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Subject:	Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:17:29 GMT
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The it would be slick to have the LCD info in the dat file, but it might complicate issues being dicussed by the Ldraw committee : ( It seems that pov style includes aren't allowd in official files either so maybe keeping it seperate for a while will be easier... I'd be willing to take a stab at writing some "click" files : ) Actually, I was thinking of writing a quick vb app that parsed dat files and automatically genrates LCD info for parts that have stud and tube primitives. I bet that'd save a lot of time. LMKWYT -JSM Dan Boger wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 01:40:04PM +0000, Dan wrote: > > > To see the standard so far take a look at: > > > > http://www.mr-bucket.co.uk/GLIDE/LCD_File_Format.html > > > Should the format perhaps be changed so that LCD info could be included > inline in a valid DAT file? Perhaps make all the lines start with a "0 > LCD" before anything else? Then, when reading a DAT file, a program can > recognize and parse LCD info, in addition to looking for the .lcd file. > > Does that make sense? Do you think it's worth the effort? > > I think connection data is really cool, and we should try to make it > part of the standard library. >

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		Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
(...) There's a difference between supporting POV inline (which is not controlled in the community) and supporting LCD info (which could be integrated into the DAT format). I'd like to see programs support both options - both as an external .lcd (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

		Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
(...) I really like the way the .dat format reuses geometry e.g. stud.dat. I think the clicking format should be able to do the same thing. I imagine that would be quite a bit more difficult to reuse if the clicking info was in the dat files. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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		Re: New LDraw based editor... GLIDE. Click authors required.
(...) inline in a valid DAT file? Perhaps make all the lines start with a "0 LCD" before anything else? Then, when reading a DAT file, a program can recognize and parse LCD info, in addition to looking for the .lcd file. Does that make sense? Do you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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