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txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
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Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:23:26 GMT
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Hi all,

I’ve just uploaded the first beta version of txt2dat, a command-line program to create LDraw files from text. It has been developed using cygwin and mingw on Windows XP, and has not been fully tested in any other environments.

You can download it here. If you wanna give it a go, and let me know if you can get it to work, please feel free.

It’s VERY beta, so don’t expect miracles!

ROSCO



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) Okay, I admit it: at first I thought "text to LDraw? Big deal--I write all my LDraw partsfiles as text files." But then I clicked on the link and figured it out. Wow, this utility is a great idea! I just downloaded it and will give feedback as (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) I've uploaded version 0.1.3, with a couple of bug fixes, and source code. Enjoy! ROSCO (20 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) Wow, that's cool! LDRAW stuff sent to stdout. I finally get to try ldglite with a pipe from a real program, and it all seems to work. txt2dat -s hello -c 4 -p 72 c:\windows\fonts\ariel.ttf | ldglite -i1 -MFhello.png -- Thanks. That was fun, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) Version 0.1.4 now available at the same page. Changes in v0.1.4 are: Use “LDraw inverse colour” for lines. Fixed non-ansi definition of add_char() and add_string(). Implemented better algorithm for choosing the number of segments in splines. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)

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