(2023-06-15, 8:11)Jaco van der Molen Wrote: Does anyone feel the same as me, and think that a Plate is only a straight plate (1x1, 1x2, 1x3, ...., 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, ..., 4x6, 8x10, etc, etc)
All other "plates" should be Plate Modified.
Then again, decisions should be made about plates like the 2x2 Corner plate (2420) and 4x4 Corner (2639).
The could be normal plates.
What do you all think?
I think a "Plate" is just the basic plates, NxN rectangles.
I think a "Plate, Modified" has had something added to it, like a clip or handle, or has had its stud configuration changed (like some missing ones, or they are offset). In other words, there has been a change of some kind in the available connection or functional points—added, subtracted or moved.
I think the plates with rounded edges are neither of these. They're not simple Plates because they aren't rectangular, but they aren't really Modified because they have all the expected connection points for their shape, no more and no less. They are probably a third category like "Plate, Round". In other words, exactly like Bricklink. :-)
But unlike Bricklink, I think there is an equivalent category of Plate, Angled for most of what BL calls "Wedges" and perhaps some of the "Wings".