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Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project)
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lugnet.cad
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Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:23:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney wrote:
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> > As far as parts naming conventions (this opens up another whole can of • worms) -
> > pretty much, they aren't going to be changing theirs (I suggested • interfacing
> > the LCAD and TLC naming conventions), so somewhere along the line we will • have
> > to adopt their convention if we want to be compatible (big IF).
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> A couple problems with this:
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> 1. Do you have any reason to think that they will ever *tell* us what their
> names are? Not just one or two at a time, but releasing the entire list.
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> 2. As I understand it (not having seen most of their part names), TLC
> doesn't have *a* standard for naming parts. With LDraw, we're making an
> effort to use names that are consistent, easy to reference (once you're
> used to our methods), and standardized. I'd hate to lose that, just to
> adhere to an inferior (usability-wise) 'official' source.
I seriously doubt that TLC would ever adopt our naming conventions - even if
Tim Courtney asked them to. :-) (inside joke there)
And I agree with Steve that it is highly unlikely, given past indications,
that they would ever tell us outright what names they use - or numbers.
And Steve is right again about them not having any real standard for naming.
And from what I've seen of "official" names, they suck. It may work for them
in their internal operations, but it would be horrid for us to use.
> > Their English
> > naming convention often comes from direct translations from the Danish, and
> > when you deal with direct translations you don't always get the best word in
> > the second language.
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> Yah. And translated names change occasionally.
And it can be dependant on whoever is doing the translation.
> > The guy there said he even started renaming some of the
> > LDraw parts to conform to TLC's naming convention - because that's what he • was
> > used to. I neglected to ask him whether he used the English translation or
> > the Danish.
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> Hmm. Multi-name support. Hmm.
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> Actually, it would be kind of cool to add a "rename this part" function to
> the VEC (in LDAO). But that would require having a custom Parts Update
> Installer, to retain the custom names when new P.U.'s are applied.
Multi-name support is an intriguing possibility.
But keeping what we have, in some form, is important. I would hate to abandon
the naming scheme we use - even with its flaws.
-- Terry K --
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 | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project)
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| "Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FzvL6F.Lop@lugnet.com... (...) if (...) ROFL :) BTW - so you can rest at night, no bricks which weren't mine were removed from the model shop yesterday. I brought some of mine in, and all of mine (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project)
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| (...) Technically, there are a few ways we could approach it. But I don't have the time, or the interest, to really follow through on this right now. (...) I would not mind abandoning the current system -- if we were going to something better. But (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project)
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| (...) So, what did he say about MLCad / LDraw? Did he make any comments comparing TLC's software to LCAD? Does he do stuff in MLCad because he enjoys it, or just as a matter of keeping aware of what's going on? (...) Drat! One thing I like about (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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