Author:  jennnifer  Posted:  Mar 12, 2019 09:50  Subject:  Re: Search for parts without dimensions  Viewed:  32 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card jennnifer (3537) Location:  USA, Illinois Member Since Contact Type Status Sep 8, 2009 Seller Store: Old Grey Bricks

In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:    This is one of the incongruities of BrickLink. Dimensions are measured in studs (system or duplo) in the Catalog, but the override fields below a lot entry are in millimeters. For example, a Duplo Brick 2600 shows on the catalog page as "Size: 2 x 6 x 1 in studs", but underneath a listed lot it is … DimX(mm): 96mm DimY(mm): 23.6mm DimZ: (mm) 32mm (and yes, the semi-colon is used inconsistently there) I do not wish that we entered by studs for manual overrides, but it's clear to me that the system is converting from one to another for the benefit of IC. It's also clear that you can override any part to any set of dimensions if you wanted to. Nita Rae The incongruity exists because BL has not yet decided to implement the newer shipping data within the existing catalog structure and database. Each part has a data field in the catalog for Item Dimensions (listed on each catalog page as Size.) This is measured approximately in studs / brick height. The data is supplied by members and is maintained by the Catalog Admin though the forms on the Add or Change tab. The newer shipping dimensions data was put in place along with Instant Checkout. This data is only in mm. The data is not visible except on the My Inventory and Order Detail pages. The data is maintained by the staff at BrickLink and is submitted by members on a thread here in the Forum. I believe they originally calculated many of their measurements from the catalog Item Dimensions data. They have not maintained consistency in which measurements are X, Y, or Z, or how precise measurements must be. However, you can change the data for each part in your own shop from your Inventory detail page. Hope that helps, Jen

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Re: Search for parts without dimensions - cosmicray (3498)

[...] This is one of the incongruities of BrickLink. Dimensions are measured in studs (system or duplo) in the Catalog, but the override fields below a lot entry are [...] (64 months ago, Mar 12, 2019, to Suggestions)

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Re: Search for parts without dimensions - cosmicray (3498)

[...] Ahhh, thank you. That clears up a misunderstanding on my part, as I thought one was being dynamically converted from the other on the fly. Now I see that it was a one-shot, [...] (64 months ago, Mar 12, 2019, to Suggestions)

Re: Search for parts without dimensions - cosmicray (3498)

[...] One thing that has not come up here … Is there a 1:1 relationship between which catalog entry (for parts) have brick stud dimensions and which IC entries have [...] (64 months ago, Mar 13, 2019, to Suggestions)

Re: Search for parts without dimensions - SchmickBricks (5943)

[...] Yes I understand that, but there is still no easy solution for finding which items don't have catalogue dimensions without searching through each lot, which is what [...] (64 months ago, Mar 13, 2019, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - SchmickBricks (5943) 64 months ago Mar 11, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - jennnifer (3537) 64 months ago Mar 11, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - SchmickBricks (5943) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - jennnifer (3537) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - Etown (1740) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - jennnifer (3537) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
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 Msg 8 - bje (1577) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 - SchmickBricks (5943) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 10 - Etown (1740) 64 months ago Mar 14, 2019 to Suggestions
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 Msg 12 - SchmickBricks (5943) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
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 Msg 17 - cosmicray (3498) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 18 « - jennnifer (3537) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 19 - cosmicray (3498) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 20 - cosmicray (3498) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 21 - bje (1577) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 22 - cosmicray (3498) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 23 - SchmickBricks (5943) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions
 Msg 24 - Etown (1740) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions