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Re: DAT to DXF again
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:54:09 GMT
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Marc Lawrence writes:
> Apologies for writing directly, I cannot seem to get posting to work
> on Lugnet newsgroups (have registered ok)...
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> I wanted to find out if there have been any model developments for
> AutoCAD - i use it from time to time and it would be great if I could
> design a few models on there.
You're not the only one who wants that. See here:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=1884
Unfortunately we have a few utilities, but no comprehensive system
that I know of which could be used to design models in AutoCAD.
There are programs that seem geared to creating parts in AutoCAD
and exporting them as DAT files.
http://marc.klein.free.fr/stl2dat.html
http://home.flash.net/~onyx/MAX2DAT/MAX2DAT.html
You might be able to use the Dat2DXF utility or the Lego Element DXF
Generator program here to build up a library of ldraw brick blocks for
AutoCAD, but I don't think these programs create the most efficient
representation.
http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Gold/3269/
Personally, I wish someone would follow the directions on this page to
create a 2x2 brick in autocad and then make it into an AutoCAD block.
http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/terry.rawkins/acad/solids/lego.htm
Then export the block as a DXF and post it to lugnet so we can see
what the DXF file contains. Finally build a little wall with 2 or 3
bricks and export that as a DXF file so we can see how DXF uses the
blocks in a file to build something. It's one thing to read some DXF
specs, but a real world example is so much easier to take apart and
understand.
Don
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| (...) I would like to discuss this because I'm not sure that would be the best path to follow. Translating (AutoCad) volume models into (Ldraw) face models could proove to be difficult. Maybe you're better off to build the Autocad model with faces (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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