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Hello all, I've posted this message to the group CAD/Development/Orga...ions/LDraw before, but got no response there. I try it a bit higher in the hierargy, but set the follow-up back to cad.dev.org.ldraw, agreed ? I think we should put up a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) partsref@home.com (...) Thank you for submitting this important piece of information for us. I myself have several parts ready to submit. (Half of those ARE official, such as the 1980s solid minifig head and the Old 4 x 10 x 2/3 Car Base. (see (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Here is some expantion of point 2: I've added sentence 3, 4 and 5 2- Format of the obligatory part header: 0 <part description> 0 <part number>.dat 0 <Author> 0 Un-Official Element Replace any <...> with the appropriate information. The length (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) good (...) you (...) your (...) This is key information for the Authoring FAQ, and probably taken for granted by authors who have been around a while. Unless you object I'd like to use some of your text for the FAQ. Chris (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Sorry I didn't reply before -- I meant to! (...) Yes, and it should have a link on the main page of www.ldraw.org, and a link (maybe more than one) from the news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/ page. The link could say "Do your part!" (...) I've added (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) This is OK for now, but long-term, let's make our own list. Partsref may not always conform *exactly* to the LCAD parts library. (...) When the FAQ is published, it might be better to put very short blurbs on the Submission Guidelines page, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) That is exactly what I was thinking. You have full permission to use and modify the text. I asked: (...) Steve answered: It should be 66 characters -- the lines in parts.lst are limited to 80 characters, and the title starts in column 15. But (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) [snip] Your suggestions sounds like music to my ears, Steve. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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