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Re: shortcut?...or model/set?
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:38:55 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Franklin W. Cain wrote:
> > In the interest of generating some discussion, let me toss out there
> > to the general CAD community. Regarding the file I created and posted
> > [1] to the Parts Tracker:
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> > Question #1:
> > Is it a "shortcut" file, suitable for inclusion into the parts library?
> > Or, should it instead be considered a model file, for inclusion into
> > a "set"/models library?
It's a model. Or at least, part of a model.
It's not appropriate for the parts library, because it's a construction of common
parts. Contrast that with the palm tree shortcut file, which uses some unusual parts
in a mode for which they were strongly designed.
> > Question #2:
> > What is the dividing line between "shortcut" file and "model"? Where
> > do we draw the line? Any rules of thumb? Any absolutes?
>
> A file is a shortcut if it consists of on or more indiviual parts that make up a
> complete part assembly. In other words, if the indiviual parts are normally
> found connected in a new LEGO box.
Actually, that's a composite part. Like the classic 2x5 plate hinge, or shock
absorbers.
> There are a few exceptions to this (i.e.
> parts and the stickers assciated with them, convenient combinations like a
> Minifig hat and feather, and some older library files)
Those are shortcuts. :)
For me, minifig parts straddle the line between shortcuts and composites. They come
preassembled by LEGO, and don't come apart very well. But they can be deconstructed
and reassembled.
My basic rule for good shortcuts is that they should be non-trivial assemblies -- the
parts should be at odd angles, or in odd positions -- constructions that are hard to
achieve in modeling programs. OTOH, shortcuts shouldn't involve large numbers of
component parts.
One thing I'd like to avoid with shortcuts is getting too many of them.
Steve
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| (...) It depends, see Question #2 (...) A file is a shortcut if it consists of on or more indiviual parts that make up a complete part assembly. In other words, if the indiviual parts are normally found connected in a new LEGO box. There are a few (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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