Predatron opened this issue on Jul 17, 2007 · 7 posts
ockham posted Tue, 17 July 2007 at 7:59 AM
Did you use the Align button when forming the joints?
I've noticed a similar but not identical problem when building
things like a steering wheel or a suspension. After getting
the red cross and green cross in place, hit Align, and the
crosses will line up along the actual axis of the extender.
When that is done, the extension will move properly regardless
of the angle of the original joint.
Alternatively, you may need to introduce an extra joint
between the existing base of the leg and the body of the ship.
Consider the extra joint to be a sort of turntable that
carries the leg. (A short cylinder pointing up and down.)
You would install the turntable in zero yrot for all three legs,
rotate it 36 degrees for the side legs, then simply hide it
from the user.