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Constructing the Front & Rear Derailleur - page 9
Position the cylinder, triangle shape, and both plates as shown. Correct the front to back order as necessary.
  1. Create three rectangles with the following dimensions: 0.1875” wide X 1.375” high, 0.25 wide, X 0.75 high, 0.50” wide X 1.50” high.
  2. Completely round the corners of the rectangles and convert them to curves (Ctrl+Q).
  3. Delete the double nodes at the ends with the Node Edit Tool (F10)
  4. Add a node at the ends using the + sign.
  5. Rotate the thinner rectangle -30 degrees, the 0.25 inch wide -45 degrees, and the thicker rectangle 30 degrees.
  6. Create an isometric side effect by applying 86.6% horizontal scale and then a 30.00 degree Vertical Skew.
  7. Marquee select and rotate the three shapes 120 degrees.
Extrude each object down 0.06 inches. Separate and render each of them as shown. Marquee select and rotate everything -120 degrees. Position the objects as shown.

 

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