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Re: General question on ldr and mpd files ...
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:02:42 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Lars C. Hassing wrote:
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> > MLCad, LDView, L3P/L3Lab fail to read you MPD: "d not found".
> > I don't think any program applies the search for d, d.dat, d.mpd, d.ldr
> > within the MPD, only in the file system...
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> Interesting. I guess that's a valid way to process MPDs, I was
> expecting/hoping programs were a bit more flexible.
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> With the current situation, you can take a group of functioning LDR
> files, convert them to MPD (using an MPD tool), and the MPD would not
> render. :\
Well, actually LDView won't load the file whether or not it's in MPD format.
Given that LDView isn't designed to work from the command line (although you
CAN specify a filename on the command line), it doesn't contain any
auto-extension determining support.
Am I to understand the the orginal ldraw and ledit will check for .dat
versions of sub-models if you specify a filename without an extension inside
a model file? If this is the case, then I guess I will update LDView
accordingly, but I personally feel that using filenames without extensions
inside a dat/ldr file is bad form.
--Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com)
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| (...) Yes, that's correct. Well, I haven't checked lately, hold on.... er, never mind. I'm wrong. My bad. LDraw and LEdit *will* add a '.dat' extension to a filename you specify on the command line, so the command: ldraw tt will cause ldraw to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: General question on ldr and mpd files ...
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| (...) Interesting. I guess that's a valid way to process MPDs, I was expecting/hoping programs were a bit more flexible. With the current situation, you can take a group of functioning LDR files, convert them to MPD (using an MPD tool), and the MPD (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad)
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