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Re: Proposal: New Parts Category for round parts
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:54:29 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Joshua Delahunty wrote:
> [The term 'liftarm'] comes from this:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=liftarm
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> Starting from the 1x4 and 1x3 versions, the term expanded.
Thanks for clearing this up, Joshua.
> I've long given up on arguing for any of this too strongly,
> but 2739 is a steering throw-rod, no doubt about it. To move
> it into liftarm or axle status is not the way to go, IMHO.
How about the other suggestions made by Fredrik and me? ('... and myself'? I
never was good at grammar)
> > Agreed, both on the half-width and full-width beams should be something
> > other than "liftarm".
What about the full-width beams with cross-axle holes in the ends? Are those
liftarms or 'something other'?
> The problem was the third element in the list of parts packs I
> mentioned: a 1x3 rounded "half beam". TLG started it.
TLC calls 6632 a 'half beam', not a 'liftarm'? This really degrades the value
of TLC's names, IMO. Since we don't know all the names used by TLC, we can only
infer all the names based on the ones we do know.
The other problem is that 'beams' and 'liftarms' are very similar, differing
only by the *type* of hole(s) they carry.[1] IMO, this type of difference calls
for a "with XXXXXX" specification, not a separation by category.
More like:
Beam 3L
Beam 3L Liftarm
or
Beam 3L
Beam 3L with Axle Holes
than:
Beam 3L
Liftarm 3L
(note: I don't know of a 'beam 3L' currently, just the halfbeam/liftarm 6632)
OTOH, it's odd to label the non-axle-holed (half)beams as "liftarms", when they
can't be directly used as leverage devices.
Steve
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Steve
1) Actually, they differ by the names given to them by TLC, but I'm trying to
work out a logical/predictive naming system, not just record the actual names.
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