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Re: x342: ~Technic Flex-System End
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Sat, 27 Jul 2002 22:27:08 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> Very interesting parts!

8?)

> I have a couple of comments, though.  Perhaps the name "Technic
> Flex-System Wire" would be more appropriate?  We already have "Technic
> Flex-System Hose" elements (76.DAT and 77.DAT), so I think that adding
> "Wire" makes sense.

Good idea! But thinking about it, the "aussie" word that works best is
probably "cable", so maybe I'll use that.

> I would also like to see that the orientation of your wire elements
> match the orientation of the existing hose element, as they may very
> well be used in conjuction.  On the other hand, I can see that you would
> like to see the orientation of the wire ends match the insertion
> orientation of the connector elements.  What do you think?

Can do! Only reason its different is because Miguel's connector(s) are
oriented that way & I was too lazy to change it! But it's easy to re-orient
that too, so I've done that, the updated files are at
http://www.ozbricks.com/bre/etc/flex1.zip

Note that the BFC issue hasn't been addressed yet in these versions.

> I am in the process of adding a function to compose a curved flex-system
> wire using LDraw-mode (which is very easy), but I would like to see that
> the orientation issue gets resolved first.

Cool! Hope this update helps!

ROSCO



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  Re: x342: ~Technic Flex-System End
 
(...) I agree! "Cable" is much better. I knew that "Wire" was sub-optimal when I wrote the article, but I couldn't come up with a better word at the time. (...) Fredrik (24 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Re: x342: ~Technic Flex-System End
 
Very interesting parts! I have a couple of comments, though. Perhaps the name "Technic Flex-System Wire" would be more appropriate? We already have "Technic Flex-System Hose" elements (76.DAT and 77.DAT), so I think that adding "Wire" makes sense. I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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