Compensating skeletal geometric modeling system
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1. A strut for a geometric modeling, the strut comprising:
- a shaft section having a first end and a second end;
a first node connector element;
a second node connector element;
a first flexible section coupling said first node connector element and said first end; and
a second flexible section coupling said second node connector element and said second end.
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Abstract
A strut for a geometric modeling includes a shaft section having a first end and a second end, a first node connector element, a second node connector element, a first flexible section coupling the first node connector element and the first end, and a second flexible section coupling the second node connector element and the second end.
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28 Claims
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1. A strut for a geometric modeling, the strut comprising:
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a shaft section having a first end and a second end;
a first node connector element;
a second node connector element;
a first flexible section coupling said first node connector element and said first end; and
a second flexible section coupling said second node connector element and said second end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A geometric skeletal modeling system comprising:
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a plurality of coupling elements; and
a plurality of struts, each strut including a shaft section, a first planar end, a second planar end, a first flexible section coupling a first end of said shaft and said first planar end, and a second flexible section coupling a second end of said shaft and said second planar end, said coupling elements being adapted to couple selected planar ends of different struts in face-to-face relation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of constructing a geometric model comprising the steps:
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coupling together a first strut and a second strut with a node pin by placing said pin in normal relation to a first planar face of said first strut and a first planar face of said second strut;
coupling a third strut to said first and second struts by placing said pin in normal relation to a first planar face of said third strut;
urging at least one of said first, second, and third struts into non-planar relation relative to the other two of said first, second, and third struts by flexing a length section of at least one of said first, second, and third struts, said length section being less than a full length of said at least one of said first, second, and third struts. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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