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Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:16:07 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, William R. Ward wrote:
> At BrickFair I made an MPD file of a covered cylindrical hopper car by Margaret
> Keys, but it used two unofficial parts. To make the file, I downloaded the
> parts (and the needed subassembly files) into my parts library, but if I share
> it with others then the unofficial parts won't be there.
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> What's the best way to handle this? I see two options:
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> 1. Release the file as is, with instructions on which files you need to download
> from the unofficial parts library
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> or
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> 2. Include the unofficial parts in the MPD file itself.
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> I've done both in the past, but is there an accepted standard best practice?
I don't know. LDView takes care of retrieving missing parts in MPDs that I
download, but there is a case to be made for including unofficial parts in the
MPD. Since the parts are unofficial, changes to their origin or orientation
might take place after you share the MPD, changing the apparent construction of
the model.
For that reason, I'll venture to say that the best practice is to include
unofficial parts in the MPD.
Jim
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