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Re: LDraw File Repository version 1.0 released
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:28:53 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, James Reynolds wrote:
> Version 1.0 of the LDraw File Repository is now available:
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> http://james.magnusviri.com/lego/ldraw_repository/
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> The repository currently has downloads of files by 5 authors, totaling 362 LDraw
> files, 10.7 MB. Most of the files are available on the authors' sites, but a
> few extras not on the authors' websites are included with the repository, so I
> believe you can only get them on the site! :) The authors are:
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> Brad Hamilton
> Orion Pobursky
> Jan Folkersma
> William Howard
> Jacob Sparre Andersen
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> Genres of files include:
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> MOC's: Castle, Train, Monorail, Pirates, Technic, Space, Airplanes, Animals,
> City cars and buildings, Houses, Churches, and Palaces.
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> Official Lego models: Classic Space, Model Team, Racers, Star Wars, Technic,
> Trains, and old sets dating back to the 1960's and 1970's.
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> The site also links to the other major LDraw authors that I know of:
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> Mladen Pejic
> Damien Guichard
> ("Primus") Burkhard Schloemer
> Bryce Rollins
> "Koyan"
> "Mutant-Manfred"
> "mdublade"
> Ahui Herrera
> W.R Jörgen Andersson
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> Those files are not hosted on my site either because the authors did not return
> my request to host them, choose not to, or I didn't have time to contact them.
> If you have files you would like listed on the site, or a link to your site
> posted, then please prepare everything you would like and send it to me.
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> Now, about the future of the repository. I am not planning on pursuing more
> authors to add more files. I am hoping authors will wrap up their stuff and
> send it to me and I can add it.
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> But the real future of the repository is on ldraw.org in the form of a database.
> Right now there is only talk about doing this but hopefully it will take off.
> Some of the ideas include getting Brickshelf.com and BricksOnTheBrain.com to add
> something to their databases to make it easier to find LDraw files. Another
> idea is having automatic file notifications using RSS, email, or webpage post
> with the goal of making it easy for website administrators to automatically
> notify the database of new or updated ldraw files on the website, and also to
> make it so that users can receive notifications of the new or updated files. I
> picture this kinda like the LDraw library of parts, except it would be models
> built by the community. Those are just some of the cooler ideas.
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> Anyway, the discussion about the repository future is on this thread:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=10386
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> Check it out and please post there if you have comments!
Hello,
I am glad to see there is a place where one can quickly identify WHAT can be
found, usually site promotion means i know WHERE to go, just to explore and
discover nothing crosses my interests.
Even if the list is far from exhaustive it can save a lot of web-harvesting
time.
Many thanks,
damien
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