Problem with rotating bricks

[BisKoRomance]

Hello everyone, I am trying to build the Star Destroyer set with LDD, but I have a problem when I try to tilt the sides of the ship.

The result should be like the first image, but I arrived at the point of second image and I don't know how to continue.

With the Hinge Align tool nothing happen. Can I create something like this with LDD?

Thank you all.

Hello.

PS: Sorry for my english, i'm not spam ;)

[Lyichir]

The hinge align tool is finicky, and since I couldn't quite understand where your problem occurred I can only give two pieces of advice.

If the hinge align tool is glitching (as it so often does with large models), the best solution is to strip the model down to the core hinged elements. Once you have the extraneous parts removed and have just the "skeleton" of your model, copy that to a new file and try the hinge align tool there, where there are few other parts to get in the way of the part you need hinged, and fewer conditions for the software to deal with.

If the problem is that the hinge align tool does not recognize the connection point as a hinge, I recommend creating a more typical Technic connection in the same point. To do this also requires some creative assembly/disassembly. I typically use part 2460 along with Technic beams like part 32524 to create a more typical Technic structure to hinge the parts to. To do this, it is important to make sure that the axis of rotation is the same as it would be on the final model, and that any parts that your jury-rigged structure could collide with are cleared away! It's complicated, but I find it's the most reliable method when trying to hinge parts like 73983 with the hinge align tool.

I hope one of these tips helps, but I know that sometimes the hinge align tool just won't do what you want it to no matter what. In that case you're left with two options—either try to fudge the angle manually (in which case replacing the hinge bricks with regular bricks could be helpful) or, the last-case scenario, resort to trigonometric functions (which are too complicated for me to explain in this post). Good luck. I hope you get the angle right eventually.

[BisKoRomance]

Thank you! Using hinge align tool I was able to fix the problem!