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Re: Let's be realistc (WasRe:MoreVenomAnyone? (WasRe:Givethemabreak (was:Hey,like,isanyonethere?)))
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 03:50:27 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:

> That's kind of funny -- DAT was really obsolete before it was created.  It
> was never a cutting-edge graphics description language.

Agreed. It is 2.5 D rather than a 3 D solid modeling lang. That's prolly why
noone has done any really nifty shape bashing stuff like calculating
interferences...

> The main asset of the "DAT Format" is the LDraw parts library.  Excepting
> maybe whatever element-resource is used by the building instruction people
> in LEGO, I believe the LDraw library is the largest collection of LEGO
> elements.

No I believe Conan's collection is the largest collection of LEGO elements.
(oh, you mean *different* elements :-) and modeled, too ) <GD&R>

++Lar



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  Re: Let's be realistc (WasRe:MoreVenomAnyone? (WasRe:Givethemabreak (was:Hey,like,isanyonethere?)))
 
(...) Sorry, should have said "largest collection of LEGO element descriptions". Steve (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad)

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(...) That's kind of funny -- DAT was really obsolete before it was created. It was never a cutting-edge graphics description language. The main asset of the "DAT Format" is the LDraw parts library. Excepting maybe whatever element-resource is used (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad)

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