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Partsref DAT download problems?
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Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:40:18 GMT
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Hi, can't seem to get this answered privately, so I'll try here... :)
I don't know if it's just me, but I have a couple of problems using Partsref.
Many times in my CAD class, I will have a student who either has a physical part
in his/her hand and wants to see the .DAT file for reference/dimensions OR s/he
has the part number (e.g. from Peeron) and wants to see if a .DAT file even
exists. IF we can find it, we download the DAT file and translate it to DXF for
viewing in AutoCAD/3DS. Most of my students never touch LDRAW in any other form,
so they don't have access to the Part Libraries, etc. (I DO, of course, but it's
tedious to have to look up every part for every student).
We have NEVER been able to get Parts tracker to work (always says, "Library
subdirectory must be included in the filename" I have no idea what that means).
So we use Partsref.
When we find a part by searching part numbers or keywords, a "search results"
page comes up. On it there's a hyperlink under the part pic that says, "DAT".
But when we click on the link, it says the page does not exist. However if we
acutally surf Partsref to find the part in its subdirectory*, the DAT link on
THAT page works (i.e. the student can download the DAT file). I don't remember
this always being the case - is this something on my end fouling things up?
Darrell Urbien
Orange Coast College CAD
*This process is quite difficult as well.. If I know the part number I can
search for the part and it comes up. BUT the search results don't tell me the
branch of the tree where the part can be found. Since the DAT link doesn't work
on the results page, I end up having to browse likely subdirectories for the
part, which can take forever! It's not always obvious which branch of the tree
the part belongs in, for example.. Am I missing some part of the search
function here?
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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| (...) Okay, if you've found it on Peeron, you should be able to tell right away if an official DAT exists because it will be linked right below the part description line, and it will have an LDraw image of the part displayed on the right. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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| (...) I've scratched my head about this as well, but I suppose Parts Tracker is just for unoffical files. To get an offical DAT file, you can just type a URL into your browser (substituting the correct part number, of course): (URL) This is (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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| (...) Sorry, I must have missed your email? (...) It means "the file you asked for isn't on the PT". [snip the rest, as it's been addressed further down the thread]. Steve (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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