Hi people.
If you need a quick and dirty LDraw model viewer that works on any platform, JLDraw is for you.
Small, fast, portable, with some interesting functions.
Some features:
Uses 3D acceleration if supported by your graphic card
Works fast on aged computers (tested on: 2007 notebook with integrated Intel video card; 2008 Mac PowerBook; 2010 desktop with entry-level ATI Radeon card; many others)
Uses standard LDraw part library without uncompressing the "complete.zip" part library file (put downloaded library in same folder where is the program and "it works™")
Support for both unzipped LDraw library and zipped library without reload program
Rotate, pan and zoom with buttons or with mouse
Center view right-clicking on a brick (as LDD)
Select parts to view part type and color
Hide parts to see internal structure
Orthogonal or perspective view
Lighting or flat shading
Polygons, lines or both displayed
Can save a screenshot of "what you see" (PNG format)
Checks model and parts for invalid part/colors/sub-parts/sub-models
Requires:
Java Runtime 6 or later
3D capable video card (work with integrated cards. With entry-level 3D cards is FAST!)
LDraw part library "complete.zip" in same folder where is the program or your LDraw folder
1Gb RAM
Some numbers:
Loads and render a 1300 parts Technic model in few seconds
Rotation and zoom performs at minimum 40fps with an entry level 3D card (ATI Radeon HD5450).
Try it:
Latest release 0.2.0.2 (2014-09-14)
SourceForge Project Page