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Re: Open cylinder primitives, any demand?
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:55:21 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, Chris Dee wrote:
However, I'm struggling to see the utility of a cylinder with both ends open.
Can someone provide an example of where it might be useful.

Chris Dee


Guess I replied way too soon. I may revise my earlier reply after giving it some
more thought. A 1/4 cylinder with both ends closed would of course be better for
rounded cornerns.

A cylinder with both ends open could be useful when making pipe-like shapes in
the likeness of stud2 and stud4, and holes. Don't know yet how commonly needed
they would be.

The question is: How common should a combined primitive have to be before it is
motivated to issue a .dat file for it? Guess it also depends on how many lines
can be saved and how hard it is to calculate and write by hand...

/T



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  Re: Open cylinder primitives, any demand?
 
(...) A cylinder with one closed end (4-4cylc.dat) was issued in the latest parts update (2009-02). See (URL) . If there is a need for a 1-4cylc.dat, feel free to submit it to the Parts Tracker. However, I'm struggling to see the utility of a (...) (15 years ago, 2-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)

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