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Re: Ldraw.org: Organization and look & feel
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:22:40 GMT
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Todd wrote:
Another important thing is for people to be able to acquire parts for • any
given MOC, if they really like it and want to build one.  With a couple • mouse
clicks, they should be able to add an MOC's parts-list to their want • list (and
delete anything they don't really need to complete the model), and then • sit
back as the system matches up their want list with sellers' for-sale • lists (or
assists them in bidding in parts auctions).

WOW!  I guess that means I have to stop "cheating" in my DAT files (ie,
mirroring a wing or other left/right piece instead of using the correct
piece)

IMO: Keep ldraw.org focused -- toward producing and distributing the • core
software and documentation (FAQ & tutorials).  In fact, from a legal
perspective, this may even be the only truly safe choice, since any
amount of >bundling code + data brings LDraw that much closer to posing a
threat to TLG, >especially now that Creator is out and about.

I agree.  LUGNET seems like a better place for the DAT files of official
models, as part of the database of all things LEGO-related.  However, I
think we should have a number of models at ldraw.org illustrating various
LDrawing techniques.
--Bram


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  mirrored parts
 
(...) Ooh. That's an interesting one. One kind of "cheating" that won't confuse the system is using a color of a part that doesn't really exist -- a request for that part just simply wouldn't ever be fulfilled, similar to the way a request for a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
  Re: Ldraw.org: Organization and look & feel
 
(...) Looking at the other thread in lugnet.cad, it seems that there may end up being two model repositories (if not more...there already are several). --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Ldraw.org: Organization and look & feel
 
(...) I agree. This area is really going to go hogwild (in a good way) and be muchly integrated with other DB & commerce aspects of lugnet.com. The URL(s) will even be getting simpler/nicer -- becoming (URL) and sub-categories. One sub-category in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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