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Re: Part color availability
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Date: 
Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:19:37 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Roland Melkert wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> While working on my editor I got the idea of helping the user pick colors for
> parts by (optionally) limiting the color picker to colors in which the current
> part is available in real-life (e.g. black, white, light gray for axles).
> 
> Does anybody know of a good (if any) source to get such information? I'm making
> it a self learning thing (like use an axle in black and the limiter for that
> part will include black from then on.) But it would be nice to have some kind of
> starting situation.
> 
> Roland

You are welcome to copy the code from my program that already does this:
http://www.scottwardlaw.com/colormanager

Note that more colors are sometimes available for sale other than just the known
colors, and sometimes known colors are not currently offered for sale by any
sellers.

I had also started a C++ library that would give the program calling it these
features, and many other features, but I never finished it.

Scott W.



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  Re: Part color availability
 
(...) Thanks, I take it you do some data mining with your application? I will certainly take a look at it sooner or later. (16 years ago, 22-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)

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Hello all, While working on my editor I got the idea of helping the user pick colors for parts by (optionally) limiting the color picker to colors in which the current part is available in real-life (e.g. black, white, light gray for axles). Does (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad)

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