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Re: ASSOCIATE (was: Re: Renaming of 2916.dat)
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:51:45 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
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> > 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.
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> Hmm. Interesting idea.
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> So part 3937 <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3937> might have an entry
> like:
> 0 ASSOCIATE 3938 6134
> and part 3938 <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3938> might have:
> 0 ASSOCIATE 3937 2440
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> (of course, these examples capture information that otherwise might be
> captured by a connectivity db).
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> This sounds promising. What do other people think?
WAY better than using naming to overload. 2916 and 2917 get at best a very
weak association if they have train in their name. With the ASSOCIATE
keyword extension it becomes quite explicit what their connection is. (and
parts can also have other associations, to the glass that goes in the
windows, to the light prisms that go into certain parts, etc.)
In fact it's possible to allow parts have one way associations. The
connection from light prism to light bulb is a stronger association than
from light bulb to prism.
It would allow parts to lose theme specific names which I've always disliked
anyway, but that's only a side bonus. Having tools suggest other parts to
use has always been a dream of mine. It ties in with the connection DB idea
floated a while back too, doesn't it?
Great idea.
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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