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Tim Gould wrote: > It is still a right-handed system. The handedness is unchanged by rotation (in (...) So the original designer of the LDraw program just decided to use this orientation of the right handed system. if so then it starts making more (...) (18 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 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 (18 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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Hi, Here's my box test model in SketchUp. (The above model is the same model unfolded.) (URL) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) 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 (18 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I've been having difficulty with importing/exporting .dat files from SketchUp. In SketchUp, if you stand at the Origin; X is right, Y is forward, and Z is up. The LDraw Primitives Reference ((URL)) says the LDraw axes are: X is right, Y is (...) (18 years ago, 19-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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