Macintosh LDraw Survey

Hello!

Your answers on this survey will help guide the development of Macintosh software for making virtual Lego models. This exciting area is known as LDraw, and was made popular by the LDraw program for DOS and many other programs since. (See www.ldraw.org for more about that.)

There are two free LDraw programs now available on Mac OS:

Both of them are still what you would call Beta software. I'm the guy working on them and I wrote this survey to get feedback on what people want.

General

1.) What do you want RIGHT NOW in a Macintosh LDraw program? This will influence what gets done first in BrickDraw3D.
1=Top Priority, 5=No Big Deal
(please choose only ONE top priority.)

Model editing	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
Model viewing	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
File Polling (text editor)	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
Part creation	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
Animation	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
Printing	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
Mac OS X (Carbonized)	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
Pure OpenGL	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
POV Export	1	2	3	4	5	No comment

2.) What versions of Mac OS do you want to use this on? (check all that apply)

8.0
8.1
8.5
8.6
9
X

3.) What particular hardware do you want to run it on?
(for example, Blue G3/400, Voodoo 5500, etc)

4.) Any further comments for these general questions?

Mac OS X

5.) When do you expect to use Mac OS X?

No comment
Already using it
Tried it, can't stand it
Sometime in the next 6 months
Maybe a year from now
When Cupertino freezes over

6.) Further ideas for Mac OS X?

Linux

7.) Do you use Linux on your Mac?

Yes No

8.) How useful would these programs be to you if you had them under Linux on your Mac?
1=Big Win, 5=No Big Deal

LeoCAD	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
L3Lab	1	2	3	4	5	No comment
LdGLite	1	2	3	4	5	No comment

9.) Further suggestions about Linux? (requests, etc)

Interoperability with other programs

10.) What other graphics programs would you like to share model files with? (for example Bryce, Illustrator)

11.) What export file formats would this require (for example DXF, 3DMF, POV, 3DS)

12.) What interoperability features would really make your day? (for example, embedding in MS Office. Just kidding!)

13.) Further suggestions for interoperability?

About Yourself

14.) Your name:

15.) Email address:
(So the author can contact you)

16.) Do you want to receive announcements when software is released? (you can opt out later)

Yes No

17.) Anything you want to say about your projects, needs, skills, etc?

That's It! Push the button to send in your answers.