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Re: Articles on ldraw.org out of date - I can help
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Thu, 3 May 2007 18:52:32 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, William R. Ward wrote:
> I was looking through some of the articles on ldraw.org and found some to be out
> of date or to have errors. I'd be happy to help clean this up but I don't know
> what the process is to get access or to submit changes...?
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> For example http://www.ldraw.org/Article102.html has a long process for creating
> MPD files, whereas in newer versions of MLCAD you can just use the Multipart
> menu to do it in one step.
It does show the "easy" way as well:
http://www.ldraw.org/Article102.html#How_to_2
The reason the EASY way is not shown first is becuase users should learn the
THEORY behind what they are doing rather than just learning how to do it.
Eg.
You can use a calculator to do multiplication. Yet your school teacher first
showed you how to do it on paper the long way before allowing the use of the
calculator for the longer multiplication problems. Why? Without a solid
foundation you would be doomed to never understand why you got the answer you
got on the calculator.
-Ahui
LDraw Help Desk
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