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Re: beginner's questions
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Sat, 1 Mar 2003 14:44:40 GMT
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Hi Cynthia,
It's good to see another Mac modelller out there.
Basically at the moment, running MacOS X you have 3 choices.
LdGLite
Ldraw Viewer
BrickDraw3D
LdGLite. This the most advanced we presently have, but it's a direct port
from a PC program. Additionally, it doesn't work on all versions of MacOS X
as Apple broke the code for GLUT. I believe that it works on either 10.1.5
(and earlier) or 10.2.2 (and later). Jaguar 10.2 is the problem. Because
LdGLite is a PC port it is very un-Mac like and initially confusing, but if
you persist it can be quite rewarding.
Ldraw Viewer. It is diffucult to be objective here (since I am the author),
but this is a true Mac application and also a work in progress. It's quick
and largely intuative, using the mouse for most operations. However I have
discovered a few minor bugs in the current release and a new release with
newer features and quashed bugs will be out in a few days.
BrickDraw3D. I haven't run this program since it migrated to MacOS X so I
really can't comment.
The Mac portion of www.ldraw.org is a good site for info - especially the
part downloading which I initially found confusing.
Another good source of independent Mac knowledge can be found at
http://users.rcn.com/cjmasi/lego/lego.htm
Once again, welcome
Andrew...
In lugnet.cad, Cynthia Bradham writes:
> I am a Mac user interested in starting to use some form of LDraw. I have looked
> a several websites about the different programs and getting started, but they
> are mostly oriented for PCs. I am not sure how many programs are needed. What
> is the best set up for Mac OSX? Or would I be better off downloading PC
> programs for modeling and rendering, and then running them on virtual PC? I
> have used computers alot, but I know nothing about programming, do I need to? I
> will be grateful for any advice, thanks.
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| Hi Andrew, thanks for all this info, it's really helpful. I am excited about getting started with this :) When I made this post yesterday, I had followed the mac link at ldraw.org and it said under construction, which was discouraging. But I just (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| I am a Mac user interested in starting to use some form of LDraw. I have looked a several websites about the different programs and getting started, but they are mostly oriented for PCs. I am not sure how many programs are needed. What is the best (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad)
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