Better positioning of a part (rotation about x-y-z)

[dorbar]

I would request-suggest one feature that KISSlicer is really missing. When you position a part on a print table a must have addition would be to arbitrary rotate a part around all three axes. Sometimes you need to turn your part in a way that, first fits in the printing envelope and second to avoid excessive overhangs and thus supports.

Thanks,
D.

[Isaac_alaska]

actually, this is already a feature! it's just not real simple. rotation always happens about the Z axis, but you can rotate about the Z axis and then set a new axis to be "up", which will effectively rotate it about something other than the actual Z axis. play with it and i think you'll see what i mean!

[dorbar]

Hi Isaac you're right... but this is not it. This method is very time consuming and if you have two or more models on a platform... a nightmare. Other s/w have a "globe" like feature, so you can rotate about all three major axis at the same time. This way, you can position your models very accurately.

THX anyway!

Cheers, D.

[coredump]

I am bumping this because that should totally be a thing. A better/flexible way to rotate/organize models would be great. Sometimes you have to do 4 operations to try and fit the model the way you want.

Also, being able to move models around the plate without them being automatically arranged would be great.

[pjr]

Rotation is already on the feature request list for V2 here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2006

Peter

[coredump]

Ah, my bad, I didn't see that post before. Thanks!

[JeanBrewer]

I totally agree with you. This method is very time consuming and if you have two or more models on a platform! Thanks for sharing!

[Kopje]

The position of a point after some rotation about the origin can simply be obtained by multiplying its coordinates with a matrix. I am really doubtful you could find it at online dissertation abstract assistance.