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Re: The geometry of minifigs
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:08:00 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> At what angle and point do the arm/shoulder of the minifig connect to
> the torso? What is the angle and offset of the bend of the minifig arm
> and what is the angle of the hand with respect to the pin which connects
> it to the arm?
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> I don't see how using the minifig parts (beyond using the figure
> shortcut) is possible without having this information. Still I can't
> find this information anywhere. Do I need to reverse-engineer the
> minifig DAT files to find this out? Like I had to do to find out the
> angle of the "2904.DAT Technic Motorcycle Pivot"?
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> I'm sorry for reiterating this point, but I really think we need some
> kind of knowledge database for this kind of information. Without this
> information, the LDraw parts database just isn't as useful as it could
> have been.
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> What do you think?
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> (And can someone please answer my original question?)
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> Fredrik
The angle of the side of the minifig torso as Ldrawn is 9.782 degrees (arctan
4.655/27) from the vertical. Hope this helps.
Chris
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| (...) Thanks. Can I safely assume that the author used 10 degrees when modeling the part? BTW: This is just what I find unuserfriendly about the parts library: You had to reverse engineer the part to find the angle. I'm sure the information I asked (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | The geometry of minifigs
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| At what angle and point do the arm/shoulder of the minifig connect to the torso? What is the angle and offset of the bend of the minifig arm and what is the angle of the hand with respect to the pin which connects it to the arm? I don't see how (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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