General Discussion : 5303


General / 5303	5302 \| 5304

Subject:	Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 7 Jul 1999 02:23:21 GMT
Viewed:	86 times

John Matthews wrote in message ... > I think that it would be unwise to use words such as vertical clip or gable > in part nomenclatures. The gable end piece was designed to be used to > complete the gable of a roof, yet it might be used for an entirely • different > purpose. A 1 x 1 with vertical clip assumes the stud faces up, which again > is not only the case. I think parts descriptions have to assume a "top/up" of a part, otherwise, we'll have really long names" "5x5x2 rectangular piece with one stud centered on one 5x5 face with hollow on opposite face, clip extending from one 2x5 face, holds rod in parallel with line through center of the 5x5 faces." Note that I had to drop to LU instead of stud x stud x brick height since we can no longer assume the orientation of the piece. Even the bricks with studs or tubes on more than one face have a pretty clear top and bottom. I think it is somewhat reasonable to describe the slopes in terms of their use as roof pieces, though obviously the "half pyramid" end piece and the 2x2 peak with bite taken out of it (so it can form a junction or turn in a roof peak) do cause confusion. Perhaps if we called these "1x2 end cap" and "2x2 peak junction". Frank

Message has 2 Replies:

		Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
(...) I'd agree. In principle, where bricks do have obvious uses you'd need to keep that use in the name for simplicity. After all, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find some exotic uses for wheels, but is anyone seriously going to suggest that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)

		Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
(...) I think that the word slope should be in there, along with the degrees of the slope. Those two slopes would then be "1x2 45 degree end cap slope" and "2x2 45 degree peak slope junction". Although, "half-pyramid" fits the "end cap" best, as (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)

Message is in Reply To:

		Re: Idea: How starting to work for a unique Lego piece naming convention?
I think that it would be unwise to use words such as vertical clip or gable in part nomenclatures. The gable end piece was designed to be used to complete the gable of a roof, yet it might be used for an entirely different purpose. A 1 x 1 with (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general)

80 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

Active threads in Database

	LUGNET Guide updates (Sat 23 Nov 2024) 4 hours ago

Custom Search