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Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Date:
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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:45:31 GMT
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Hello,
I was wondering if there is any program that walks through an ldraw.dat
file and generates parts lists for each step of the model?
Currently when I find a model on the net I use LDLite to view the
model. My LEGO however is not right in front of my computer so I print
the steps out (or get HTML versions) and print those out.
What I would like to see (or am willing to try building) is a program
that scans the .dat files and generates (for each step) a .dat that
shows the parts (similar to LEGO instructions).
I would also see the ability to put in directives like "model this step
from the bottom since all the pieces go on the bottom" into the .dat
file. (Just like that really :-))
To take it one step further you could have sub steps similar to the ones
that TLG uses.
Is anyone working on something like this? Would anyone find it useful?
If I can generate HTML stepped instructions with piece lists for each
step how would that be? I know that there is a HTML instruction
generator in one of the programs now but I cannot remember it's
functionality or what program it was.
This idea occured to me after trying to build a couple of Fredrik
Glöckner's technic models.
--
Owen Stenseth
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