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Re: More parts feedback
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Date: 
Fri, 5 Mar 1999 22:08:57 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote:

blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:

On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 08:26:05 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:

I don't think you understood what part we were talking about.  These are
the three parts we do _not_ want to group together:

Ah, I understand :)

2637 should be renamed to something like

2637.DAT      Technic Axle 16 with End Links
2637.DAT      Technic Axle 16 with Holes
2637.DAT      Technic Axle 16 with End Connectors

In this case, it seems that a use-specific name such as: "Technic Tie Rod" might
be appropriate, since even if one doesn't use this part as a steering linkage,
the "specific" term "tie-rod" is actually generic enough to cover just about
every use (even in the Y-wing, if you stretch it a bit).  Tie-Rod certainly make
a lot more sense to me than "Axle with [something]" since, while it does have an
axle-like cross section, there is no way to use it in any manner that is similar
to an axle.

--Karim



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  Re: More parts feedback
 
(...) This sounds like a very good idea. It will also make it easier to include the Technic Linkage part which comes with the Y-wing. (8 of them in every Y-wing, don't know just how long they are.) Here's one more suggestion as to the title: (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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