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Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project)
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Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:43:40 GMT
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"Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I seriously doubt that TLC would ever adopt our naming conventions - even if
> Tim Courtney asked them to. :-) (inside joke there)
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
left, but nothing more :)
(I don't know if that's a good or bad thing)
;-)
> 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.
Yes, I agree.
I've been starting to talk to BradJ and we will continue to talk in the
future about LD, and I can see what I can mention about LCAD and parts
naming to him. But, IMO, a two name approach may be the best, if we can
ever get their names out of them.
> > 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.
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> 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.
Yeah, I love our naming system. Its well thought out and its easy to use.
But accomodating TLC's system would be a Good Thing, IMO, especially since
we've seen that some TLC employees use our stuff.
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
ICQ: 23951114
AIM: TimCourtne
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Message has 3 Replies: | | Re: Tim visits the Model Shop (was: Re: The Artemis Project)
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| (...) But it wouldn't be a 'two name' system -- it would be a multi-name system, because the 'official names' can change over time. The LDraw names can change occasionally, but it doesn't happen very often (there're usually a few with every part (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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