Re: [ATM] Plop Flop

["Jeff Anderson-Lee" <jonah@cs.berkeley.edu>]

mdholm@telerama.com wrote:

>>So what am I doing wrong?? (A most unlikely idea: Plop won't rotate the
>>cell parts graphics on my computer - causes a "floating point error"
>>every
>>time. Is there any possibility that my ancient P166 isn't powerful enough
>>to use Plop? )
>>    
>>
>
>I have occasionally run into this behavior, too.  When I got it, it seemed to be
>when I was running designs where I had modified the cell parts arrangement, like
>reducing a 6 point cell to 5.  I figured I had just not quite got the setup correct.
>
>Rotating isn't a big deal on bars, but is quite handy with isosceles triangles
>to get the base down.
>
>My guess is that there is a minor bug lurking in Plop that David hasn't managed
>to track down yet.  I did mention it to him once.
>
I often get this.  I usually find that editing the parts definition and 
reordering the points on the triangle (e.g. from A,B,C to A,C,B) will 
make it go away.

Jeff

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