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(...) Dumb, dumb, dumb. To be a true "mirror" as you've requested, the second example should have read this way: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P 1 16 -100 0 -10 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 3001.DAT The way I originally posted it, the 3001 brick would be (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You know, I think you're correct about that. I think I'm the last person who still uses LEdit as his primary LDraw platform, and for reasons of my own I always orient my parts and models rotated 90 degrees relative to the true LDraw standard (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks for the responses--they were very helpful. I found the disadvantage to Don's rotation matrix method to be that when it's used the mouse commands in MLCad are reversed, i.e., dragging the part left moves it right--but it sure worked (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Fair enough--I guess "quick" is in the eye of the beholder. 8^) Dave! (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Dave Schuler wrote: [snip] (...) Bad choice of words "silly". Sorry about that, but he asked for a "quick" way to do it. He used the word "quick" twice in fact. But everyone seemed intent on providing a thorough, but complex method (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Won't that cause all of the LEGO logo on all of the studs in the mirrored parts to be reversed? I thought that part of the point of the question was to avoid that. I think that measures are being taken to correct the mirrored-logo issue, but (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Oops, wrong color. That should be 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 subfile.ldr 1 16 320 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 subfile.ldr just in case... Enjoy, Don (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) L (...) This is silly. Just put the structure you want to mirror in a subfile and do this. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 subfile.ldr 1 0 320 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 subfile.ldr You can do it in ldglite using the scale by (-1,1,1) command (just (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The way I usually do this is clunky, but it basically works. It also requires a little familiarity with MS Excel and some kind of text editor, as well as an understanding of the LDraw DAT-file format. Create a backup of the MOC file. Open the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) One bug I've found so far: When I enter a value in the size (radius) box, the filename of the generated part does not use this value. When I use the up/down buttons, the filename is correct. For a large radius it is more convenient to enter (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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