Grabbing the axis seems like a decent way to do this, I'll note it in my todo list.
You can already turnoff smoothing, but it will only be applied on parts loaded afterwards. You do this in the prefs/LDraw menu using the 'vertex processing' item. Click on it until it says 'minimal'.
You can already turnoff smoothing, but it will only be applied on parts loaded afterwards. You do this in the prefs/LDraw menu using the 'vertex processing' item. Click on it until it says 'minimal'.