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Re: Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:46:31 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Tony Hafner wrote:
> > > I'm picturing files that are essentially official parts with some
> > > added inline code.
> >
> > Why not just a library of POV code only parts, ala LGEO/Raves, only
> > compatible with the LDraw.org library? We could host this project on
> > Sourceforge so anyone who was interested could develop. I think if
> > we do it Pov only, LDraw.org is more likely to offically recognize
> > our efforts
>
> Because parts with inline POV code work with the version of L3P that
> we have now. Why not start by building a library of modified official
> parts, but with the explicit goal of eventually converting them into
> POV only parts when L3P or some other tool can support them that way?
> That probably just a matter of running L3P on the tweaked parts and
> saving the results. Sometimes it's easier to get things moving if you
> take smaller steps in the beginning.
>
> And, the SourceForge is a great place for such an effort. I highly
> recommend it.
>
> Don
I asked Lars a while back if he could wrap all the part definitions with IF NDEF
statements so that someone could define the parts they wanted in an external
include file and the rest would use the standard L3P code. Hopefully when a new
version of L3P gets released, this will be implemented.
-Orion
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