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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 00:47:31 -0700 (MST)
From: Ernie Wright <ernie@gaspra.pd.com>
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Subject: Re: simple lathe
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Question:
> I am trying to reproduce the spring object as seen in the 3.5
> pogostick.obj but whenever I try, I only get about 4 revoultions,
> sted of the 34 that the orignal object contains. I have:
> start angle 0
> end angle 10800 ...
Answer:
> Okay, first of all, if you're trying to get 34 rotations, the end
> angle should be 12240...this is figured out by multiplying 34
> rotations times 360 degrees which equals 12240. ...
I really enjoy seeing folks actually get out their calculators and
verify something for themselves. I'm not being at all facetious about
this; I wish it happened more often.
But I'd bet lunch that "34" was a typo and that what was meant was
"30", since 10800/360 = 30, and 30 is a nice round number.
- Ernie