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Re: Status of SW Ion Cannon?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:06:18 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <371a91f5.3600445@lugnet.com>...
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> I believe the newest L3P is totally up-to-date on primitive substitutions,
> but the previous did not substitute all cones.
Excellent, then I think the gap in the bottom should be drawn. I could be
used to mount the cannon on an antenna or other 8 ldu width rod.
> BTW, which cones did you use? I meas-timated the radii as 5 and 9, so the
> existing conic primitives don't fit very well. I guess using two
> overlapping 1-4con3.dat's would be best, one scaled to 1.66667, the other
> at 2.25.
I meas-timated the radii as 4.5 and 9.5, so I had to use 3 1-4con3.dat's, 2 of
which overlap. If you _really_ want the radii as 5 and 9, I could redo it.
> How did you handle the cutout not being along the radial planes of the
> cone? That was the reason I was procrastinating on implementing this
> section of the part.
It's a pain. It looks to me like the cutout is parallel to the outer edge of
the cone. I started with the inlined 1-4con3.dat for the bottom 1/4 of the
cone. I completely deleted the bottom-most two quads, and altered the other
two quads so that their "inner" line would be parallel to the outer edge of
the cone (looking from above). Your interpolation spreadsheet proved most
valuable for this. Now I just have to add a half-cone to the top of the
cutout and I'll ship the .dat to you.
By the way, what did you do as far as the front end of the cannon? How and
where did you use studs?
-John Van
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| (...) Ah, cool. I hadn't noticed that application. Kind of wobbly, but it works. (...) I'm sure your meas-timates are at least as good as mine, so it's not worth re-doing all of your work. (...) That's how I would have done it. Not much fun. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I believe the newest L3P is totally up-to-date on primitive substitutions, but the previous did not substitute all cones. BTW, which cones did you use? I meas-timated the radii as 5 and 9, so the existing conic primitives don't fit very well. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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