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Re: Suggestion for new meta command & help request
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 23 Apr 2000 09:35:15 GMT
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"Michael Lachmann" <michael.lachmann@maxmobil.at> writes:
> Maybe I'm wrong and such a thing is available already, but what about
> a meta command: 0 CENTER x y z which defines the default center for
> rotations?
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 another brick. And that's not all:
it can also be connected to a hollow stud by any of the "nibs" on the
underside of the plate, meaning a total of 2n-1 natural rotation points
for a common 1×n plate.
Of course there are parts which have one and only one natural rotation
point, but in these cases the part _should_ (in my opinion) have this
point as the origin. We should make review new parts thoroughly to make
sure that this applies IMO.
> What would you suggest as the best way to define the rotation point?
> Please try to describe it as clear as possible from the user point of
> view!
I think the LEdit approach work very nicely.
Fredrik
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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