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Re: Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
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Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:17:55 GMT
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At 10:54 AM 7/15/99 , John VanZwieten wrote:
> Steve (and authors of .MPD utilities),
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> Could a utility to build and unpack .mpd files be integrated into LDAO? I
> fear that unless we make it as easy to create an .mpd file as it is to inline
> submodels, the .mpd format will not reach (almost) universal acceptance.
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> With the OMR becoming a reality, it would really be a shame if all those
> models had their submodels inlined rather than .mpd'ed.
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> I realize that even now, making .mpd's work only involves getting one of the
> .mpd utilities and setting it up to work with LDAO, but this seems too much
> for a large number of people.
Good point John. What about making LDAO plugin-based so people can write
utilities for it and install them as plugins? This would allow for more
than just MPD being integrated - people could use whatever util written in
plugin format in LDAO.
Anyways, I agree that LDAO should have a (rather advanced) MPD builder to
ease things.
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| LDAO actually is quite good for adding utilities. It's not that hard a process, but it is an additional barrier. Having some of the most important utilities come "standard" with LDAO would be great. For example: I know that setting up L3P to work (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
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| It wouldn't be too hard for utility writers to write code to add their tool to LDAO. They just need to add a few settings to c:\windows\ldraw.ini. Let's see here... First, they need to create a new section for their tool: [My LDraw Tool] (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
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| (...) Yep! (...) I'm not saying I expect it either, but to make it available and also for the most used ones it would be wonderful. And is there any chance someone could put LDLite and LDAO together with an ledit-like editor and make a Windows (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Could MPeedy be integrated into LDAO?
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| Steve (and authors of .MPD utilities), Could a utility to build and unpack .mpd files be integrated into LDAO? I fear that unless we make it as easy to create an .mpd file as it is to inline submodels, the .mpd format will not reach (almost) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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