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Re: Parts Database (Was: Idea: ... Lego piece naming convention?)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 7 Jul 1999 15:29:18 GMT
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On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:43:25 GMT, Tore Eriksson
<tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se> wrote:
> Isn't
> there any way we could make .DAT files for not yet rendered parts, too? Just
> for database purposes? The first idea that comes to me is to store them in the
> \Parts directory. That would be good in one way: when the [part] is rendered, the
> file will automatically be replaced. But, of course,
> there are many drawbacks. Anyone got a better suggestion?
Creating shell .DAT files is a simple way to record information for parts
which haven't been created for LDraw. I wouldn't include these shell files
in the L-CAD parts updates, but they would be useful for building a
parts-base.
> I feel more and more for a Total Update of all the \Parts directory. This
> could take all the summer vacations we have, and make some terrible threads
> everywhere in Lugnet.
>
> I mean, we could add CATEGORY and KEYWORDS lines for all
That would be awesome. And insert all those missing "Author: James
Jessiman" credits.
> Why not add some new meta-commands?
> Either:
> 0 DEAFULTS COLOUR=15 ZOOM=150 (or 1.5)
> Or, maybe better::
> 0 DEFAULT COLOUR 15
> 0 DEFAULT ZOOM 1.5
> Of course, this would only apply in databases where no other values are set.
> ...
In <http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=2189>, Sproaticus outlined an idea for
a meta-command similar to your DEFAULT idea. I think I prefer his approach
of carrying over the syntax from the command-line options. It's still a
good idea.
> In fact, most parts of the database could be hosted in the parts' .DAT files -
It could be, but how much data do we want to insert into the multitude of
part files? Especially if the information isn't useful in LDraw-related
tools. It would make more sense to have a single storage location for this
information.
(I snipped the rest of Tore's message, it looks like he had a formatting
accident on the info-highway ;)
Steve
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