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Re: Linetype/color question
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Date: 
Wed, 24 Dec 2003 05:42:30 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Dave Schuler wrote:
I was reading through bits of Ldraw.org and came upon this section:

http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=218#colors

Specifically, this note under "Colors."

"Colors 256-512 are dithered colors. Only line type 1 is allowed to use colors
256-512."

Is that correct?  In other words, I can't make an irregular quadrilateral in
color 285?  And does "allowed" mean "permitted by the software" or "accepted by
convention" in this context?  I know with certainty that I've used dithered
256-512 colors in all manner of linetype 3 and linetype 4 statements in my
files.

Any insight is much appreciated.

     Dave!

LDraw/Ledit doesn't accept non type 1 line with colors 256-512.  While there is
nothing perventing you from making a model that has quads, triangles and lines
with color 256-512, we enforce this rule for the Official Library in order to
ensure complete backwards compatability.

-Orion



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(...) Hi Orion: Thanks for the response! I don't mean to dispute your answer, but I have made dozens of clone parts in LEdit that use the color range 256-512 for linetypes 3 and 4. Granted, some of the colors appear a little different in LEdit than (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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I was reading through bits of Ldraw.org and came upon this section: (URL) this note under "Colors." "Colors 256-512 are dithered colors. Only line type 1 is allowed to use colors 256-512." Is that correct? In other words, I can't make an irregular (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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