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| | | (...) Really! (...) The very first place to look is inside the model-MPD... (...) Indeed, but we've just learned that P, PARTS and MODELS come first. So step 1 is not the first step, but comes after step 4. (...) It happens automatically, I simply (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | Re: Searching for parts —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Yeah, I realized (after posting my message), that it was a problem with LDLite handling a subfile which was an MPD. I changed to the equivalent DAT, and everything's fine now. (...) Good point. Your "1. Inside the document if it is an MPD" (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Searching for parts —Lars C. Hassing
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| | | | (...) I'm glad you agree. (...) L3P/L3Lab will draw 'some stuff' twice. The file B.DAT is never loaded, as the subfile B.DAT was loaded during reading A.MPD. It doesn't matter whether subfile A.DAT references B.DAT or not. An MPD should be regarded (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Searching for parts —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) That's what I assumed. (...) Does it matter if C.DAT references B.DAT *before* referencing A.MPD? This would change the example to: (...) That makes sense, and is simpler to implement. And could even be useful, under certain circumstances. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Searching for parts —Lars C. Hassing
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| | | | (...) Yes, it does matter. L3P/L3Lab give you a warning SKIPPING "a.mpd" Line 4: FILE b.dat already read: 0 FILE B.DAT and 'some stuff' gets treated as part of file A.DAT. So here 'some other stuff' and 'some stuff' get drawn. (...) Right, my (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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