(2022-07-22, 13:59)SNIPE Wrote: Perhaps someone can clear this up?I'm not entirely sure what you mean but:
The shadow is basically a patch to be applied to the official ldraw library.
Information can be inherited (like stud.dat) or included from another shadow file.
Parts without a shadow file will only inherit. So they usually end up without bottom connectivity because there are no useful primitives involved for shaping the antistuds.