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Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:15:49 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > I stand by what I say, LDD is in my view harder to use, by far, than any of the
> > LDraw editors, at least for adults, and to equate them gives short shrift to the
> > LDraw editor programs.
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> I can't honestly say they're THAT much better. I've had equal frustration with
> both the LDraw editors AND LDD. They're broken in different ways.
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> There's been a lot of effort made to repackage the LDraw tools to make them
> easier to install, to create tutorials, to add arcane new features. And of
> course, as with any Lego AFOL operation, a good heap of administrivia and
> committees. But none of it I've seen actually has helped the basic usability of
> these tools.
I think that by usability you actually mean learnability which is somewhat
different. I agree that most of the Ldraw CAD tools are not that easy to learn.
They do not have dedicated teams to make them so. I think that, at heart, CAD is
a difficult technique to teach people anyway. LDD is most definitely inferior in
its usability as you can do far less with it.
> If they are ever to capture more than the cult following of users, they'll need
> a true UCD analysis and with usability testing. They'll also need to be
> directed by a set of goals dictated outside of the usual base of users. Alas,
> I've never seen a piece of FOSS actually have that done. As a result, the
> systems will continue to infuriate casual users like me.
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> Calum
Alas, many of the major tools are not FOSS so it is difficult to add to them. I
have a number of ideas which I think would add to MLCad and make it easier to
learn but they are unlikely to be added quickly.
Just my thoughts,
Tim
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