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Re: (First post) enter position and rotation dialog
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:12:51 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jeremy Vandivere wrote:
> 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. :)
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> To give you an idea....I'll show you the model I'm building...
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> http://library.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1473
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> I built this model at a friends house a couple of years ago. I noticed
> it at brickshelf, and decided I could try to model it in MLCad.
> My first mistake was starting off in the fine grid mode. after getting
> 80% built, and having to exactly position each piece..I realized I could
> highlight the whole thing and snap to the large grid. Viola...a little
> extra lining things up, and it was all fine....
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> Then I got to the roof sections. I figured out that an angle of '53'
> will line the red pieces up with the black roof struts, (in step 16 and
> 17) however trying to get the black pieces lined up with that has been
> seemingly impossible. I realize now I probably would have been better
> off to assemble the roof pieces horizontally then rotate the whole thing
> to fit the struts...but I didn't do it like that.
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 add parts in the order you want them to
appear in the file - you can drag and drop them in the parts list window to
change the order after you're finished placing them.
Also, submodels give you yet another way of doing tricky things like this -
check out the Multipart menu.
> so now I'm trying to figure out how to read the DAT file. I want to know
> what each of those segments are in the position and rotation sections. I
> think if I can learn that, then the 'enter position and rotation dialog'
> will be old hat.
Well yes and no - the specification is here
http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=45 but
editing the file manually is not something that is particularly easy - I have
done it on occasion (mostly when authoring parts) but it's rarely the easiest
way to do things.
ROSCO
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