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Re: [ATM] Some advice on 18pt cell design

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From: "Mel Bartels" <mbartels@bbastrodesigns.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:58:12 -0800
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> The triangles on my 18 point cell are equilateral. The support points are 
> not. Why should they be? No one says that the support points have to be at 
> the vertices of the triangles.
>
> Any triangle will balance naturally if supported at its centroid, no 
> matter how skinny or malformed it is. Right?

It may balance, but the relative forces on each support point will not be 
the same - disasterous!

Mel Bartels 

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