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Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
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Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:36:16 GMT
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Jeff Stembel wrote:

In lugnet.admin.database, Frank Filz writes:
Jeff Stembel wrote:

In lugnet.admin.database, Frank Filz writes:

I think it is somewhat reasonable to describe the slopes in terms of their
use as roof pieces, though obviously the "half pyramid" end piece and the
2x2 peak with bite taken out of it (so it can form a junction or turn in a
roof peak) do cause confusion. Perhaps if we called these "1x2 end cap" and
"2x2 peak junction".

I think that the word slope should be in there, along with the degrees of
the slope.  Those two slopes would then be "1x2 45 degree end cap slope" and
"2x2 45 degree peak slope junction".  Although, "half-pyramid" fits the "end
cap" best, as that is what it is.

Slightly better might be:

1x2 45 degree slope, end cap
2x2 45 degree slope, peak junction

The way I have put my inventories in is to have the size be in a
separate cell from the rest of the description, as a result, an alpha
sort would put these two pieces with the rest of the 45 degree slopes.

Those were just examples anyways.  :)  But I still Think "half-pyramid" is
intuitive than "end cap".

Ok, I could go with:

1x2 45 degree slope, half pyramid

Here's an attempt at the rest of the more or less normal slope parts:

1x2 45 degree slope
2x2 45 degree slope
3x2 45 degree slope (3)
...
1x2 45 degree slope, peak
2x2 45 degree slope, peak
...
2x2 45 degree slope, inside concave corner (1)
2x2 45 degree slope, outside convex corner (1)
2x2 45 degree slope, peak junction
1x2 45 degree inverse slope
...
2x2 45 degree inverse slope, outside convex corner (1)
2x2 45 degree inverse slope, inside concave corner (1)(2)
1x3 45 degree inverse slope, double
2x4 45 degree inverse slope, double with 2x2x.6 channel (4)


(1) on these, I used somewhat redundant descriptors to make it a little
easier for people to find the part. I would be comfortable though with
using only concave/convex or inside/outside.

(2) does this part actually exist?

(3) normally I am in favor of smallest dimension x largest dimension (x
height if specification needed), but I think in the case of slopes it is
best that the dimensions always be organized the same way, with the 1st
dimension indicating the length of the slope, and the 2nd (generally)
implying the steepness of the slope.

(4) this is one of the boat hull/fusalage/throne pieces, anyone got a
better name?

--
Frank Filz

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(...) Those were just examples anyways. :) But I still Think "half-pyramid" is intuitive than "end cap". Jeff - "That is definitely *not* an ordinary spell!" (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)

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