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(...) No, seriously. :-, Would you consider putting this model into LDraw? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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Sure. Know where I can find LDraw for Mac? ~Mark (...) back (...) reclaim (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Unfortunately its not available. There has been a little talk of it, mostly from people desiring that it be made available. Right now there are no plans to make it available because no one has expressed interest in doing the programming for (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Unfortunately, my programming skills are severely lacking, otherwise, I'd love to do it. I do know, however, that there are many of us who'd like to see it. I'd consider it a useful tool if it were available. As it is, I consider it like I (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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My LDraw experience is very limited, but I have gotten it to work using Virtual PC on my Mac. I was running Virtual PC 3.0 with Win 95. I just installed Win 98 (A very scary experience for a devoted Mac guy) and I haven't tried putting LDraw back (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Well, I just reistalled LDraw on my Mac using Connectix Virtual PC 3.0 ( (URL) ) and Windows 98. It seems to work fine, but again I'm just starting to figure this stuff out. Wish me luck, Dan (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad)
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Folks, I've written a few Mac applications in my day. I'd be willing to participate in the development of a Mac L-draw port. Who's got the source? -A (#209) (...) ....l a port is made available. (...) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\...\/\/\/\/\/ Andy DePalma (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) There are many advantages. For me, I often LDraw models to document them, plus I can make cool renderings and animations once they are LDrawn. I also like to share my designs with people who are interested, and LDraw is a nice tool for that. (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) \/ Ldlite source is available and has been ported to the MAC. It could use an update though. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for. If you need LEDIT functionality then you're out of luck. Perhaps you could use this as a starting (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Heh. Really it isn't all that complex. You can see how the upper structure is built, and the bottom is just a box with a ramp on the front. Built a Medical Evac Shuttle and a new Mecha last night. Have to get wifey to bring home the digital camera (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Nope, I just wanna build it. :-, I'm not sure if this one has a lot of whooshabiliy, but it looks so *buff*. Save the whooshability for the fighters it shoots down. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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Heh, thanks Sproat. The HF-130 is actually very whooshable... well it was. I just took it apart because I wanted the parts for something else. At any rate, it was built solidly enough, as all my models tend to be. I just hate models that fall apart (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Have you been to the "LDraw for the Macintosh Campaign" website? (URL) don't think they have source to LDraw itself but there seems to be a growing interest in some sort of Mac version. --Todd [followups to lugnet.cad.dev] (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) AFAIK, Filip Spacek is the only person who has a copy of the LDraw source, given to him by James before he passed away. His email address is spacek@geocities.com. There might be more people with it, but he is the only person I know of for (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sproaticus wrote in message <390F4E0D.9B47051E@io.com>... (...) Pardon my ignorance, but do you want him to LDraw it so you can build it yourself? Or have I failed to see some other advantage in making a non-whooshable version? :-) Cheers, Paul (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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in article FtzGo4.Hty@lugnet.com, Andy DePalma at andy@uconn.edu wrote on 5/3/00 5:14 AM: (...) I have a Java version that works. I'm in the process of re-writing it, though and have the new parser done. My goal is to use OpenGL for the rendering. (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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Cool. My second question is: When creating something with LDraw, do you have to enter the spatial coordinates for all the parts, or is there some kind of click-and -drag approach? If it's not as simple as click-and-drag, then I'm not going to sit in (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm up to my elbows in other projects right now, and I don't have much 3d graphics experience, but I am the local Java guru (1) and would love to take a look at it. I could give a hand with the UI and parser, too. Cheers, - jsproat 1. (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Dan wrote: (...) Dan, How do you download something off the internet for use w/ Virtual PC (specifically, LDraw)? Do you have to boot VPC, connect, and download from there, or can you use what's on your Mac? Help! HELP! I guess I'm just a bit (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Now this is the true beauty of VPC. You can just download the executable to your Mac desktop, open VPC in window mode (as opposed to full screen), and drag the file to your Windows desktop. You could download the file in the PC environment as (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) In LEdit, you use the cursor keys to slide the parts around the three axes. LEdit has no mouse support. To make exact moves, you can press X, Y or Z, and enter an offset. This can be useful for very large or very small movements. In MLCad, you (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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