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Subject: 
MPD Files?
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Date: 
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:29:08 GMT
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Can someone give me a simple explanation of what MPD files are and what they
are good for?  I've read the FAQ (absolutely no help) and Jacob's
explanation, but I still haven't got a clue.  He explains that they are
files with multiple ldraw files in them.  But it seems to me that's pretty
much what you get when you create a model with a bunch of part files.  What
is the difference and why is it a good thing?

Just Curious,
Thanks,
Adam



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  Re: MPD Files?
 
(...) Ah my young Padewan, MPD (Multi-Part Dat) originally was intended as a simple way of distributing a model that had multiple DAT files. The idea was to have a program that would gather together all the subfiles of a model and write them into (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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