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Re: "~moved to" files and parts.lst
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Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:03:57 GMT
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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:35:15 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 06:17:08 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
> 
> > Now tell me what I am misunderstanding.
> 
> Part #30079 is mis-positioned.  It is not aligned for easy placement.  I
> don't remember the exact numbers, maybe you have to move the piece up by
> -3LDU to 'click' it into a model, I don't remember.  There was discussion
> about correcting the part, but it was decided that fixing would mess up any
> existing models, and so the part shouldn't be changed.  But if the part
> number were to ever change (extremely unlikely, I'll admit), the new
> part-file could be corrected, and the ~Moved to shortcut could offset the
> new part to mimic the old part.  But when people updated their models, LDAO
> would ignore the positioning information in the ~Moved to shortcut, and
> mis-position the part.
> 
> Admittedly, this is a far-fetched example, since nothing is likely to
> happen with that particular part-file.  But it shows that there are
> reasonable cases where the ~Moved to shortcut might not be a simple
> 
>  1 16 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 1
> 
> format.
> 
> Steve

Ah.....  Now I see your point.  That would be a valuable feature, if we moved a
part slightly using the ~moved to file.  And it would have no affect on a part
that has not been re-positioned in the ~moved to file.

While an interestion conjecture, I think if you want to play with the parts
updater, why not add file recursion and/or entire directory handling?

:-)

-- Terry K --



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I have not followed this thread so carefully (either) but I think if we ever move wheel- or tyre file, we should use one x~z direction, prefarably the current most commonly used. I find it quite frustration that wheels don't point the same way. Or (...) (28 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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(...) Part #30079 is mis-positioned. It is not aligned for easy placement. I don't remember the exact numbers, maybe you have to move the piece up by -3LDU to 'click' it into a model, I don't remember. There was discussion about correcting the part, (...) (28 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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