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Subject:	Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date:	Sat, 12 Jun 1999 15:17:22 GMT
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At 03:15 PM 6/12/99 +0000, Bram Lambrecht wrote: > > line two: The official name of the set; what TLG calls it > > I strongly advise that we switch lines one and two so that this shows up > on the first line as the title of the dat file. We should also include > the official name of the theme. (eg: 0 Star Wars Snowspeeder ) Maybe we > should also include the (TM) to emphasize the fact that these are > official LEGO Group models.) No. If these models are MPD format, the first line of an mpd is going to be 0 Name: 7140-99.dat to denote the dat filename. A program can easily pick it up once they give model titles to look at the second line. -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator http://www.ldraw.org http://www.zacktron.com AIM: timcourtne ICQ: 23951114

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		Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
(...) No. 'Name:' and 'FILE' are different. As soon as an MPD is split, all the FILE lines disappear, so you must leave in a 'Name:' Ex: 0 Title for the MPD 0 Name: filename.mpd 0 Author: Author 0 Comments 0 0 FILE file1.dat <---during MPD parsing, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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		Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
OK since the header seems to be a problem I will use set 7130 as an example and I will explain each part of the header in depth. 0 Name: M7130-99.dat 0 Snowspeeder 0 Author: Ryan Dennett 0 Official Model Repository OK line one: M stands for model, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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