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Re: Parts naming conventions
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Thu, 8 Jul 1999 00:10:09 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.+nomorespam+com
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Jim Hughes wrote:
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> I suspect that all 3000 or so Lego elements probably boil down to about 100-200
> root elements.
Right. And you could denote whether a thingabob was vertical or
horizontal with a variant on the cis/trans nomenclature as well, instead
of using vertical. if we agreed that "cis" (or whatever we picked) meant
an element in the horizontal plane that gripped a rod vertically and so
forth it would stop the quibbling about vertical meaning orientation of
the thing or orientation of what it gripped.
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> What this really drives at is the need for a well though out set of element
> roots, or in other words an element classification or taxonomy. I suspect this
> would be the hard part of such a project, although
> If properly constructed individual element naming would be relatively easy once
> you agreed on the classification of an element. Beyond this however is that it
> would be easy to see the variations and relations between elements.
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> After all of this you can relate back any common or particularly descriptive
> names.
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> If this whole thing was done right you would be able to figure out the name of
> any element you had and figure out the element from any name you had, which
> would be useful for any reason, such as auctions, L-draw, inventories,
> whatever.
>
> Jim
> hughesj@one.net
> http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/technica.html
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| (...) Exactly. If everyone assumes a set starting orientation, such as the word "lego' on the studs is right side up readable from left to right then it would be trivial top decide upon a convention for describing a particular side or top/bottom. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| I didn't know exactly where this fit into the thread so I just started a new one. Read with interest the discussion of part naming conventions as this is something I have been (trying) to deal with for several years as part of my element registry. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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