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Subject: 
Re: Tyre (tire) nomenclature
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts
Date: 
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:25:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to see this discussion reach other "keepers of lego part names", at
> > least for feedback.  I don't expect that a consensus would be reached.
> 
> (ahem) That might work better with crossposting to, say, lugnet.parts or
> lugnet.cad.dat.parts, instead of hiding the discussion in .cad. . .


Point taken - thanks.

> > Unless I've missed something, we've never had a part title which included LDU.
> > I believe we've only measured in studs, brick-heights, and millimeters.
> 
> To clarify: that includes "local" units, i.e., stud and brick height
> measurements are relative to the system (Primo, Duplo, System, etc.) of the
> parts being described (with the curious exception of part 33029).


The curious case of 33029 was discussed here
<http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=10339> with a good argument to stick with "system
scale" for Scala parts.

> TWS Garrison

Chris



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  Re: Tyre (tire) nomenclature
 
(...) (ahem) That might work better with crossposting to, say, lugnet.parts or lugnet.cad.dat.parts, instead of hiding the discussion in .cad. . . (...) To clarify: that includes "local" units, i.e., stud and brick height measurements are relative (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.parts)

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