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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: (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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