In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Willy Tschager wrote: ... (...) ... I think having a direct link to the part would be a great idea. <shameless self-promotion> You could even include a .dat file that contains exactly one line: a reference to the part. (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
(...) I set up a test contest which does exactly this. ultimately the file would be stored at ldraw.org. click on it and instead of saving on your disk open it with LDView. (URL) (18 years ago, 16-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
(...) Well, that shows off a possible flaw in my suggestion. LDView doesn't automatically download unofficial versions of official parts. The part in your example has an official version, and that gets shown instead of the one on the tracker. (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)