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Re: 8 sided Drive Train footprint
The optimal area you can get with a given perimeter constraint is a given by a circle. A regular n-gon becomes a better approximation of a circle as n increases.
Admittedly, yours isn't a regular n-gon, but in light of this, yeah, you shouldn't be surprised that an 8-gon gives you more usable area than a 4-gon.
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