"Broken" supports

Hey, I have made a few coasters before and they have had "broken" supports. I was wondering how I can fix that. Any help is appreciated!

[hyyyper]

i think i know what you mean:
when creating a coaster, you need a straight section of a beam and a 45* section, for example. normally you use 3 nodes: the start of the straight section, the end of the 45* section and the connector node in the middle.
Now, as you ride that support in the sim, you'll see the it missing a piece of support in the shape of a pizza slice.

Right?

If you don't want this missing piece, you must use 4 nodes, the beginning of the straight section, the end of the straight section, the beginning of the 45* section and the end of the 45* section.
When normally both tubes end in the connector node, now the beams must extend a little longer so that you'll be forming an X like type. I don't know how much longer they need to extend, it depens on the angle and thickness.

I'm sorry i'm not on a pc with NL currently cause four pics can explain the previous story, anyway, hope this helps.

check out this picture
http://nldc.interfix.net/i1822

Thanks guys, one question, do you have to connect a tube to the extra node?

It's not an EXTRA node. The angled beam and vertical beam don't share a node.

Ah! Now I got it! Thanks guys!

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by Fornication Nation

check out this picture
http://nldc.interfix.net/i1822

yeah, i was lookig for that pic, it showed up once on a topic here, but i didn't know where to look

I tried to do it and I cant get it to work for some reason, I used number 2 poles.

[hyyyper]

send it and i'll look into it

hyyyper@hotmail.com