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Re: parts wanted
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Mon, 1 Mar 1999 17:45:33 GMT
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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 16:13:48 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
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> > On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:40:46 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
> > <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> >
> > > at the website
> > >
> > > http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/ldraw/
> > >
> > > BTW, the part "2853 Technic Crankshaft" is probably "impossible" to make
> > > properly in LDraw. This is because of the way the Technic axles are
> > > constructed in LDraw; the ends are not rounded as in real life.
> >
> > I'm not following the problem, here.
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> I probably did a bad job at explaining what is wrong.
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> Looking at the 2853 part with the grey axle pointing towards you, you'll
> see a round hole in the grey surface next to the axle which sticks out.
> (This hole is rectangular on some versions of the part, but it doesn't
> make it any more easy.)
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> Now, the problem I experienced is this. Put an axle into the axle hole
> on the other side of the part. This axle protrudes 10 LDU's into the
> 2853 part. Ideally, the only part of this axle visible should be a
> round disc, visible through the round hole on the front, the hole I
> mentioned in the paragraph above. But with the "collar" of the part
> being 10 LDU thick, which is the correct thing, not only the round disc,
> but also the outline of the axle end is visible. This happens because
> the surface of the 2853 part and the surface of the axle end are
> coincident.
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> What you see may differ due to various parameters, such as rendering
> program used, viewpoint and so on. I remember getting a dirty surface
> where the two coincident surfaces met.
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> I hope this was more clear. Please ask more questions if it is not.
Ah. That clears it up. I'll dig up one of these pieces when I get
home, to be sure I understand.
Steve
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