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Re: MLCad.ini and Unofficial parts
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Date: 
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:16:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jetro de Chateau wrote:
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.

It is quite normal that MLCad complaints. As explained here:

http://www.ldraw.org/Article14.html

the package with the unofficial files is updated every 3 minutes and includes
also held files. You'll therefore also get parts like this:

http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/2861.dat

which is an extraordinary part but has some problems.

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.

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

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 library, and complains abount the missing files. The Parts Tracker
just presents the incomplete rendering.

Unofficial files don't have to be complete, but this is unusual in missing so
much.

Chris



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  Re: MLCad.ini and Unofficial parts
 
(...) The theory behind the explanation is sound, but I don't see how is applies in this case. No files are actually missing: I can find all the files MLCad complains about in my LDraw\Unofficial\P\48 folder, and when I dump all the unofficial files (...) (15 years ago, 3-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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  Re: MLCad.ini and Unofficial parts
 
(...) 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 (15 years ago, 1-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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