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Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:06:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote:
dear LSC members,

LEGO Digital Designer http://www.lego.com/eng/create/digitaldesigner/ has only
one feature I really miss in the LDraw system: the snap-in behavior. guys,
I'd like to ask you - no I beg you down on my knees -  to define a working
standard for a connection database. there is currently a proposal at ldraw.org:

http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=135&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

but it is all theorical. to launch this thing we would just nead 2,3 working
examples (bricks, plates) of these .cdl files

http://www.ldraw.org/OLD/reference/specs/lcd/#Appendix%20B

with the proper coordinations and a prog (LDDP plug-in or stand-alone) where we
could test new definitions. a paralell PT could collect those .cdl files.
I can also think of a restriction for submitting new parts. authors would have
to submit a .cdl file first, before they are alowed to submit a .dat file. this
would boost the build-up of the library. could you make this happen?


I like the idea of connections. I think it's really neat and would like to see
it realised. I support asking LSC to look into this further.

But I fear that requiring authors to submit a .cdl file might be increasing the
barriers to entry for new parts authors, which are already higher than we might
like, for valid reasons, so I'd be very careful about having that requirement in
place. At least initially. Perhaps someday down the road, maybe.

++Lar



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  Re: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
 
I'm not sure where this standard definition is at these days, or whether it could be used to automate what I'm doing by a clever MetaWiki robot coder, but I (and others) started capturing some connection information in BrickWiki ( (URL) ) You can (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard
 
dear LSC members, LEGO Digital Designer (URL) has only one feature I really miss in the LDraw system: the snap-in behavior. guys, I'd like to ask you - no I beg you down on my knees - to define a working standard for a connection database. there is (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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