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Re: Help needed with torus primitive
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:23:35 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Chris Dee wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Niels Karsdorp wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I haven't used much torus primitives and I don't understand how to
> > get the values to use them, yet.
> > Now I am working on a part that needs an inner torus.
> > The radius for the torus is 15 LDU
> > The inner radius is 11 LDU
> > What torus do I need, and when it does not exist, how do I create one?
> >
> > Niels
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> The naming convention is detailed in the Primtives Reference -
> http://www.ldraw.org/library/primref/#curv3d
I found that one, but the discription wasn't clear to me at first sight.
> Since these primitives are normalised with an outer radius of unity, the last
> four characters of the file you require will be derived from the first four
> decimal digits of the fraction 11/15 = 0.733333 - so 7333.
I was a bit confused about all radiusses involved:
* Major radius (the radius of the centre of the torus)
* Inner radius (for inner torus)
* Outer radius (for outer torus)
* Torus radius
It seems that the value is the fraction torus radius/major radius.
I needed an inner torus for major radius 15 and inner radius 11.
This the torus radius = 15-11 = 4
In torus value i needed is 4/15 = 0.266666 - so 2667
> The primtives can be constructed with Paul Easter's primitive generator,
> available at :
> http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/prim-gen.htm
Thanks,
I had to fiddle a bit to find out how the torus generation worked.
(Where to enter which value).
Niels
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