On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Johannes Schauer <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Leonardo, > > Quoting Leonardo Zide (2013-07-16 01:09:07) > > I've created a zip file with the parts, > http://leozide.com/~leo/parts.zip > > Wow, thanks a lot! I was prepared to figure out how to do it myself :) > > > Take a look and see if that works for you and I'll add license and readme > > files. I didn't test to see if they look correct. > > The only issue with the LDraw dat files in that zip archive as well as > with the > built-in leocad parts library is, that the orientation of the bricks is > wrong. > > Here is how the example LDraw model "pyramid.dat" looks like in leocad with > just the built-in parts library: > > http://mister-muffin.de/p/3OQy.png > > And here is how "pyramid.dat" looks like in MLCAD with the built-in leocad > parts library converted to LDraw format as in your zip archive: > > http://mister-muffin.de/p/jJR8.png > > This also means that any model which is built with the built-in leocad > parts > library or the minimal LDraw parts library generated from it will become > distorted once the full parts library is used. This should probably not > happen > and models created with the built-in leocad parts library or the minimal > LDraw > parts library should be compatible with the full LDraw or leocad parts > libraries. Probably the only thing that must be fixed is the rotation of > the > bricks? Is that easy to change? > > > I also checked in the tool I wrote to generate the library, http:// > > svn.leocad.org/branches/qtest/tools/utils/partsgen.cpp in case anyone is > > interested in improving it. > > Thanks! How did you create the initial version of the built-in leocad parts > library? Writing the dimensions out by hand? > > > It's a crappy library, doesn't follow standards, etc. I don't want > anyone to > > think I'm starting my own library or anything like that, this was just > to get > > LeoCAD into Debian main like you said and I don't plan to support it at > all > > That's totally fine. I also dont want to create a fork but just have > something > that can be in Debian "main" so that programs needing an LDraw parts > library do > not have to go to "contrib" even though they are GPL licensed. > > Maybe the leocad Debian package can create a binary package which ships > this > minimal LDraw library generated from the built-in leocad parts library? > > > so you really should ask LDraw.org to change their license. > > I think that was already done by an anonymous Debian developer here [1]: > "2013-02-21 Voted down the relicensing of the LDraw Parts Library form the > Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license to CC-BY 3.0 license as proposed > by a > Debian Developer" > > So apparently "someone" proposed the license change already but didnt get > anywhere with it :/ > > Here [2] is the thread where I currently try to do my own convincing but > nobody > seems to be interested... > > Thanks a lot for your efforts! > > cheers, josch > > [1] http://www.ldraw.org/article/383.html#2012_2013 > [2] http://forums.ldraw.org/read.php?26,9276 >
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