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Re: Bricks on the Brain Building Instructions Portal live!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:32:15 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Jake McKee writes:
> All,
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> Several years ago, I had a vision of a link portal that would be a one stop
> destination for all finding all the fan created building instructions on the
> Web...
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> http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/resources/links
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> ...
Very impressive, Jake. Thanks for adding this resource to the community.
Still, I'm not sure how to make use of it. For instance, suppose I'd like to
build the JHM-23 Diesel Locomotive. The parts list is a great place to
start. Once I've acquired the parts though, I have to sit in front of the
computer and click through the steps one at a time.
I've tried putting all of the steps on a laptop, and that's not too bad. I
create my own HTML document and paste in all of the JPEGs (or, being a
programmer, I write code that pastes in all of the JPEGs.) Then I can view
that document, have it load all of the JPEGs, disconnect from the network,
and carry the laptop to the subterrainian LEGO storage facility (i.e., the
basement).
But, it would be even nicer if there was a print link that brought up a
document suitable for printing that contained all of the steps. In addition
to allowing me to view the steps on a laptop, I can view the steps on paper,
and unlike my HTML hack, the images wouldn't span page boundaries. It's a
lot of work for you, though.
Another option would be to allow downloading an LDRAW file. This would be a
reasonably compact download, and would allow stepping through the
construction using MLCad or the like.
How do you see the construction instructions being used?
Cary
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