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shortcut?...or model/set?
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:30:29 GMT
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In the interest of generating some discussion, let me toss out there
to the general CAD community. Regarding the file I created and posted
[1] to the Parts Tracker:
Question #1:
Is it a "shortcut" file, suitable for inclusion into the parts library?
Or, should it instead be considered a model file, for inclusion into
a "set"/models library?
Question #2:
What is the dividing line between "shortcut" file and "model"? Where
do we draw the line? Any rules of thumb? Any absolutes?
Question #3:
(Presuming the general concensus is that said file is a model, and thus
should be included into a sets/models library): What *is* the status of
creating such a library? I recall (some time ago, three or four years
ago, I want to say) someone mentioning that *eventually* there would be
an effort to encode official LEGO sets as DAT files in their entirety.
Question #4:
(Presuming "The Powers That Be" [TPTB] in the LDraw Organization do still
intend to pursue this endeavour): Where do we stand on this project?
Is it in the "Still in planning" stage? "Planning done, but waiting
for a propitious time"? (Or, Heaven forbid, "Deader than roadkill"?)
Question #5:
(Presuming the answer to Q4 above is favorable): What can I do to help
move this project forward?
Just wondering...
Thanks!
Franklin
1. URLs:
"http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/parts/?n=4866"
"http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/30375csd.dat"
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| (...) It depends, see Question #2 (...) A file is a shortcut if it consists of on or more indiviual parts that make up a complete part assembly. In other words, if the indiviual parts are normally found connected in a new LEGO box. There are a few (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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