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Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - Call for Public Comments
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Date: 
Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:30:20 GMT
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> I think it would be helpful to mention the used matrix in line type 1 is
> row orientated (more clearly then 'standard matrix').

> Just my thoughts,
> 
> Roland

Is this really what the LDRAW spec is stating? Because that would be contrary to
the OpenGL spec, in which the standard ordering of matrices is column-major.

So if you have a row like

a b c d e f g h

That would be interpreted in OpenGL as

a e
b f
c g
d h

and NOT

a b c d
e f g h


Rob



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - Call for Public Comments
 
(...) 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)
  Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - Call for Public Comments
 
(...) Hi Rob, Not to be indelicate, but LDraw was around *before* OpenGL. That said, I think the document *must* explicitly show something like this: a b c d e f g h i Furthermore I think the document must explain x, y and z. If I remember correctly (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: LDraw File Format Spec 1.0 DRAFT - Call for Public Comments
 
(...) After reading the text (Great work on part of the LSC), these are my comments. I think it would be helpful to mention the used matrix in line type 1 is row orientated (more clearly then 'standard matrix'). A paragraph about line type 1 (...) (19 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad)

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