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Re: Technic angle connector angles
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 20 Oct 1998 05:36:57 GMT
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 12:18:40 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve
Bliss) wrote:
> Once upon a time, Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no>
> wrote:
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> > I just noticed that there are two versions of the technic angle
> > connector #5 in LDraw,
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> > 32015.DAT Technic Angle Connector #5
> > 925.DAT Technic Angle Connector #5 120 Deg.
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> > These have different angles, so I wonder: Which one is correct, and what
> > is the correct angle?
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> Drawing upon my hazy memories, I seem to remember that Lutz's first
> version of the 925 had the wrong angle. But he fixed & re-released it
> (I think). Also, thinking about the what the correct angles should be
> for all the angle connectors, they are evenly-angled going from
> 90-degrees to 180-degrees, with 5 possible angles. I know this because
> they duplicate the possible positions from the older toothed angle
> connectors, LDraw part #4273. So the correct angles should be:
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> 90
> 112.5
> 135
> 157.5
> 180
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> Which means that the part with the 120-degree angle must be incorrect.
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> Steve
The question of angle accuracy is why I dropped that from the
description. I figured the pieces are clearly marked, so that was all
that's needed.
-- Terry K --
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 | | Re: Technic angle connector angles
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| (...) True, but when you stack pieces on top of each other, you really need to know the angle, to be able to rotate the next pieces correctly. But then again, the 571.DAT Technic Liftarm 1 x 9 Bent Hasn't got the angle in the description, either. (...) (28 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Technic angle connector angles
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| (...) Drawing upon my hazy memories, I seem to remember that Lutz's first version of the 925 had the wrong angle. But he fixed & re-released it (I think). Also, thinking about the what the correct angles should be for all the angle connectors, they (...) (28 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.cad)
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