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17 Aug 2024 20:24:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: brick arch macro  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 20 Aug 2001 08:10:50
Message: <3B80FED2.94062083@gmx.de>
Bonsai wrote:
> 
> You can define the length of the arch with the first parameter. I don't know
> if the English word "span" is a right translation of the German word
> "Spannweite" in the field of architecture. Maybe there is a better
> translation. An other parameter that has an effect on the number of bricks
> is the brick height. If you mean that it would be useful to have more rows
> of bricks to make the arch thicker this is also a planned feature.

With length i meant what you named 'thickness of the arch' i.e. the length
of the arch along the axis of the cylinder it is following.  A very 'long'
arch would be more of a tube.

Christoph

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