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Re: Crazy, OK Heretical Idea ...
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Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:42:55 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jason S. Mantor writes:
5.  Human Readable/Editable

What existing formats come close ?
Md2 (Quake II)
Milkshape
OBJ
Md3 (Quake III)

Im not sure about md2, obj or md3, but at least milkshape is human readable.
unfortunately, It doesn't support include files like ldraw .dat files do.

I like the idea of extending the ldraw format to include the features you
outlined.

-Chuck



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  Re: Crazy, OK Heretical Idea ...
 
(...) Yeah that's why I included it, but IMHO human readable isn't a big deal if we take advantage of the existing tools. Milkshape with "extra" features like LCD (Lego Connection Database) Tags could be quite workable though.... (...) Cool and (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)

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  Crazy, OK Heretical Idea ...
 
I've been kicking this idea around in my head for a while and I'd like to throw it out for discussion. I think the ldraw specification needs to evolve in order to take the great work that James started and make it into the "toy" that everyone really (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)

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