<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Other Linux Tools</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.57"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Lego Mindstorm with Linux Mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Pylnp" HREF="pylnp.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Other sources of information" HREF="information.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Lego Mindstorm with Linux Mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="pylnp.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="information.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="OTHER" >11. Other Linux Tools</A ></H1 ><P > These programs aren't strictly Mindstorms related, but they may be of interest to Linux/Lego fans. </P ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN252" >11.1. LeoCAD</A ></H2 ><P > LeoCAD is (as the name implies) a CAD program for constructing and renderging Lego models. There is a usable GTK port, which can be found at <A HREF="http://leocad.gerf.org/linux.htm" TARGET="_top" >http://leocad.gerf.org/linux.htm</A >. The author implies that it doesn't have full functionality, so this might make a fun project for someone. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN256" >11.2. POVRAY</A ></H2 ><P > Sets of Lego pieces have been created for use with the popular POVRAY 3-D rendering program. You can find the pieces at <A HREF="http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~witte/projekte/lego/lego.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~witte/projekte/lego/lego.html</A > and POVRAY at <A HREF="http://www.povray.org/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.povray.org</A >. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="pylnp.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="information.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Pylnp</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Other sources of information</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >