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Re: sticky proggy?
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 23:03:14 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jeremy Sproat writes:
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> Sub-models.
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> You can make a sub-model DAT file for your model, say an arm, and have it
> centered on the axis of rotation. Then you insert this sub-model as a regular
> LDraw part in the appropriate place, rotate it, etc. with all the sub-model's
> pieces moving accordingly. <PLUG>The DAT files from my Web site tons of
> examples of this technique.</PLUG>
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> "Hello. My name is Jeremy, and I'm a...a brick chewer."
> (in unison) "Hi, Jeremy."
Yeah, I know. But I've got, like, 40 moving parts and I have to do this many
times for an animation. It's a *pain*!
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| (...) If you're using LDLite, you can put ROTATE commands around blocks of parts. That's how I positioned my Mech[1]. This makes it easier to change the rotation, but otherwise it isn't really faster than using submodels. --Bram 1) (URL) Lambrecht / (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Sub-models. You can make a sub-model DAT file for your model, say an arm, and have it centered on the axis of rotation. Then you insert this sub-model as a regular LDraw part in the appropriate place, rotate it, etc. with all the sub-model's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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