It's always good to try to simplify things for the users so I'm starting to think that the best thing to do is to just create a bunch of custom extensions and use the LDraw format instead. It wouldn't be too bad if it wasn't for the piece names but they really add a lot of spam to the models so I'm rethinking if they are really needed or maybe if it's ok to not save them if they were auto-generated.
Which then brings the point of why have a JSON format at all, the idea was to have a text format but if I can just use LDraw there's not much reason to add this except for the rare cases where someone would want to write a script to change a file. Right now both the improved LDraw exporter and the JSON code are checked in, they just need a little more testing. On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Sylvain L. Sauvage < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Le lundi 1 septembre 2014, 15:14:41 Philo a écrit : > >[…] > > Often it is done as two file menu entries: File/Save for > > native format, file/export for other ones. It avoids the need > > to mess-up with extensions... Since there are already an > > export menu for 3D export, maybe use a submenu in save as to > > choose between native and LDraw (just as it's done for > > export)? > > The Export formats are more than 3D: there are listing formats > (BrickLink and CSV) and instructions (HTML). > Personnaly, I don’t think modifying the Save menu (or dialog) > to choose the format is a good idea: letting think that the > LDraw, old-LCD and new JSON formats are somewhat equivalent is a > mistake (where are my groups? names?…). > I would much prefer to use Export (and even Import) for the > old-LCD and LDraw formats, just to make it obvious that we are > loosing info with these formats. > Maybe the Export menu just needs to be better organized. Or > why not have “Export model”, “Export list” and “Export > instructions” menus? > > -- > Sylvain Sauvage > > _______________________________________________ > Leocad mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad >
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