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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all action performance busters.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nice thread for sure, makes me want to jump into my
first action modification.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>May I mention the nice article of Jon Hartman in
PTG journal february 2000, describing an empirical way of finding the perfect
capstan line for the parts you have bought ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like also to mention this way cool software :
Alibre design. There is a limited free version, Alibre design
express, that lets you work in some moderate way. It has a cool
feature : you draw what you want (lines, circles, etc.) specifying what you want
constrained and letting move what you want to let free. It is really 3D
mechanical modeling with animation capabilities. You have no limit drawing
3D pieces, and you can assemble pieces in a so called assembly. The
free version limits you to assemblies of no more than 10 pieces, with full set
of rules about how they can move. I really want the full version, but it
damned costs about 1500 euros. When I think how many action parts I can
buy for that money, I hesitate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used it very efficiently to draw soundboard
models, and tried also to model a full action with moving parts (this is not yet
fully succeeded, but hopefully soon), in order to try first what kind of parts I
should buy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV>
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