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Re: LDraw coordinate system driving me crazy
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Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:31:55 GMT
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Hi,

Here’s my box test model in SketchUp. (The above model is the same model unfolded.)



When I export this model to a .dat and open it in LDView, the green side is the top-view, blue is the front view (as expected), and I would expect the right-view to be orange. But I get the red side as the right side.

Here is the right-view in LDView



Any idea how I can translate this on export?



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  Re: LDraw coordinate system driving me crazy
 
(...) That looks like a correct mapping to me. Unless I'm mistaken the red and orange are on the same sides in both pictures. The unwrapped boxes are definitely identical and unless you've moved them in one or the other the whole thing is right. Tim (17 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
  Re: LDraw coordinate system driving me crazy
 
(...) Google uses the right handed system but indeed rotated by 90 degrees, LDraw also uses the right handed system but 180 degrees rotated. It should not matter how you show the model, the coordinates are interchangeable, but if you want to use (...) (17 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: LDraw coordinate system driving me crazy
 
(...) In LDraw +z is backwards, not forwards or more strictly +Z points away from the camera when X is right and -Y is up. Tim (17 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)

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