(2022-05-14, 21:14)Roland Melkert Wrote: LDrawLoader (probably) does this so the file can be rendered by a web browser without having a local library installed or having to fetch all those part files from ldraw.org or some other source.
This is why I chose Lasse's buildinginstructions.js over ldrloader for the LDraw.org renderer. I can tell it to fetch parts from the LDraw server.