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Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:49:12 GMT
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On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 03:39:31 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K)
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> The problem with that solution is that we would then have the 4106548 hard
> coded as yellow. And when the tan version is released are we then going to
> have another 410xxxx for it - hard coded to tan?
> That may not seem like a big deal, until you think about using this method for
> other parts - parts that may well come in many colors. Then, using that
> method, we would end up with a lot of duplicate parts in different colors.
> This would lead us down the road to having multiple versions of parts. I would
> prefer to have one basic version of the part, color being user-selectable.
Is it not possible to say in the definition of 410etc., like:
top half yellow,
lower half yellow underneath.
That way, the only information in the 410etc file is the color, and
which constituents parts there are. Then if anything needs to changed,
you can change in the 30xxxx part.
Jasper "No idea whether it'd work" Janssen
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) That's not much better, because a new part-file is still required whenever a new color is released. Steve "I should probably keep these responses in the outbox until after I've read all 60 incoming messages" Bliss (25 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) The problem with that solution is that we would then have the 4106548 hard coded as yellow. And when the tan version is released are we then going to have another 410xxxx for it - hard coded to tan? That may not seem like a big deal, until you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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