Plug34.dat and related parts discussion

[Magnus Forsberg]

The renumbering is now done.
You're all welcome to review them.

This renumbering was based on the new information found, as mentioned above

the 1981 control desks/decks are:
70027 CONTROL DESK F. POINTS [rectangle and circle-"no" symbols]
70028 CONTROL DESK F. SIGNAL [red and green circles]
70067 CONTROL DECK F. DECOUPLING UNIT [yellow arrow up, yellow arrow down]
the 1983–1986 entries:
70160 SWITCH BOARD F.CROSSING [crossing gate up/crossing gate level]
70286 SWITCH BOARD F.TRACK [counter-clockwise arrow, clockwise arrow]

Here is a summary of the assembly files
   

The main difference between the 2 types are the socket on the left side.
Type 1 have a metallic click sound when pressed, due to metal components inside.
Type 2 have a softer plastic click sound. Plastic components
   


The new keys have a different rotation point
   

The old bottom part was made using 4 subfiles

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The investigation showed that there is 1 common bottom base, 4707 and 3 different covers 4113a,b and c.
   


Inline the new assemblies and rotatate the key 3.5 degrees. The slit between the key and bottom should be parallel.
   

The old parts had a structure that could not be reused in the new parts. I could not find a way to reuse the old file structure in the new parts. 
The old files had to be obsoleted and this also made it impossible to make Move to-files.

Remaining to do:
Give the parts different descriptions, I suggest Type 1 and 2
Add Help info about the rotation, 3.5 degrees

I hope this will help in understanding the new file structure.