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| (...) I agree with you in all points. But if I see that also you are thinking that capped cylinders are useful maybe there is somebody out who can write a prog for that. I have tried something similar in the past and was not very happy with the (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| (...) I think I can follow your thoughts. Have you tried that (48/1-8tdisc) already in some items with different curvatures? If yes and you have found out that this can also be used without dramatically mathematics (I prefer to use triangles so I (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) I would use the cylinder as model, with the cap at Y=0 on top and an edge at bottom. But I somehow agree with Steve Bliss that it may be overkill if we decline capped cylinder in all angles... Philo (19 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| (...) A few examples where I would use the 48\1-8tdisc (to use Travis naming suggestion): 58135s01 (rounded sides), 464s01, 54096, 61068 For the 48\1-8tndis (less useful I agree), an example would be 3455. In many case you can stretch a bit the (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) One concern about capped cylinders is that they would lead more multiples of cylinders - single-capped cylinders, double-capped cylinders, 1/4 capped cylinders, 2/4 capped cylinders, Hi-res 3/8 double-capped cylinders, etc. etc. And every (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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