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Rubber bands?
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 01:20:33 GMT
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How does one add rubber bands (the kind that come with
a lot of Technic sets, esp. the star wars sets) to a model in MLCad,
or any other lego cad program for that matter?

Thanks,
-Peter



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  Re: Rubber bands?
 
Good question!! I have no idea .... not yet .... Michael Peter A. Vogel <pavogel@pacbell.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: FzD2F9.FwC@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: Rubber bands?(Ignore.: Smart*ss answers)
 
Smart*ss answers: 1. Just put one end around the post, and stretch it around the other post. Or 2. The same way you add any other CAD part on a Mac. :) Sorry, nevermind. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: Rubber bands?
 
(...) Right now, there isn't any good way to handle rubber bands in L-CAD programs. LDraw's language was written to handle objects that don't change size or shape. The current popular approach to strings, rubber bands, tubes, hoses, etc. is to avoid (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: Rubber bands?  [DAT]
 
This model, called the litewing, uses a rubber band to turn the engine when the wheels move. I built the ruber band piece by bent piece using a light saber blade that I scaled down. To make a part smaller, it's best to put it into the default center (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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