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Re: The LDraw Community is what each person makes it
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Mon, 24 Dec 2001 14:07:51 GMT
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message
news:GouEot.BxD@lugnet.com...

Hi Richard -

I just wanted to say that I would like to contribute to some of the more
novice tutorials once I get a little more proficient with some of the • tools
I am using.  I actually think about it all the time, esp. if I am messing
with Mlcad, etc.  And I did actually read all the emails that were being
sent out on the subject about a month ago or so.

Thanks!!  I put you on my list (buahahaha!!).   BTW - thsoe emails about a
month ago just *died*.  I never took the time to revive them, but I will
sometime before BricksWest.

I just didn't want you to think that I had forgotten agitating on this
subject, or my own previous offer to help with some of the writing (I DID
offer, right?).  But as you know, I am still getting familiar with some of
this stuff as my own CAD needs arise.

Honestly, I forgot if you did offer or not.  But thanks for reminding me!!
I added your name to a new 'master list' of volunteers - so I can keep track
of these people :-)

Understood about learning yourself.  I think I'll go through and make topics
I'd like to see (that would help both me and others) for people to do.  And,
I could put some time into thinking up more basic topics as well.

One of my own problems is that I am not using LDAO because of some issues • I
have had with it. I am assuming that most other people work from LDAO as • an
initial interface for every project, or am I wrong about this?

I haven't used LDAO in years, actually.  I just manage my files in Windows
Explorer and use MLCad and LeoCAD for my drawings (depending on what I want
to do, I have different editor preferences).

It would be good to have a tutorial for the people who want to use LDAO, but
its not safe to assume 'most' use it.  One of the things I plan to do in the
near future is a survey for LDraw users where I'll get a lot of this data.
Perahaps I'll give the survey at BricksWest?

As it turns
out, I have never used it for anything except trying to generate HTML
instructions which has proven only partially successful.

I've used the VEC before, and I've used it in the past to launch projects.
Things like the Minifig Modeler use the original LDraw to render though -
that makes it a bit clunky in Windows 2000.  So, I prefer LeoCAD's Minifig
Generator.

If I come to figure it all out, I'd like to eventually contribute some • texts
for beginners from the perspective of a beginner.

Cool, thanks :-)  And if you need help figuring it out, don't hesitate to
drop me a line.

-Tim



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  Re: The LDraw Community is what each person makes it
 
(...) I think Tim is right on this. LDAO's file management functionality is very handy for use with LDraw and LEdit, but it's not really a tool of choice for most Windows-people. *I* still use it that way (well, I use both LDAO and Windows (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: The LDraw Community is what each person makes it
 
Tim: I just wanted to say that I would like to contribute to some of the more novice tutorials once I get a little more proficient with some of the tools I am using. I actually think about it all the time, esp. if I am messing with Mlcad, etc. And I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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