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Re: Naming of parts
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Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:00:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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> > These ones are plates with one corner clipped,  I think the 'Without Corner'
> > label is better than Wing.
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> If LEGO were to produce a rectangular plate, say a 4x8, with a missing corner,
> what would be a good way to describe it?  The part could easily have a
> mirror-image part, so it wouldn't be enough to say "Plate  4 x  8 without
> corner," since that would really describe both of them.  Hmm...

Then you'd just use "Plate  4 x  8 Without Corner Left" and "Plate  4 x  8
Without Corner Right"

-Orion



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  Re: Naming of parts
 
(...) Doh! I posted without reviewing the current conventions. I suppose I could have inferred that the correct orientation puts the narrow (or corner-less) edge toward the front along the long axis of the part? Thanks for the quick answer, though! (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Re: Naming of parts
 
(...) If LEGO were to produce a rectangular plate, say a 4x8, with a missing corner, what would be a good way to describe it? The part could easily have a mirror-image part, so it wouldn't be enough to say "Plate 4 x 8 without corner," since that (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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