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Re: numbers for "Castle" minifig torso patterns?...
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 20:23:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chris Dee writes:
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> Based on recent discussions here, I think we have agreed
> to allow alpha characters after the "p",
> to prevent pxx number expanfding to three digits
> (not a problem for 973pxx, but potentially for 3626bpxx and similar).
I remember it being discussed, but I don't recall any agreement.
The flaw I saw with this proposal is, is the file "973p4a.dat"
an independent part all its own, or is it merely the first _sub_part
of "973p4.dat"?
The more I've been thinking about it, the more I'm liking what I do
here on my own hard drive: _extra_ sub-directories. For example:
PARTS\
PARTS\973.DAT
PARTS\973\
PARTS\973\P108.DAT
PARTS\973\P108A.DAT
PARTS\973\P108B.DAT
PARTS\973\P109.DAT
PARTS\973\P109A.DAT
PARTS\973\P109B.DAT
PARTS\3626B.DAT
PARTS\3626B\
PARTS\3626B\P108.DAT
PARTS\3626B\P108A.DAT
PARTS\3626B\P108B.DAT
PARTS\3626B\P109.DAT
PARTS\3626B\P109A.DAT
PARTS\3626B\P109B.DAT
I am _not_ suggesting that we could realistically or conveniently
implement this alternative solution for _every_ part that has patterns,
but I _do_ think that it's a viable alternative for those parts
that have a large number of patterns (or the _potential_ for
a large number of patterns, i.e., minifig torso and head patterns,
and decorated slopes and tiles).
But I digress...
Getting back to my critique of the "alphanumeric" proposal,
I also don't like the idea of an alphabetic character
as the first "digit" of the pattern number, because
that is _also_ where a part-number _suffix_ would go
(as I believe Steve pointed out).
However, I _do_ like the option of adding a two-character
alpha_BETIC_ (and _not_ alphaNUMERIC) pattern number range.
Thus, whenever we see "p11" or "pgq", we will _know_
that the "11" or "gq" respectively is _without_a_doubt_
the pattern number. We could re-sequence the StarWars patterns
as "paa", "pab", "pac", "pad", (etc.), thus keeping them together.
In the case of a subpart for an alphabetic pattern number,
the subfile would use a numeric suffix, e.g., the first
subpart of "paa" would be "paa1", and so on.
Thoughts?
Franklin
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| (...) I see three reasons why this argument may be flawed, but I think we are confusing the meaning of subpart. 1) The Pxx number are all two digits, so 973p4.dat should never exist. 2) The same pattern on a part varient would be demand a suffix for (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: numbers for "Castle" minifig torso patterns?...
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| (...) Based on recent discussions here, I think we have agreed to allow alpha characters after the "p", to prevent pxx number expanfding to three digits (not a problem for 973pxx, but potentially for 3626bpxx and similar). That means that we can (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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