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Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
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Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:43:22 GMT
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At 05:22 PM 6/11/99 +0000, Papp Imre wrote:
What if we would consider the content of a duplicate set as alternate models
of the same set numbers. Eg.  7140 is duplicate set then, 7140a...dat,
7140b...dat, ...  identify the models of the first set, 7140c...dat,
7140c...dat, ...  identify models of the second set.
I assume that duplicate sets are somehow related, so it has a meaning the
consider them as alternate models of the same set (number).
Then the header line in the files may warn the user that these are duplicate
sets.
Of course in the header file there are enough place to include the year of
release according to Jeff's suggestion.

If they're related or not is beyond me, but someone could investigate the
duplicates to look for similarities.  The duplicates are never in
production at the same time, so they are a few years apart at the least.
They could be of the same theme though.  Anyways, I wouldn't say a
duplicate numbered set would be considered an alternate model, but
something could be put in the name to indicate there are multiple sets with
that number.  Examples??

-Tim Courtney
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  Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
 
(...) Here's a thread on oddities -- sets which "break the rules": (URL) The duplicates are never in (...) Not always, unfortunately. Some notable counter-examples are: 8205 Bungee Chopper Has two instructions booklets labeled "8205-1" and "8205-2"; (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
  Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
 
(...) [...] Serious snippage Todd, If you could come up with a complete list of irregulars, it would be helpful. We can figure out how absolutely necessary or how not absolutely necessary a comprehensive file system is that way. If there is less (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
 
Good thinking on this, but there is one problem not addressed: duplicate set numbers. For this we will need at least one character to distinguish different sets with the same number. But this puts us over the 8+3 characters. The only character we (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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