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Re: Proposal: New Parts Category for round parts
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Date: 
Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:45:11 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> Steve Bliss <partsref@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> >  Another (perhaps similar) approach: establish a priority of
> >  categories.  Lay out which categories are 'more important' when a
> >  part fits more than one category.
> > 
> >  So it might be that Round has higher priority than Plate, but Wing
> >  overrides Round.
> 
> 
> I think this sounds like a sensible approach!

I agree. Let's hope we can agree on a priority!

> > >    http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=6371
> > 
> >  I think it's a good suggestion, and I'm sorry I didn't reply to it
> >  when it was posted.  But I would suggest "Technic Axle" be used,
> >  instead of "Technic Rod".
> 
> 
> You mean something like
> 
>    2637 Technic Axle 16 with Axleholes
>    2739 Technic Axle  6 with Ball Joint Sockets
> 
> 
> I am a bit ambivalent about this.  The rods in question are axle shaped,
> however they are not _functionally_ axles, as you cannot put things onto
> the axles.
> 
> 
> There are also the new rod parts, which have an "I" shaped profile beam.
> You can find two in black in 6470, and there also exist longer ones
> (11L?).  These are not liftarms and are not shaped.  I think these would
> be better integrated into a "Technic Rod" category.

I thought both these would fit OK into the "liftarm" category, as that's how
they'd generally be used.

ROSCO



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  Re: Proposal: New Parts Category for round parts
 
(...) My personal opinion is that the liftarm category in LDraw is way too wide. I'm not quite sure myself what a "liftarm" actually is in the English language. But my understanding from LEGO is that a liftarm is a rod or a beam with a cross axle (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: Proposal: New Parts Category for round parts
 
(...) I think this sounds like a sensible approach! (...) You mean something like 2637 Technic Axle 16 with Axleholes 2739 Technic Axle 6 with Ball Joint Sockets I am a bit ambivalent about this. The rods in question are axle shaped, however they (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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