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In lugnet.cad, Jennifer Clark writes:
> "Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:H8qqq5.Bu9@lugnet.com...
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> > -I'm not so wild about the flex axle/ribbed hose implementation. Is there
> > any way to specify the amount of ribs or the length of the axle and just
> > define the endpoints? I find that using the constraint part to set the
> > length is inexact.
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> Horses for courses I suppose, I found the constraint method (when applied to
> pneumatic hoses) totally brilliant, in fact I can't imagine a simpler
> system - it really comes into its own when the hoses are routed through
> other parts. You do specify the hose length in the header of the synthesized
> part, although it is not used at this time; if this does get implemented,
> then presumably specifying the endpoints and length will do what you need.
> Having the choice would certainly be interesting! Perhaps specifying "-1" or
> somesuch for the length could indicate "let lsynth calculate the length".
>
> Jennifer
For non fixed length parts such as hoses the constraint part work
beautifully. What I'm talking about is the fixed length flexble axles and
ribbed hoses. The shape of the curve structure betwwen two point is
dependent on the length of the part you use.
-Orion
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| "Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message (...) to (...) synthesized (...) need. (...) or (...) Yup, I realised that. The lsynth header allows you to specify the hose length (even though it currently isn't used) so I'm (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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| "Orion Pobursky" <bilthefish@IHATESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:H8qqq5.Bu9@lugnet.com... (...) Horses for courses I suppose, I found the constraint method (when applied to pneumatic hoses) totally brilliant, in fact I can't imagine a simpler (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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