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Re: Spheres Galore
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Date: 
Sat, 14 May 2005 16:31:18 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
The Heart of Gold is no longer too round to build!
http://lego.bldesign.org/sphere/
--Bram


PS: If anyone wants to render some of the results for the LDraw-deprived, go
right ahead.

WOW!

That.
is.
amazing.

Many thanks.

Jason Railton

P.S.  One quick point - on a single face of a sphere of diameter 14, I notice
the lower straight edge is an odd number of studs long, offset half a stud from
the layer above.  You can't actually build that.  But, if you work in from
either end with jumpers, the 1-stud gap left in the middle will be hidden.
Other than that, it's brilliant.



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  Re: Spheres Galore
 
(...) Okay, here's a quickly assembled 14-stud diameter sphere in tan: (URL) Sphere>> Ably supported by my assistant Atlas: (URL) And badly photographed by me... This was built from the following rendering of one facet, direct from Bruce's script - (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
  Re: Spheres Galore
 
(...) I can think of a way you could do it, but as you showed in your next post, you really don't need to. I'm pretty sure that any gaps left by the jumpers will be covered up in all designs. I think the bit of code that decides whether or not to us (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.build)

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The Heart of Gold is no longer too round to build! (URL) If anyone wants to render some of the results for the LDraw-deprived, go right ahead. (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space) !! 

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