A great many intersecting lines exist among steel tube truss structure but the traditional manual-lofting cut can no longer fulfill the requirement for precision and mass production.

钢管桁架结构中存在大量的钢管相贯连接节点，传统的人工放样切割已经不能满足精度和工厂化生产的要求。

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My thrillers take place over a very short time (a few days at most), have multiple, intersecting subplots and many characters and have at least two surprise endings, often three.

WSJ: Jeffery Deaver on Writing Thrillers | Word Craft