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How do you see this information being used? -John Van Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) renamed (...) Update (...) is (...) never (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. Let's see: - Lets authors know a file has been altered after submission. - Helps people track down part number changes, especially if another part is now using the old number. - Reduces need to overload the Author tag to give proper (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is this done? I guess I thought that once a number is used, it's used up. How does LDAO part update function deal with this? (By the way, yet another awesome addition to LDAO's usefulness. I've just been using it a bunch to fix models I did (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's happened on at least one occasion. The problem is with the LDraw library, usually--a part was released with the wrong number, and there is a different part which actually should have that number. (...) AFAIK, TLG doesn't recycle numbers. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, but I think only for _equivalent_ parts. I just discovered that there are two versions of the Street Sweeper Brush Holder (2578) - both have this number moulded on. Chris Dee (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Joshua relayed once to me some deductive evidence that TLG has recycled part numbers in at least a couple odd circumstances. For example, the 1x2 plate hinges numbered 4275 & 4276 originally had only 1 hinge finger on the male part and 2 hinge (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right. In the LDraw parts library, these multi-version parts are (typically) designated by appending a version-letter to the part's filename. The mini-figure heads are a good example of this. 3626A.dat is the original solid-stud head. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) BTW, I wouldn't call this re-using part numbers, I'd call it making new versions of the same part. A version-number would be good, though. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Is that "street stripper brushes"? Well... One brush's owner, a brunette, is from Fennelview, Arkansas and is striving to become a high-fashion model; she *loves* dolphins, sliver-haired U.S. presidents, and baby seals -- but has mentioned (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That makes it less frustrating? (...) The list must go on and on... :-[p How different are the two sweet streeper brushes? --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A couple of occasions. Not much can be done about it. It requires that any person who had used that part in a model to go back and manually update it to the correct number. (...) As far as the 3-digit (or less) numbers in LDraw goes, I try to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In lugnet.cad.dev, chris_w_dee@hotmail.com (Chris Dee) writes: (...) They are quite different. I didn't know that both had the same number, though. CHRIS: Are you certain that the housing from set XXXX has 2578 molded into it? The original, (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Here, XXXX was to represent 6645 <blush>. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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