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Re: Searching for parts
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:10:55 GMT
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According to FAQ question 26, LDraw searches for files in the following order:
1.The current catalog.
2.The P catalog.
3.The PARTS catalog.
4.The MODELS catalog.
L3P/L3Lab search in the above order, with the addition:
5. The catalog of the model [1]
(See also "File search also in directory of model" in
http://home16.inet.tele.dk/hassing/l3p.html#version11)
IIRC LDraw/LEdit MUST be started from the LDraw directory to work.
So for LDraw/LEdit step 1 is always the LDraw directory!
Maybe "the current catalog" actually means the Ldraw directory?
If so, I have misunderstood "the current catalog" because I have
programmed L3P (and L3Lab) to actually use the current working
directory from where L3P is started.
And this is why LDRAWDIR is needed for L3P!
So, should I change step 1 to be the LDraw directory?
I agree with Travis Cobbs that step 5 should be the first step.
Will this have any side effects?
/Lars
[1] Actually, to ease BFC development L3Lab also searches:
0a.The BFC\P catalog.
0b.The BFC\PARTS catalog.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Searching for parts
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| (...) I don't think you misunderstood the way LDRAW works so I wouldn't change step 1 to the LDRAW directory. (...) Although it's not exactly compatible with LDRAW, I think searching 5 first is the most versatile. After all, for a command line user (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Searching for parts
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| (...) The FAQ is not quite correct. Step #1 should be last, not first. Strictly speaking, LDraw 'searches' by trying to access files, named as follows. (This is taken directly from the LDraw code). 'p/' + <filename> 'parts/' + <filename> 'models/' + (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Searching for parts
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| Awhile back there was a thread about seams, subparts, and relations between them with respect to L3P and L3Lab. After a great deal of confusion on my part about what was causing the problem, I had an e-mail conversation with Lars Hassing which (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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