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RE: Proposal for Revised Memorial
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Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:28:31 GMT
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> It seems very clear to me that the dividing line should be between layers
> 3 and 4. If the parts are intended to stay together, and have very little
> utility apart from their intended set, I'd call them an element.
> Basically, I'm saying that anything TLG ships already assembled, whether
> its factory-fused or just factory-snapped, should be considered one part.
> So a horse body is one part (even though it has two part numbers, its
> factory-fused) and a turn table is one part (even though its two parts
> snapped together, its factory-snapped). But the double 1x2 brick hinge is
> two parts because TLG ships it (and sometimes uses it) as separate parts.
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> This makes the most sense to me.
>
> Kim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lehman@javanet.com [SMTP:lehman@javanet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 7:17 AM
> To: lugnet.cad.dev@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Proposal for Revised Memorial
>
> Seems like there are so many layers...
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> 1. Atomic elements: single hunks of plastic
> 2. Factory-fused elements: still single hunks of plastic as far as
> anyone
> cares -- example: 2x2x5 lattice girder
> 3. Cohesive composite elements: they come apart but were meant to stay
> together -- example: 1x4/2x2 plate hinge
> 4. Loose composite elements: they come apart and were meant to be
> intermixed -- example: 1x2 tilting-bearing hinge
> 5. Meta-elements: useful entities in their own right which happen to be
> made up of smaller things, each of which is useful in its own right
> --
> example: minifigs
> 6. Sub-assemblies: specially assembled collections of elements which
> together comprise a useful sub-component of a model -- example:
> 8-element symmetric laser cannons on a large battlecruiser
> 7. Sub-sets/sub-models: useful or semi-useful models in their own right
> which happen to be part of a larger thing -- examples: Blacktron
> prisoner pods as part of a Space Police ship, Adventurers vehicle as
> part of a temple set, scout ship as part of space base.
> 8. Sets: a "LEGO set" :) -- sets of elements as purchased in a box or
> bag -- normal store sets as well as service packs.
> 9. Meta-sets: A collection of LEGO sets bundled together in a value pack
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> The line between 8 and 9 is actually very blurry -- see
> http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.database:101
> and followups for head-splitting fun. :)
>
> Anyway, would it make sense to draw the line either between 2 & 3 or
> between
> 3 & 4 for purposes of distinguishing between lugnet.cad.dat.xxx and
> lugnet.cad.dat.yyy, where xxx means parts/elements and yyy means sub-
> assemblies/models/sets?
>
> --Todd
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| (...) I'd agree with you, except that TLG ships composite elements which also come apart, such as minifig torso/arms/hands/head assemblies (not that I think L- CAD is going to start releasing shortcut files like those particular TLG elements). I (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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