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Re: Spheres Galore
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Sat, 14 May 2005 17:52:23 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.

Okay, here’s a quickly assembled 14-stud diameter sphere in tan:
d14 Sphere

Ably supported by my assistant Atlas:
Atlas

And badly photographed by me...

This was built from the following rendering of one facet, direct from Bruce’s script - it even got my browser to launch MLCad!
Sphere Plan

Gallery here, although there are only those three pictures.

Jason Railton



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(...) Bram's script. Bruce made the 'original' small plate sphere. Anyway, it's great that you were inspired to build one right away! Did you play around much with different diameters to get one that looked best, or did you just go with what came (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)

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(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.build)

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