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Subject:	Wheels and train wheels with metal axles
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad
Date:	Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:13:16 GMT
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Many of wheels I've created have hold votes on the part tracker. In order to fix these files I need some more information about standards. http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/x242.dat http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/x243.dat http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/x244.dat http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/x245.dat http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/x447.dat http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/7039.dat One of the hold reasons is the use of an axleless version and a complete version with axle. Should I include the axle into the main part? For x242, x244, x245 and x447 this is possible, as these wheels were only available with one type of axle. Wheel x243 (train wheel spoked with straight hub) is also used in two trainbases (x270c01 and 736c01) without the axle. So this wheel must have an axleless version and a complete version with axle. Wheel 7039 came with both the extended axle (x269) and the normal axle (35b). The current 7039 contains the normal axle. How should the file for this wheel with the extended axle be called? And should that version be a copy of the current 7039 only referring the other axle? Or should there be an axleless version that will be used in both complete versions? Another issue is the color of the axle. These axles came in at least two different colors (caused by use of different metals, brass and another which looks like silverish steel). What colornumber should the axles have? All axleless versions should have the title starting with a ~ sign. The files currently on the parts tracker don't have that. I'll update that together with other required fixes for which I need more answers to the above questions. Other threads about these wheels and mainpart/subpart issues: http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/parts/?n=5361&t=i&v=a http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/parts/?n=5393&t=i&v=a Niels Karsdorp

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		Re: Wheels and train wheels with metal axles
(...) The really big problem is that there is no agreement of any standard. This has been a subject of a "political" issue that I don't think is solved. My opinion is that James Jessimam from the beginning set the most reasonable standard in (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)

		Re: Wheels and train wheels with metal axles
(...) thanks a lot for all your work on these cool and useful parts! I do not have the competence to answer your questions, but I have one hint about: (URL) part does not exist at all (as far as I know). Would you mind to delete that upload? [SNIP] (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)

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