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Re: Using Unofficial parts in seperate folder
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lugnet.cad
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Sun, 7 Dec 2008 03:51:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Michael Horvath wrote:
> > > In lugnet.cad, Jaco van der Molen wrote:
> > > > The reason I am asking is that I cannot tell which cone is official or
> > > > unofficial. By mistake I used the new and old version in the same model file.
> > >
> > > Maybe all unofficial parts should have "(Unofficial)" in their descriptions.
> > > That should remove any ambiguity.
> >
> > I would suggest that the "official" elements should have "official" in their
> > descriptions, instead. "Unofficial" elements can come from any of a zillion
> > sources impossible to oversee, but the "official" elements come from a single,
> > tightly-controlled source.
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> Part names have a maximum length of 64 characters. Some rare parts run up
> against this limit. Consequently, I don't think adding "Official" to official
> part names is a viable solution. (To be honest, it would also by really
> annoying to see that on the end of all official part names.) The length
> restriction could probably be safely ignored with unofficial parts. Although
> I'm not sure this is a good solution to the problem, I can't think of something
> better off-hand.
Ah--I get it. I was thinking that it would be sufficient to include it
somewhere in the hidden text of the file, but if we're talking about the actual
part name, then I can see how that might not work.
Dave!
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| (...) Part names have a maximum length of 64 characters. Some rare parts run up against this limit. Consequently, I don't think adding "Official" to official part names is a viable solution. (To be honest, it would also by really annoying to see (...) (16 years ago, 5-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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