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Re: The future of LDraw?
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lugnet.cad
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:29:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Ross Crawford wrote:
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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.
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> And as a bonus it's available for Linux too. I'm surprised someone hasn't tried
> to build it for Mac, give Bricksmith a little friendly competition ;)
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 it's quite doable.
-- joshuaD
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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 (15 years ago, 21-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 (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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