2nd Most Awaited Q and A Answer?

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Originally Posted by Bob Steele

contiguous assembly must mean that it is simply connected... the new answer does not say that it has to be contiguous OUTSIDE the frame perimeter.

Can I ask where you distinguish your interpretation versus last week's "fork" answer? I understand the search for clarity in newer answers*, but I can't find the necessary lack of clarity in it to support additional interpretations of this.

Q: If an extension forks outside of the frame perimeter, does it count as a single extension? For example, if 7" away from the frame, the appendage splits into two separate bars.
A. Only one appendage may extend beyond the Frame Perimeter. There are no rules prohibiting appendages that fork once outside the Frame Perimeter.

To me this would seem very strongly (i.e. barring [edit]finagling?[/edit]) to ban appendages that fork within the Frame Perimeter. Have I mistaken that?


*Under the precedent that the GDC will announce if they directly change their interpretation: e.g. "We have recently published conflicting responses in the Q&A...have revised the responses in question and added clarification in the Blue Box" - Team Update 2012-01-20.