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Isn't there any web site that has generally agreed on names for all the
lego bricks? (Or even better - one where the names are being decided
and we can all argue over them <grin>)
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
> I think I see what happened -- the source of the confusion is in the
> terminology -- and I made the same mistake that Tom made when I read his
> post (I just saw the words "quarter-circle" and "white" and glossed over the
> "4x4" part).
>
> The AucZILLA nomenclature uses mathematical/geometrical terms, so inside of
> it there is a distinct difference between the word "circle" and the word
> "disc."
>
> In geometry,
>
> - A circle is the locus of coplanar points all at some distance r from some
> point O.
>
> - A disc is the locus of coplanar points all at or less than some distance r
> from some point O.
>
> In other words, a circle is "open" and a disc is "filled in."
>
> So a 4x4 bricks of the type Tom has for sale are (in AucZILLA terminology)
> referred to as "4x4 Quarter-Disc Bricks" because the centers are filled in
> with studs. The "macaroni" bricks are (in AucZILLA terminology) referred to
> as "2x2 Quarter-Circle Bricks" because they make a circle rather than a
> filled-in disc.
>
> There is no equivalent 2x2 version of the 4x4 version of the 4x4 Quarter-
> Disc Brick and no equivalent 4x4 version of the 2x2 Quarter-Circle brick,
> although the 2x2 full-disc brick is (in AucZILLA terminology) referred to as
> a "2x2 Cylinder Brick," so there is plenty more room for confusion here,
> since the 4x4 Quarter-Disc brick could also reasonably be referred to as a
> "4x4 Quarter-Cylinder brick." :-,
>
> --Todd
>
> p.s. The AucZILLA nomenclature no longer refers to 2x2 Quarter-Circle
> bricks directly as "macaroni bricks" because of the (somewhat recent) 2x2
> elbow-macaroni pipes that appear in, for example, 5561 Big Foot 4x4 -- those
> are actually almost *perfect* replicas of elbow macaroni -- completely round
> with holes at both ends and no studs, whereas the 2x2 Quarter-Circle bricks
> have studs on top and aren't really much like macaroni, except for the
> elbow-bend.
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