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Re: Modeling USB Cables
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Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:23:23 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tom Beattie wrote:
> Hello all, here’s a question to throw into the group,
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> How do people model the USB cable that originates from the back of the Vision
> Command/ LEGO Studio camera?
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> I Have been using Lsynth’s Pneumatic Hose-type spec but it is a little thin.
Maybe stretching/expanding the pneumatic hose would work. What program are
using for modeling? I'll try an explanation with MLCad, but I can't verify
this, since I'm at work. Could someone verify this? I'll give it a shot at
home, too.
Place the endpoints of the hose, BUT halve the distances. For example, if the
original endpoints are
20,0,0 & 40,10,10
then use these endpoint
25,2.5,2.5 & 35,7.5,7.5
the midpoint is 30,5,5
Run LSynth, remembering that the tube is half as long (if real distance is 5
studs long, then enter as 2.5 studs long).
Open MLCad. Find the Rotation Point Editor (the button looks like a pencil with
a flash to its right). Choose custom rotation point, and enter the midpoint
(this example, 30,5,5)
Select all of the hose elements. Find the Orientation/Rotation Matrix editor
(the button looks like a keyboard). The last line is the orientation matrix,
and should read
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Change this line to
2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
The tube will double in dimensions. If doubling is not quite the right scaling,
try other scalars.
After finishing, go back to the rotation point editor and choose part origin, as
that is the default and more useful rotation point.
I hope this helps.
John
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