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Re: (First post) enter position and rotation dialog
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:56:25 GMT
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At 01:20 AM 7/28/2004 +0000, Purple Dave wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jeremy Vandivere wrote:
> > I have placed a part (plate 1x2) into the work area, and I need to
> > rotate it along the X axis. in the 'enter position and rotation' dialog,
> > it says the angle is already 90 degrees. this is referring the the 90
> > degrees I had to rotate it to get it pointed long ways instead of
> > sideways. (can you tell I'm new?)
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> If you're using MLcad, there should be a toolbar with six circular arrow
> buttons
> in it. Those arrow bottons will rotate the part along all three axes. The
> arrows are modeled according to the top-view (default lower left frame), where
> the left pair of arrows will roll it along a horizontal axis, the right pair
> will rotate it on a vertical axis, and the middle pair will spin it flat
> on the
> screen. Just make sure you have the right part selected before you start
> hitting the rotate buttons.
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
http://users.ifriendly.com/fourfarrs1
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