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Re: Ldraw.organization (was: License revision 1)
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Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:42:33 GMT
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Tim Courtney wrote:
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> Ok. Lets figure out if we are going to make the move (LDraw vs LCAD in the name
> vote) and act on that. This doesn't necessarily mean that LDraw.org will go
> away - but a new site could be put up at least for the official organization at
> l-cad.org. Later we can decide whether its appropriate or not to phase out
> http://www.ldraw.org (I don't think it is) and stick with LCad. But IMO, we
> will always keep the LDraw domain and it will always link to the current LCAD
> site.
I think that www.ldraw.org should continue to exist and should focus
only on things related to the program LDraw.
> I was thinking in the form of a common Q&A help desk at LDraw.org, so the common
> questions don't keep getting asked and re-asked here. Maybe even an email
> address that would email a few volunteer 'helpers' and then email the CAD group
> as well?
Lots of people don't read FAQs or other sources of documentation but
it's worth to have them to at least help the few people that read the
docs.
> Good idea. Also, it would be nice to have an application written for the site
> to manage the parts organizaiton when they are in limbo before an official
> update.
I don't have any experience writing databases for web pages but if
nobody else volunteers to do it, I can try to make some perl scripts to
take care of the parts.
> And, does this mean parts could be introduced (officially) individually?
I think so, we could have a program that retrieves a file from
www.ldraw.org (/parts/list.txt) that has all available official parts
and their dates and compares it to the user's local installation and
downloads the new files. Of course, this should be integrated with the
parts tracker to make everyone's life easier.
It's all a matter of deciding the standards we're going to use and
having a place to keep the parts. LeoCAD does something like this, it
checks www.leocad.org/update.txt and tells the user if there's a new
version of the program or library available (but doesn't download and
install).
> > If you have some free time then take a look at this file: (900 Kb).
> > It's an example of a very simple animation done with LeoCAD (without any
> > external programs) that cannot be saved in LDraw format because it is
> > very limited. If you have LeoCAD installed you can download the source
> > file at http://gerf.org/~leo/anim.lcd (10 Kb), press the "play" button
> > to see it.
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> Cool! I just downloaded LeoCAD for the first time in a couple years, and I like
> it a lot! I'd love to continue discussing features and what I'd like to see
> there when I get more free time.
It really needs better documentation but you'll see that several
features that MLCad has were already in LeoCAD a long time ago. Let me
know if you have any suggestions, I'd be interested in hearing your
opinions.
> > Now answering your question: I've volunteered in the past to
> > participate in a new CAD project but nobody replied so I'll keep working
> > slowly to add the Artemis ideas to LeoCAD.
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> Yeah. One disappointment I've found in the past is if you want something done,
> do it yourself. Granted there are a few people who step up and do an incredible
> job, they're hard to come by. I just wish I knew more technical schtuff so I
> could do a better job at what I already do.
Yes, and not working together is a waste of time for everyone.
> > l-cad.org is my favorite and it's available.
>
> Someone should snag it. I will do it myself, provided I can count on donations
> to make up my cost. I really can't afford to pay for the whole name myself.
If we decide to really use it (see first paragraph) and someone has a
server to host it, then I can grab it. When I registered leocad.org I
payed $17/year, is there any place cheaper ?
Leonardo
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| "Leonardo Zide" <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:3A3B8FF8.95F0A8....com.br... (...) Organization' (...) Ok. Lets figure out if we are going to make the move (LDraw vs LCAD in the name vote) and act on that. This doesn't necessarily (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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