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Subject:	*Re: So what IS* a Building Instruction anyway?**
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.general
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:45:40 GMT
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In lugnet.build, LEGO-Oli wrote: > "Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote: > > Any form of communication that allows one person to share a LEGO related > > idea with another. > > > > For the format, this means that any .ldr/.dat/.mpd, PDF, photos, textual > > description, and so on. > > For the content, this means any full creation instruction, an individual > > building technique, design study, and so on. It can be free or for sale. > > So is a .ldr/.dat/.mpd that's not separated into simply followable steps also > an instruction? Sure -- I'd say an accurate ldraw file is a very detailed document, specifying exactly what is in a model, and how it's put together. You can manually step through any model file; in MLCAD, change your settings to only display up to the selected part, and use the PgDn key to move through the file. Assuming the file is more-or-less in order, of course. Steve

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		Re: So what IS a Building Instruction anyway?
[ XFUT lugnet.cad ] (...) Yes, but sometimes it is not exactly in an ideal form for the renderers we have at hand today. It would for example be practical, if it was possible: * to tell the renderer that something ought to be rendered as a (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)

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		Re: So what IS a Building Instruction anyway?
(...) So is a .ldr/.dat/.mpd that's not separated into simply followable steps also an instruction? ..oli (24 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)

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