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Re: Do these parts exist in LDRAW?
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lugnet.cad
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:59:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Joshua Delahunty wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Ronald Vallenduuk wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
> > > > The 1 x 1 "cheese" slope
> > > Yes, official http://www.ldraw.org/library/official/parts/54200.dat
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> > And also http://www.ldraw.org/library/official/parts/50746.dat
> > According to the comments in 50746.dat:
> > "54200 is used for moulding opaque parts, 50746 for transparent parts."
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> That comment is an oversimplification (and I helped put it there, so I feel
> qualified to denegrate the statement a bit), but Ronald is correct in that
> technically one should model transparent copies of this part in 50746 (without
> fail), and should use 54200 for non-transparent, even though there is a
> possibility that non-transparent colors were used for 50746.
What is the purpose of having two versions? I assume that the transparent
version has all the internals accurately modeled so you can see them when light
passes through, but why not just use this one even when it is opaque? I am
obviously missing something. Also, when inserting the part in MLCAD, is there
any obvious way to tell the difference?
Eric
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Do these parts exist in LDRAW?
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| (...) It's primarily to capture all the part numbers from LEGO. So if someone finds # XXXXX molded on their part, they'll be able to use that number in LDraw models. Steve (15 years ago, 19-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Do these parts exist in LDRAW?
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| (...) Nope, 50746.dat is merely an alias to 54200.dat and as such the parts appear identical in MLCad (and in any other editor one might use). If I recall correctly, it was something to do with the plastic used to mold the parts but don't trust me. (15 years ago, 19-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Do these parts exist in LDRAW?
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| (...) That comment is an oversimplification (and I helped put it there, so I feel qualified to denegrate the statement a bit), but Ronald is correct in that technically one should model transparent copies of this part in 50746 (without fail), and (...) (15 years ago, 19-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad)
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