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Re: Drawing developable surfaces by hand

Posted By: Greg Jones
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2002, at 9:29 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Drawing developable surfaces by hand (mike allen)

: quickly, i'd use 2 overlaid consecutive sections to get a common radial pt to
: make offsets. and then a tangential projection from the side view between
: to get length. Partial points on each to get the relative curvature. All
: are approximations.

: realistically? - make a model and take apart.

I'm not sure I follow your first suggestion Mike. Can you point me to a good web resource that explains in more detail? Also, to build a model, don't I have to develop panels and cut them out first?

Messages In This Thread

Drawing developable surfaces by hand
Greg Jones -- Tuesday, 24 September 2002, at 4:51 p.m.

Re: Drawing developable surfaces by hand
mike allen -- Tuesday, 24 September 2002, at 6:43 p.m.

Re: Drawing developable surfaces by hand
borden -- Tuesday, 24 September 2002, at 8:19 p.m.

Re: Drawing developable surfaces by hand
Greg Jones -- Tuesday, 24 September 2002, at 9:29 p.m.

Re: Drawing developable surfaces by hand
mike allen -- Wednesday, 25 September 2002, at 2:53 p.m.

expanded explanation:
mike allen -- Wednesday, 25 September 2002, at 3:12 p.m.

Re: Drawing developable surfaces by hand
Nick Schade-Guillemot Kayaks -- Wednesday, 25 September 2002, at 8:42 a.m.

Some good resources
Greg Jones -- Thursday, 26 September 2002, at 7:24 a.m.

Re: Some good resources
Nick Schade-Guillemot Kayaks -- Thursday, 26 September 2002, at 4:19 p.m.

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