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Re: Gyphon Bricks? (CAD for the Mac)
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:28:13 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
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> It's newer than LDraw...
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> My mom has a copy of Gryphon Bricks, for Windows.
It's not a bad little program. The biggest limitations I can find are:
- fixed color palette (no clear bricks, those these were hacked in later)
- only horizontal orientation (no angular or 90-degree orientation)
- one viewing angle for models (isometric)
The bonuses are:
+ automated directions (like lDraw)
+ cross-platform
+ $8 :-)
> The kids play it when they're at her house.
^^^^
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be insulted by this... :-)
> It's not a bad program, fairly easy to use, but it should be considered a
> lego-virtual-clone, as many of the pieces are not 'real LEGO'.
Yup -- it's truly a Lego-like product, make no mistake. It can export models as
text files, though, so I have hope that I'll be able to write an lDraw->Bricks
(and Bricks->lDraw) converter for very basic, up-and-down models.
I'm going to go through your parts list to map the lDraw part numbers to Bricks'
part numbers. I'm also going to craft a letter to Knowledge Adventure asking
that they release the source code, since this appears to be a defunct product
now.
- Mike
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| (...) It's newer than LDraw... My mom has a copy of Gryphon Bricks, for Windows. The kids play it when they're at her house. It's not a bad program, fairly easy to use, but it should be considered a lego-virtual-clone, as many of the pieces are not (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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