[LDPartEditor] 0.8.39 Beta Released (Shear Matrices / Edge Selection)

[Nils Schmidt]

OK, I don't get the slanting tool...
How do I transform the base shape into the red one? All attempts I made do some slanting, but also result in squash/scale of the shape...

Assuming that you want to get this:

Code:

1 4 0 0 0 10 -10 0 0 -20 0 0 0 10 4-4cylc.dat
1 4 -10 -20 0 5 -10 0 0 -20 0 0 0 5 4-4con1.dat
1 4 -20 -40 0 5 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4-4disc.dat
1 4 -20 -40 0 5 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4-4edge.dat

Hit ESC to make sure that your previous slanting matrix is deleted.

Select this set of lines:

Code:

2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 2 0 0 0 .5 1 0

Then select your base shape:

Code:

1 16 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 -20 0 0 0 10 4-4cylc.dat
1 16 0 -20 0 5 0 0 0 -20 0 0 0 5 4-4con1.dat
1 16 0 -40 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4-4disc.dat
1 16 0 -40 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4-4edge.dat

Finally, open SlantingMatrixProjector and apply the following configuration (screenshot):

• Uncheck "Set origin to the center of the first axis pair."
  
• Uncheck "Reset subfile orientation"
  

Click OK.


Side note for single rect-primitves:
If I want to project rect-primitives I draw just two lines X (red) and Z (blue) and select the rect.dat primitive.
Then I keep "Set origin to the center of the first axis pair." and "Reset subfile orientation" checked.
As a result the rect-primitive will fit to the two lines.