Unofficial: <R7.f> Clarification Request:"As cut from a single 12"*24" sheet" ref. area or perimeter

[brennanRavan]

@Inquisitive_Mind : As per https://vexforum.com/t/answered-multiple-plastics/30904/1 if one is using multiple plastics it is the area of the sheets of plastic used that is measured, not the perimeter. Is this still the case for robots using only a single type of plastic?

Or, to frame this in terms of R7.f, is 12"*24" meant to be read as a cap on the total area of the plastic (288 in^2 in this case), or a physical limitation on the size of the sheet that a component can be cut from?

I would say that it must be of a shape that could have been cut from a single sheet of that size based on a similar rule in the VEXU version of the game with the rule modifications found in Appendix E, but it would not have to start as a single sheet because you could just cut the sheet into two.

Teams are allowed to fabricate their own unique VEX parts from the following additional items, for each of their robots:
a. Plastic cut from a single 6” x 6” x 1” block i. Examples of “plastic block” are PVC, Delrin, and ABS b. Steel OR Aluminum cut from a single sheet no larger than 12” x 12” and no thicker than 0.070” c. An unlimited number of plastic 3D printed parts, each less than 3” x 6” x 6”
Note: these are not measured by “volume”. Teams are restricted as though the components they are constructing were made from the raw materials listed.
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