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Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 00:18:29 GMT
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onyx wrote in message ...
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> perhaps that's the decision we should make.. do we *care* about our catalog
> being a reference to TLG parts??? (i beleive we should use TLG numbers,
> but i mean all the different *versions* of the same old element) because • you're
> correct.. we only need ONE 1x2 brick... color 16... and for that matter i • don't
> think we need ANY separated dinghy parts... use the number viewable from • the
> outside, color 16, BAM!, we're done... but there are zealouts in our midst • that
> want to know every sub-part, mold number, etc etc... if we're here for CAD,
> then so be it.. works for me... just get all of the elements done, use a • basic
> number (preferrably one viewable on the element itself) and set its color • to
> 16... i don't care if there never WAS a chrome 6573... i want it in my • LDraw
> virtual model.. i never bought a set that gave me 3823 in ANY color... but • that
> shouldn't preclude me from accessing it in virtual lego.. and in ANY color • i
> wish...
You've got my support here. I don't care to use LDraw as a TLG reference
...just wanna model. We need to follow the KISS rule ...Keep It Simple Sir
... see, nothing personal there.
> see, i can play both sides... personally i say ditch all the aggregates, • etc
> etc.. forget that such and such element only came in chrome, etc etc... • just
> give me the meshes and let me choose any color i want when i LEdit the
thing...
I've heard of "sitting on the fence", but Onyx, your a great fence
jumper...must of been a track star! ;-)
Roy
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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 (...) (28 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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