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Re: Primitives and long file names
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 9 Mar 2011 00:29:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Joerg Sommerer wrote:
> new parts. But what do DOS users do with already existing parts longer than 8
> characters (e.g. http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?s=4345bp03c01)?
With a few longer that 8 charcter named parts, it's still relativly manageable
to make workarounds for the DOS enviroment. With primitives however, having to
do so will become much more painfull and problematic.
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 | | Re: Primitives and long file names
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| (...) The plus for primitives is that they don't have to be human readable. It's possible to develop a system which more than covers the full range without breaking 8 characters. For example we use up to four characters (eg. 3-16) for fractions (...) (14 years ago, 9-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Primitives and long file names
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| (...) Most extreme will be this with a radius >100 e.g. 11-48120. You will never know if this is a ring or cone or whatever. (...) This should be practicable for existing parts when you are restricted to 8 characters (e.g. by using DOS - see the (...) (14 years ago, 7-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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