Author: | cosmicray | Posted: | Mar 12, 2019 10:43 | Subject: | Re: Search for parts without dimensions | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| 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
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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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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, when they originally loaded the parts IC database.
Nita Rae
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Message is in Reply To: 24 Messages in this Thread: Msg 1 - SchmickBricks (5944) 64 months ago Mar 11, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 2 - jennnifer (3537) 64 months ago Mar 11, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 3 - SchmickBricks (5944) 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 Msg 7 - Etown (1740) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 8 - bje (1577) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 9 - SchmickBricks (5944) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 10 - Etown (1740) 64 months ago Mar 14, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 11 - jennnifer (3537) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 12 - SchmickBricks (5944) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 13 - SchmickBricks (5944) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 14 - SchmickBricks (5944) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 15 - randyf (442) 64 months ago Mar 14, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 16 - SchmickBricks (5944) 64 months ago Mar 14, 2019 to Suggestions 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 (5944) 64 months ago Mar 13, 2019 to Suggestions Msg 24 - Etown (1740) 64 months ago Mar 12, 2019 to Suggestions
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