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- LDraw Readme File
- Welcome to LDraw
- This short readme file explains what files and subdirectories are present in
- your LDraw installation, described the LDraw library structure and and has links
- to some sites on the internet where you can find help and further information.
- * LDraw program directory contents
- * LDraw library structure
- * Where to find further information
- * Parts library updates
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- * LDraw program directory contents:
- - Program executables:
- mklist.exe - This is a utility that creates a list of available
- parts. This list (parts.lst) is used by LDraw tools
- as the available parts list. You should re-run mklist
- after installing new parts updates.
- - Support Files:
- Parts.lst - This is your listing of all usable parts available.
- This list is created by running mklist.exe and choosing
- to create the list sorted Numerically or by Description.
- Most people use Description sorting, but you can
- change to whichever way you prefer at any time.
- mklist1_6.zip - Zip archive of the MKList source code.
- - Informational Files:
- Readme.txt - This file you are currently reading.
-
- - Subdirectories:
- \MODELS\ - This directory is where your model .dat files are stored.
- There are two sample model .dat files installed for you
- to look at - Car.dat and Pyramid.dat.
- \P\ - This directory is where parts primitives are located.
- Parts primitives are tyically highly reusable components
- used by the part files in the LDraw library.
- \P\48\ - This directory is where high resolution parts primitives
- are located. These are typically used for large curved
- parts where excessive scaling of the regular curved
- primitives would produce an undesriable result.
- \PARTS\ - This directory holds all the actual parts that can be used
- in creating or rendering your models. A list of these
- parts can be seen by viewing the parts.lst file.
- \PARTS\S\ - This directory holds sub-parts that are used by the LDraw
- parts to optimise file size and improve parts development
- efficiancy.
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- * LDraw library structure:
- The official LDraw library is segmented into four categories:
- - OfficialCA - The library of officially released parts for which the
- authors have agreed to the Contributor Agreement, allowing
- their work to be re-distributed. Full details of this
- agreement can be found in the CAreadme.txt and
- CAlicense.txt files in the same diectory as this file.
- This download is restricted to generic colour versions of
- each part and does not contain duplicate copies of part
- files where different numbers have been used for the same
- physical part. This library may be re-distributed, subject
- to the conditions laid out in CAreadme.txt.
- - OfficialCA_a - The library of officially released part aliases. This
- includes generic colour versions of parts that are
- physically identical to parts in the OfficialCA library,
- but have a different part number, either because of
- production differences between opaque and transparent
- parts or due to evolution of the part numbering scheme.
- - OfficialCA_p - The library of officially released physical colour parts.
- This includes hard-coded colour versions of parts or
- composite parts.
- - OfficialNonCA - The library of officially released parts for which the
- authors have not agreed to the Contributor Agreement, or
- where we have been unable to contact the original author.
- This download is restricted to generic colour versions of
- each part and does not contain duplicate copies of part
- files where different numbers have been used for the same
- physical part.
- This library MAY NOT be re-distributed, as detailed in the
- conditions laid out in NonCAreadme.txt file.
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- * Where to find further information
- For more information on LDraw, check out these internet resources:
- - LDraw.org - http://www.ldraw.org/
- Centralized LDraw Resources on the internet.
- Parts updates, Utility programs for using and enhancing LDraw, and more.
- - LUGNET - http://www.lugnet.com/
- The Lego Users Group NETwork (LUGNET) - A great place for fans of Lego.
- LUGNET has many topic-specific newsgroups that discuss LDraw and other forms
- of Lego-type CAD.
-
- - The LDraw Parts Tracker - http://www.ldraw.org/library/tracker/
- The web-based system for managing the development of new LDraw parts. Here
- you will find unofficial versions of new parts and updates to existing parts.
- As 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 change any model in which you have used them.
- - The LDraw Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
- http://www.ldraw.org/faq/
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- * Parts library updates:
- - If you have not already done so, you should visit www.ldraw.org and
- download and install the current complete package of LDraw parts.
- - Periodically, new parts and part fixes are released in small updates,
- available from www.ldraw.org. These updates should be downloaded and
- installed as they become available. Please remember that OLD updates
- should not be installed over NEW or NEWER updates. Doing so might
- overwrite a fixed version of a part with an older version.
- LDraw Update 2010-02
- --end of file--
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