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Re: Custom Built LEGO Sets in 2002
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:12:04 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.(StopSpam)net
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Eric Joslin writes:
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> > I have to admit, my LEGO CAD experience is limited to a single program. I
> > picked what appeared to be the most popular and best supported, and dove in.
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> Which one? If you say "LDraw" I swear I am gonna give Tim Courtney 100
> lashes with a wet noodle next time I see him. www.ldraw.org puts WAY too
> much emphasis on ldraw itself which is arcane, hard to use, and well,
> antiquated. Oh, and did I mention hard to use? That should get me some flamage.
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> > Way too user-unfriendly, IMHO, so I didn't bother to check out what seemed to
> > be the bit players.
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> They're all "bit players", er that is, bit twiddlers. <GD &R>
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> Seriously I don't know that any sort of market survey has been taken but I
> think MLCad has a lot of adherents. It's pretty well supported by the
> author. Feature rich, graphical, easy to use (except for the helps which are
> broken, unfortunately) and fast.
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> > If it ever came down to it, I would probably go Gianluca Morelli's
> > route first.
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> What was that, I think I missed it?
I know what it is-- you are too smart for your own good...
Here is a page of instructions using MorelliCAD;-)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4912
-John
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> I set FUT lugnet.cad as I am sure CAD authors want to hear your experiences
> and what criteria led you to pick the one you picked, etc. And I'm SURE Tim
> and the rest of the ldraw.org maintainers want to make sure that there's not
> a bias to ldraw that drives novices away.
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> ++Lar
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| (...) a good menu system, I've found it to be hard to see what I'm doing. That, and the very pritive UNDO system and lack of built-in parts...well, you get the picture. For all but the most serious users, Morelli CAD is a dismal failure. That and (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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