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Re: The future of LDraw?
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lugnet.cad
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:14:49 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Santeri Piippo wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > For whatever reason, I've never made the shift to MLCad or other platforms, and
> > I've been served very well James Jessiman's foundation programs. Lars Hassing's
> > L3Lab and Kevin Klague's LPub have been invaluable as well, but everything I do
> > that's Lego CAD-related (apocryphal or otherwise) starts in LEdit.
> LEdit's pretty much outdated these days. It doesn't support the LDConfig
> colours, nor can it edit MPD:s and the LSC is not taking it too seriously when
> making choices. (at least I'm not..)
That's 100% fair, and I wouldn't expect them to base any policy decisions on a
platform that hasn't changed in 13+ years. The number of people who still use
it as their primary interface can probably be counted on one hand.
The main reason that I stick with it is that I'm comfortable using it, and I can
do in it pretty much everything I need to do, LDraw-wise. I've tried MLCad, but
it just hasn't captured me.
> I agree here partially. I too think that some bits here are bit too formal...
> but I tend to think that !HISTORY lines are pretty much useful to keep track on
> what's happened and when..
I don't know. At the user end of it, I don't see how this information is of any
value at all 99% of the time, except maybe as trivia. And even when it *is*
useful, it has the potential to become bogged down.
I recall a time not so long ago when people campaigned passionately for the most
parsimonious part-designs, on the basis that it makes the processing faster.
Since that time, the basic, default format for even the most basic bricks in the
inventory has expanded hugely, in some cases with little or no visible
improvement to part-utility.
Dave!
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| --snip-- (...) Please excuse ne while I become really blunt ;) That information isn't there for the end users. It's there for the people volunteering their time to make the parts. As Philo said it's very easy to add automatically with DATHeader and (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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| (...) LEdit's pretty much outdated these days. It doesn't support the LDConfig colours, nor can it edit MPD:s and the LSC is not taking it too seriously when making choices. (at least I'm not..) (...) I agree here partially. I too think that some (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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