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Re: Discussion-Large Technic Shock 2909c01.dat
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Mon, 10 May 1999 13:18:37 GMT
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On Mon, 10 May 1999 11:06:15 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
> I fear that doing it that way might result in some very noticeable flaws. The
> upper and lower ends of the spring would be nicely proportioned, but the center
> of the spring - where it was stretched or compressed - would appear odd. The
> spring would no longer be round. It would appear to be oval instead.
> What would the transition point between round and oval look like?
Why would it appear oval? The scaling would be along the Y axis. The only
difference in appearance would be that the windings would not be as steeply
spiralled. Which is a correct appearance.
Of course, my opinion is that the most-correct approach is to have a single
part-file for the spring, and scale it to the correct length. The fact
that a 'real' spring does not compress evenly along the entire length (the
ends don't compress as much as the middle), won't be highly noticeable.
Steve
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| Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:3736dc07.459525...net.com... (...) The (...) center (...) The (...) Maybe I could work up a spreadsheet to calculate (based on the total length of the spring) the correct compression of (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Another negative thing I see with this method is that the dat file _must_ be manually edited to affect the scaling change. It can't be done from LEdit. This is what makes it difficult - at least for the casual user. Karim's method can be done (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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