requesting new category "Cardboard"

[Steffen]

the PT has forced me to put file
http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cg...252p02.dat
into !CATEGORY Panel.

I would have better liked a separate category "Cardboard".

can that be introduced?

[Chris Dee]

the PT has forced me to put file
http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cg...252p02.dat
into !CATEGORY Panel.

I would have better liked a separate category "Cardboard".

can that be introduced?

I would prefer that categories describe shape or usage, not material, but agree that "Panel" is not a good category for this (or some other cardboard parts that have already been released as "Panel" or "Baseplate").

We already have the "Sheet" category. Would that work?

I dislike two-word categories, mainly for the parsing problems they generate, but we have a precedent with "Minifig xxx", "Figure xxx" and "Constraction xxx", so maybe "Sheet Plastic", "Sheet Cardboard" and "Sheet Canvas"?

[Steffen]

Yes, "Panel" to me really feels very wrong.

* "Sheet Plastic"
* "Sheet Cardboard"
* "Sheet Canvas

I like that a lot.

[Philippe Hurbain]

I dislike two-word categories, mainly for the parsing problems they generate, but we have a precedent with "Minifig xxx", "Figure xxx" and "Constraction xxx", so maybe "Sheet Plastic", "Sheet Cardboard" and "Sheet Canvas"?

AFAIK we do have a direct "Canvas" category, don't we?

[Chris Dee]

I dislike two-word categories, mainly for the parsing problems they generate, but we have a precedent with "Minifig xxx", "Figure xxx" and "Constraction xxx", so maybe "Sheet Plastic", "Sheet Cardboard" and "Sheet Canvas"?

AFAIK we do have a direct "Canvas" category, don't we?

Yes - see here - but I have always felt it to be a bit of an anomaly.

[Magnus Forsberg]

...I have always felt it to be a bit of an anomaly.

Me too.
It's even a bit annoying. "Canvas" is a type of textile, like denim, tweed, linen or silk. Used in tents and sails.

So, I would like to see "Sheet Fabric", or "Sheet Textile" instead.

And maybe we should also have sub categories of this category. There's also newer lego sheets of a soft fabric. More like fleece or felt. I think it would be wrong to put the category Canvas on a new, softer cape.

Read more here:
http://thebrickblogger.com/2016/11/the-h...ego-capes/