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Re: 9V Train track DAT files?
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:10:59 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.SPAMCAKEchem.tulane.edu
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> [snipped .trains from the newsgroup header, as this is a .cad issue]
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> In lugnet.cad, Christopher Masi wrote:
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> > Whether it is wrong or not to distribute ".dat" files with unofficial parts is
> > a complicated issue. Should the advanced user suffer to benefit the beginner, or
> > should life be made more difficult for the beginning to accommodate the advanced
> > user. I don't know, that is up to everyone to decide for themselves. Personally,
> > I have decided that for general distribution, .dat files on my web site for
> > example, I'll stick to official parts only. If I am mailing someone a .dat file
> > and I know they know what they are doing, I'll let them know the model uses an
> > unofficial part, and send them the model and the part.
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> Another choice is to wrap up the model and unofficial part(s) in an MPD.
> Nearly all LDraw-based programs can render MPD, so there's not really a
> compatibility issue.
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> Using an MPD is also a valid approach in the long term, because it
> protects the model against changes that could occur to the part when it
> is officialized. There's nothing worse than revisiting your model 6
> months later, and having to deal with a bunch of misnamed or mislocated
> parts.
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> If there are a lot of unofficial parts the model, or you aren't keeping
> track of which parts are unofficial, building the MPD could be a
> problem. I wonder if Empeedy can check for official/unofficial status
> when building the MPD? That'd be cool.
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> Steve
I was following you fine all the way up to the last paragraph. Are you saying
that an MPD's that are not made with official parts won't come out right or that
they won't show up right when viewed on someone elses system?
Chris
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 9V Train track DAT files?
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| (...) <snip> (...) I'm not Steve but my read is that he's saying that MPDs are a GOOD way of distributing models that have unoffical parts. you put the unoffical parts into the MPD where they are part of the model (and will be for otehr people), (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: 9V Train track DAT files?
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| (...) I was saying that to build the MPD file correctly (that is, so it contains just the model file(s) and the unofficial part file(s)), you have to know which parts are unofficial. So if I made a model using unofficial parts X, Y, and Z (and no (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 9V Train track DAT files?
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| [snipped .trains from the newsgroup header, as this is a .cad issue] (...) Another choice is to wrap up the model and unofficial part(s) in an MPD. Nearly all LDraw-based programs can render MPD, so there's not really a compatibility issue. Using an (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad)
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