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Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 10 Dec 1999 23:38:27 GMT
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Adrian Drake wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Steve Bliss writes:
> > [snipped .dear-lego from the ng list]
> >
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Loch wrote:
> >
> > > In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > > My one wish? Let me put my money where my mouth is. I've shot off about
> > > > how your sites can be improved in the past. Put me (and the firm I work
> > > > for) to the test. Late summer? We may be able to help you accelerate
> > > > that date.
> > > Excellent suggestion. I can't help but think that ldraw technology
> > > is necessary for the parts ordering system. This would prevent them
> > > from using proprietary technology which may have held up this in the past.
> >
> > The LEGO Company has much better tools than LDraw. I remember a year or two
> > ago, they were posting job openings that required experience with a specific
> > high-end CAD/3D-modeling tool (maybe it was ALIAS? I don't remember for • sure).
> >
> > I'd assume that all of LEGO pieces have been modeled in a graphic-objects
> > database, especially the newer ones, where CAD tools would be used throughout
> > most of the design process, especially in the later stages, when the molds are
> > being designed and fabricated.
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> Of course all of the pieces are modeled in a high end graphics package. They
> need to include things like drafts and parting lines in order to manufacture
> these parts. They certainly don't make tools by hand, ya know! The problem
> is, making these models available to us would also make them available to the
> competitors, who could then begin manufacturing exact copies of lego pieces,
> thus making it very unlikely that they would release these models.
>
> Adrian
> --
> http://junior.apk.net/~tremor/lego.html
Make them available in some new format with the specs published. this new format
(mabie even ldraw format) would have only a few digits of precision as opposed to
the many digits that a compeditor would need to make the elements.
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
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| (...) sure). (...) Of course all of the pieces are modeled in a high end graphics package. They need to include things like drafts and parting lines in order to manufacture these parts. They certainly don't make tools by hand, ya know! The problem (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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