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Re: Colors
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:44:16 GMT
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On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:27:13 GMT, Laurentino Martins
<lau@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
> Hum... I not sure I understood.
> First, because it's not a part file: It's a model. OK, it's a model that
> pretends being to be part file ;-)
Right. LDraw itself doesn't differentiate between parts and models.
That's just a convenience for us humans.
> As someone already called it, it's a "Mock-Up". I just don't have the
> time to build a part file from scratch right now.
Sorry, I misunderstood. I was under the impression that you were going
to work on a 'real' part-file. So the rest of this post is somewhat
academic. Ignore it if you want.
What I was trying to say is that LDraw parts use color #16. This is not
a specific color, it is a command to LDraw to use the color specified in
the model file. I guess it can be called a place-holder.
Likewise, color #24 tells LDraw to use a color which is complementary to
the color-16. Usually, color #24 is used for edge-lines in parts.
I realize that CyberMaster units are only made in one color, but it's as
easy to create the part-file using color #16 as color #291. That way,
if the FAQ is changed to say that the new teal color should be
represented with color #3 or color #310, you could easily change your
model (which use your mocked-up part-file) to the new color-value. And
if you share your mockup with other people, someone might find it useful
to create a model with the CyberMaster unit in some other color -- maybe
if they were creating a model with multiple units, and they wanted an
easy way to refer to specific units in the model.
Steve
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| (...) Hum... I not sure I understood. First, because it's not a part file: It's a model. OK, it's a model that pretends being to be part file ;-) As someone already called it, it's a "Mock-Up". I just don't have the time to build a part file from (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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