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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Dave Schuler writes:
> > A further problem may be that the files from the Sploids site unzip to a
> > single directory, rather than self-organizing into a \p, \parts, and \part\s,
> > so the user must manually move files to the appropriate locations.
> That could be an issue, but Steve should tackle that one. I don't know how
> your MegaBlok parts unzip (and you know me, the anti-clone, good luck
> getting me to download them) ;-)
I have a little Tim Courtney voodoo doll on my desk happily surrounded by
MegaBloks and TYCO Superblocks--eventually, the spell will take hold...
In the meantime, the clone.dats unzip to the appropriate sub-directories,
following the example of the official LDraw parts updates.
> Are your parts named with a prefix that distinguishes them from the numbered
> LDraw parts? It might be a good idea to have a standard prefix requested of
> clone DATmakers so they unzip this way, and also to request the files unzip
> into parts, p, and s respectively.
All the clone.dats begin, imaginatively enough, with "C," even the ones
that model clone parts which are themselves directly copied from real LEGO
parts. Thus the clone brick 2x4 is "c3001.dat." I hadn't considered the
different unzipping options, or that people might opt for different
directory structures, so I just defaulted the files to /p, /parts, and /parts/s.
> I don't know how LDraw.org should act in situations like this - something up
> for discussion. It would be nice if they are going to use the format they
> respect the wishes of the org which provides it. Again, we have no real
> authority to enforce any branding wishes, I see it as a respect issue.
> Thoughts?
The folks at Sploids probably mean no disrespect, but they might not be
aware of the preferred usage. If any of them are reading this, speak up!
> Another note - there is a LEGO employee who asked for permission to use
> LDraw to generate images of LEGO parts for a company site :-) Kinda
> interesting...
That's very cool... Keep us posted!
Dave!
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