Rotating an Object in MLCAD

[bats]

Hey. I am building a technic model in MLCAD with two Bionicle Ball Magazines(53550). To connect them I use an Axle Joiner(59443). The problem is that the ball magazines are naturally curved. I can't get the axle joiner to rotate to the correct spot. Is there a way to rotate an object besides the buttons? Maybe something where I can type in how much I want to rotate a piece? Then I can get the axle joiner to connect to the two ball magazines

Thanks,
Nathan

Edited June 21, 2013 by bats

[Classicsmiley]

Are you familiar with MLcad's grid settings? I usually customize the rotation angle for the finest grid, and set it to either 1° or 5°, depending on my needs. Also, when I have entire assemblies that need to be rotated, I usually put them in a sub-model, so that I can control the rotation point a little more easily.

Also, you can directly type in the location and angle of a piece. Just right-click on the piece, and select "Enter Pos. + Rot..."

Good luck!

[bats]

That worked great.

Thanks,
Nathan

[Lipko]

Entering an angle? That option is disabled (grayed) for me and I can only enter the rotation matrix.

What can be the problem?

[Classicsmiley]

Yes, it appears I gave you incorrect information. I just checked, and it looks like it's not possible in v3.4. I checked Ldraw.org, and it's been confirmed as a bug, but no fix timetable is known. One person mentioned that they were going back to MLcad 3.3, and hoping they didn't need the Undo feature...

http://forums.ldraw.org/read.php?11,6132,6132#msg-6132

[Philo]

...or you could use SR3D builder, The snapping/auto-orient features makes this kind of assembly a breeze!

As for MLCad I faintly remember that rotation by angle feature is was already broken in 3.3 :(

[bats]

I noticed the rotation boxes were grayed out for me too. I fiddled with it but I couldn't get to enter anything.

[Palathadric]

www.hollywood.it have some tutorials for general MLCad use and rotating models as well.

I haven't used MLCad for serious editing very recently though, so I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about.