Who's administrating 'master.txt'

[mortenm]

Hi all

Does anyone know who is administrating the master.txt file that is used by ldraw?

The reason I am asking is that I'm considerating to make a site like peeron (it seems like the people behind it doesn't have the time for it no more), and I need to know who's deciding which number a new part gets and when a part needs to be moved to a new number or so.

Thanks in advance

EDIT: CAPITALS

Edited August 27, 2010 by mortenm

[Hinckley]

hi all

does anyone know who is administrating the master.txt file that is used by ldraw?

the reason i am asking is that i'm considerating to make a site like peeron (it seems like the people behind it doesnt have the time for it no more), and i need to know who's deciding which number a new part gets and when a part needs to be moved to a new number or so.

thanks in advance

The numbers are generally the actual mold numbers that appear on each piece. Just look on the "tube" side of each element and you should be able to find a 4 or 5 digit code. That's the product's mold number.

[LuxorV]

hi all

does anyone know who is administrating the master.txt file that is used by ldraw?

the reason i am asking is that i'm considerating to make a site like peeron (it seems like the people behind it doesnt have the time for it no more), and i need to know who's deciding which number a new part gets and when a part needs to be moved to a new number or so.

thanks in advance

I want to remind you that Eurobricks is a community aimed at AFOLs, and as such requires a minimum of maturity in posts.

Please try to improve your capitalisation. Thank you

[mortenm]

The numbers are generally the actual mold numbers that appear on each piece. Just look on the "tube" side of each element and you should be able to find a 4 or 5 digit code. That's the product's mold number.

Cool, but how about all those small pieces that doesn't have this mold number on it?

for example the new part in the 8043:

[Superkalle]

Cool, but how about all those small pieces that doesn't have this mold number on it?

for example the new part in the 8043:

One way to get hold of those is to use LDD. In the LXF-file you can find the Lego ID (called DesignID) for a part. I don't think the people at Ldraw/Peeron/BrickLink have discovered this direct access into the official part coding at TLG. It'a golden resource if you only take the time to look at it.

So what does for example BrickLink do when they don't have the official TLG DesignID? Well, they invent a number of their own, most often as either as a b-number number or a x-number. The b-numbers are supposed to correspond to the Peeron numbers, and the x-numbers are unique to BrickLink. Typical x-numbers are minifig headgear. However, after a while BrickLink will get the official TLG DesignID from some member who has found it out, and then it will replace the x-numbers. There is a log at BrickLink where you can see these changes.

In LDD Manager I have made lookup table between all the BrickLink ItemsID's and TLG's DesignID's for about 2000 bricks. It took a loooong time, but it's a very handy resource and is what allows you to upload brick lists from LDD Manager to BrickLink.

But are you really sure about making a site like Peeron? It'a a huge, huge job.