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| (...) Well I'd recommend doing it that way, as it is MUCH easier. The problem moving pieces at strange angles is that the default movement is in x, y or z direction - not in the direction that they are rotated. Remember also that you don't have to (...)   (21 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) 
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| (...) I'm not sure what you're saying here, but I'll take a stab at it anyways. If you highlight a piece that you placed earlier in the list, before you started messing with angles, and then add your new piece there, it'll take it's rotational (...)   (21 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) 
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| Thanks for the prompt reply. :) I am aware of the rotate buttons, and have been using them allot. I even reset the button for the axis I'm working with to step 1 instead of 15, to try and get it lined up. It's still not working. :) To give you an (...)   (21 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) 
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| (...) There are also keyboard shortcuts for those operations. Rotate around Y axis: 'A' and Ctrl+right or left arrows Rotate around X axis: Ctrl+up or down arrrows Rotate aournd Z azis: Ctrl+'home' or 'end' --Ryan (URL)   (21 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) 
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| (...) That and the fact that doing patterns well is much more challenging, especially on curved surfaces. -Orion    (21 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad) 
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