Types of Connections
There are three primary ways in which a rod may be joined to a connector:
- Most commonly, the rod's head is inserted into a connector's slot which holds the rods together.
- A rod may also be "snapped in" perpendicular to a connector. It is harder to insert and remove rods this way, but they are for the most part immobile. There are four grooves on rods which allow for rods to be attached in this method in four different directions. They can be slid in the slot, but the heads on the rods stop from further sliding.
- Most connectors have an eye through which a rod may be threaded. The rod will slide out unless a connection is made using one or both of the previously mentioned methods.
Special pieces, commonly called 3D connectors, connect differently.
- They connect using the first and second ways mentioned.
- Their hole has been removed and instead, a special locking system is put in.
- This locking system allows two 3D connectors to be directly attached and kept in place.
- The locking system is the basis for all 3D creations
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