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Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:32:24 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Adam Myers wrote:

My annoyance from wading through endless seas of ldraw doesnt so much come
from going through parts but going through parts with with very basic
alterations.  I'll bring up minifig torsos again.  In the polling for the new
ldraw update there were 20 or 30 new torsos.

Don't be disrespecting the part authors.  They all choose what parts to
work on.  They voluntarily, without compensation, contribute their time and
effort to the LCAD Part Library.  Which provides a valuable resource to
*all* AFOLs.  People who don't use LCAD programs themselves benefit from
resources like Partsref, which is driven by the LCAD library, as well as
parts sellers who can use LDrawn images on their for-sale pages.

a solution to not having the needed part might be
to have a designated default part for each decorated element or torso.  This
would make a blank torso come up if the torso in the viewed model was not
availiable.

That is an interesting idea, and it could work for newer programs, but it
can't be accepted as a standard approach for the LCAD library, because
LDraw and LEdit don't do this.

If the files for parts were hulking behemoths of data, download time would be
an issue.  But unless you have a really gimpy modem (btw i access most of the
time with a 28.8 connection) it shouldnt take you more than 10 seconds to make
the download for any given piece.  At least any that I've had to download
anyway.

And if there are 50, 100, or 200 parts that you don't have in a model
you're trying to view?

Steve



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  Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts
 
(...) Please don't misunderstand me here. Trust me, I as much as anyone depend on these parts authors. What it comes down to is with a rewpository if you really want the minifig torso with the zipper pattern slightly cocked to the left with the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts
 
(...) WOW! I didnt realize that I had started such a discussion. I think that the parts palettes are a great idea. That might be something for those working on the artemis project to take a look at. My annoyance from wading through endless seas of (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad)

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