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Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 8 Mar 1999 14:46:51 GMT
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On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 23:46:47 GMT, "onyx" <onyx@flash.net> wrote:
> i agree completely... i say we handle our parts/sub parts in the same way TLG
> does... if glued-parts have 2 separate numbers, then lets model both halves
> separately, then use any conglomerate numbers for complete elements.. if they
> are hard-coded with a color, fine.. then we have a number that is hard-coded
> referencing the sub-files... this doesn't seem that complicated to me...
> the only drawback is more part numbers... but hell, we already deal with over
> 1400 element files..
I'm only alright with hard-coded colors, IF they are somehow marked as
not being primary parts. I would not want them all listed in as being
available for building, just because it would eventually lead to
parts-overload. You'd get about a dozen differently colored 1x2 bricks
in a parts-catalog, and what would be the point of that (for modeling)?
I fully support the idea that the LDraw parts library should be useful
as a parts-reference resource. But the primary purpose of the LDraw
library is to enable creation of Lego-style models on the computer. The
parts-reference aspect should not hinder the modeling aspect.
Steve
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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| (...) in all honesty, all i use LDraw for... to document my creations so that i have a record before i tear them apart... the only reason i model specific elements for the catalog is because i want/need them to document a RL model (well, sometimes (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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| (...) The problem is a bit more narrow than that. Basic pieces, like the 1x2 brick, are not affected by all this numbering/coloring controversy. Those pieces had a simple part number that is common to all the colors. So we would NOT be having (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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| (...) i agree completely... i say we handle our parts/sub parts in the same way TLG does... if glued-parts have 2 separate numbers, then lets model both halves separately, then use any conglomerate numbers for complete elements.. if they are (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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