| 1 | About LeoCAD |
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| 2 | ------------ |
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| 4 | LeoCAD is a CAD program that allows people to build virtual models using |
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| 5 | bricks similar to those found in LEGO toys. It's available for free under |
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| 6 | the GNU Public License, and works on the Windows and Linux Operating |
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| 7 | Systems. |
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| 10 | Installation |
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| 11 | ------------ |
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| 13 | You can download the latest version of LeoCAD and its Pieces Library from |
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| 14 | the main website at http://www.leocad.org |
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| 16 | It's recommended that you install the latest drivers for your video card, |
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| 17 | since LeoCAD can take advantage of hardware acceleration for rendering by |
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| 18 | using OpenGL. |
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| 20 | - LeoCAD for Windows: |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | Download LeoCAD-0.74-Windows.exe to your computer, double click on the |
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| 23 | icon to launch the installer and follow the dialog intructions. |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | - LeoCAD for Linux: |
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| 27 | You can either download the source from CVS or use the precompiled i386 |
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| 28 | binaries. You will also need to download the Pieces Library separately, |
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| 29 | extract it to a directory of your choice and point the LEOCAD_LIB |
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| 30 | environment variable to it. More information is available at |
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| 31 | http://www.leocad.org/linux.htm |
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| 33 | New users can follow the tutorials at http://www.leocad.org/tutorial/ |
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| 34 | to learn how to use LeoCAD. |
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| 37 | Online Resources |
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| 38 | ---------------- |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | - Website: |
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| 41 | http://www.leocad.org/ |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | - Manual: |
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| 44 | http://www.leocad.org/manual/ |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | - Mailing lists: |
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| 47 | http://gerf.org/mailman/listinfo |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | - LUGNET Newsgroup: |
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| 50 | http://news.lugnet.com/cad/leocad/ |
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| 51 | news://lugnet.com/lugnet.cad.leocad |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | - CVS access: |
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| 54 | :pserver:guest@gerf.org:/usr/cvsroot, password:guest, module:leocad |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | - CVS-Web pages: |
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| 57 | http://gerf.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb |
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| 60 | Legal Disclaimer |
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| 61 | ---------------- |
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| 63 | LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, |
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| 64 | authorize or endorse this software. |
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