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(...) I favour the following scenario - put the part detail in a subpart, but the studs themselves in the main part files. s\xxxxs01.dat bulk of part excluding decorated surfaces and studs (handedness of lowest numbered part) xxxx.dat 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I am generally against new meta-commands, but inspired by "0 BFD INVERTNEXT", how about something like "0 MIRRORING KEEPPOSITIVENEXT". The more accurate syntax, I leave to the gurus... /Tore (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thats what i did with the re-upload of some files from the 2865.dat & 32087.dat parts (9V straight track, 9V track cross ) and the recently posted 2867.dat (9V Curved track). I moved the studs from the subparts to the main file. With the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mirrored parts and studs
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(...) We definitely don't want to do this. It's unnecessary, because the sign of the determinant in the matrix specifying the sub-part tells you whether the sub-part is mirrored. The above might allow the program to do less math, but that's not an (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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