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Re: MLCad.ini and Unofficial parts
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:25:46 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Willy Tschager wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jetro de Chateau wrote:
> > MLCad complains parts are
> > missing. These are all 48/ and s/ parts and the parts are present in the
> > unofficial folders. Even if I inform MLCad of the existence and location of
> > these folder (by including some lines in MLCad.ini) it keeps complaining the
> > parts cannot be found.
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> It is quite normal that MLCad complaints. As explained here:
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> http://www.ldraw.org/Article14.html
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> the package with the unofficial files is updated every 3 minutes and includes
> also held files. You'll therefore also get parts like this:
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> http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/2861.dat
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> which is an extraordinary part but has some problems.
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> RTFM! These are unofficial parts. They may be incomplete, or inaccurate, and it
> is possible that when they are officially released they may be changed in ways
> that could mess up any model you use them in. This is far more likely for Held
> parts than Certified parts.
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> w.
I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case, if the full unofficial file were
somehow incomplete , but if I dump all the unofficial files into the official
folder MLCad never complains.
Jetro
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| (...) Willy's explanation is correct. This part in the unofficial library references primitives that don't exist - anywhere (except maybe on the author's own system). So MLcad is unable to fully render it, even with a full copy of the unofficial (...) (15 years ago, 3-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCad.ini and Unofficial parts
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| (...) It is quite normal that MLCad complaints. As explained here: (URL) package with the unofficial files is updated every 3 minutes and includes also held files. You'll therefore also get parts like this: (URL) is an extraordinary part but has (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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