3023a?

[Jaco van der Molen]

Could you please tell us why a single renumbering has such a big impact?

I gave this some more thought.

The main pain is opening an LDraw model in Stud.io.
I know many users model in LDraw (MLCad or LDCad) and open in Stud.io for easy rendering.

I use Stud.io for that too.
I also make use of Stud.io's connection to Bricklink to see if any colors I might use do or do not exist.
The direct link to Bricklink from Stud.io to see weather a part is available, how much it costs, etc. is also very usefull.

Now opening a model with 3023b in Stud.io gives a Null brick.
Also, the part is not shown in the partslist and when you upload a model to My Bricklink gallery to say, create a wishlist for the model (I use that all the time), the good old plate 1x2 is not in the inventory.

So yeah, big impact.

The easiest workaround for this however is simple:
Just model in LDCad and use 3023b.
Once the model is complete open the ldr or mpd file in your favorite texteditor and rename all instances of 3023b.dat to 3023.dat.
Save the file and open it in Stud.io or do whatever you do with it to use 3023.