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Re: Program to create TLG style instructions from .dat files
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:43:06 GMT
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Owen Stenseth wrote:
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> Hello,
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> 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).
Have you ever tried the HTML export from LeoCAD ? It has an option to
do exactly that.
> 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 :-))
You can do that too, take a look at the step 5 from the sample I've
uploaded to
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3479/sample/Untitled-index.htm
> To take it one step further you could have sub steps similar to the ones
> that TLG uses.
That's a little more complicated.
> 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.
You can choose if you want to see pictures or only text or if you want
to see the bricks that were added on each step highlighted.
Leonardo
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