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Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:54:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
> "Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> writes:
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> > 6041.DAT Propeller 3 Blade 1.5 Diameter
> > 4617.DAT Propeller 3 Blade 5.5 Diameter
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> Sounds good to me!
Cool. I'll look at the other propellors (note LDraw-spelling) and rotors to see
if their names can be adjusted to match.
> > Here's another problem to think about: categories. Should Propeller
> > and Rotor be combined? It seems redundant to have both.
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> I think they should be combined. We don't have that many
> propellers/rotors anyway. Besides, it is probably better to put them in
> the same category, as the user will spend less time searching for
> individual parts.
True, but what category? The differences between propellors and rotors are
small (for our purposes), but the diferentiation is large and strong.
Helicoptors have rotors, and planes and boats have propellors. So we can't just
put all these parts under either Propellor or Rotor. Likewise, we can't put
them under the Plane category, because planes don't have rotors.
Create a new Aircraft category? I don't think that's an attractive solution,
but maybe I'm wrong. Then again, that pretty much leaves out 6041.dat, which is
really a boat propellor.
We could just call them all 'fans', and confuse everybody equally.
Steve
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| (...) While there is a strong difference in the real world, the difference if fairly small in the LEGO world. Take 6041.dat, for example, which is, like you said, a boat propellor. But you will find this one on many "aircraft" like official (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Sounds good to me! (...) I think they should be combined. We don't have that many propellers/rotors anyway. Besides, it is probably better to put them in the same category, as the user will spend less time searching for individual parts. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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