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Re: Site change suggestion
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:02:48 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Travis Cobbs writes:
> Despite the fact that ldraw.org is a site about ldraw, the fact is that any
> new user trying to build models would almost certainly be better off running
> MLCad than LEdit. It's user-friendly, and Michael keeps adding more cool
> new features. It's my personal feeling that the Getting Started section of
> the site should note that most new users will most likely want to use MLCad
> to do their modeling (or some other brick-based modeling program: MLCad is
> the only one I have used at all yet).
When I first tried LDraw, this was the results:
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=1298 When I saw how messed up it was,
I just kind of gave up until I found MLCAD.
Alan
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> As it stands, new users are left with the impression that the community at
> large uses LDraw and LEdit as their primary tools. MLCad is listed on the
> software page which is linked at the bottom of the getting started page, but
> for people who are in a hurry to get started, it's easy to overlook
> initially. While I personally have only recently started to pursue my
> interest in LDraw, it has certainly seemed to me based on postings to these
> newsgroups that MLCad is the preferred modeling software, not LEdit. Am I
> way off base, here? Are these views heretical? :-)
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> I'm posting this message partially based on posts I have seen made by
> newbies eager to get started who are diving into LEdit head first. To all
> but the most tech-savvy, this can be akin to diving into an empty swimming
> pool head first. It's a very powerful program, and it (along with LDraw)
> has spawned great things, but it's hard enough to use that most users will
> feel highly frustrated. The excellent article by Jonathan Knudsen titled
> "Drawing Lego Models" seems to echo the views I have presented here (quoted
> from the article):
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> LEdit and LDraw are good tools, but it takes some time to learn how to use
> them. LEdit, in particular, has a pretty steep learning curve.
> The important legacy of LEdit and LDraw is their file format, which we'll
> examine next.
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> It then goes on to recommend using MLCad for modeling and L3P/POV for
> renderings, but once again, people (especially new users) can easily
> overlook this article.
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> Is this just an oversight, do other people disagree with my claim that new
> users can easily overlook MLCad, or have I somehow missed something
> important?
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> --Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com)
> (Remove .REMOVE from address to send me e-mail.)
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