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RE: The Great Ball Contraption
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:54:45 GMT
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Rob Limbaugh <rlimbaugh@greenfieldgroup.^Spamcake^com>
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<SNIP>
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> Not to oversimplify, but I mean if the 'standard' for the
> ball contraption is 32 studs from the front of the hopper to
> the back edge of the baseplate, and thus I personally would
> probably grab a 32 x 32 stud baseplate to build on, thus the
> 'in' hopper would be in the bottom left hand corner anyway,
> wouldn't my module, by its very nature, be able to be placed
> 'in line' with the other ones, or 90 degrees, placing the
> hopper in the same location?
>
> I think that making 90 degree turns (only to the right) would
> be able to be done on many modules, just the way they
> are--phenominal ASCII graphix below!
>
> XXXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYYY
> X XY Y
> X XY Y
> X XY Y
> X XY Y
> OOO XOOO YOOO
> O O XO O YO O
> OOOXXXXXXXOOOYYYYYYYOOO
>
>
> XXXXXXXXXX
> X X
> X X
> X X
> X X
> OOO XOOOYYYYYYY
> O O XO O Y
> OOOXXXXXXXOOO Y
> Y Y
> Y Y
> Y Y
> Y Y
> YYYYYYYYYY
> OOO
> O O
> OOO
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> X-Module 1
> Y-Module 2
> O-Input/Output Bin
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> See, if you leave both 'outer edges' of the bin open, both
> orientations work
>
> But maybe I'm missing something.
>
> Dave K
Personally, I think something similar to the moonbase concept should be
applied--an input bin with opening or edge at a given heighth and width
and placed in a specifica location on a standard footprint size, or
perhaps by allowing different categories of footprints.
In this way, anyone's module can fit to another persons and event
organizers can plan layouts for events and request the appropriate
amount of space.
- Rob
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| (...) <snip> (...) I love standards, but I also like the 'variedness' of the GBC modules--trying to get somethign specific hammered down, like 'only 32x32 baseplates with the bin in the bottom left corner' might be a little difficult. As it is, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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