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Re: Mixed Orientation of NXT Sensors in LPub
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Date: 
Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:19:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jetro de Chateau wrote:
In lugnet.cad, Gus Jansson wrote:
Okay, I'm baffled by this.

I'm adding both an NXT touch sensor and a HiTechnic acceleration sensor in one
step and for some reason they are oriented differently in the parts list
generated by LPub.   The touch sensor is pointing down to the left and the
acceleration sensor is pointing down to the right.  It looks goofy. [snip]
So why would they show up differently in the parts list in LPub?  What is the
right way to fix it or work around it?

Thanks,
Gus

If I remember correctly you need to add the parts you want with ta different
orientation to PLI.mpd (in the LPub folder)

Jetro

Gus,
  Sorry I missed this.  The default orientation of parts in the PLI is based on
the orientation of the part as authored.  These two sensors parts were defined
in different orientations.

  Jetro is correct.  The purpose of pli.mpd is to allow you to override the
default orientation.

Kevin



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  Re: Mixed Orientation of NXT Sensors in LPub
 
(...) No worries! Apparently the light sensor and the touch sensor had been overridden in the pli.mpd which caused them to be different from the rest. I like that orientation better so added all the other sensor to that file as well. Works great. I (...) (15 years ago, 9-Sep-09, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Mixed Orientation of NXT Sensors in LPub
 
(...) [snip] (...) If I remember correctly you need to add the parts you want with ta different orientation to PLI.mpd (in the LPub folder) Jetro (15 years ago, 4-Sep-09, to lugnet.cad)

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