Scaling the matrix


Scaling the matrix
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On to the next of the topics I’m uncovering as I delve further into the world of LDraw!

I was building a Technic model and discovered that one of my beams didn’t quite fit onto the pins it’s supposed to—it needed to be “stretched” just a bit (as is common with Technic models with odd angles and connections). I compared my model to another user’s, and I noticed that in his, the beam fit correctly even though all the geometry was the same in both models. I discovered that he had scaled some of the values in the matrix; I copied those values to my beam, and it worked!

So the question simply is, when this situation arises, how do I determine which values to scale in the matrix? Typically I’ll just need to make a part longer or shorter or taller by a small fraction. Can I do this interactively in LDCad, or do I just calculate scale factors based on the distance I need (and how do I know which boxes are the correct ones to change)?
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Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2019-11-04, 17:30
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Johann Eisner - 2019-11-04, 20:32
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Travis Cobbs - 2019-11-04, 22:05
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Johann Eisner - 2019-11-04, 22:19
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2019-11-05, 11:47
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Philippe Hurbain - 2019-11-05, 17:35
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Roland Melkert - 2019-11-05, 19:41
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Philippe Hurbain - 2019-11-05, 20:10
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2019-11-06, 6:00
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Owen Dive - 2019-11-06, 9:33
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2019-11-08, 15:35
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Travis Cobbs - 2019-11-08, 21:11
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Roland Melkert - 2019-11-08, 21:34
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2019-11-09, 5:11
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2020-03-28, 2:04
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Roland Melkert - 2020-03-28, 2:38
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2020-03-28, 5:08
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Roland Melkert - 2020-03-28, 19:21
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2020-03-28, 20:53
RE: Scaling the matrix - by Roland Melkert - 2020-03-28, 21:59
RE: Scaling the matrix - by N. W. Perry - 2020-03-29, 1:28

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