Subject:
|
Re: Part Numbering Crisis in LDraw
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.cad.dev
|
Date:
|
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:40:30 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
593 times
|
| |
|
|
onyx wrote:
> #1 (my preference, since this is how we handle two halves of every hinge,
> wheel-tyre combo, etc.. true, they aren't glued together, but rarely do you
> see tires without wheels in them)... is to have NO AGGREGATE elements...
> just make both parts as separate elements, each with their own part number,
> both in color 16 and let the modeler combine them manually... the numbers
> will be adjacent in the catalog so it isn't like a big search will have to
> ensue to find the other half.. i'm not real big on shortcuts... and in the
> case of minifigs.. lack of shortcuts is what brings us things like steve's
> minifig modeler.. we need more of that type of production...
> #2 create both halves as stated in option #1, then have a single aggregate
> number that is also only in color 16... we can use the first aggregate we
> have come across (i don't remember tje number exactly, but terry's earlier
> posts had it).. that way you can drop in either half, each with their own
> color.. or a whole part all done in the color of your choice... sure we
> believe the first aggregate part number to be for yellow only, but so
> what??? either we care about mimicking the TLG catalog exactly or we
> don't... and that's where the decision in this all lies...
I vote in favour of solution #1
By the way, The pink Belville dinghy exists, it was part of set #5841
As seen from the pictures in my Dutch 1988 catalogue, it's identical to the
yellow dinghy .
Greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
|
|
1 Message in This Thread:
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
