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In lugnet.cad, Jason S. Mantor writes:
> I know it's off topic, but for those that didn't know, one can use LDRAW or
> MLCAD to make models using Knex(R) pieces, LEGO(R), and Sploids(R). Sploids
> let one build with and interconnect LEGO and Knex. I just ordered some
> Sploids, but I noticed that the website (http://www.sploids.com) had DAT
> files of the parts. I'm still trying to figure out a way to use the sploids
> effectively, but I made some test renderings of a modular space truss made
> of Knex elements and it came out kinda' neat looking. Please check it out
> here : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=13655
I see that some of the files from the Sploids site are said to have been
written in 1999, so it's apparent that the project has been underway for some
time. This may be bad news for Ryan Farrington, who not so long ago went to
considerable trouble to write some very cool DAT files for K'nex parts, too:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=6292
A further problem may be that the files from the Sploids site unzip to a
single directory, rather than self-organizing into a \p, \parts, and \part\s,
so the user must manually move files to the appropriate locations. In
addition, if the files are found to be undesirable, the user must manually
remove them, rather than by using a simple program such as that provided by the
courteous author of MegaBloks-style clone.dats:
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~drteeth1/clones/clone5.htm
As a final note, I see that the Sploids site links to LDraw.org, but the
Sploids team doesn't seem to have read the section on brand awareness, since
they use the improper term "LCAD" a few times.
Mind you, I'm the last person to rain on someone else's DAT parade, but I
wanted to be sure that this commercial use of LDraw is appropriate, and I was
also curious whether LDraw.org has had any contact with Sploids.com. None of
my business, really, but as a concerned citizen...
Dave!
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