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Tools capable of editing Datsville? - Michael Horvath - 2013-10-19
I need another 3D editor besides MLCAD that is capable of editing Datsville. I usually use MLCAD but I need to switch to an overhead angled view since the terrain I created for the town is getting in the way of the frontal and side views which is making things difficult. Any suggestions? I've never tried anything beyond LEdit and MLCAD.
Re: Tools capable of editing Datsville? - Roland Melkert - 2013-10-19
My LDCad can.
www.melkert.net/LDCad
It's crazy to edit the whole city at top level though, but LDCad lets you switch between submodels very easily.
I'm planning to release a new version tonight, so you might want to wait on that.
Re: Tools capable of editing Datsville? - Michael Horvath - 2013-10-19
Mainly I will be editing each section separately (I divided Datsville into blocks), but the need to edit the whole thing might arise.
Mike
Re: Tools capable of editing Datsville? - Roland Melkert - 2013-10-19
I made a screen capture of my test session (the new version fixes a couple of bugs I discovered while playing with Datsville)
http://youtu.be/_0LwRL-kfnA
Speed is somewhat slow (also the capture software is running) but it's somewhat useable.
Re: Tools capable of editing Datsville? - Michael Horvath - 2013-10-19
That seems to be about as fast as LDView which is fine.
Does your program benefit any from using Tore Eriksson's "boxed" parts?
http://home.swipnet.se/simlego/ldraw/ldboxer/ldboxer.htm
The boxes greatly speed up performance in MLCAD, but not so much in LDView. (In fact I think they're detrimental to performance in LDView.)
Mike
Re: Tools capable of editing Datsville? - Roland Melkert - 2013-10-19
It will use the box version files, but they will not show in the part bin unless you add them to the search paths using like a unofficial library.
Speed wise results may vary because with a model of this size cpu stuff is becoming a bottle neck.