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Re: Issues with a Few Parts on the Tracker
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:48:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Andrew Westrate wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Chris Dee wrote:
> > > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> > > > Part 59
> > > > http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/59.dat
> > > > has a CMDLINE statement, even though it has appeared in two different
> > > > colors.
> > >
> > >
> > > I was not aware that this has appeared in Gold. I'll delete the CMDLINE.
> > >
> > > Chris
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> > I personally think it would be worth leaving this as-is, because this part
> > originally appeared in the 2002-03 parts update, but the gold version didn't
> > come out until 2003. I wouldn't want to have to delete cmdline statements from
> > official parts whenever TLC releases a part in a different color.
> >
> > Plus, there's about three dozen sets that have this in silver, but only one that
> > has it in gold.
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> Could we have a review/explanation of the use of CMDLINE again? (or a pointer to
> documentation). While I support not making unnecessary changes, I'm not sure I
> understand if this one is necessary or not.
Basically the CMDLINE staement specifies a default color for the part. This is
useful if the part only came in one color. I far as I know, no LDraw programs
actually use this Meta command.
-Orion
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| (...) Thanks. What would the downside be of, over time, as parts go through review and renewal anyway, gradually discontinuing the use of this command? It is not a large number of parts that use this anyway, right? ++Lar (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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