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I don't have any comments, except to say that I agree with pretty much everything you wrote. And that I'd be very hard-pressed to actually implement some of it. And I didn't completely understand all of your points... (...) Yes! (...) Good idea, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) does this include "don't add any new lines unless they're intentional"? As in, a program shouldn't add (and forgive me if this is incorrect dat format): 0 edited by dan with DatZap on Tuesday :) Dan (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes, we seem to see a lot of this sort of thing these days. 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" I'd say leave it out unless it's actually being used. My guess is most of the time it's not. Don (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) What about program extensions that modify the DAT code in some way? Are you suggesting that the author of a plugin shouldn't credit himself in the form of a DAT Comment? -Orion (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I found some model which was (mostly) all 3001.dat, except only the first line gave the part number! All following lines were meant to be the same part (with different location.) I guess the author's viewer tolerates this? So, the rule would (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Whoa. That's kinda bizarro. (...) I'd say the rule would be, don't fix invalid lines without the authors permission. ;) (...) I see your point, but I would expect most programs to choke (gracefully ;) on the line without part numbers. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not in my DAT files, they shouldn't. Especially not editing stuff. Truly generated code, maybe it's alright. It should always go at the top, where it can be easily deleted. Steve (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I was thinking more along the lines of the output of my fexible object Plugin for LDDesignPad. I add some informational comments and credit myself and Fredrik for the code generation. Is this undesired? If so, it can easily be modified to the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I haven't tried your plugin, so I can't really comment on the informational lines -- do they have to do with the data/code, or are they an "about the flexible object plugin" type of thing? Information about the data/code (how to use, source (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Basically I do this: 0 Begin Curve <the applicable DAT code appears here> 0 <The next 3 lines list> 0 <control points and curve lengths> 0 <if recreation elsewhere is desired> 0 Hose generated by <plugin> authored by <person> 0 End Hose -Orion (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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