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Hi, Way way back in 2000, I asked about CAD (Computer Aided Architectural Design) for Lego(R) system on this forum. Since 2000 a lot has changed, and I'd like to update my original analysis to a much fuller one, based on intervening developments in (...) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDView browser plugin?
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(...) Yes, I forgot about the parts library. That would definitely pose a difficulty. -Mike (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I agree that this seems a good fit for WebGL, but there is one problem. LDraw.org is FAR too slow to serve up the part files for a web-based viewer without driving the user crazy. A plugin could install a local copy of the parts library. (...) (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I have no plans to do so. Since LDView is open source, in theory anyone could build one based on it. Additionally, I have an LDView-based DLL (used by Bram Lambrecht for LSculpt's preview window and Michael Heidemann for DATHeader's built-in (...) (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A possible starting place for this kind of project might be tapping into the new WebGL capabilities of Firefox and Chrome (and hopefully once things have standardized, other browsers as well). See the following link for examples of WebGL in (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Are there any plans on creating an LDView-based browser plugin? It would be nice if a plugin were added to the Firefox or Chrome plugin libraries, as well as automatically loaded and found when encountering LDraw files. -Mike (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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Thanks for your suggestions. I want you to know that I really do appreciate them. I have some replies to them below. (The replies, taken by themselves, may imply that I'm being defensive, and that isn't my intention.) (...) That may be true, but the (...) (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This seems to indicate a problem with Win 7 write protection of the "C:\Program Files" hierarchy, or the Registry. Even if you are logged in as Administrator in Win 7, you are not running with full Administrator rights, *unless* the program (...) (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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(...) Just as a note, I contacted Ludo via e-mail, and I am attempting to figure out what is going on. Since I haven't made much progress, I'm still happy for people to post suggestions here in this thread. Since he said it worked when launched from (...) (14 years ago, 2-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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(...) That may be a clue indeed, as all my (working) LDraw programs are installed in a C:\LDraw\apps folder. Philo (14 years ago, 2-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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