(2020-11-08, 8:14)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Oh yes... same issue, plate part is not really 16mm wide, but is modeled as such, and technic beam is a bit wider IRL than the modeled 9LDU diameter...
In my imagination, there's a category of shadow data that could be included in a part to account for discrepancies like this, not only due to rounding, but also the difference between real part dimensions and LDraw approximations. Viewers and editors could selectively display this "true dimension" data, just as many now do to approximate gaps between parts, etc.