Right, atr is short for attributes. ALL DoGA L3 models are saved as L3P files. So, your friend only sent you the pallete entries and not the models themselves.
Sorry about the slow reply, new location and hours means less time for me to visit the forums.
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BTW, if you want to read the ATR files (out of curiosity) you can open them with notepad. Nearly all files in DoGA are plain text files with the exception of images.
I almost never use the save palette features since the L3P files include that information. When you make a model and try to exit, DoGA will ask you to save the file. So, the data is probably not lost, but just needs to be found. Check the dogacga\data directory. The files are pretty small and your friends should be able to send the L3P files zipped up in an e-mail.
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