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Re: Another idea
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 3 Aug 2001 00:37:34 GMT
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Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Gary Williams writes:
> > For this program I imagine commands like
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> > roll 90
> > (to rotate the selected pieces around the x axis; there would also be • pitch
> > for the z axis, yaw for the y axis, etc.)
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> Please, oh please make it "rotate x 90" (like "offset" command below).
I could have 'rotate <axis> <angle>' as an alias for roll, pitch, and yaw
<angle>, as appropriate. No problem.
> > flip y
> > (to flip the selected pieces in the y direction)
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> I assume this is equivalent to "rotate y 180".
That's not what I had intended.
Imagine a clockwise helix (spring). "flip y" would turn it into a
counterclockwise one, if it was standing vertically. I envisioned this to
be a mirror command that deletes the original when it's done.
> > offset y +5
> > (to move a part 5 ldraw units in the +y direction)
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> > hsnap 20
> > (to set horizontal snap granularity (distance) in LDraw units; there • would
> > also be a vsnap command)
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> I think these probably need to be "snap [x|y|z] 20" as well, unless you're
> gonna implement them separately for all three axis views, which could • become
> confusing.
I had originally thought of hsnap and vsnap, with hsnap controlling x and z
simultaneously. But "snap <axis> <distance>" is just as easy to implement.
> > snap on|off
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> > shadow on|off
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> > zoom all|window|previous
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> > etc.
> >
> > ...the idea being that *every* command would be available through both • menus
> > and the command line interface, while the user would be able to assign up • to
> > 26 commands to normal keyboard shortcuts, and pick which speedbuttons he
> > wanted.
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> Hmmm. As others have said, 26 may not be enough!
I'll allow using just about any combination of ctrl and alt, and function
keys.
-Gary
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| Not much to see yet, but I've uploaded an early screenshot and a very preliminary command reference (with lots of gaps yet): (URL) the next few weeks as development progresses I'll update this site with more screenshots. My tentative schedule is to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) Please, oh please make it "rotate x 90" (like "offset" command below). (...) I assume this is equivalent to "rotate y 180". (...) I think these probably need to be "snap [x|y|z] 20" as well, unless you're gonna implement them separately for (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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