(2024-11-14, 16:24)Peter Blomberg Wrote: How do I create/define a subpart within a file so that the parts tracker doesn't list it as a separate subpart, but I can refer to it from elsewhere within the file? At the moment I only know how to define a subpart as a separate #####s0#.dat file.
sub-parts are always a seperate file, they are never "hidden" in the main file itself
(2024-11-14, 16:24)Peter Blomberg Wrote: 1-8edge contains two line segments, each corresponding to a 22.5° angle starting at 0° and moving counterclockwise. The segments thus cover angles from 0° to 45°. What should I do to 'rotate' the primitive by 22.5° so that the segments cover angles from 22.5° to 67.5°? How about rotating a primitive by 1/48ths, 3/48ths, or say 7/48ths? After rotating a primitive, will it still yield the same coordinates (rounded to 4 decimals) as a larger, but unrotated primitive?
As a rule of thumb, wherever possible you sohould try to avoid roating circular prims, better split them e.g.:
better use:
1 16 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1-8edge.dat
1 16 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -10 1-8edge.dat
instead of:
1 16 0 0 0 7.07107 0 7.07107 0 1 0 7.07107 0 -7.07107 1-4edge.dat
especially if there are other prims following
if there is no other choice as you mention, rotate it and round the matrix to 5 decimals, placement to 4 or five