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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) Yeah, some of those Boat parts need to be relocated. Especially now that the Wedge group has been broadened to include the boat base bricks (originally, wedges were only the 3x4 wedges, like part 6069). (...) That's not a totally bad idea. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) There's also the matter of the 2x3 and 2x4 wedge/wing plates. The 2x3 pair is classified as wedge plates and the 2x4 pair is classified as wings. It's a little less problematic, since both groups of parts are in the Other/W branch of the tree, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) Ayup. All the wedge-plates should be classified as Wings, with all the bricks staying in Wedges. (...) If you have a better name for that part, I'd like to hear it -- I haven't come across a convincing one yet (of course, I haven't been (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) bricks (...) I thought the current naming idea was to classify parts by shape, not function? I use wedge plates frequently, but not as wings. Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) No, I don't mean coming up with a new description for it. I just want it to stack with the rest of the 2x2 plates in the part tree instead of ending up at the very bottom of the list after the 10x10 plates. There's no logical reason why it (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) 'Wing' means 'plate with angled edges' 'Wedge' means '(slope) brick with angled edges' Does that work for you? Steve (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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