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Re: Where should I center this one?
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Tue, 25 May 1999 15:21:02 GMT
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Terry K wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 1999 15:45:57 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:
> > The center should be centered on the top of the brick, between the studs, as
> > it is with every other hinge piece in LDraw.  Moving the center of rotation
> > to the hinge is a trivial amount of work, as it is with every other hinge
> > piece in LDraw.
> Exsqueeze me?  Look again, Sproat.  Some of the hinge pieces *are* centered on
> the hinge section:
> 3830
> 3831
> 2429
> 2430
> 3149
> 314
> 3324

Whoops, you're right.  But, in the case of the 1x2 plates and bricks, the
centerpoint is on level with the top of a plane, and on the rectangular
lattice formed by the studs.  As for the 2x5 and 2x9 hinge plates, these are
a real exception.  They've always been especially hard to work with, IMO.  I
probably forgot about them due to post-traumatic syndrome.  :-P

The hinge pieces I had in mind seem to be the majority, and included:

3937
3938
6134
4213
2349
4214
4276
4275
4315

etc.

Bram's follow-up (1) pretty much spelled out my feelings, too.  Placing a
mis-placed piece to line up with studs is much more difficult than defining
a center of rotation and rotating the puppy.

Cheers,
- jsproat

1.  http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.cad.dev:1853

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
May the Force be with y'all.



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  Re: Where should I center this one?
 
(...) Exsqueeze me? Look again, Sproat. Some of the hinge pieces *are* centered on the hinge section: 3830 3831 2429 2430 3149 314 3324 -- Terry K -- (27 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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