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Re: LDraw.org 2008-01 Parts Library Update now available
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:49:00 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Chris Dee wrote:
> The 2008-01 LDraw parts library update has been now been released.
>
> This release is complete re-issue of the official library, up to and including
> the last (2005-01) parts update, with the primary purpose of aligning the
> library with the Contributor Agreement. This clarifies the redistribution status
> of the part files within the library, and standardises the file headers.
>
> To this end, a total of 90 files have been excluded from the re-distributable
> library because we have been unable to contact the original author or persuade
> them to affirm the Contributor Agreement. The current community of LDraw part
> authors is working to re-create those parts so that they can be added to the
> re-distributable library in a subsequent parts update.
Many thanks for this looooong awaited update !!!
> In addition to separating the parts that are not re-distributable, We have taken
> the opportunity to separate two additional classes of part files and make their
> installation optional in a new Windows installation package.
>
> - Alias parts : generic colour versions of parts that are physically identical
> to parts in the core parts library, but have a different part number, either
> because of production differences between opaque and transparent parts or due to
> evolution of the part numbering scheme.
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> - Physical colour parts : hard-coded colour versions of parts or composite
> parts.
As author of SR 3S Builder, I say that my software is not going to fully support
these kind of colored parts and, as Travis Cobb says, they could cause problems
and confusion to people not going to install these addons.
> No new parts are included in this update, but its release does now make it
> possible to restart the more regular publication of additions to the library.
> Minor changes have been made to part descriptions as part of the header
> standardisation.
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> You can download the update for Windows systems by going to
> <http://www.ldraw.org/library/updates> or the LDraw.org download page at
> <http://www.ldraw.org/Downloads-req-viewdownload-cid-1.html>. Work is continuing
> to make this update available for Mac and Linux users.
>
> Chris Dee (LDraw Parts Library Administrator)
Sergio Reano
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