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Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:45:43 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Andrew Westrate wrote:
   I would really rather see every color from 0 to 511 added to the LDConfig file, with a ~ in front of the name if it’s not an actual brick (or metal, etc) color. I still don’t see what the objection is to doing it like this; it works out just fine for part titles.

I hadn’t thought about this, but I kinda like the idea. The original LDRAW defined values for all color codes, and some of the newer codes were assigned because they are a variation/change from existing colors.

The downside of this idea is that programs would have to be updated to ignore the ~colors.

Steve



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  Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
 
(...) I have authored patterned parts, and for me this is the only viable option. This has worked just fine for the past decade, and I don't see any good reason why it should be broken. The second option (using 0x2RRGGBB) would just be very (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)

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