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Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:35:18 GMT
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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:15:41 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:

blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:

But shortening them to more appropriate lengths would be worthwhile.

Are you sure about this?  I mean, I don't doubt that the length of the
axles is LDraw is a bit to large, but doesn't this apply to nearly all
parts?  Surely a 1x1 brick is smaller than 20LDUx20LDU in real life, to
leave some gap between the bricks when building.  But should this be
modeled in LDraw?  I don't think so.

The axles are shorter than bricks.  Comparing the 2L axle to a 2x brick,
the axle comes up about 1.5 LDU short.  I haven't checked the other
axles, for now I'm guessing they are also 1.5LDU short.

Anyway, have you got an updated version of the notched axle #2, Steve
Bliss?  One with the correct length, that is.  If so, could you post it
on lugnet.cad.dat?  I think I want to use it.

I posted one a few days ago.  It was the first message in this thread.
It's a bit *too* short, and it uses the rounded-end file I was working
on.

Steve



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  Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
 
(...) Won't changing the length change the ease of modeling? Currently, you can line parts up (such as connectors or bushings) to the end of the axle because when lined up corectly, they share a common plane. If you make the axles shorter, this (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Technic Axles - go rounded?
 
(...) Are you sure about this? I mean, I don't doubt that the length of the axles is LDraw is a bit to large, but doesn't this apply to nearly all parts? Surely a 1x1 brick is smaller than 20LDUx20LDU in real life, to leave some gap between the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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