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Re: Part naming and hard colored parts
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 20 May 2009 07:30:08 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Chris Dee wrote:
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> Sergio
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> From the complete library update that was 2008-01, the !LDRAW_ORG line (line 4
> of every file) should tell you what you need to know. Full details are in the
> header specification at http://www.ldraw.org/Article398.html
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> - Generic colour parts have an identifier of "Part" and no optional qualifiers.
> - What you are calling assemblies have an identifier of "Shortcut" and no
> optional qualifiers.
> - Parts with hard-coded colours have an identifier of Part (or possibly
> Shortcut) and an optional qualifier of "Physical_Colour".
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> However none of this can be trusted from unofficial parts, which as explained at
> http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=15586 should not be automatically downloaded
> by LDraw applications.
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> I hope that you can recognise that the last sentence in that post is being
> addressed with the release of 2009-01 and a commitment to issue further updates
> this year.
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> If this information is crucial to your application, then I'd suggest that you
> don't allow it to run unless the library is updated to at least 2008-01. You can
> check this by the presence of Note0801CA.txt in the models directory.
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> Chris Dee (LDraw Parts Library admin)
Hi Chris,
thanks for the informations.
I missed the first article (often I'm immersed in programming and don't take
care of news).
With the information on line 4 I got all I need (expecially for hard colored
parts) and will be implemented in my next release.
really THANKS!!
Sergio
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| (...) Sergio From the complete library update that was 2008-01, the !LDRAW_ORG line (line 4 of every file) should tell you what you need to know. Full details are in the header specification at (URL) Generic colour parts have an identifier of "Part" (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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