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Re: Java LDraw/LDLite
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad
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Mon, 1 Mar 1999 14:40:25 GMT
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:08:23 GMT, "Matthew Bates"
<train_depot@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ... I haven't
> played with LDraw much because the biggest thing that put me off is the parts
> database, half the models I look at seem to have missing parts and when I want
> to draw something, many of the parts don't seem to be available. Now, of
> course I could be doing something wrong, but that's the point - the user
> shouldn't have to mess about looking for parts.
An online database isn't going to completely address your two issues --
missing parts and parts which haven't been created.
Typically, parts will be missing from a model either because (a) the
parts aren't made yet (and it's actually problem #2) or the part was
renumbered after the model was created, and it wasn't possible to leave
a forwarding reference in the parts database (in this case, there should
be a bogus part in the model, using the same number).
An online database will let the viewer off the hook, as far as keeping
their own installation of LDraw up-to-date.
> [1] Of course, it doesn't require Java to support an online database, but it
> probably makes it a bit easier.
Very true. Should I add downloading/installing parts updates to LDAO?
Steve
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| (...) What happens when a part is move, with a moved_to file, and a model is loaded and edited? Does the editor save the _new_ part number, or the old? If you have it automatically saving the _new_ part number, you could make a ~moved_to file for (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| (...) standard (...) To me, that would be the primary advantage of a Java version[1], I haven't played with LDraw much because the biggest thing that put me off is the parts database, half the models I look at seem to have missing parts and when I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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