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Re: "Part Unknown!" warning, what does it mean
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:54:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, James Wilson writes:
> I have not delved much into the inner workings of parts, but I'm using
> Thomas Burger's x814 6x6 "bubble" windscreen in a model. I took his file
> and included it in my MPD as another part. When I view the part (or open
> the x814.dat file by itself), lines that call certain parts generate "Part
> unknown!" in the Description column. The parts/primitives in question are:
> 2-4edge.dat, 2-4disc.dat, 2-4cyli.dat, and 1-4edge.dat. But, when I look
> in the ldraw/p folder, those files are there. My MLCAD (ver. 2.12) is set
> to the correct folder for the base Ldraw install.
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> Does this part "description" mean anything? I can select one of those
> primitive lines in the file listing and move it around, and it shows up in
> the view windows, so it is rendering it? Should I worry about this?
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> Thanks,
> James Wilson
> Dallas, TX
Hi James,
Don't worry. "Part Unknown" in MLCad only means the part is not in the
ldraw/parts directory. So even official draw primitives are "Part Unknown"
because they are in ldraw/p directory. Otherwise primitives display
correctly and no MLCad functionality is affected.
Happy experience with ldraw tools,
Damien
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