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Re: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:08:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Jim DeVona wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Joshua Delahunty wrote:
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It’s easy to combine unofficial files and official into one repository if
they arrive separated. Quite a bit more difficult to go the other way
round.
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Also, having all the unofficial parts in a separate directory makes it easy
to check if your models rely on any unofficial parts. If you temporarily
rename the unofficial directory, Bricksmith (and presumably other programs)
will identify which parts can’t be found (the unofficial ones).
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Well I would argue that is forcing the user to do something the program could do
much more easily (and accurately).
Both those make the assumption that the contents of the standard LDraw directory
are always official, and the contents of the “Unofficial” directory are always
unofficial. I have many unofficial parts in my standard directory, and I prefer
it that way. In fact the only time I have ever used a directory other than the
standard is when authoring my own parts.
ROSCO
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Absolutely. But until such time as a program like that is available, I'm most interested in what can be done pragmatically with the tools available now. I've probably just confused the discussion of plans for future improvements - in which (...) (18 years ago, 3-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!
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| (...) Absolutely. Before I started using LDView and realized that Bricksmith could also use its Unofficial folder, any and all unofficial files I downloaded just got dumped in parts. To chime in on the filename length issue, my LDraw folder got real (...) (18 years ago, 3-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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