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Re: Baseplate generator program
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Thu, 27 May 2004 02:49:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Lester Witter wrote:
> I am developing a building in MLCAD (which I have built). I intend to including
> an interior and may use cut (Gasp!!) baseplates for floors. Since the parts
> library did not include non-standard baseplates (like 22x12) I wrote a small
> program that will generate a rectangular baseplate of any dimensions.
> 
> I may have posted about this before but never got around to doning anything
> more.
> 
> I would be happy to make the program GPL or public domain or give it to
> ldraw.org. How would this happen?. The souece code is "C" (I also ahve a perl
> version). To use it you have to compile it (I am not familiar with packaging
> executables)
> 
> Is there any interest in this
> 
> One interesting issue is that the program is based on the 16x32 baseplate
> authored by James Jessiman) would the program be a deriviative work or the
> output?. (I developed the program by taking lines from the DAT file and using
> them as templates for the program.)
> 
> By the way this is not a hugh program, its only 218 lines including comments
> 
> 
> Lester

Wow, I can't speak for everyone, but I'd love to get my hands on that. Could be
a real good program, simple way to generate the kind of baseplates you need. You
never know, you could turn that little program into a real nice little parts
generator, build any part you ever want.  I'd love a look at that, personally.

What did you build it under, what program (Visual C++, GCC, ...)?

Doug



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I am developing a building in MLCAD (which I have built). I intend to including an interior and may use cut (Gasp!!) baseplates for floors. Since the parts library did not include non-standard baseplates (like 22x12) I wrote a small program that (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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