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Re: LDraw History - here's one for the old timers in the group....
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Sun, 14 Oct 2001 19:55:28 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tore Eriksson writes:
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Bram Lambrecht writes: • [snip]
The names that stand out from early LCAD development (I have left people out
for the sake of brevity), IMO, are:
James Jessiman (of course)
Tore Erikkson (I think Tore was the first person to make an LDraw part (and
a primitive) other than James.

Eriksson, please. :o)

Yes, I'm 85% sure that I was the first one after James. I know there was a
third author in a very early stage, but I don't remember who. Maybe, maybe
Steve Bliss, but I don't know.

Yeah, I was in there - part 30055, Fence spindled 1 x 4 x 2 was my first.
Followed by 2593, Wheel Hard-Plastic Medium (was that the first use of
subpart files?).

But I think Tore was the only author other than James to have a part
included in an actual LDraw release.

Steve



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  Re: LDraw History - here's one for the old timers in the group....
 
(...) At first, James made his own standalone SL2LD converter based on the info I sent him on SimLego's binary .LEO file format. (The last original ldraw.exe package file still contains the conversion list). He had plans for an LD2SL converter too, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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