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

[Ken Lowther <hermit@outofoptions.org>]

Quoting Mel Bartels <mbartels@bbastrodesigns.com>:

>> 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!
>

I wondered about this when I read it, but couldn't decide if it would make a
real difference.  Still can't in my feeble little mind.

Ken

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