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Re: Discussion-Large Technic Shock 2909c01.dat
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Mon, 10 May 1999 15:55:21 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 May 1999 11:06:15 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
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> > 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
Maybe I could work up a spreadsheet to calculate (based on the total length of
the spring) the correct compression of each spiral of the spring and output the
most realistic spring possible.
;-)
-John Van
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| (...) i'm not sure if you and steve are completely clear on what terry and i are concerned about... and even if the two of you are, i'll lay it out for everyone else that might be hazy on why this "compression" "no compression" "scaling" etc etc etc (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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