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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37e66009.245335149@...et.com>... (...) primitives (...) I was aware of this feature. I meant to say 'reference' instead of 'contain', and I shouldn't have mentioned MPD there. Sorry for the confusion. (...) I intend to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oops. One more thing: models can contain subassemblies, whether or not the author uses the MPD format. MPD is just a convenience for distributing multi-file models. Heck, I've got one model which uses about 85 sub-model files. Actually, the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Check part 3149C01.DAT. This is a "compound" part, a part which is really available from TLG, but it is made up of several different parts which are also available (in LDraw) for use as separate parts. There are also files, which aren't parts (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This is a great idea, especially if you also give the user the ability to easily build an inventory, for example by dragging parts from a parts list, parts search or catalog view-window onto a parts bin window. This "inventory building" (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I just remembered something else: Since LDraw doesn't specifically support the /s directory, parts which call subparts in the /s directory must include the directory information. For example: 0 Space Wheel Medium 0 Name: 2593.dat 0 Author: (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Bram is correct.. primatives are exactly what the name implies, general purpose "basic" shapes (spheres, cylinders, studs, etc) that are used by many of the LDraw elements in various ways, scaled to various dimensions... sub-parts are usually (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi , at 18.09.99 John VanZwieten wrote in a mail: (...) JV> I would have _loved_ something like this when I was ldrawing my JV> X-Wing alternate models. Oh the time wasted looking for parts. . . I would although like this, but there should either be (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A primitive is in the p\ directory, a sub-part is in parts\s\ As far as I understand, a primitive is a general purpose shape, usually with dimensions around 1x1x1 LDU for easy scaling. Sub-parts are usually used by only one part, or for many (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19990918.195309.509...no.com>... (...) This raises the question: What's the difference between a primitive and a sub-part, and should they be interpreted any differently? (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, for example, 4588.dat references 3062b.dat. I don't know of any others that reference other parts, but many parts reference sub-parts in the ldraw\parts\s\ directory. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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