given that it really has never made it past the proof of concept stage. No one has taken me up on it, so going open source, does not neccessadily get you anywhere. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I'll be the first to appologize for not having jumped in on this yet : ( It's on my list of things that I want to make time for though : ) The problem here isn't the OSS paradigm, it's the relatively small audience. It can only grow though ... (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, with a wider audience or a desperate need, it's much more likely someone will be brave enough to jump in and contribute. It also helps if the project seems active. I tried to generate some activity by making a portable version of the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote: <snip> (...) I expect people to ask me. (...) LSynth is an all in one synthesizer in that it does hose and band type synthesis, and it is stand alone, and the synthesis process does not involve manual copying of stuff (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Don't forget LDDP's generator (soon to be a plugin again). It's based on Fredrik Glockner's emacs code and supports: 73590B.DAT Hose Flexible 8.5L with Tabs (750.dat for endpoints) 73590A.DAT Hose Flexible 8.5L without Tabs (752.dat for (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That is my experience. Nobody has said anything about the source code I have posted. And not all of it was my yucky code, but some awesome OpenGL code written by an OpenGL wiz. And I have tried to read both ldglite, MBC, and LDView source (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Cool! I actually like the plugin idea even better than open source (although the two ideas do work together well). In my LDRAW fantasy world (which is probably based on Karim's Artemis paper) all the really nifty functionality is provided by (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Then you should suggest that on the web page, or in the book. People forget what they discussed on lugnet after a week or so. [snip: many, many lsynth features. It's time for me to buy the book] (...) That sounds good, but will lsynthcp still (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, I think we can go in that direction. It would certainly make updating errors a lot simpler. And since most of LDDP's functions manipulate the text in some way it's easily doable. (...) No, but there is hope. See above -Orion (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have the beginnings of this with the DATBase, DATModel, and L3Check units used for LDDP. I've been considering splintering these units off into their own project. The only thing hindering me is the (apparent) lack of Delphi programmers in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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"Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> skrev i meddelandet news:Hw88DL.1D7H@lugnet.com... (...) units used (...) own (...) I'm using Delphi 5 (Both at work and for fun). Haven't really looked much at LDDP yet but the plugin architecture (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm fairly certain that my DATBase and L3Check units (individual linetype manipulating classes and Error checking from L3P code) are compatible with a variety of Pascal compliers. DATModel (classes for model level maniplation) may pose a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You should take a peek at it. I use it to open an ldlist part finder window so I can drag and drop parts into ldglite. Hey that reminds me, the new colored fonts in ldlist 4 look bad on my system. Here's a picture: (URL) font used in the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Ugh! That's probably because I went the 'Ownerdraw' route to get the colors. I'll take a look at it when real life permits (couple of weeks...). -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote: <snip> (...) a library sort of thing, like Lars taught me about L3P. (...) I don't like the getopt format because it is so different than standard issue meta-commands. (...) Well, I have to get hooked in and put in a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Ah, that's good to hear. (...) Waitaminute!! That's what I said a year ago, but you appeared to get suckered in by the getopt proposal. Oh well. (...) Short instructions: (URL) instructions: (URL) instructions: (URL) Another thing I'd like to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, I actually want to take this kind of thing to the LSC for review. (...) I had not made it this far. I had just made it to the concept phase. There are a few things that control hose synthesis; hose type, hose segment part type, segment (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It's the same file. Are you having another bad day with case sensitive filesystems? Don (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hw8349.ECC@lugnet.com... (...) this is good news, indeed! just out of curiosity, on which basis will they ultimatelly interact? have you sorted out this dll-exe issue? (...) w. (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) This is very strange. If I download from the above link, I get the new version (4.1 from Apr. 16), but it still doesn't follow the 'Large fonts' setting?!? I'll have to dig deeper into this... -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Michael, did I mispeak on this one? I know you were considering it. (...) MLCad will have to use lsynthcp program. There are no plans to make a dll. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hmmm, maybe Mozilla fooled me by reusing a download from the cache. I used wget on a different machine and got the one from the 16th. I'll have to get back to you when I get a chance to test it on the large font system though. Don (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) my memory is not clear on this 'cos I was only involved at the very beginning back in september/october, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know the dll/exe issue was the key point in the whole story. hmm ... I might missed out (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Actually, I'd very much like to figure what definition information can be put in part files, and how model files could then specify the specific way the part is deformed. Steve (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Ok, I tested it on my Large Font system and ldlist 4.1 looks good! Thanks, Don (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) OK Steve, I'll work up a proposal. Kevin (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, I presume you don't run Windows XP on that Large Font system? It seems XP implements Large Fonts differently, to ensure that programs created with Borland Delphi does not scale well :-( -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Steve, I'm still trying to understand this terse response. Right now, LSynth uses meta commands and part usages to define constraints for the synthesis process. LSynth performs in-line synthesis. That is to say, it does not spit out the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes. What I'm envisioning is two meta-commands (or sets of meta-commands) that would be used to model flexible parts. One meta-command would go in part files, and would define how a specific flexible part behaves -- is it fixed length/variable (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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