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Subject:	Re: 'Virtual' Preservation Project for CKS
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:57:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Ryan Farrington wrote: > Alex, > > I think that's a great idea! :) A couple of years ago I was thinking that > any construction toy could be modeled in L-Cad, and I was quite excited to > release the most basic parts of K'nex in the LDraw file format. > > http://www.ncgraphicarts.com/ryan/construction.htm > > As you can see on that page, I had hopes to complete other building sets > too, but they never got finished. This vision continued when I created this > completely unofficial website for a college web design project, a kind of > LDraw.org for many construction toys: VirtualConstruction. > > http://home.southernct.edu/~farringtonr1/ > > I'd love to see more construction kits put into the LDraw format! > > > --Ryan Looks like my idea is already happening :-) Suggestions: * Create a WikiCity? * AnchorStones - AnkerCad? See: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/ankercad.htm * Systems list? I can think of several systems not mentioned by yourself. *Major Systems (not yet mentioned): + Mecanno + Rokenbok + Fisher Technik + Geo-Mag etc.. * As it's L-CAD It means L3P/LPub etc can be used to produce model instructions OF course there are a lot of web-sites on various constructional toys, Hence my suggestion that you start a Wiki? Alex

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		Re: 'Virtual' Preservation Project for CKS
(...) Although its not quite what you sound like you want, we already have a wikified LDraw section over on BrickWiki ((URL)). You can find the category at (URL) although it's fairly empty at the moment. There is even a section on the wiki for clone (...) (19 years ago, 16-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)

		Re: 'Virtual' Preservation Project for CKS
(...) Unfortunately not with AnkerCAD :-( The parts in BlockCAD and AnkerCAD are not in LDRAW format, but one of my own. BlockCAD can export a model in LDRAW format, as it's just a question of generating the right LDRAW parts (in the right position (...) (19 years ago, 16-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: 'Virtual' Preservation Project for CKS
Alex, I think that's a great idea! :) A couple of years ago I was thinking that any construction toy could be modeled in L-Cad, and I was quite excited to release the most basic parts of K'nex in the LDraw file format. (URL) you can see on that (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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