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Lugnet.cad.dat heirarchy
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:59:02 GMT
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Hey, folks. Now that we're a newsgroup, we should pay more attention to the
subject line.
> > Anyway, would it make sense to draw the line either between 2 & 3 or between
> > 3 & 4 for purposes of distinguishing between lugnet.cad.dat.xxx and
> > lugnet.cad.dat.yyy, where xxx means parts/elements and yyy means sub-
> > assemblies/models/sets?
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> Mostly. I think a better way to split things is by whether or not it
> will be released in a parts distribution. Would Terry put it the next
> L-CAD update? This parallels a split between 5 and 6, or compound parts
> and sub-models.
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> Steve
I tried to send an extended post on this subject, but I'm not sure where it
went. It was basically along the same lines as Steve, though. I would only
add that parts not intended for Official L-CAD status should also be put in
the cad.dat.parts. Examples might be "part hacks" developed to stand in for a
part which has not been authored, parts which certainly don't meet L-CAD
standards but which might be useful to some people, stickers,etc. There would
be some grey area here; the cybermaster hack posted to cad.dat is intended to
be used as a part, but in form is a submodel of other parts.
-John Van
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 | | Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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| (...) It w/could be classified as a sub-model. At least, that's how I'd classify it. (...) A line can certainly be drawn. Elements are what's in (or destined to be in) the ldraw\parts directory. Anything else is not a part. Usually, the only files (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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