Snap-to .. aligning parts

[Spock_Kerbin]

is there a way to get things to line up perfectly or only by eye ?

specifically Modular Girder Segment XL end on end

and also :

can you get these:

M-2x2 Structural Panel

to attach on all sides in a "tiled floor" as currently mine attach at one end and they fall apart at the other end, waving all over the place

I suppose I'd like a lot of things that "Clip" other items to somehow attach without struts

i.e plane wing segments built into a wall

thx in advance

Edited June 28, 2013 by Spock_Kerbin

[rryy]

Girder segments will snap to alignment if you get the camera angle correct. Because of how building in the VAB works, parts cannot connect to multiple parts at once (unless you use docking ports), so the "tiled floor" will not stay together well without adding struts.

[Sirrobert]

Girder segments will snap to alignment if you get the camera angle correct. Because of how building in the VAB works, parts cannot connect to multiple parts at once (unless you use docking ports), so the "tiled floor" will not stay together well without adding struts.

Is there a way to make parts connect to multiple points at the same time?

[rryy]

Is there a way to make parts connect to multiple points at the same time?

Yes, docking ports can allow you to have multiple connections for each part. In the VAB, it will still only have the one attachment point, but once you launch, the magnetism should engage and hold the parts together.

[rbag]

Hello,

KSP Noob inside...

Is this means that 2 Fuel tanks attached to each other can't be each attached to a radial decoupler ?

[Sirrobert]

Hello,

KSP Noob inside...

Is this means that 2 Fuel tanks attached to each other can't be each attached to a radial decoupler ?

He means that you can't attech a NEW part to your craft and have it attech to 2 different points at the same time. You can easely attach as much stuf on your existing tank as you want, 1 at a time

@rryy I meant is there any way to make (for examples) pannels connect to 2 different pannels, making a (for example) 4x4 pannel out of 2x2 pannels and have all the bordering points connect.

But gues not than

[Mr Shifty]

Because of how building in the VAB works, parts cannot connect to multiple parts at once (unless you use docking ports)

What does this mean? Many parts (fuel tanks, command pods, decouplers) have more than one attachment node; some, like the Multi-point Connector and the Micronode, have 6.

[sanity]

every part connects to another at a single point, you cannot, for instance, have a fuel tank connect radially to another fuel tank and also conect to another fuel tank above it that is connected raadially to the same fuel tank,

do do this you have to dock parts together

ie.

[Mr Shifty]

every part connects to another at a single point, you cannot, for instance, have a fuel tank connect radially to another fuel tank and also conect to another fuel tank above it that is connected raadially to the same fuel tank

Thanks for the explanation!

[tomf]

In programming terms the structure of the craft is a tree which means you can't have any loops. So if A is connected to B and B is connected to C, C cant be connected to A. The struts, fuel lines and to a certain extent docking ports override this limitation.

[Spock_Kerbin]

okay, so my request for future development is :

SPOT WELDER !

for fixing objects with space glue rather than using struts that add extra unnecessary part counts