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Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:55:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Niels Bugge wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Torben Cox wrote:
> > I've recently started using MLCAD v3.2 and assembling 8862. I've been using
> > sub-models sucessfully, but came to add a fourth and found that when the parts
> > are in the main model they are mirrored from what I drew in the submodel.
> > It is the same in any new submodel I create, but OK if I add that submodel to
> > one of the other previous submodels. - The first three are not mirrored.
> > ie 2 bricks are placed in an L form. When added, the horizontal arm is on the
> > other side.
> > I hope someone can please tell me what on earth I've done, its driving me nuts!
> > Thanks in advance
> > Torben
> MLCad usually orient any new part like the one before, so it sounds like you
> mirrored the previous part accidentally.
> So you should be able to fix the problem by unmirroring the second last part.
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> If you don't know how, insert the part in top of the file to get standard
> orientation and move it down to the right spot from there.
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> -NB
Thanks Niels - you're absolutely right. Inserting the submodel higher up and
moving it down sorts it. Plus new things underneath are sorted as well.
However, I'd be very grateful to know how to mirror, if you could please. In
this case inserting the parts above a step command is right, and below it
(without any other parts in between) is mirrored. I thought deleting the step
command and reentering it would sort it, but no difference.
I can't find a mirror command/ menu item anywhere.
Anyway, thanks for getting me going again.
Torben
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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| (...) Hi Torben, To mirror you need to edit the rotation matrix by hand. It is easiest to do if you have only rotated in 90 degree angles in which case you just put a negative sign in front of one of the entries and that mirrors along that axis. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
| | | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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| (...) If the program isn't acting funny, the last part above it is flipped (step commands doesn't have rotation matrixes) and perhaps the part above that etc.. So if you can find the initial part that got flipped and sort everthing after that you (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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| (...) MLCad usually orient any new part like the one before, so it sounds like you mirrored the previous part accidentally. So you should be able to fix the problem by unmirroring the second last part. If you don't know how, insert the part in top (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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