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Hello LMR, here's my first blog entry, and my first ever robot...

By butterfingers

January 20, 2011

Hi there. I've been reading LMR for a while, and have just taken a few baby steps on the way to my first robot, so I thought I'd follow the rules and post a blog entry as a start.

I suppose this may be typical - I've spent a lot of time, probably too much time, pondering what I'm going to use. It's pretty clear that I've reached the "analysis paralysis" stage and can probably go on forever, so it's time to get a few things put together and take it from there.

My initial parts list:

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Google sketch-up: entering absolute coordinate

By Nicola

October 28, 2008
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ok, i'm trying again with sketch up

now, i want to move an object to an exact location, x,y,z. not just moving it around with the mouse.

how do you do? i read the guide and it says something like entering [x',y',z'] on the value box, but i have a problem with this: for making the brakets [] i have to press the alt button, that automatically interrupts the command so i'm unable to move.

Also, how do you see the exact coordinates an object is ?

thanks