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Re: L3PLiTE?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:16:00 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Leonardo Zide wrote:
> I posted some messages about adding that kind of information in the
> past to the L-CAD list but nobody paid much attention, maybe now that
> you all agree that BFC is a good thing we could decide on a standard for
> the connections ?
I seem to remember there was a fair amount of discussion on the
connections/hot-points issue.
My contribution to the discussion amounted to this, more or less:
Because of the large number of ways LEGO pieces can be inter-connected,
we need to establish a very flexible standard, so that as many
inter-connections as possible could be supported. Even if we only start
with including stud-to-tube connections, having a good standard is
important, so that we can add more connection-type later, without
rewriting the spec.
A few connection types:
stud to tube
rod to clip
axle to axlehole
peg to peghole
plate between studs
minifig: arm-to-torso
minifig: neck-to-neckware (actually, a special case of stud-to-tube)
winch: reel-to-base
turntable: 2x2 base to 2x2 top
tree trunk to tree trunk
small towball to socket
hinge-finger to hinge-finger
some connections rotate, some are fixed. Some are point-to-point, some
are point-to-axis (ie, one piece can slide along the connection).
I think it would be awesome to have a standard spec for this stuff.
Steve
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 | | Re: L3PLiTE?
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| Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:h5chescbu4k2ib5...4ax.com... (...) Speaking of minifig arms... Does the minifig modeler rotate the arms around the x axis? Or does it rotate on the angled axis that actual minifig arms (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: L3PLiTE?
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| (...) It should be not only flexible, but also generic ! by this I mean, don't assign relations with actual parts to define the connection types. Try to define the physical/mechanical property, and not particularities in some uses. (...) So these (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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