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Re: new part description changes?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 19 May 1999 18:23:27 GMT
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Terry K wrote:
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> On Tue, 18 May 1999 16:46:24 GMT, "Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn"
> <nzlijn@euronet.nl> wrote:
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> > Terry K wrote:
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> > > There were some suggestions for description changes on the new parts. Any
> > > support for these changes, or leave the parts as-is?
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> > > > 2871.dat http://hugin.ldraw.org/JJ_Memorial/voting/2871.gif
> > > > Current Description: Electric Train Motor 9V Decorative Side
> > > > New suggestion: Electric Train Motor 9V Bogie Detail
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> > Speaking as the author of this part, I like the idea of using the word
> > "Bogie" in the description. But also I would like to express in the name
> > that you normally clip this part on the side of the train motor.
> > So I would prefer the following description:
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> > Electric Train Motor 9V Bogie Side Clip
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> I favor this one as well.
The term "bogie" refers to the _swivelling_ function of a wheelset.
I can't see what about 2871 marks it with that function.
The addition of a bogie plate to the motor would give a bogie function,
but that doesn't have much to do with 2871.
IMHO, 2871 adds "suspension" to a motor, but not bogie features.
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From WWWebster:
Main Entry: bo·gie
Variant(s): also bo·gey /'bO-gE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural bogies also bogeys
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1835
1 : a low strongly built cart
2 a chiefly British : a swiveling railway truck b : the driving-wheel
assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive
truck
3 : a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of
a tank tread)
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While some bogies (railroad bogies especially) might have this sort of
side decoration, not all bogies (in the generic use of the term) would.
Furthermore, plenty of railway wheelsets have suspension such as that
shown on 2871, but they don't swivel and so wouldn't be a bogie.
-- joshua
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