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Subject:	Visual part database idea
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date:	Sun, 19 May 2002 14:59:16 GMT
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Hi all, Jake McKee e-mailed me with a idea; a poster with all the dat-parts rendered in POV-Ray with part number and discription on it. I thought, "Wow, that would be great but how do I get 10.000 parts (yes I know now, it is "just" 2500) on a poster?". It will be either a very large poster or have very small pictures. Anyhoe, I have a few questions: 1) is there intrest in such a thing 2) how would you like it, as a A4 or A3 PDF or any other suggestions (Windows help-file is out of the question) 3) is there a LUGNET member who can make self running FileMaker-databases (I am making it in FileMaker for the flexibility of a database) erm that's it. De groeten, Jeroen

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		Re: Visual part database idea
(...) My thought was that it would be great to have a big poster (or a few posters) that one could hang up around their work area in order to provide a once glance reminder of all the parts out there. That way it is easier to keep building (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

		Re: Visual part database idea
Hi there, I remember having downloaded something similar, maybe not so complete as the one you are planning to do: (URL) hope this link is correct) Would your poster have better visibility for the smaller parts? Pedro (definately interested) (23 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

		Re: Visual part database idea
Jeroen de Haan wrote: [ parts poster(s) ] (...) Yes. (...) An A0 or A1 Postscript or HPGL file ready to dump onto our big vector plotter would be great. (...) What's Filemaker? Jacob (23 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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