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Re: Renaming of 2916.dat
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:25:48 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:

> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Robert M. Rodinsky wrote:

> True, but I feel this part might fall under Larry's "terribly unwieldy"
> escape clause.  Even if he doesn't think so.

It might.

> Anyway... I'm not convinced that
>    Wedge Brick 4 x 6 x 2 & 2/3
> is a better (ie, more useful) name than
>    Train Front Wedge  4 x  6 x  2 & 2/3

I can see your point. And I must admit that the first
category I would search for this part under would be
"Train". - Which certainly implies that "train" at least
should be a keyword for the part.

> But there seems to be a number of people opposed to the placement of
> this part in Train.  Do Larry and Jacob agree this part should be in
> Wedge?

Sort of. In principle (can you write that in English?) it
should be in the "Wedge" category. But since I know that it
isn't the first place I would search for it myself, I am
open to place it elsewhere (read: in the "Train" category).

> I'd like 2917 and 2916 to be categorized together, since they are often
> used together.  But I can guess it's not going to happen.

I think we have to play some tricks (or cheat for the sake
of "user friendliness") to have them show up together. It
seems like it is time to suggest a new field for the part
file heads; "ASSOCIATE". It should be used by editors to
automatically show the parts listed in the "ASSOCIATE" field
of a part, so it is easier for the user to find parts
relevant to the last most recently inserted part.

Play well,

Jacob
--
Formula One Racers (with building instructions):
        http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Transport/Biler/Formel-1/



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  ASSOCIATE (was: Re: Renaming of 2916.dat)
 
(...) Hmm. Interesting idea. So part 3937 (URL) might have an entry like: 0 ASSOCIATE 3938 6134 and part 3938 (URL) might have: 0 ASSOCIATE 3937 2440 (of course, these examples capture information that otherwise might be captured by a connectivity (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: Renaming of 2916.dat
 
(...) True, but I feel this part might fall under Larry's "terribly unwieldy" escape clause. Even if he doesn't think so. (...) It's arguable at this point, but the long-term general idea is that you can do whatever you want with your original file, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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