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Subject:	Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:49:45 GMT
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We should consider renaming this to get around this limitation. More programs and applets may start tring to access the files through URLS in the future. Who knows. -Kyle Chris Dee wrote: > In lugnet.cad.dev, Tony Hafner writes: > > > I did a text search on all the dat files in my parts and subparts folder, > > and found that the "box3#8.dat" primitive isn't actually referenced by > > anything else. And if I try to download it from ldraw.org's official files > > link, I get nothing. Has this primitive been retired? > > > > -- > > Tony Hafner > > www.hafhead.com > > > > In lugnet.cad.dev, Niels Karsdorp writes: > > > > > (box3#8.dat has even one face wrong > > > side up, but is easy to correct and make BFC compliant). > > > Not sure how you were searching, but this primitive is used by plenty of parts > 2400.dat > 2554.dat > 2865.dat > 2871.dat > ..... > > The file is in the ldraw.org official library, but if you're trying to use the > URL like http://www.ldraw.org/library/official/p/box3#8.dat then you will fail > due to the special meaning of a # character in a URL to display the page from a > particular anchor. I don't even seem to be able to get around this by using > %23, so maybe there is no way to use this URL to access this particular > prinitive. > > Chris -- _ -------------------------------ooO( )Ooo------------------------------- Kyle J. McDonald (o o) Systems Support Engineer Sun Microsystems Inc. ||||| Enterprise Server Products Kyle.McDonald@Sun.COM 1 Network Drive BUR03-4630 \\\// voice: (781) 442-2184 Burlington, MA 01803 (o o) fax: (781) 442-1542 -------------------------------ooO(_)Ooo-------------------------------

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		Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
(...) I'll think about box3-8 or something (box with 3 sides, missing 8 lines) I need a similar primitive with all edges along the three sides. That could be named box3-2 (box with 3 sides, missing 2 lines) Niels (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: What's up with box3#8.dat? (was: BFC parts with BFC-less primitives)
(...) Not sure how you were searching, but this primitive is used by plenty of parts 2400.dat 2554.dat 2865.dat 2871.dat ..... The file is in the ldraw.org official library, but if you're trying to use the URL like (URL) then you will fail due to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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