 | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Steve Bliss
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| | | (...) At least part of the reason is that Gray is a fairly common color; Clear is more rare (for most parts). When parts where shown in gray, it was sometimes confusing whether it was gray-the-actual-color or gray-the-default-color. Using a (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Andrew Westrate
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| | | | | (...) LDView has a nice feature where you can specify the default color for parts. I use rgb(128,128,80); it's close to grey, but tinted enough to easily differentiate grey parts from color 16. Andy (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) How about a transparent brown? TLC already has an official trans-brown (smoke/trans-black), so there's not much risk of them ever using that. (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Orion Pobursky
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| | | | (...) Not that my opinion goes for everyone but I think a solid color looks better. A transparent render show all the back edge making the image appear jumbled. To be honest I don't see how using grey, yellow, red or any other solid color is (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Jan Folkersma
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| | | | | (...) Let's have a vote! I'm with Orion btw :) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Orion Pobursky
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| | | | | | | (...) It's not really a votable issue since it's ultimately Peeron admin's decision. I don't want to twist the Boger's arms on something trival like this. -Orion (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) I have to say I think a trans colour is better as it allows you to see the interior detail of the part, some of the default orientations for parts don't allow you differentiate between similar parts when in a solid colour. Tim (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) The default color is also used in inventory lists, when there's no matching LDraw color for the part-color. For example, this set has a lot on non-LDraw'n colors: (URL) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Dan Boger
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| | | | (...) I always thought solid colors were confusing, especially where the pattern on the part happend to be of the same color. However, I just added support for a new user preference, allowing you to choose what color to use: (URL) that helps! Dan (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview? —Orion Pobursky
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| | | | (...) That's cool. I didn't mean to actually cause you any work but thanks for the effort. -Orion (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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