[LDCad] Rotating Part (not model) on Building Step

[Roland Melkert]

When creating a building step with LDCad, if you rotate a part (not the whole model) it is rotated for all building steps. Is there a way to make the part rotation unique for a specific building step or from one building step onwards?

This is possible using buffer exchange.

It's fairly easy if it only needs a different rotation in the step where it is added.

This is done so:

• Go to the step where the part is added.
  
• Move it to the bottom of the step (in the source window (view/new source window))
  
• Also in the source window insert a buffer exchange store meta (Part bin root/special parts/misc non visual ldraw parts) BEFORE the target part
  
• Go to the next step.
  
• Insert a buffer exchange retrieve meta so it's the first thing in the step. (this will 'delete' your target part)
  
• Add an identical part using the different orientation to the same step.
  

In the source it should look something like this:

Code:

1 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6141.dat
1 14 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6141.dat
0 BUFEXCHG A STORE
1 14 0 -8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3024.dat
0 STEP
0 BUFEXCHG A RETRIEVE
1 14 0 -8 0 0.70710678 0 -0.70710678 0 1 0 0.70710678 0 0.70710678 3024.dat