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Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts
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Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:29:59 GMT
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"Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message
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> Larry wrote:
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> > I pick a piece to be the origin, place it, then just start piling one of • each
> > piece that I need into the model somewhere below the origin piece. • Gathering
> > all the plates (or bricks, or windows, or clips) you need at once is way
> > faster than getting them as you need them. (this works only if you have • the
> > subassembly physically in front of you, it doesn't work if you are • making
> > stuff up from your imagination, but then I don't usually do that) Then • move on
> > to the next category and do it again, and so on.
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> Not surprisingly, this is exactly what happens in circuit board layout. • You
> draw a schematic, and then generate a parts list and net list. The PCB • layout
> tool then puts all of the parts in a corner (or wherever) and you move the • parts
> to where you need them.
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> I'm sure that we could do something like this with the set inventories. • For example:
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> 1. Given the Mindstorms Inventory, generate a DAT file with all of the • parts
> in a virtual storage cabinet. (They're actually in the drawing off to • one
> side - or on a hidden layer!)
> 2. Save the file with the name of your new project.
> 3. Move the parts around on the drawing to build up the model.
> 4. Erase the parts you haven't used.
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> That way, it would be relatively easy to build alternate models from ONLY
> the parts in an existing set, which I find more challenging that picking
> parts out of HUGE inventories....
YES! As I was working in MLCAD the other day to build "UniBot" (The icon
for FLL Team #1096, a robot that looks like the school mascot, a Unicorn) I
kept
thinking to myself how much easier it would be if I could just have a list
of the parts
available in the RIS...
Here's an idea, to go along with the concept of a "parts palette" implied by
Ralph and
mentioned explicitly by Steve: Make a standard keyword indicating the sets
that the
part appears in. Allow a palette to be populated automatically by set #.
Doesn't necessarily
solve the "how many of these are in a set" but that is less important than
just not
accidentally using a part the set does not have...
I really love the idea of having a "set inventory" palette that I could pick
pieces from!
-Peter
FLL Team #1096 coach
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| (...) Probably would be better to have 'palette files' that you can load into the parts palette. If we coded the set information into each part file, we'd have to update large portions of the part-library every few months, as new sets were released. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RE: some thoughts on ldraw parts
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| (...) Not surprisingly, this is exactly what happens in circuit board layout. You draw a schematic, and then generate a parts list and net list. The PCB layout tool then puts all of the parts in a corner (or wherever) and you move the parts to where (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)
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