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Re: guillemot forms
By:Ross Leidy
Date: 1/5/1999, 8:50 am
In Response To: Re: guillemot forms (John Waddington)

> I am aware of Nick's errata page and have made the changes, but that
> doesn't solve my problem. For the 0.5 and 16.5 forms, I get forms that
> look like the diamonds on a playing card. I need to know how to round off
> the top. Should I just estimate and draw it by hand? Both forms are very
> narrow anyway.
> John

I know exactly what you mean. I just made sure that the point at the sheerline was the apex of the curve and rounded it the best I could. Those forms get cut to fit on the stem, so there's not much left of them after that. The shape is really not especially critical for those pieces.

Messages In This Thread

guillemot forms
John Waddington -- 1/4/1999, 7:33 pm
Re: guillemot forms
Kenneth Paul -- 1/5/1999, 4:57 pm
Re: guillemot forms
Nick Schade -- 1/5/1999, 9:46 am
Re: guillemot forms
Robert Woodard -- 1/4/1999, 7:40 pm
Re: guillemot forms
John Waddington -- 1/5/1999, 7:46 am
Re: guillemot forms
Ross Leidy -- 1/5/1999, 8:50 am