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LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:45:52 GMT
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Several users have asked for an option to L3P for specifying additional search paths for parts.
LDView already has implemented "Extra Search Dirs" to search after the usual ones.
I think it would be of common interest and for the benefit of the community if we could agree on
THE way to do it, so I'll make the following proposal (as a starting point):
Two environment variables LDRAWPREDIRS and LDRAWPOSTDIRS
can be used to specify additional search directories.
Each variable can contain multiple directories separated by a |.
The search path will then be:
1. Inside the document if it is an MPD
2. The document's directory (the directory of the main model)
3. Any directories in %LDRAWPREDIRS%
4. %LDRAWDIR%\P
5. %LDRAWDIR%\PARTS
6. %LDRAWDIR%\MODELS
7. Any directories in %LDRAWPOSTDIRS%
Environment variables are preferred, because they work on all platforms.
However, on Windows, if they are not set, ldraw.ini is then checked.
A sample ldraw.ini may look like this:
[LDraw]
BaseDirectory=C:\LDraw
LgeoDirectory=C:\L2P
PreDirectories=C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\In Work
PostDirectories=C:\LDrawXtra\MyParts\Done|C:\LDrawXtra\UnOff
Other namings: LDRAWDIRPRE, LDRAWDIRSPRE, - you name it!
/Lars
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Message has 6 Replies:
 | | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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| (...) just for the record. first time I came across custom folder support was in mid november 2003 doing betatesting for mlcad's new release. for me one of the most significant improvements in 3.01 'cos for the first time I could separate unofficial (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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| Hi, Just to give my two cents ... "Lars C. Hassing" <sp.lars@am.hassings.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Hsw4I7.MxC@lugnet.com... (...) search paths for parts. (...) usual ones. LDView got its implementation after a preview release of MLCAD 3.01, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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| As has already been stated, Willy asked if I could add a feature to LDView to allow it to view models that are created in MLCad using the new feature of the MLCad beta version. It seemed like a reasonable request, so I added the feature, which made (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - Summary please!
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| 86 messages have been posted in this thread so far. I don't have a chance to catch up what has been discussed by reading all posts. Is it possible to make a brief and relatively easy-to-read summary of the most significant suggestions, and what (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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