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Re: "Part Unknown!" warning, what does it mean
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Date: 
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.

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?

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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  Re: "Part Unknown!" warning, what does it mean
 
(...) Thanks, Damien! It looked like they were rendering OK, but I just wasn't sure. James (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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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), (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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