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    Hollow axles actually not that hollow... —Santeri Piippo
   Looking through various LDraw files I've noticed that the axles that connect for example beams into ball joints are modelled hollow, like axle holes closed on all sides. However, I've broken various pieces over my years, this one being broken quite (...) (16 years ago, 6-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
   
        Re: Hollow axles actually not that hollow... —Travis Cobbs
     LDraw parts are just a bunch of triangles, quads, and lines. There's no such concept as "solid". --Travis (16 years ago, 6-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
    
         Re: Hollow axles actually not that hollow... —Geoffrey Hyde
      "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message news:KG3zI9.Cno@lugnet.com... (...) The computer hasn't been programmed with a representation of "solid" for an internal representation of a LDRAW part, yet. But he brings up an interesting (...) (16 years ago, 7-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: Hollow axles actually not that hollow... —David Laswell
      (...) If someone really wants to go to the trouble of making a cross-section, and knows how to do so, adding in the missing surfaces shouldn't be that big a deal, yes? (...) I'd say no. People are clearly already concerned with keeping file size as (...) (16 years ago, 7-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: Hollow axles actually not that hollow... —Willy Tschager
     (...) Geoffrey, if you're looking for a time filler be my guest. There as still some parts in the need for a CA re-write: (URL) also these parts: (URL) looking for gifted people to get dressed up for a PT-party. w. (16 years ago, 7-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Hollow axles actually not that hollow... —Stefan Garcia
   It's a computer representation of the piece, it's not meant to show how it's actually constructed. -Stefan- (16 years ago, 7-Mar-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
 

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