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Re: LCD draft spec comment
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Sat, 22 May 2004 00:37:45 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, Daniel Bennett wrote:
> > Many creations I have seen and built make use of rotating
> > single-stud connections for articulated joints and odd
> > angle mounts, so allowing an inherently non-rotating stud
> > inlet is a flaw that should be avoided if possible.
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> Hi
> I am currently working on my own version of LCD.
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> http://www.mr-bucket.co.uk/GLIDE/LCD_File_Format.html
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> I was thinking of adding some kind over-ride to the angle of movement for each
> connection. This clinches it, I will. The format itself could hold single-studs
> that lock at 90 degrees or similar as long as the editing programs can brake
> these rules at the users request. The locking of angles is still useful
> information to have even if its not always used.
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> LCD should be an aid to building not a set of rules that confine creativity.
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> For more info on GLIDE take a look at http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=11299
To be truly correct, the restraints should also have tolerances, the one that I
would find most useful is technic axle in it's hole - there's quite a
significant clearance between them. Not sure the best way to handle such things.
ROSCO
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| (...) If this is a feature that is used deliberately and often enough to motivate a software model for it, it would be possible to encode a combination of hard constraints, demonstrating the normal and preferred connection method, and additional (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| (...) Hi I am currently working on my own version of LCD. (URL) was thinking of adding some kind over-ride to the angle of movement for each connection. This clinches it, I will. The format itself could hold single-studs that lock at 90 degrees or (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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