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  "Left" view
 
Erm... Is it me or is the "left" view in MLCad wrong? It is looking left but at the right side of the model. Thanks (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Left" view
 
(...) I think axis signs confirm your intuition: * Bottom to Top is positive to negative Y * Back to Front is positive to negative Z * Left to Right should be positive to negative X damien web page: (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Left" view
 
(...) in the picture when you looked at "face to face". /Tore (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 
  Re: "Left" view
 
(...) Hello, all. I'm a new poster to this newsgroup, usually just a lurker. This discussion caught my eye and I wanted chime in. Perhaps the reason the LEFT view appears wrong is due to the orthographic projection scheme used by MLCad--First-Angle (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
 
  Re: "Left" view
 
(...) Hmm, maybe. But in both first- and third-angle projections, the central view/projection shows the same side of the object. In the case of MLCAD, when you choose 'front view', you are shown the front of the model. Same for top, bottom, and back (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
 
  Re: "Left" view
 
(...) Actually, front and back are the same in both projections. One might argue that since MLCad does the top and bottom views that we're expecting, that this invalidates the argument. However, remember that the LDraw coordinate system is flipped, (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)

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