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Re: New Part: 6572 Steering Knuckle Arm w/ Towball
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Mon, 5 Jun 2000 18:57:43 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
> When it comes to the orientation, though, you will notice that most
> long things span the X-axis. For example the Technic beams, poles and
> so on. So in my opinion, these parts should span the X-axis. And
> your parts do already! Wether they should point left or right I
> really cannot answer since we have no similar parts already to look
> at. But whatever you choose, you should make sure that they both
> point the same way!
But long parts oriented along the X-axis are usually symmetric -- like
bricks and beams. Often, parts with one asymmetric axis (ie, parts with a
sense of 'front and back' or 'left and right' or even 'base and tip') are
oriented with the asymmetry laying along the Z-axis, with the 'base' or
'back' pointing toward +Z.
BTW, IMO, the Car Chassis parts oriented along the X-axis are mis-oriented.
This message is also a reply to
<http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/parts/?n=1216>, where Fredrik wrote:
> Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> writes:
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> > 1. Rotate the part so the skids are lined up along the front/back axis (the
> > Z axis).
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> Are you sure about that? It has always been my impression that "long"
> things face the X direction in LDraw. Take a look at the Car Bases,
> for example, a majority of them span the X axis. I can't see why the
> helicopter base shouldn't.
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| (...) It's acceptable to me, but I can only speak for myself! (...) There appears to be a lot of unwritten rules about the LDraw language and parts library. When it comes to orientation and origin of parts, though, it normally pays to look at (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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