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Re: Java 3D app ready for Mac LDraw?
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Wed, 9 Apr 2003 20:06:02 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Gino A. Melone writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > Hey everybody,
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> > At BricksWest last weekend, Wayne Gramlich told me about this site:
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> > http://www.artofillusion.org/
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> > If you are heavily into Java, Wayne figures that it would take no more than
> > a week of code to have a Macintosh LDraw modeller written on top of this. Do
> > we have anyone out there willing to take a look?
> Someone mentioned AoI a while back. At the additional prompting, I
> downloaded the app (and the source and docs) and started researching what would
> be needed.
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> Simple reading and writing of ldr files seems pretty straightforward. I have
> been in contact with the AoI author and he is supportive of the idea. An
> interface geared towards LEGO CAD is a little more complex. The AoI interface
> is geared towards primitives, not sub-objects. I think it can be adapted
> though. I'm not overflowing with free time, but I'm going to give it a try.
> I'll keep ya'll updated. My first objective is to allow AoI to import a ldr
> file.
Cool, glad someone paid attention :-) Please keep us up to date on your
progress.
My lack of programming skills will show through here -- but is it
theoretically possible to build a LEGO CAD friendly interface over AoI's
rendering engine? I've loved the Artemis Project study since it was published:
http://www.karimnassar.com/design/artemis/
-Tim
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| (...) Expect progress to be slow. I'm over-committed without this. But, I'd really like to see it happen. And, I don't think the programming is going to be very ugly. (...) I expect that extending the AoI interface will be simpler. A rendering (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| (...) Someone mentioned AoI a while back. At the additional prompting, I downloaded the app (and the source and docs) and started researching what would be needed. Simple reading and writing of ldr files seems pretty straightforward. I have been in (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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