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Hi to all, since I played arround with MLCad the last couple of days to test it, I realy learned there is a mess with the rotations. MLCad currently try to rotate the part by its absolute center which sometimes works and sometimes not. So I feel I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) The problem with such a thing would be that many parts have _many_ natural rotation points. Take, for example a simple thing as a 1×n plate. A user may very well want to rotate it by any of the studs, depending on how it is connected to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) I believe the problem is not the rotation point itself if the center for rotations is set to a stud or between two studs every thing would work fine, since the default step width of MLCad is halve a stud. So after rotating you can place it (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't understand this. What if the user wants to rotate by something which isn't a multiple of 90°? Say, 30°? If the rotation point is off by one (or even a half) stud, it isn't going to work to offset the part afterwards. Unless you offset (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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(...) <SNIP> Frederik, I think I confused you, because I mixed some things up it seems... I will check the thing with my rotations in MLCad maybe you are right and I don't rotate anlong the origin of the part ... at least that's the feeling I get (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I learned all I needed to know about this from the comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ. Try to grab it, the subject is well covered there. Fredrik (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Like Fredrik said, you should use the origin as the rotation point for parts and other subfiles. Most parts have been written with the idea that the part would be rotated around the origin. Also, rotating subfiles on the origin allows advanced (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) try (...) and (...) would (...) <SNIP> (...) Ha, sorry for that, but you know what MLCad did first? It was rotating the part arround it's origin. But what happened? Example: (the star is the origin) +--+ | | *--+ now rotated ... *-+ | | | | (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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