[LDCad] Aligning parts using rotation scripts

[David Manley]

6. Installation

The Lua scripts which provide the logic to achieve the part rotation are available for anyone to download (the original download has been superceded - use this link instead use the version 4 download) and use.

Assuming you have downloaded and extracted the scripts from the zip file, the suggested installation process is as follows;

1. If you are currently running LDCad, exit the program,
   
2. Locate the directory in which LDCad is installed. This will likely be something like C:\Program Files\LDCAD. Next, navigate to the sub-directory called scripts.
   
3. If you do not have a sub-directory named custom within the scripts sub-directory, create it.
   
4. Navigate to the custom sub-directory.
   
5. If you do not have sub-directories within custom named global and modules, create any that are required.
   
6. Place the script named align parts.lua into the global sub-directory. Place the script named compound_rotation.lua into the modules sub-directory.
   
7. When you next start LDCad, under the Scripts menu item, you should see a new menu item named align parts within the list of global modules.
   

2024-04-02 If you are using LDCad beta 1.7, the scripts will need to be installed into the directory "%APPDATA%\LDCad\scripts\custom"