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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Ross Crawford wrote:
> Not sure if this has been brought up before, but the naming of the technic
> liftarms leaves something to be desired. It seems mostly the thin ones have
> just the dimensions, thick ones have "straight" appended. Except for the 4L
> liftarms.
>
> Bricklink decided to rename these a while back, with "thick" or "thin"
> appended to them (in most cases). I think this is much better, though maybe
> still not perfect.
> http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catID=137
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> Can anyone think of a better naming convention for these?
Two alternate thoughts (which I'm pretty sure have been mentioned before):
1. Stick with 'liftarm' for the half-width parts, and 'beam' for full-width
parts.
2. Use 'liftarm' for parts with crossaxle holes, and 'beam' for parts with only
pegholes.
Either of these options leads to some type of confusion, either because the
'type' of the part encodes the size, or because very similar parts end up with
quite different names.
One other thought: because of the genericness of the beam/liftarm attribute, I
tend to be careful about identifying parts as "liftarm with ...".
Steve
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| (...) Hi Steve!.. How is it going since we last talk? Anyway, here are the names that I use in my personal database: Technic Brick Technic Half Beam Technic Half Beam Liftarm Technic Beam Technic Beam Liftarm Technic Beam Liftarm Double-Bent Which (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| Not sure if this has been brought up before, but the naming of the technic liftarms leaves something to be desired. It seems mostly the thin ones have just the dimensions, thick ones have "straight" appended. Except for the 4L liftarms. Bricklink (...) (20 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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