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Re: The older version of the 4x10x(2/3) car base, #4212.
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:25:30 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, John VanZwieten writes:
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> James J. <jejackso@memphis.edu> wrote in message
> news:37E7A6FC.F068C4B@memphis.edu...
> > This is an argument to which I've received no resolution. Please view this
> > post and answer my questions to the best of your ability.
> >
> > I wrote earlier on lugnet.cad.dat.parts:
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> > > Is anyone out there working on the more functional version of the
> > > 4212 10 x 4 x 2/3 car base, as used in #6390 Main Street? If so or if not, >> >I could use some help with mine. Unlike the new one, this one is able to be >> >connected with a Technic pin in the center, as well as hold a 2x4 brick or >> >plate underneath it.
> > > The new one is smooth underneath and for technical reasons, should be
> > > called the 10 x 4 x (18/24) car base -- it's 2 L-CAD units lower than the
> > > original (which was the exact size of 2 stcked plates)! The seat hole (2x2) >> >rises to the level of the first plate, while on the new one, the seat hole >> >is one plate-height lower, this calling for the unneeded extra 2 units, and >> >a widening of the initial town seat hole. When this project is completed, I >> >shall submit it as 4212a.dat, Car Base 10 x 4 x 2/3, Old. If you have a suggestion, reply to me.
> > > James J.
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> > P.S.: My completed version (thus far) has a problem involving the lack
> > of a hollow opening where the Technic pin hole should be. Help.
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> You'll need two 4-4ndis.dat's and a 4-4cyli.dat for this. The ndis
> ("not-disc" I think) gives you a square with a round hole through it. One of
> these on the top face and one on the bottom face connected by a cylinder will
> give you the hollow opening. Then you fill in the top and bottom faces around
> the squares.
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> Hope this helps, I don't have the part in front of me.
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> -John Van
Thanks, John. It really did help. I already had those parts, but forgot to
eliminate an old box5.dat. It has now been replaced with 4 rect.dats and 8
quadrilateral entries.
James J.
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