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Re: Part Authoring
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:43:51 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Chris Dee wrote:
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> > In the LDAO editor I've not figured out how to control the viewpoints • available
> > in the bottom-left pulldown on the editor window, so often resort to saving • the
> > source and launching another LDLite session from the LDAO main menu with my
> > customised viewpoint. Am I missing something obvious, Steve ?
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> I don't think you're missing anything obvious. The LDAO editors look at two
> sections in ldraw.ini for which views to include in that dropdown, [Views] and
> [View Moves]. A view has to be defined in both sections. [Views] gives the
> viewing angle information. [View Moves] provides information for mapping the
> part-movement keys to the axis/direction to move the part.
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> I guess that's kind of pointless for the Editor, since there are no
> arrow-keystrokes for moving parts around. Drat.
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> The default [View Moves] is:
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> [View Moves]
> Back=Y-,Y+,X+,X-,Z-,Z+
> Left=Y-,Y+,Z-,Z+,X-,X+
> Right=Y-,Y+,Z+,Z-,X+,X-
> Above=X-,X+,Z-,Z+,Y+,Y-
> Beneath=X+,X-,Z-,Z+,Y-,Y+
> Oblique=Z+,Z-,X-,X+,Y-,Y+
> Front=Y-,Y+,X-,X+,Z+,Z-
> Natural=Z+,Z-,X-,X+,Y-,Y+
> UpsideDown=Z+,Z-,X+,X-,Y+,Y-
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> And the entries map to UpArrow, DownArrow, LeftArrow, RightArrow, Home, and • End,
> in that order, I think.
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> So, to show a view in the Editor, add a line to [View Moves].
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> Steve
Thanks Steve, that was easy - I'd wondered what the [View Moves] section was
all about. So expect my authoring productivity to increase by at least 20% !!!
Chris
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