LDD alignment strugle

[Bart]

Dear Eurobrick and LDD enthousiasts,

I know its been an age I've been logged on but still I hope you can help me,

I started fooling around with LDD again (downloaded the newest version.

But I can't get two pieces aligned.

both selected pieces should come together, there are plenty of hinges but I can't move them small enough ammounts to make the two pieces click.

and the auto alignment tool gets them real close to then stop and jump back indicating one of the arrows red.

any ideas?

Bart

[BEAVeR]

I would suggest to make the connection that is hardest to make first, manually. In this case, I would say that you connect the red plates to the green brick first, and then use the hinge align tool get the two click hinges to snap. If you want to turn something a really tiny amount, you could always use a lever contruction. Take a big and a small lever. Connect both ends. If you rotate the small lever, the big one will rotate in a far smaller amount, so in this way you can get a higher accuracy. I hope this helps!

[Superkalle]

Could you share the file?

[Bart]

Could you share the file?

I could, but in the time I wasn't here, the atachment button seems to be relocated to a for me unknown position.

if I click the 'My Media' button I get into a Library, but how do I get files in there?

@ BEAVeR

I will give it a try to break up the hinge on halve way the curve and click the two bricks together first and try the automatic function. Don't really understand the lever thing you suggested.

Bart

[BEAVeR]

I will give it a try to break up the hinge on halve way the curve and click the two bricks together first and try the automatic function. Don't really understand the lever thing you suggested.

I'll try to show it to you. Go to this page (it is a simulator of 4-bar linkages, so no worries), make the red bar shorter by adjusting the value in the 'Crank' box, and see what happens.

Hopefully, you'll see that while the red bar makes a complete revolution, the green one only changes its angle a bit. This is valid for any angle, so if you rotate the smaller lever a small bit, the bigger lever will rotate even less. You can use this effect in LDD. Recreate the four bar linkage with Technic beams. Attach your creation to the bigger beam. Rotate the smaller beam, and your creation will rotate in even smaller increments. I hope this makes things a bit clearer to you.

[Calabar]

I could, but in the time I wasn't here, the atachment button seems to be relocated to a for me unknown position.

if I click the 'My Media' button I get into a Library, but how do I get files in there?

Attachment function has been disabled.

You should upload the file somewhere (maybe you already have a brickshelf or a bricksafe account) and link it here.

EDIT: it seems the function has not been completely disabled (thanks Zblj).

Anyway the suggestion to use an external hosting is still valid.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Calabar

[Zerobricks]

Yes you can attach... Reply. more reply options and there it is...

Usually when there are multiple parallel hinge points its smart to just leave one (cut others) when moving beacuse LDD gets confused and stuck.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Zblj

[Bart]

hmm can't find out how an attachment should work. the button 'more reply options' leads me to the same page as where you start a topic, but does not extend my options.

but I've had succes!

as suggest by Zblj I deleted all the parallel hinges, and continued fiddling.

Thanks for the input!

Bart

[Zerobricks]

Np Bart, glad to help