Thanks everyone. This contribution has really been well received here at LDraw and it is thanks to the massive amount of work by Orion that we have the 3D previews of parts and alternate previews of OMR models.
It is my hope that the performance can be improved further so that even the largest of models will render quickly on the slowest of hardware. I also have many other ideas in the works, such as an easy-to-use web-app for creating stickers / patterns and automated step generation for building instructions. Imagine if all of the models in the OMR became building instructions! Or if you could get a live in-browser 3D preview each time you upload a .dat or .ldr file to a forum post?
It is my hope that the performance can be improved further so that even the largest of models will render quickly on the slowest of hardware. I also have many other ideas in the works, such as an easy-to-use web-app for creating stickers / patterns and automated step generation for building instructions. Imagine if all of the models in the OMR became building instructions! Or if you could get a live in-browser 3D preview each time you upload a .dat or .ldr file to a forum post?