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Re: Similar patterned parts in different colours
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Fri, 26 Jul 2002 22:15:51 GMT
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On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Chris Dee wrote:
> In the past, in an attempt to conserve the dwindling supply of two-digit
> pattern codes, we decided on a special way to handle patterned parts where the
> pattern existed in more than one colour.
> Steve and I have discussed this and make the following recommendations
> - existing parts of this form will be retained for backward compatibility, but
> be hidden from the parts lists by adding the '~' prefix to their descriptions.
> - new parts will be created following the conventional authoring rules:
> hard-code the pattern colour and let the "part colour" control the base part.
> - where possible, subparting techniques will be used to share the pattern code
> between the three or more parts (the hidden file and the 2+ coloured versions)
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> I have made a start with the five torso groups
> 973p11 - Minifig Torso with Dungarees Pattern
> 973p15 - Minifig Torso with Horizontal Stripes Pattern
> 973p35 - Minifig Torso with Imperial Guard Pattern
> 973p37 - Minifig Torso with Imperial Guard Officer Pattern
> 973p65 - Minifig Torso with Futuron Pattern
> and added the new parts and subparts to the parts tracker.
Cool! I see that you've also done the Castle/Forest Maiden. Are there
any other such parts, aside from the Black Falcon shield? Minifig heads
like Captain Redbeard, I suppose. . .
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/
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| (...) the (...) but (...) descriptions. (...) part. (...) code (...) versions) (...) Oh, yes - so I did - that's six then. I think you are correct about the other parts - we'd like to apply the same principle to those. Chris (24 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| In the past, in an attempt to conserve the dwindling supply of two-digit pattern codes, we decided on a special way to handle patterned parts where the pattern existed in more than one colour. The base part was hard coded (usually white), and the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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