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| (...) Hi Dave, Thanks for your thoughtful input. I might be one of the causes of the bureaucracy you are referring to (in follow on posts). When I started to write LDraw tools back in late 1999, I turned to lugnet's LDraw forum to ask for guidance. (...) (14 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) There is also LeoCAD, which has some great features MLCad doesn't have. It sufferes from not being able to use the official parts library (directly), but it's database is regularly updated. And as a bonus it's available for Linux too. I'm (...) (14 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Actually, there has been an 'entry tool' around since 1998 - BlockCAD (www.blockcad.net). While it's using part definitions of its own, and has a lot of limitations (studs up only, fixed rotation of parts, no Technic) you can save models in (...) (14 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) LeoCAD directly imports LDRAW parts. There's no need to wait for an update of its database. It is as simple as downloading from the parts tracker, and then importing into LeoCAD itself. Some folks don't like to manage parts at that level, but (...) (14 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Yes that is correct, but importing the files is not using them directly, as most other LDraw programs do. And for folks that have multiple parts folders, that can make a big difference. ROSCO (14 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) I wanted to make sure people weren't turned away from LeoCAD because they might think they'd be dependent on third parties to provide a parts library, that's just not true, so people SHOULD check it out. It's certainly my LCAD tool of choice (...) (14 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) That's a really good explanation of why the 'rules and regulations' have grown alongside the part library and software. Tim (14 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) How widespread a problem is that, though? I know that some parts do indeed have two numbers, but this would seem a glitch that should have been resolved eight or more years ago, no? I mean, when you can turn a brick over and say "Yep, it's a (...) (14 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) First, let me make it clear that I am not a supporter of this policy (the fact that I have to write "policy" makes me feel a tad ill, to be honest). I was reporting, not defending. You quoted the most relevant portion of what I wrote. "The (...) (14 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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