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Re: Understanding the Datsville Coordinates
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lugnet.cad.dat.models
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Mon, 24 May 2010 09:19:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> After almost 11 years of dealing with Datsville, I still find the coordinate
> system confusing. This picture may help to understand a little.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/simlego/4632796641/in/set-72157623509491211/
> The yellow line is the z axis at x=0. The white represents the x axis at z=0.
> The further upper left, the lower the x value. Pink line is x axis at z=1280, ie
> two baseplates away. The harderst part to me to get into my head is that the x
> value decreases while getting further away at the top left, while z increases
> while getting further away at the top right.
Thats normal behavior in each coordinate system. My problem is more the y axis
in LDraw that it decreases if it is higher!
But thanks for that information. I am sure it will help in some cases.
cu
mikeheide
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| (...) Thanks for the response. I know you're right; it's normal behaviour for coordinate systems. But I guess I'm not normal. :) For some reason, I have no problems with the y axis, despite it goes the wrong way. Probably because you always know (...) (14 years ago, 24-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Understanding the Datsville Coordinates
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| After almost 11 years of dealing with Datsville, I still find the coordinate system confusing. This picture may help to understand a little. (URL) yellow line is the z axis at x=0. The white represents the x axis at z=0. The further upper left, the (...) (14 years ago, 23-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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