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    Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dwayne Miller
   Greetings all, Now, I am asking if there are plans to support other building systems, and I dont just mean Mega Blocks or other generic Lego clones. I mean more like K-nex, and other such building systems? Ok, a more full explaination of why I am (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Anders Isaksson
     "Dwayne "Fallenhunter" Miller" <dmiller23@neo.rr.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H8B20w.EEw@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) Se my announcement of version 3 of BlockCAD in .announce - I also announced a brother program for Anchor Stones (Ankersteine). (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dwayne Miller
     <snip> (...) I found this program, a couple of hours after posting, seems too limited in its blocks availble for what we do, and as what we do is totally freeform, no pegs/holes to constrain us, overlapping a few blocks here and there (in life its (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Anders Isaksson
      "Dwayne "Fallenhunter" Miller" <dmiller23@neo.rr.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H8Brs2.2M8@lugnet.com... (...) in its (...) life (...) practical. Yes, in this case you need something like LDRAW/MLCad, where parts can be 'pushed into' each other. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Anders Isaksson
     I just took a close look at (URL) and I must say, this looks *very* much like the Anchor Stones (with variations of the textures, of course)! Almost every stone on that page can be found in the Anker catalogs too - not the same, exact, dimensions, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Anders Isaksson
     "Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> skrev i meddelandet news:H8CzME.6py@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) of (...) not (...) After seeing your .dat files, I'll repeat myself, those stones are *very* like the Anchor Stones, they even use (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dave Schuler
     (...) Ryan Farrington has done exactly that: (URL)A further question, has someone come up with a program to help aid in design of (...) It depends on how you want to evoke the stone. If the blocks are smooth with printed stone, then you might be (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dwayne Miller
      (...) telling my wife in earshot of my oldest son... he would not goto bed until I downloaded them and promised to set them up so he can play with the tommorrow. (...) Not sure what you mean by printed stone, chiseled stone is the most common block (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Miguel Agullo
   Hi all, I think Dwayne brings up a very interesting topic. Although I am more of an "outsider" to the CAD community (principally because my skills simply don't match the superior ones found here, at least for now); I have recently spent quite a bit (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dwayne Miller
    (...) <snip> (...) All of this is beyond a simple newbie like me to even comment on... its for the guys and gals who have been with this project for a long time. But I would forsee such things happening and for the better of the LDraw Legecy, James (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Miguel Agullo
     (...) Actually, I just thought of some other leads. If you are looking for a general 3D modeler to create parts, you can find several awesome freeware ones at (URL) recommend that you check out anim8or and wings 3d - they both have excellent (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dwayne Miller
     eads up, (...) it in a few hours, Dwayne (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Tim Courtney
   (...) I agree. While personally, I frown on clone brands, I like the idea of developing libraries for non-LEGO based building systems like K'Nex and Hirstarts. I just browsed the Hirst site, and that stuff is wonderful! If I remember correctly, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dave Schuler
     (...) You keep saying that, but I think thou dost protest too much. I'll bet you're right now sitting on a huge stash of TYCO, Byggis, Qubo, Coko, Tandem, and of course MegaBloks. Stop living the lie, Tim! Admit your clonophilia and liberate (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Tore Eriksson
     (...) Ah, c'mon. He can't help being a LEGO-centric. ;o) /Tore (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Tim Courtney
     (...) LOL, why am I not surprised Dave! replied to that :-) All I see around me is LEGO(R). :-D -Tim (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dwayne Miller
     <snip> (...) Clone brands, seem to be growing in popularity, good or bad, it _should_ be good for even the purists, as it should drive down cost for the Lego Brand. Nothing I am going to complain about... LDraw means I no longer have to let the kids (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Dwayne Miller
    (...) Ok, got an even more general question. Any reason that a group, could be set aside to develop just the CAD engine, and allow it to be used for loads of things? I mean, the core engine programmers could develop the core parts of the program, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
   
        Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family. —Tim Courtney
   Hi Dwayne - (...) No reason that I see, in fact, it just hasn't happened yet :-) (...) Yup. (...) Absolutely. (...) It's funny how with this post you've hit the nail on the head with my current line of thinking. :-) Steve and I have been talking (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 

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