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Re: How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:55:24 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Joe Strout wrote:
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... I believed that the bent technic beams (e.g.
32348) had a 135-degree angle, or at
least some angle that would divide evenly into 360. ...
1. Does anybody know what odd angle these pieces really are?
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It would appear that they’re approximately 126.8698976 degrees. That’s from
approximating some angles and noticing that what I think they were trying to do
was to create the geometry such that a 3-4-5 right triangle was possible.
DaveE
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 | | How to make a perfect octagon or hexagon?
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| I'm trying to make a largish (20 cm across or so) octagon or hexagon out of technic parts. I thought this would be easy, because I believed that the bent technic beams (e.g. (URL) 32348>) had a 135-degree angle, or at least some angle that would (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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