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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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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:51:43 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Joshua Delahunty wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> > Steve Bliss <partsref@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > > 2637.DAT Technic Tie-Rod 16L with Holes
> > > 2739.DAT Technic Tie-Rod 6L Steering with Towball Sockets
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> I like it too, though I think "Towball socket" is a too-long way to
> say "ball socket".
But 'towball socket' is the LDraw-ish term for that connection. One of
the problems with associating these two parts is their end-connection
holes are different, and it's hard to tell that from the pictures.
> How to determine if it's TRULY a Technic item though?
That's the problem. And the answer/solution depends on your definition
of what it means to be "truly a Technic" piece. When I use Technic as
an adjective, I usually mean anything that has Technic-style connections
- the peg or cross-axle holes. For other people, Technic parts are
those parts that appear in Technic sets. For others, Technic parts are
the parts 'produced' by the Technic design group.
> Personally (and I'm apparently in the minority here), I want my part
> names to work for me intuitively, and if I have to shift mindsets
> "Hmm, let's see, I think this is something they'd call Technic, so
> let me start there" rather than go with with it was initially
> (I'm speaking more of the steering link than anything else), it's
> a lot easier to remember where in the list it might be.
But everyone's intuition is different. If I decided to reorganize the
LDraw library by the way I think of parts, there would be a cyber-riot.
That's the reason I never mentioned the idea of putting bricks-with-pins
in the Technic group before. I figured it's my peculiarity, and most
people sort differently.
> First set I know of with the camel head (ONLY set I personally know of,
> actually) was 4138...
There's a camel head in a current Creator set. And the Dacta Zoo. But
I get your point.
> P.S. FWIW, I called this "lift arm" not because I'm a devotee to the name as
> much as it was the LDRAW standard at the time...
Heheheheh. The standard is right, because it is the standard.
Steve
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