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I think I am going to load referenced subparts only and use the first
one of recursive mpd files, ignoring the rest for now for LD4DModeler's
MPD support.
Roland.
Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, rmelkert wrote:
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> > I was wondering, didn't see it discussed in the text, is it permitted /
> > custom to have ldraw files in a mpd file reference other mpd files?
>
>
> Good question. Different programs have more (or less) success at
> handling this. L3Lab seems to have no trouble with it. LDLite usually
> does ok, but not always (unfortunately, I don't have an example).
>
>
> > If so is the first part in the file used or is there some naming
> > convention pointing to the correctsubpart (e.g. brick.mpd:1x1.dat).
>
>
> There's no special syntax, the rendering program would use the first
> FILE encountered in the sub-mpd as the primary model from that file.
>
>
> > Or do you just recursive load all mpd files to memory and then start
> > parsing the parts with their original names. But this kinda contradicks
> > the text saying to only parse references parts.
>
>
> It gets tricky here -- files are only loaded as they are referenced, but
> renderers may retain loaded FILEs in memory, and later reference them
> (even after the sub-mpd is exitted).
>
> I think the MPD standard should include scoping/visibility rules, so
> FILEs in an mpd are only available from within that MPD, not from other
> DAT/LDR/MPD files.
>
> Steve
>
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