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Re: How can I align something to this angle?
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:19:03 GMT
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.technic, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
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> > I need to align a technic brick as close as possible to 45 degrees as the
> > part geometry and physical limitations would allow it.
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> There are several possibilities (45° angle between their long axis?
> Between
> their short axis?), but note that by using pieces that slide along axles
> you can
> get any spacing (and therefore any angle). Here's a really simple example
> (Deeplink):
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/brdavis/Tidbits/anyangle2.jpg
What could you suggest if I wanted to work within the limitations of the
LEGO Factory palette currently available through LDD. I build a lot of
virtual stuff in that program because it's the most user-friendly program
I've found for manipulating and placing virtual LEGO blocks yet.
I also like to upload models I've created in LEGO Factory to my MLN page so
I can say look what I made in LEGO Factory. I quite like the challenge of
putting something together within a limitation, it's like a jigsaw puzzle
where the picture is your imagination, and the pieces are what can be
ordered from LEGO Factory.
> By changing the size of the axle, what parts are on the end, where it pins
> together, and of course how far along an axle you slide something, there
> is no
> resolution limit (spacings can be arbitrary). Note that bracketing a
> crossblock
> (yellow in the image) with half-bushings makes for a very strong
> connection...
> and to make it stiffer, just add half-bushings.
LEGO Factory does have some limitations, I've often considered building
outside of those limitations, however, it makes it quite difficult to upload
a model to LEGO.com as I have to send it to the Creator gallery or
Mindstorms gallery on LEGO.com and that means additional work to figure out
how to build and photograph it.
I like to add gears into my models, as the last couple of photos show, I'm
trying to make something that will move something in a simple wheeled model
up and down, like the pull-toys you can get for kids. If I could get more
gears I could put together a workable sweeper unit that could actually pick
up LEGO bricks and be orderable from LEGO Factory. (NOTE: Some bricks
aren't available in the current LEGO Factory palette, but the brick type
is.)
As an example, the tree trunk is something I built with the previous LEGO
Factory palette, and then ordered the bricks to build it with from
BrickLink. I was short a few 1x1's but I found some green 1x1's worked well
enough for completing it.
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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