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riibot09

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riibot09

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4:56 PM, Thursday July 16th 2020

thanks!

i tried to practice again do you think these look correct? http://imgur.com/a/RJLe1m8

(sorry for the blurry pic it seems my file got messed up a bit but hopefully u can see)

riibot09

Technician

1:58 AM, Thursday July 16th 2020

hello thanks for the advice it helped me a lot!

http://imgur.com/a/Qo476yh

i have some examples of me practicing. im not sure if its right but i attempted haha....

for #1 in the example, i have no idea where to start and end the line?

riibot09

Technician

1:53 AM, Thursday July 16th 2020

hey there thanks so much for helping me out!

i did notice my lines change direction too much, so i tried to practice that (no clue if it is correct but)

http://imgur.com/a/Qo476yh

what counts as an edge ? for example im having a lot of trouble on #1 in the image example. if i draw a line where do i stop the line?

riibot09

Technician

10:33 AM, Wednesday July 15th 2020

sorry i still dont really understand how you "choose one line" where do you start to draw the line?

riibot09

Technician

1:29 AM, Wednesday July 15th 2020

thanks thats a good idea ill try it from now on :)

ohhh i see what u mean! yeah i dont know lol.... mabye my observation skills are off i just cant seem to draw the right shape no matter what i do. perhaps drawing longer flow lines(?) might help me out. thanks for the demo!!

riibot09

Technician

1:48 AM, Wednesday June 17th 2020

hi just wanted to say i think i figured everything out, thanks for helping me!

riibot09

Technician

11:48 AM, Saturday June 13th 2020

im still struggling to understand haha.... I did ask a bit about it but in the end I still couldnt get it around my head. if its not too much trouble (no worries if you dont want to) would you be Okay showing how you did it step by step with video or ?

i think actually seeing someone elses attempt/how they did it, it will possible help me a lot.

thanks so much for trying to help me!

riibot09

Technician

2:44 AM, Saturday June 13th 2020

Thanks! ok from my understanding now theres two verisons (?) of the minor axis.

1) The minor axis splits the 2D ellipse into two equal, symmetrical halves, down its narrowest dimension

2) The minor axis can be drawn as a line running through the center/spine of the 3D cylinder.

and for the cylinder checking we are using #1? and ignore #2?

https://imgur.com/a/F9a30dT I tried to check one step by step not sure if i did it correctly

riibot09

Technician

11:34 AM, Friday June 12th 2020

Its all good thanks! i can understand it a bit better now. when correcting the minor axis i see you extended the (yellow line) towards the viewer? isnt it suppose to go back towards the back vanishing point?

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