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Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad
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Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:08:23 GMT
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Greg Williams writes:
> - Automatically download parts files from the network (So if a part that is
> requested isn't there, it could be downloaded. If we could guarantee a • standard
> for parts file locations, we could create an online database that the program
> would autodownload the part if you don't have it when viewing a model. Todd,
> would lugnet be the choice for this database?)
To me, that would be the primary advantage of a Java version[1], I haven't
played with LDraw much because the biggest thing that put me off is the parts
database, half the models I look at seem to have missing parts and when I want
to draw something, many of the parts don't seem to be available. Now, of
course I could be doing something wrong, but that's the point - the user
shouldn't have to mess about looking for parts.
Matt
[1] Of course, it doesn't require Java to support an online database, but it
probably makes it a bit easier.
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| (...) An online database isn't going to completely address your two issues -- missing parts and parts which haven't been created. Typically, parts will be missing from a model either because (a) the parts aren't made yet (and it's actually problem (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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| I actually thought of this long ago and mentioned it to LDraw Master James himself. He didn't sound very interested in it at the time because he didn't think java was fast enough to support it. I sorta dropped the idea after that. I'm glad Todd made (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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