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The 2009-01 LDraw parts update has been now been released.
This update includes 671 files in the core library, including 307 new parts, and
many more files updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. A total
of 19 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor
Agreement, replacing files that were not redistributable.
In addition, there are 6 new alias files, which are synonynms for existing parts
with new numbers as used by LEGO Digital Designer. These have been included
deliberately to assist with inter-operability between LDraw and LDD. Thare are
also 23 new files in the "physical colour" library, the descriptions for which
are prefixed with an underscore character to prevent them bloating the parts
list of applications like MLCad.
With the co-operation of Don Heyse, the new download includes version 1.4 of
mklist.exe which provides support for 64-bit Windows systems.
Thanks are due to all the authors and reviewers who contributed to this release,
and for everyone's patience over the last three years, during which time no new
parts have been released. We have spent this time standardising the file header
structure, formalising the redistribution rights, and streamlining the parts
update process. Consequently this process is now back on track and further parts
updates are planned for 2009.
You can preview the new parts in 2009-01 and download the update by going to
<http://www.ldraw.org/library/updates>.
There are still 160 certified files on the LDraw Parts Tracker,
<http://www.ldraw.org/library/tracker/> many of which were held back from this
update, following our normal practice of not releasing new primitives or
subparts until they are needed for an official part file. There are another
800+ files waiting for admin review, which I will tackle in preparation for
another release later this year.
Chris Dee (LDraw Parts Library Admin)
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 | | Re: LDraw.org 2009-01 Parts Update Now Available
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| (...) SNIP (...) Yay! This marks the resurrection of LDraw! :-D Thank you, Chris for this, you've done a wonderful job, and to all parts authors who made this happen (IIRC none of my parts got certified so I'm not really thanking myself). (16 years ago, 2-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) SNIP (...) Uhh, it seems to me that the Windows version of the library doesn't include the old parts! New users coming to LDraw using the installer would thus be without many important, even fundamental parts, such as 2780.dat. Shouldn't a (...) (16 years ago, 3-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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