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Re: What's in a part name? (WAS: 4679 Fall Spring Cleaning Bonus)
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lugnet.parts
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Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:51:43 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Allan Bedford wrote:
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To finish, I might note that in the Brickopedia I took a slightly different
approach and labeled ‘wedge’ elements as beveled bricks. In looking at
the meaning of ‘wedge’ I wasn’t convinced that it was the best word for my
purposes. So I went with bevel in the way it described, “the angle or
inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°.”
Using those bricks can (in some installations) result in the side or top of a
model having a surface that is beveled in relation to the rest of the walls
or surfaces.
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Interesting. To me, ‘bevel’ would apply to slope bricks more than wedge/skew
bricks. Actually, it seems like a very good term for slope bricks. Hmm, excuse
me, I need to go update some LDraw part names... ;)
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It would be interesting to see if we could get some discussion going around
the topic of part naming. I suspect that some of the names in use today
could benefit from being dusted off and re-examined. Some are great and are
completely suitable. While others..... hmmmm maybe it’s time to go back to
the dictionary. :)
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I’m always up for part-name discussions.
My favorite part name is ‘bearclaw’.
Steve
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