Brickset now includes a WebGL viewer to view the files.
It's very nice.
However, "Nicola80" (the author of the WebGL viewer), has some comments about the LDraw library in general:
And, after I asked what he means, he said this:
Now, I was wondering what the more advanced LDraw authors have to say about this, since I'm quite new to that stuff. The past years I was more of a user.
I would say (as a user) that modernizing the library would be very good. Are there any reasons (except the enormous workload it is and the time it would take) why that hasn't been done? More specifically, what needs to be done?
It's very nice.
However, "Nicola80" (the author of the WebGL viewer), has some comments about the LDraw library in general:
Quote:Jantjeuh indeed brigl doesn't attempt at sanitizing bad part files. There are some viewer around that does (LDView for example) but the algorithm can be quite tricky to implement, and the issue really should be adressed in the ldraw part library once and for all. Unfortunately the guys at LDraw are extremely reclutant to upgrade their ancient file format.
And, after I asked what he means, he said this:
Now, I was wondering what the more advanced LDraw authors have to say about this, since I'm quite new to that stuff. The past years I was more of a user.
I would say (as a user) that modernizing the library would be very good. Are there any reasons (except the enormous workload it is and the time it would take) why that hasn't been done? More specifically, what needs to be done?