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Re: Part search
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Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:37:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Steve Bliss wrote:
> 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).
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, so it's just a matter of scrolling from one to the other.
> > I'm getting really tempted to start tweaking my copies of the part files to
> > force certain pieces to be relocated in the part tree.
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> That's not a totally bad idea.
I'd have to start with that 2x2 plate w/ grilles, I think.
> > There seem to be a number of odd little idiosynchracies in the older part
> > files. A few months ago I pointed out a cockpit piece where some of the
> > interior edges were sticking out of the bottom.
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> Well, that's a wholly different issue than classification.
Yeah, and that one has been fixed already (both the mislocated section, and
another missing section). Makes you wonder how many other old parts are
incomplete, though.
> The _Part files are 'official shortcuts', meaning that they use a known LEGO
> part number which indicates not only the part, but also the specific color.
> That's why the _Animal Horse parts don't change color - they are intentially
> fixed-color.
Ah, okay. That's completely understandable, then. They use standard part
numbers, though. Are those the official LEGO numbers for those parts?
> I'm not sure what other duplicate part files you were looking at?
That was pretty much it, I think.
> Peeron doesn't hook up with the LDraw data until the LDraw parts are put
> into an official release. So looking at Peeron won't tell you anything
> about the Parts Tracker.
Sometimes it will, if the parts have the official number formed into them.
> To find a part on the PT, go to <http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptlist.cgi>,
> do a local-browser search.
I've done that a few times, but I've still found that it helps to look the parts
up on Peeron first, if it's something that you don't know exactly how it will be
described. That way you can do partial description searches on Peeron and then
see what sort of words they used to describe it, since the PT only appears to
let you search by part number, correct?
> Peeron isn't a machine sitting under Dan's desk. It's a server (now, after
> the upgrade, a pair of servers) parked on a rack in a data center. So they
> don't have any greater local access than anyone else.
Well, someone does as long as the server is functioning properly and powered up.
Of course, if it's a commercial server site, taking advantage of that fact while
the server is off the net could get you fired, I'd guess, unless the problem has
been verified to be a broken landline that some other company is already in the
process of fixing.
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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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| (...) 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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