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(...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's a good idea. I think I'll do that. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Not sure. LEGO(r)'s own internal format? There IS one but few know details. The LEGO Creator(tm) format? In fact one would speculate that a "good" Creator-like program would need this info to be workable. LEOCad(tm) uses same/different format? (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, I see where you're at on that. Yes... it would be nice to just put it in the DAT file itself. Huge advantage to that is that it's there. No need for clunky lookaside files to correlate against. Huge disadvantage of course is that the DAT (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) How about Related Information? Jimmy 8(:O)) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Is there a contemporaneous format to which LCD could apply? (honest question) (...) LEGO is sensitive about the use of their name. [No different than GoB(tm)] (...) I think it now stands for LDraw, formerly it was something like LEGO Draw. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Correct. I was not faulting the authors. I only intended to point out that the community needs to work with them to flesh out the model. I hate to throw in jargon and buzzwords into a discussion, but we will need to either build or adopt an (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh. I hope so. That makes more sense (at least in my head.) From some of what I read though, I got the impression that the modelling tool was supposed to get the geometry from the DAT file, but lookup the connectivity of the part in some other (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Absolutly correct! I was coming from the other end with the amount of work that is needed to format the pages. (...) If we could think of a way, I'ld be happy to help. I do have web page formatting and programming skills. (...) Again I agree, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Would this hinder the non-webbuilder/non-HTML knoweldge from submitting tutorials. I agree that we need to unburden Tim from all the .txt file tutorials but just 'reading' the ldraw site it seems that he wanted txt files so that anyone can (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Don't forget the UldeaMediaStudio 6 (recommened)or other Video Editing software in the software requirements. Plus File Requirements: Authors may provide start files (model1-started.ldr, convertedfile.pov, etc) so the reader can follow along (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Kinda sorta. Note, replying to this out of order. (...) You're absolutely right here. I would like as many tutorials as possible to be hosted on LDraw.org. (only limited by author consent, but I doubt that will be a problem). FTX is great for (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) systems - especially once headsets/3d displays are in common use. It would also be great for writing AI software that could 'play' with Legos. Later, Gary (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I essintialy agree. The format of the tutorials was not the point of the original post. I do like the numbering, I think that it helps not to label the groups with an encoded prefix, I would prefer LDRAW ANIMATION 101 vs. LA101. (...) I think (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I think you guys are missing Tim's point. Currenlty when you go to the LDraw tutorial section you have a list of tutorials. What Tim envisions is you go to the ldraw tutorial webpage and you see what? A list of categories, groups, etc... So when you (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: [snipped] (...) Love it! But why not submit it to Tim Courtney of LDraw.org. He/they really want some user input/experience of LDraw related issues. Think about it! Jeroen (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I think that was the intent of the authors. When you get a chance to read the whole thing (and you should make yourself some clear time with no distractions, it's fairly intense reading but worth it) you'll see that they speak of things (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: . . . (...) Hi, I first have to admit that I haven't read the whole proposal. However from what I have read, and the comments, I'm starting to think that what is being proposed is more of a standalone database that is popu (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think this document is a good summary of the problem and solution. :) I've got plenty of specific issues, but I'd like to reserve comment for right now. First, it would be good to hear from the people writing programs (ie, Leonardo and (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I hate to respond to my own post, but I had another thought. Is there a format that would make your life easier to post and that fits within the ldraw.org layout? Maybe putting the entire tutorial into a html table. If we can find some way to (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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