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Re: 48 directory and non filename only line 1 part file names
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Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:19:42 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Roland Melkert wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Still working on the LDraw loader.
> 
> The 48 directory in ldraw\p, as far I understand it, is a 'alternative'
> source for primitives, not?

Not exactly.  The files in the ldraw\p\48 directory are all based on a
48-faceted approximation of a circle.  The regular primitives in ldraw\p are all
based on 16-facets.

Just because a file is in one directory does not mean a corresponding version of
that file will exist in the other directory.

> Jet I see some (unofficial) files using type 1 lines with the 48\
> attached to the part name reference (eg 48\xxx.dat). Is including of
> directories in type 1 line allowed or is this an exception? (could not
> find this in the ldraw file spec page).

Yes, directory names are allowed.  In files in the parts library, the only
allowed directory names are 48\ and s\.

> I was planning on adding an option ('Use 48 directory for primitives if
> available'). So people can turn this on or off depending on rendering
> speed needs. But with these 48\xxx.dat references in files you can't do
> that. Unless I'll strip all 48\ references from the filenames.

You shouldn't need to do that, although it would turn all geometrics into
'hi-res' references.

Steve



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  Re: 48 directory and non filename only line 1 part file names
 
(...) <snip> As might be expected, Steve's replies were correct (as far as I know, anyway ;-). (...) While it's true that this isn't all that useful, it can still be done, even though some parts reference primitives from the 48\ directory directly. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: 48 directory and non filename only line 1 part file names
 
(...) <snip> (...) Is it correct to assume because of this, the 48 and s dirs must not be added to the part search directories list? Roland (20 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  48 directory and non filename only line 1 part file names
 
Hello all, Still working on the LDraw loader. The 48 directory in ldraw\p, as far I understand it, is a 'alternative' source for primitives, not? Jet I see some (unofficial) files using type 1 lines with the 48\ attached to the part name reference (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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