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Subject:	Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date:	Sat, 12 Jun 1999 15:39:14 GMT
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At 03:15 PM 6/12/99 +0000, Bram Lambrecht wrote: > What about the following, considering a set with instructions for one or > more alternate models as well: [...] I guess, since the - does nothing to the original designation and if there is only one model in the instructions the - denotes that. > I hope that's clear enough :) This system would also allow official > alternate models without instructions (ie those on the back of the box) > to be included when someone figures out how to build them. I disagree. We should not offer the 'official' alternate models on the back of the box for download, or at least not in the mpd. We're concerned about the main model(s) with instructions here. > This could lead to giant MPD files for every set, though, making me > wonder if ZIP wouldn't be a better format. (Maybe both?) With ZIP, you > could also create a directory for every model's submodels. Then you > wouldn't be limited to only 3 characters for naming all the components. > eg: I would go against zip and for mpd. MPD is directly viewable and you don't need an external program not related to ldraw to unzip them. It may be a few kb larger, but kb isn't a lot. > Unfortunately, using ZIP means the files will not be directly viewable as > MPD is. You would have to download and unzip instead of just opening > LDLite from the browser. Maybe MPD could be improved to support > directories? Or does it already? The thing is LDraw and LEdit don't support directories. So the only hope here is to have the models viewable only and have LDLite support directories. If LDraw and LEdit don't support them, I would disagree with using directories. The current set naming system would keep set files together in the LDAO file manager as well. -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
(...) Actually, LDraw and LEdit _do_ support directories. You just have to specify the directory in the DAT file. How do you think the s\ directory under parts\ works? Take a look at the last few lines of parts\3634.dat for example. (...) There is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

		Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
(...) Good idea then. But we need to make sure users set up their directories on their machines correctly. If not, those questions will fill up the ldraw.org help desk... (...) Talk yes.. and I can't wait to see it implimented. But talk is still (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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		Re: IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
(...) Ryan and I had decided on M####-, where #### stood for the set number and stood for the last two digits of the year it was released (i.e. M7140-99 for the X-Wing). The date would be replaced by a letter to denote that it is a submodel. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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