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Re: Minifig Gen question
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Date: 
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:28:26 GMT
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Just be sure to snag a copy of LDLite 1.5 before you try this, because the
-R option doesn't work in LDLite 1.6.

Steve

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:04:27 GMT, "onyx" <onyx@flash.net> wrote:

In lugnet.cad, John VanZwieten writes:
Could someone remind me how to convert a file created by the minifig generator
to standard LDraw format?

Also, when I tried to inline a minifig gen file, body parts just went
everywhere.

-John Van


here you go john:
(from the LDLite16.html file that ships with the proggy)

5. Converting to LDRAW syntax. To maintain backwards compatibility as much as
possible, LDLITE can be used to convert a file to LDRAW *.dat syntax. While
COLOR commands are simply ignored, and direct colors will cause LDRAW to choke,
all other commands (names, nested transforms) can be converted successfully.
The syntax for converting a file with extended syntax (e.g. named
"extended.dat") to one using just LDRAW syntax (e.g. named "oldstyle.dat") is:

• ldlite -roldstyle.dat extended.dat

J



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(...) here you go john: (from the LDLite16.html file that ships with the proggy) 5. Converting to LDRAW syntax. To maintain backwards compatibility as much as possible, LDLITE can be used to convert a file to LDRAW *.dat syntax. While COLOR commands (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)

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