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Re: Rubber belts modelling
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Date: 
Sat, 9 Mar 2002 12:40:29 GMT
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Hello Philippe,

Looks nice to me but (no offense) aren't they normally rounded?
Looks very edgy to me. At least all the rubber belts I owe have a round
shape.

Play well

Carsten

I created these parts (with Marc Klein's spring2dat utility) to be able to
model rubber belts in my Technic creations.
This is my first part authoring, so be indulgent... (critics are welcome
though!)
There are DAT-files for 5 fragments of rubber belt which combined,
eventually overlapped, can be adapted to most situations:
        - 1/4 turn around Technic Bush 1/2
        - 1/4 turn around Technic Micromotor Pulley
        - 1/4 turn around Technic Pulley Large
        - 1/4 turn around Technic Wedge Belt Wheel
        - 1 straight element 1 stud wide.



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  Re: Rubber belts modelling
 
Hi Carsten, You are right, rubber belts have a round section, while my models have a square one. The real reason is that I used spring2dat that create square section. An advantage is that there are less facets and anyway belts are so thin that it (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Rubber belts modelling  [DAT]
 
I created these parts (with Marc Klein's spring2dat utility) to be able to model rubber belts in my Technic creations. This is my first part authoring, so be indulgent... (critics are welcome though!) There are DAT-files for 5 fragments of rubber (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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