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| Er, let me clarify that. Do any of the existing part files have references to external parts other than primitives? (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Yes. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Yes, for example, 4588.dat references 3062b.dat. I don't know of any others that reference other parts, but many parts reference sub-parts in the ldraw\parts\s\ directory. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19990918.195309.509...no.com>... (...) This raises the question: What's the difference between a primitive and a sub-part, and should they be interpreted any differently? (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) A primitive is in the p\ directory, a sub-part is in parts\s\ As far as I understand, a primitive is a general purpose shape, usually with dimensions around 1x1x1 LDU for easy scaling. Sub-parts are usually used by only one part, or for many (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Bram is correct.. primatives are exactly what the name implies, general purpose "basic" shapes (spheres, cylinders, studs, etc) that are used by many of the LDraw elements in various ways, scaled to various dimensions... sub-parts are usually (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I just remembered something else: Since LDraw doesn't specifically support the /s directory, parts which call subparts in the /s directory must include the directory information. For example: 0 Space Wheel Medium 0 Name: 2593.dat 0 Author: (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Check part 3149C01.DAT. This is a "compound" part, a part which is really available from TLG, but it is made up of several different parts which are also available (in LDraw) for use as separate parts. There are also files, which aren't parts (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) If you signed up manually, go here: (URL) simply reverse what you did earlier. But if you transferred over by default from the former L-CAD mailing list, which it looks like you did, then drop me a note (just reply to this message) and I'll (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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