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Re: Slope variations 92946 vs 15672
2016-02-05, 15:13
Merlijn Wissink Wrote:It works (now) for me. I forgot a link anyway: http://rebrickable.com/blog/2016/mysterious-slope
Not the first time I have problem accessing rebrickable. Maybe something specific here (still doesn't work now)
Quote:Why were the feet made 4 ldu? Just a measuring 'error' in the beginning?
Yup. Dates back to initial LDraw DOS version by James...
Quote:In any case, why isn't it fixed instead of keep using the wrong size? I mean, it's not going to create any issues in past models, right?
Sheer amount of work (which gets worse and worse at time passes...) and need to synchronize all updated parts release to avoid weird looking models with a mix of old and corrected slopes.