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Subject: 
converting SW assembly files to Ldraw??
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Date: 
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:51:39 GMT
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Hi all,

A question: I've made a big assembly of a MOC technic sportscar in Solidworks.
(Before I knew there is the existence of MLcad and LEOcad.)

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35660

Is there any program that can convert such files to Ldraw??

It would be very nice because .dat, .mpd files can be exchanged quite easily
and I can produce an instruction manual in a shorter time period.
(And because of the file size my computer probably won't crash in Ldraw that
often as it does in Solidworks.)

A new lugnet writer Nathanael



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  Re: converting SW assembly files to Ldraw??
 
(...) Welcome to the club! You'd be surprised how many CAD users model LEGO using other systems and then later find out about LDraw. There's no constraints or assembly mates in LDraw though - at least not yet - so you probably won't be leaving SW (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: converting SW assembly files to Ldraw??
 
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:51:39 GMT, "Nathanael Kuipers" <kuipers_n@hotmail.com> wrote: [...] (...) Such a program should not be complicated to write. But I think that the results could be disapointing. I explain why : Solidworks stores the assemblies (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad)

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