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[crossposted to lugnet.faq and lugnet.cad.dev, followup-to set to
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Looking at the LDraw FAQ, it looks like a new level of organization is
needed, above the current levels. More precisely, a large number of the
topics should be grouped into a fewer number of top-level categories.
Here's the current table of contents:
> 0) About this FAQ:
> a) Table of contents
> b) Locations of the FAQ
> c) Useful addresses
> 1) What is this LDraw thing?
> 2) Where can I get a copy of LDraw?
> 3) Can I get the source code?
> 4) What platforms does the program work on?
> 5) Where can I find examples?
> 6) Who made it?
> 7) What does LEGO (the company) think of it?
> 8) Where can I ask questions about LDraw?
> 9) Mailing list?!? What mailing list?
> 10) Other LEGO CAD programs
> 11) How can I convert a LDraw .dat file to a .bmp file?
> 12) Can I use models as if they were pieces?
> 13) How can I insert comments in the .dat files?
> 14) How can I get the pieces to line up?
> 15) How can I turn a hinge from one step in the instructions to the next?
> 16) What's the most recent edition of the LDraw package?
> 17) What does the numbers that follow the "-a" parameter mean?
> 18) Why don't the -MS and -MP options draw the last step of my model?
> 19) What do I do when LEdit crashes?
> a) - when you try to get the on-screen parts list
> b) - with the message "Graphics error: Invalid device driver file
> (EGAVGA.BGI)"
> 20) What is the .DAT file format?
> 21) How can I make ray-traced images of LDraw models?
> 22) How does one map a bitmap onto a LDraw object?
> 23) How can I get a clear brick in LDraw?
> 24) How can I create a part that is not yet in LDraw?
> 25) How can I find the numbers for a view in LDraw?
> 26) Where does LDraw look for files
> 27) What is the colour code for ... ?
> 28) Runtime Error 200 ???
> 29) Runtime Error 003 ???
> 30) Can I get LDraw to put the BMP files somewhere else?
> 31) What is the parts voting procedure?
> 32) What are the MIME types for LDraw and MPD files?
I can see a need for at least the following:
- Introduction/general information
(questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 32)
- Using LDraw/LEdit
(questions 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30)
- Troubleshooting
(questions 19, 28, 29)
- Other tools
(questions 10, 21)
- LDraw file format (this is just question 20, but the sub-levels should be
included in the TOC)
- Creating parts
(questions 22, 24)
- Ongoing maintenance and development
(questions 31) - oops, short section
Steve
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| (...) Good idea. Which brings up an issue -- there would probably be a need for more directory levels than just those represented by the newsgroups, and probably just for FAQ items. Todd, how much of an issue is this? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: Suggestion for LDraw FAQ
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| (...) Good ideas. My suggestion (to tie into the look and feel and professional style of ldraw.org) would be to rephrase the questions to be a little bit more formal. ie: change 'What is this LDraw Thing?' to 'What is LDraw?' and 'Mailing list?!? (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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