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Re: LDRAW Package format?
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:52:36 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:

I forgot to mention that the above programs will of course only work if he
creates a directory somewhere that contains P and PARTS sub-directories, and
then sets that as his LDraw directory in MLCad and/or LDGLite.

--Travis

Exactly this is my problem.
It is hard to explain all this to someone who has never heard of LDRAW.
What I imagine is something like a (*.zip?)package containing the model file,
the parts and the viewer. You just have to send this package per e-mail, the
recipient opens it and can have a look at the instructions. Without any further
problems.

Is there a LDRAW viwer that doesn't need any installation (like early LeoCAD)?


Leg Godt
-Sven

And I never tried LPub without POV because the newer versions of LPub don't run
on my PC. :-(



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) Ldglite is still fairly primitive. For Windows, it's basically just an executable and a dll. If you don't give it an ldraw path, it should just look in the directory containing the model, and in the model file itself (if it's an MPD). Is that (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) Sven, What might be better than sending a viewer app each time awould be send a person an LDR/MPD file and a link to a server running a viewer, perhaps an pared-down version of the java app mentioned in this post: (URL) That would definitely (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) I sure wish I knew how to recreate this...... Kev (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: LDRAW Package format?
 
(...) I forgot to mention that the above programs will of course only work if he creates a directory somewhere that contains P and PARTS sub-directories, and then sets that as his LDraw directory in MLCad and/or LDGLite. --Travis (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)

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