Subject:
|
Re: Part search
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.cad.mlcad
|
Date:
|
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:45:27 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
7439 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.cad.mlcad, David Laswell wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > You can click on the "Part Description" header to sort by description, at
> > which time you can also start typing and it will take you to the next part
> > in the list matching what you've typed.
>
> By "partial description" I was thinking more on the lines of just bringing up
> any and all "2x2" parts. Anyways, I'm not sure being able to sort by full
> description is all that helpful.
Well I've found it helpful on may occasions, just not usually when I'm doing a
cold search for a part. Besides, I was just pointing out that "since this method
only allows you to search by part number" was incorrect. Note also that the part
number list HAS to be alphabetical, as part numbers can contain alpha
characters. However if you know the part number it doesnt make any difference.
Just type in the number and it will scroll the list to your part.
> You've got "_Animal" vs "Animal", "_TECHNIC"
> vs "TECHNIC", and "_Boat" vs "Boat". Everything that starts with an underscore
> gets sorted out before "Animal", and the gigantic categories (like Brick, Plate,
> TECHNIC) get poured in with everything else.
I think those are hangovers from past days, before patterened part numbering was
worked out. Maybe the best solution would be to fix the descriptions (and part
numbers). But that's another issue. Note that the ~Technic parts at the bottom
of the list are ok - they are sub-parts and not usually used in building.
> Basically, it's just a more
> scrambled version of the part tree in the left sidebar. You still really need
> to have a good sense of what parts will be sorted out into which categories. At
> least when you sort the popup part list by number you can use the Peeron or
> Bricklink search functions to track down the part number without having to worry
> about how different people might classify it. A great example of this is part
> #2342, which is classified as a "Space Control Panel" on Peeron and in LDraw,
> but is classified as a "Minifig, Utensil: Control Panel" on Bricklink (Peeron
> tries to match both made-up part numbers and descriptions with LDraw, correct?).
Yes, Peeron generally matches LDraw. I have often used that fact to search for
parts - use Peeron search to find them, then type the number into LDraw. No good
if you aren't online though.
ROSCO
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Part search
|
| (...) I still keep looking for the 6x7 Boat bow plate in the Plates section, then the Other/W(edges/ings) section, and then finally remember that it's classified as a Boat part (I've done this at least twice since actually finding it in the parts (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Part search
|
| (...) By "partial description" I was thinking more on the lines of just bringing up any and all "2x2" parts. Anyways, I'm not sure being able to sort by full description is all that helpful. You've got "_Animal" vs "Animal", "_TECHNIC" vs "TECHNIC", (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
|
27 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
