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Re: Parts Cataloging Program
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:21:01 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
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> Also, LDAO creates part-images, and keeps them in the ldraw\vec
> directory. LDAO produces bmp format files, but the VEC will look for,
> and use, image files in gif or jpg. So you might want to mine the vec
> for images (when possible), and maybe even save your images to the same
> location.
I've been meaning to ask about image file formats for a while now.
What are the preferred file formats for these pics? Right now I have
ldglite dumping png files since they're true color, fairly well compressed,
and not lossy like jpg. I could make bmp an option since I had that
working before I switched to png. I could add others if people really
want them.
Don
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| (...) Which pics? The ones in the ldraw\vec directory? Or part-images in general? Png is a good format, but still not very widespread. LDAO reads bmp 10x faster than anything else, and doesn't recognize png. I usually do gif for web stuff, and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| [moved to lugnet.cad.dev] (...) use, I think. When I tried to run lcat, the continual re-launching of LDLite hosed my system. I'm running Win98.2, with a 1600x1200 display. I got through 977 parts beore total lockup, but my free system/user (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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