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Background: Bernd Broich has created LDraw files for many (all?) of the
components of the Monorail track and motor system.
Background2: In the LDraw parts library, we try to to keep everything
organized by using "categories" of parts.
Question: Do Monorail parts belong in the already-existing Train
category, or should there be a new category specifically for Monorail?
Monorails are tracked equipment, and they are often associated with
Trains in play and display. But Train parts aren't compatible with
Monorail parts. At least 4.5V, 12V, and 9V Trains share some
inter-compatibilities.
The fact that the Monorail sets were released under the Town and Space
themes doesn't really affect this matter. LDraw categorization doesn't
necessarily follow LEGO theme assignations.
You can get an idea of LDraw part categories at this page:
<http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/category/>. Partsref's categories are
not exactly the same as LDraw's, but it's the best I can do on short
notice.
If you look at the Parts Tracker List Page,
<http://www.ldraw.org/library/tracker/list.html>, and search the page
for "Monorail", you can see the different parts Bernd has written.
TIA,
Steve Bliss
LDraw.org
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| (...) And thank you Bernd for that, very much!!!! My vote is for a new category. The only commonality is that both Mono and trains are electrical and that is a weak pretext to hang shoehorning the mono stuff into trains, in my view. (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: LDraw Names for Monorail Parts
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| (...) Am I missing something here? I see the parts for the train, but not the track. Is it there? Also, has anyone created track for the 9V Train sets? I can't find that anywhere either. If not, I can give it a go if someone will point me to the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.trains)
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