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Re: Math.. I'm making my head hurt...
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Mon, 5 Feb 2001 01:47:21 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > angle = arctan(rise / run)
> > Thus, a rise/run of 1/2 has a slope of 26.5650511771 degrees.
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> Now *my* head is hurting. You mean all these elements
> <http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=%2Bslope+%2Bbrick+%2B33> are
> mis-named? Oooo, someone get me some aspirin...
They're not too far off...
Brick | Multi-Brick Multi-Brick | Single-Brick Single-Brick
Size | Slope Angle | Slope Angle
----------+-----------------------------+------------------------------
6x8x1 | 6:35 9.727579° | 11:70 8.930590°
2x4x1 | 6:15 21.801409° | 11:30 20.136303°
1x3x1 | 6:10 30.963757° | 11:20 28.810794°
1x2x1 | 6:5 50.194429° | 11:10 47.726311°
2x2x2 | 12:5 67.380135° | 23:10 66.501434°
2x3x3 | 18:5 74.475889° | 35:10 74.054604°
--Todd
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| (...) I agree with the first column (measuring from the bottom of vertical portion of the slope to the top of the slope), but not the second. In LDraw parts, the little vertical portion of the slope is 4 LDU, not 2, so the ratios are Brick | (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Math.. I'm making my head hurt...
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| (...) Y'all aren't helping me any. "Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades". A name change is a name change is a name change. There are some 35 slope bricks with the wrong angle encoded into their names. And no one noticed it (or at least (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad)
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