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Re: ** QUAD2DAT ** version 0.9.4 released **
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Sat, 31 Aug 2002 01:34:49 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Thomas Burger writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > 
> > > If i just go in with MLCad and select all the quads and rotate them so that
> > > the part looks right, the parts tracker utility complains that you can't
> > > have rotations in parts...
> 
> no, your both wrong. the rotating/mirror problem is within q2dat.

Sorry for any confusion on that point, I knew that but maybe didn't state it
very clearly... the initial error is being introduced there. But the tool is
SO useful that it's worth working around, hence my questions... I think I've
got it now.

and thanks for the below, it adds valuable information!

> -bug report-
> when doing a 1 x 2 tile q2dat mirrors your quads.
> when doing certain panels or bricks, like for instance. do a 1 x 4 x 3 panel
> and make a quad in it. then save it. when you reopen the file it thinks the
> template is a 1 x 4 brick.
> so  good idea once your file is done in q2dat just create a second file, put
> in the original file, rotate it and inline it, clean it up and its correct.
> i use ledit so i dont deal with al those mLCAD commands. mlcad is to slow
> for me. so i stick to ledit for all my modelin needs.  with win xp it doesnt
> have dos (thats what i have been told)  myself and george barnes have used
> q2dat alot.



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  Re: ** QUAD2DAT ** version 0.9.4 released **
 
(...) no, your both wrong. the rotating/mirror problem is within q2dat. -bug report- when doing a 1 x 2 tile q2dat mirrors your quads. when doing certain panels or bricks, like for instance. do a 1 x 4 x 3 panel and make a quad in it. then save it. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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