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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:12:49 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
[Good descriptions of inlining/MPD snipped]
> If you want the files to be returned to a submodel state, MPD is better.
> BUT - that requires splitting the MPD.
And if you use a ZIP archive, you have to unzip. Unzipping is generally
more convenient than splitting an MPD, for the user.
But with MPD, a single file on the server can be used both for viewing and
for downloading.
> ... The user would have to have LDlite installed to view [models from
> the browser] ...
If you know how to set your browser, you can use LDraw to view from the
web.
> I think that for an archive of models it is important to remember that, in
> order for a user to easily build a model, the model should have subparts.
> Trying to build a complex model from one single file is too difficult. Using
> subparts to break it down into stages or sections is desireable. With that in
> mind, the only choices are MPD or Zip files. And, in my mind, Zip is a lot
> easier and simpler.
Except that ZIP requires two files to be maintained: the ZIP and the
viewable file. Well, the server could process the ZIP to send down the
X-LDraw DAT stream (did I say that right?). But it's more work for the
server.
Steve
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| (...) I think so too. (...) Then there is that. (...) Oops. Quite right. (...) That is assuming the file will be viewable online of course. Which would be a good idea. And, if it uses lugnet to archive them, will be just so. Hmm.... have the server (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) Info: --- Inlining: Inlining is generally considered a "one-way" process - though the inlined section can be manually cut out and pasted into a separate file if the beginning and end of the inlined section is known. It is directly viewable in (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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