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Re: new part description changes?
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Date: 
Thu, 20 May 1999 08:26:23 GMT
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I strongly agree. By the way, I don't think the part that Steve pointed • out
should be considered as "w/o corners" variety. It is simply memeber of the
"wedge" system.

The new part, 32059, doesn't go with the other parts in the Wedge category.
All of the wedges feature at least one side which is angled across 1x3
studs.  32059 has sides angled across 1x2 studs.


I mean the quote taken from your previous message:

"Another, somewhat similar, piece is the famous '3x4 notched trapezoid'.
Unfortunately, this piece has a wholly dissimilar name:
4859.DAT      Wedge  3 x  4 Plate"

I just wanted to mean that this naming scheme for this part (4859) is not so
unfortunate..:-)

There are several types of angle-sided plates in LDraw:

Boat Bow Plate
Plate ... Octagonal
Plate ... without Corner(s)
Wedge ... Plate
Wing


Uhm...quite high, huh?..especially I still can't understand the need for a
piece description like "boat..." for those plate and bricks . The first
"boat bow plate" that I've ever seen was from a technic aircraft..:-) They
can be named as "wedge..." simply.

And "w/o corner(s)" types are simply wings, aren't they?

Out of all of these parts, I think 32059 is *most* similar to 2419, the
Plate 3 x 6 without Corners.  My second choice would be to name 32059 as
Wing 6 x 4.

Maybe adding a suffix like "double" or "double sided" to parts like this one
(I mean both corners are missing, in a symmetrical way) would be nicer.


Selçuk



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  Re: new part description changes?
 
(...) Ah. Yes, it makes (some) sense for that plate to be in the "Wedge" range with all those bricks. (...) :) Like I mentioned, I've moved the "boat bow plates" on *my* computer to the Wings category. I guess the "boat bow bricks" could be moved to (...) (26 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: new part description changes?
 
(...) The new part, 32059, doesn't go with the other parts in the Wedge category. All of the wedges feature at least one side which is angled across 1x3 studs. 32059 has sides angled across 1x2 studs. There are several types of angle-sided plates in (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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