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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss wrote:
> 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
> >
> > 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
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 correspondes to which type of part is obvious I think. Hope this
helps.(though I know, I was never been succesful in changing LCAD peoples' minds
about part naming)..:-)
A big congratulations to all of you by the way. Number of parts you modeled
increased magnificnetly since I last look..:-)
Selçuk
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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