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Re: Best practice for using unofficial parts?
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:51:28 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jim DeVona wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > or
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> > 2. Include the unofficial parts in the MPD file itself.
> >
> > I've done both in the past, but is there an accepted standard best practice?
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> I don't know. LDView takes care of retrieving missing parts in MPDs that I
> download, but there is a case to be made for including unofficial parts in the
> MPD. Since the parts are unofficial, changes to their origin or orientation
> might take place after you share the MPD, changing the apparent construction of
> the model.
I think the cheese slope is the perfect example of this happening. Most of my
early MPDs using it are misoriented by 90 degrees due to a change in the part.
> For that reason, I'll venture to say that the best practice is to include
> unofficial parts in the MPD.
>
> Jim
See above ;)
Tim
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