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(...) I've seen this before but did not realize what was happening. The 'Container Box 2 x 2 x 2 Door with Slot' p/n 4346 in Light Grey (from Tie & Y-Wing) is marked 4346. The same part in Trans-Green (from 6180 Hydro Search Sub) is marked 30059. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) marked (...) I think we should have a dat file for each number, so that if you read the part number from the part it is obvious whether or not a .dat file exists). One just needs to be a type 1 command to the other file. eg. 0 Container Box 2 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Heres another data point for the list... 'Hinge Panel 2 x 4 x 3 & 1/3' which partsref lists as 2582, a trans-green piece has 6139 as the mould number. Oddly, a light-grey part (from Gungan Sub) has no visible mould number on it. Another (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) part (...) just (...) piece (...) no (...) piece (...) So, IMHO this makes them different parts, although at present the DAT file language does not have the capability to define textured surfaces. But, if we're making a catalog, 2507 - (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Right. I'd rather have one file be a standard part file, and the other be a "shortcut" type file, meaning that the part name would be prepended with an underscore. I think we should *not* declare either the opaque or the transparent numbers to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) p/n (...) angle. (...) is (...) Good analysis, Steve - I agree wholeheartedly - Chris (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes: <snippage> (...) All along we have been using these numbers as 'part numbers', when actually they appear to be a mould number. What we are finding here is that there are 1-n mould numbers for each 'part shape'. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 1-n (...) present (...) we (...) of (...) not (...) In the main, I think they really are part numbers, considering the total number of parts there are very few exceptions, which I think can be explained by 1) some technical need for separate (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This just in: there's a light gray 4x4 dish from the Life on Mars Red Mecha (sorry, I don't have the number handy). It has a part number: 3960. I guess that goes toward supporting my note of caution: (...) Steve (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chris Dee writes: <snips> (...) Correct. The actual mould number is probably the composite of the 4/5 digit number and the X-XX number (usually first appears as 1-01). I would guess that the X-XX number has to do with the actual (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Another thing to keep in mind: we're seeing the results of a system changing over time. It appears that TLC has changed its part-numbering strategy at least twice over the years, with some other minor adjustments occuring along the way. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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