Hoses

[Roland Melkert]

I don't quite get what is a suitable donor file for this kind of part.

An optimal donor would be a single segment (or base pattern if you like) without overlap and using as little geometry as possible (no internals, not even duplicate edges resulting from primitive usage etc). This to limit filesize explosion.

but I don't really see how to add this in official library since there are already official parts for that.

Donors don't need to be in the official library, I just limit my 'out of the box' collection to the official library so people don't have to install additional stuff. I'll probably add a small collection of LDCad specific donors for use with the deform method (no dependencies for external viewing) in the 2nd 1.2 version.

I'd say flexible to the very tip. If a straight tip is needed, you just need to add a new path point. This is imho the most flexible solution (pun intended...).

Funny, didn't even think about it that way. I was thinking about the caps (79.dat) like with connectors in electric wires etc. But you are tight this part can be used 'capless' just as easily using three segment sections. Same goes for technic flex system parts and the flexible axle (although that last one seems to be mainly hardcoded (no subparts))


Thanks for the feedback.