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Re: File format for set inventories?
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Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:04:00 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37e651b1.241662776@lugnet.com>...
> On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 16:38:55 GMT, "Gary Williams" <graywolf@pcpros.net>
> wrote:
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> > Hello again,
> >
> > For the Lego CAD program I'm developing, I got the idea for allowing users
> > to load a set inventory file. Then the parts from that set would appear • in
> > a part bin window.
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> This is a great idea, especially if you also give the user the ability to
> easily build an inventory, for example by dragging parts from a parts list,
> parts search or catalog view-window onto a parts bin window.
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> This "inventory building" function would allow people to graphically create
> RL set inventories (or at least get a good start on them). It would also
> allow users to go through the process of locating and grabbing a bunch of
> different parts all at once, and then go build without constantly looking
> for parts one-by-one.
Yup. :) Basically, parts, primitives, and subassemblies can be dragged from
any part bin, edit/view window, step editor, set inventory window, or
Explorer folder and dropped onto any other part bin or edit window.
A user can define as many part bins as he wants, and only open the ones that
he wants to use at a given moment. So I might have a "Technic parts" bin
and a "plates" bin and a "Technic tires/hubs" bin open (all will be floating
tool windows). Whatever bins you had open when you last closed the program,
will be re-opend and positioned exactly as you left them when you start it
up again.
The program will ship with several bins pre-defined to save the user a lot
of time sorting/grouping parts.
Sorry for going off-topic here.
> Anders Isaksson and I were discussing an inter-program communication
> protocol (using the WM_COPYDATA message) for allowing parts to be dragged
> from his LDList program into my LDAO program's editor. It would be great
> if we could agree on a standard for dragon drop between all LCAD programs
> (at least, a standard for LCAD in Windows).
Interesting. If a standard is made, I will support it.
> > As the user dragged parts out of this bin to build their
> > model, the bin would become emptier, thus reducing the time required to • find
> > the needed parts.
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> Please make the "limited-count parts" an option that can be turned on and
> off.
Good idea.
> > So...I'd like to propose the development of some standard set inventory • file
> > format that other developers would agree to support. I'm sure other
> > programs could also benefit from this format (inventory tracking programs,
> > perhaps).
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> A standard format would be great, but it would almost have to be a subset
> of a general inventory format, because you could only meaningfully support
> parts which have been modeled in LDraw.
Or at least parts that have been given names and exist as empty files /
place-holders.
> > A line beginning with '0' would be a comment; for any other line, the • first
> > number would be the quantity of that part, the second number would be the
> > DAT file name, the third number would be a color code. Or something • similar
> > to this.
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> Suggestion 1 (well, not really #1, I'd have to delete everything I've
> written so far): Start with the format the way you want it, but be sure to
> include the "inventory builder" tool.
Already on my to-do list.
> Suggestion 2: support reading DAT/MPD files as inventory resources.
Already on my to-do list.
> Suggestion 3: allow files to be deilimited with tabs and commas, as well as
> spaces.
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> Suggestion 4: have a tagged import function, where the first line of the
> file tells you the order of the fields on each line of the rest of the
> file. So something like:
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> Color, Quantity, Code
> 15, 1, 3001
> 1, 27, 3010
Great ideas. By making it flexible it'll be easier to import all the
pre-existing inventories that were manually created.
-Gary
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| Gary Williams skrev i meddelandet ... (...) As soon as more than one program accepts it, it's a standard :-) (But not before) Feel free to mail me for the details in the LDList end - ask Steve about the receiving end. In principle I am just sending (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) This is a great idea, especially if you also give the user the ability to easily build an inventory, for example by dragging parts from a parts list, parts search or catalog view-window onto a parts bin window. This "inventory building" (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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