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In lugnet.cad.dev, Erik Olson writes:
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> In a nutshell, 'namespaces'.
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> Switching among parts libraries to get different versions (or different
> data) should be an application capability, not the individual part file.
I'm not following. Are you agreeing with the idea of using embedded POV-Ray
code, or having separate file libraries? I *think* you agree with the
second, am I right?
The one thing we gain by having embedded POV-Ray code is the ability to have
a portion of a part be done directly in POV-Ray, instead of doing the entire
file in POV-Ray.
Steve
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 | | Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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| (...) Right! I have always thought of the "0 IFNDEF L3PPOV" as a way to utilize most of the normal LDraw lines (that L3P can convert to equivalent POV code) and only replace a small tricky curvy section by some POV code that would look better. This (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
| | | Re: Inline POV-Ray code? [DAT]
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| I see now that your problem is difficult to solve. Sorry I tried to put it into a nutshell, Steve. My preference would be to design an auxiliary file for each case, and markup the LDRAW part in a very general way, so that future programs could (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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