Lesson 10: Turning Pieces Vertically
Make sure you're at the last line of the model, so that the third line of text at the top of the screen says 0 STEP and the fourth line says ---End---. Now, hit I to insert a piece. Change the part number to 3070. (fig. 10.1) Hit Right three times and Up five times.
Now change the View to Left. (fig.10.2) Next, hit Esc, and choose Turn, Centre-Set. (fig. 10.3) This will turn the piece without moving it away from the positition it's now at. Hit Esc again, choose Turn, X-axis, and type in 90. (fig. 10.4) The piece we just turned will now face with its top side toward the left side of the screen. To make things easier, zoom in by pressing +. Hit Down twice. (fig. 10.5) As you can see, we can't move the piece exactly into place using just the arrow keys.
Look in the upper middle of the screen. You'll see that it says Move: Normal. (fig. 10.6) Hit M twice and you'll see Normal change to Fine. (fig. 10.7) Hit Down twice and you'll see that the piece doesn't move as far as before. Hit Right six times to move the piece into position. Change the color to 36 (translucent red), and hit Enter. (fig. 10.8)
Change to Three-D view again. Zoom out by pressing -. Insert another piece. Hit Esc, choose Turn, Centre-Set. Next, choose Turn, X-Axis, and type in 90 again. Hit M to change Move: back to Normal. Hit Left six times to move the piec into position. To make sure that the piece is in the right place, take a look at the Right and Under views.
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