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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 22:40:25 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss writes:
> Yes, this is Steve, once again geeking on the parts library
> organization. :)
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> We've currently got a group of parts labeled 'Cylinder'. See
> <http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/cylinder/> for a list of the parts.
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> But there's a problem: not all of these parts are actually cylinders.
> Another problem is that are other parts, such as the 'space radar
> dishes'
> <http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=%2Bradar+%2Bdish>, that
> need a better home.
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> So, I'd like to propose a new category for all round(ed) parts. I think
> this could work like the Slope and Hinge categories. For slopes, the
> part names all start with 'Slope Brick'. Which implies that there might
> be 'Slope Tile', or 'Slope Panel', or whatever else LEGO might come up.
It sounds like a good idea, although it fails the "is a" test. That is, if I
look at a piece in my hand, I might think "It is a brick" "It is a slope" "It
is a hinge" "It is a plate". I would not is "It is a round" I think the
previous top-level descriptors have been nouns,[1] not adjectives. . .
But what I'm really confused/frustrated/lost about is: why is this
conversation in .cad.dev.org.ldraw? I understand that taxonomy might fall
vaguely within .cad.dev's charter for "parts planning & tracking", but what
does that have to do with .org.ldraw? And why (oh why?) does no one ever use
.db.brictionary:
lugnet.db.brictionary- Discussions of parts
nomenclature and taxonomy; planning for the
LUGNET Brictionary, a comprehensive database of
LEGO® elements.
? I never would have noticed this thread[2] if I hadn't use the Web interface
to post and noticed Steve's latest message.
TWS Garrison
[1] Except, perhaps, "minifig", as used?
[2] And mind you, I do wade through the bug reports in .cad.dev, despite a
complete lack of interest in CAD[3], soley to keep up on parts taxonomy and
naming discussions.
[3] Except to look at cool virtual Castle scenes, of course ;-)
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| Hi y'all! Yes, this is Steve, once again geeking on the parts library organization. :) We've currently got a group of parts labeled 'Cylinder'. See (URL) for a list of the parts. But there's a problem: not all of these parts are actually cylinders. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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