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Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:11:46 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, William R. Ward wrote:
> At BrickFair I made an MPD file of a covered cylindrical hopper car by Margaret
> Keys, but it used two unofficial parts. To make the file, I downloaded the
> parts (and the needed subassembly files) into my parts library, but if I share
> it with others then the unofficial parts won't be there.
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> What's the best way to handle this? I see two options:
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> 1. Release the file as is, with instructions on which files you need to download
> from the unofficial parts library
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> or
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> 2. Include the unofficial parts in the MPD file itself.
I use number 2 and I think it's the standard practice.
In an act of shameless self promotion, I recommend MPD Wizard:
http://www.pobursky.com/common/files/MPDWizard.zip (may not work with Vista)
-Orion
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| (...) Do you have any help files on that tool? I don't understand how to use it. For one thing I put unofficial parts into my regular LDRAW\PARTS directory, so there is no "unofficial parts path." I wasn't aware that MLCAD could scan multiple parts (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| At BrickFair I made an MPD file of a covered cylindrical hopper car by Margaret Keys, but it used two unofficial parts. To make the file, I downloaded the parts (and the needed subassembly files) into my parts library, but if I share it with others (...) (16 years ago, 1-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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