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Re: Straightening Up the MPD Format
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:55:01 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Michael Heidemann wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
> > > What if we make a recommendation that new software with MPD support
> > > optionally includes parent object's file name in its MPD-internal name?
> > > And if the software has an unpack function, user may choose to keep that
> > > safer name or to restore its original name. Of course the program should
> > > not freak out when confronted to an MPD file made by older software.
> >
> > I am not sure this is really necessary. The two "door.ldr" model must
> > reside in different folders, so if you encode relative path in file name
> > it should work (not tested with current tools though...)
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> I have been faced with this problem some time ago at my application
> MPDCenter. I had nearly the same idea but I decided to use "&&" to
> combine the files that should be in the same file because I do not
> expect any filename to contain "&&".
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> Example:
> Model1.ldr
> File1.ldr
> File2.ldr
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> Model2.ldr
> File1.ldr
> File2.ldr
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> Will be combined into
> Model3.ldr
> Model1.ldr&&File1.ldr
> Model1.ldr&&File2.ldr
> Model2.ldr&&File1.ldr
> Model2.ldr&&File2.ldr
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> With this approach you can split the files if needed without problem.
You might want to consider offering Philo's subdirectory approach as
an alternative to name mangling.
Model1.ldr
Model1\File1.ldr
Model1\File2.ldr
Model2.ldr
Model2\File1.ldr
Model2\File2.ldr
Will be combined into
Model3.ldr
Model1\File1.ldr
Model1\File2.ldr
Model2\File1.ldr
Model2\File2.ldr
This also works, both inside an mpd and in the filesystem.
Have fun,
Don
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| (...) Subfoldering is not always a realistic option. Imagine you have 30 minifigs you wish to individually animate. They all have mfLeftArm.ldr and mfRightArm.ldr as submodels to mfTorso.ldr, and hands on each arm, and maybe tools in their hands. If (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Straightening Up the MPD Format
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| (...) I have been faced with this problem some time ago at my application MPDCenter. I had nearly the same idea but I decided to use "&&" to combine the files that should be in the same file because I do not expect any filename to contain "&&". (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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